(110 ILCS 70/36p) (from Ch. 24 1/2, par. 38b15)
    Sec. 36p. Nondiscrimination.
    In the administration of the University System, no applicant shall be denied employment by the Merit Board or by any employer because of race, color, sex, national origin, religious or political affiliations, except that any applicant for employment may be required as a condition of employment, to sign a valid oath attesting his loyalty to the state and the United States.
(Source: P.A. 78-842.)