Public Act 100-0615
 
HB3185 EnrolledLRB100 11276 NHT 21622 b

    AN ACT concerning education.
 
    Be it enacted by the People of the State of Illinois,
represented in the General Assembly:
 
    Section 5. The State Universities Civil Service Act is
amended by changing Sections 36b, 36c, 36d, 36e, 36f, 36g,
36g-1, 36h, 36j, 36o, 36p, and 36s as follows:
 
    (110 ILCS 70/36b)  (from Ch. 24 1/2, par. 38b1)
    Sec. 36b. Creation.
    (1) A classified civil service system to be known as the
State Universities Civil Service System is hereby created, and
is hereinafter referred to as the University System.
    (2) The purpose of the University System is to establish a
sound program of personnel administration for the Illinois
Community College Board, State Community College of East St.
Louis (abolished under Section 2-12.1 of the Public Community
College Act), Southern Illinois University, Chicago State
University, Eastern Illinois University, Governors State
University, Illinois State University, Northeastern Illinois
University, Northern Illinois University, Western Illinois
University, the University of Illinois, the State Universities
Civil Service System, the State Universities Retirement
System, the State Scholarship Commission, and the Board of
Higher Education. All certificates, appointments and
promotions to positions in these agencies and institutions
shall be made solely on the basis of merit and fitness, to be
ascertained by examination, except as specified in Section 36e.
    (3) The University State Universities Civil Service System
hereby created shall be a separate entity of the State of
Illinois and shall be under the control of a Board to be known
as the University Civil Service Merit Board, and is hereinafter
referred to as the Merit Board.
(Source: P.A. 97-333, eff. 8-12-11.)
 
    (110 ILCS 70/36c)  (from Ch. 24 1/2, par. 38b2)
    Sec. 36c. The merit board. The Merit Board shall be
composed of 11 members, 3 of whom shall be members of the Board
of Trustees of the University of Illinois, one of whom shall be
a member of the Board of Trustees of Southern Illinois
University, one of whom shall be a member of the Board of
Trustees of Chicago State University, one of whom shall be a
member of the Board of Trustees of Eastern Illinois University,
one of whom shall be a member of the Board of Trustees of
Governors State University, one of whom shall be a member of
the Board of Trustees of Illinois State University, one of whom
shall be a member of the Board of Trustees of Northeastern
Illinois University, one of whom shall be a member of the Board
of Trustees of Northern Illinois University, and one of whom
shall be a member of the Board of Trustees of Western Illinois
University. The 7 new members required to be elected to the
Merit Board by their respective Boards of Trustees shall
replace the 2 persons who, until the effective date of this
amendatory Act of 1995, served as members of the Merit Board
elected from the Board of Governors of State Colleges and
Universities and the Board of Regents; and the terms of the
members elected to the Merit Board from the Board of Governors
of State Colleges and Universities and the Board of Regents
shall terminate on the effective date of this amendatory Act of
1995. The members of the Merit Board shall be elected by the
respective Boards in which they hold membership and they shall
serve at the pleasure of the electing Boards.
    All members of the Merit Board shall serve without
compensation but shall be reimbursed for any traveling expenses
incurred in attending meetings of the Merit Board.
    The Merit Board shall determine the number necessary for a
quorum, elect its own chairperson chairman and set up an
Executive Committee of its own members which shall have all of
the powers of the Merit Board except as limited by the Merit
Board.
    The Merit Board shall cause to be elected a committee of
not less than eleven members to be made up of Civil Service
Employees, six of whom shall be nominated by and from the Civil
Service Employees of the University of Illinois and one of whom
shall be nominated by and from the Civil Service Employees of
each of the other institutions specified in Section 36e, who
will function in an advisory capacity to the Merit Board on all
matters pertaining to the University System. This Advisory
Committee shall meet at least quarterly and members of the
Committee shall be reimbursed by their respective employers for
time lost from work and for expenses incurred in attending
meetings of the Committee.
(Source: P.A. 89-4, eff. 1-1-96.)
 
    (110 ILCS 70/36d)  (from Ch. 24 1/2, par. 38b3)
    Sec. 36d. Powers and duties of the Merit Board. The Merit
Board shall have the power and duty: -
        (1) To approve a classification plan prepared under its
    direction, assigning to each class positions of
    substantially similar duties. The Merit Board shall have
    power to delegate to its Executive Director the duty of
    assigning each position in the classified service to the
    appropriate class in the classification plan approved by
    the Merit Board.
        (2) To prescribe the duties of each class of positions
    and the qualifications required by employment in that
    class.
        (3) To prescribe the range of compensation for each
    class or to fix a single rate of compensation for employees
    in a particular class; and to establish other conditions of
    employment which an employer and employee representatives
    have agreed upon as fair and equitable. The Merit Board
    shall direct the payment of the "prevailing rate of wages"
    in those classifications in which, on January 1, 1952, any
    employer is paying such prevailing rate and in such other
    classes as the Merit Board may thereafter determine.
    "Prevailing rate of wages" as used herein shall be the
    wages paid generally in the locality in which the work is
    being performed to employees engaged in work of a similar
    character. Each employer covered by the University System
    shall be authorized to negotiate with representatives of
    employees to determine appropriate ranges or rates of
    compensation or other conditions of employment and may
    recommend to the Merit Board for establishment the rates or
    ranges or other conditions of employment which the employer
    and employee representatives have agreed upon as fair and
    equitable. Any rates or ranges established prior to January
    1, 1952, and hereafter, shall not be changed except in
    accordance with the procedures herein provided.
        (4) To recommend to the institutions and agencies
    specified in Section 36e standards for hours of work,
    holidays, sick leave, overtime compensation and vacation
    for the purpose of improving conditions of employment
    covered therein and for the purpose of insuring conformity
    with the prevailing rate principal.
        (5) To prescribe standards of examination for each
    class, the examinations to be related to the duties of such
    class. The Merit Board shall have power to delegate to the
    Executive Director and his or her staff the preparation,
    conduct and grading of examinations. Examinations may be
    written, oral, by statement of training and experience, in
    the form of tests of knowledge, skill, capacity, intellect,
    aptitude; or, by any other method, which in the judgment of
    the Merit Board is reasonable and practical for any
    particular classification. Different examining procedures
    may be determined for the examinations in different
    classifications but all examinations in the same
    classification shall be uniform.
        (6) To authorize the continuous recruitment of
    personnel and to that end, to delegate to the Executive
    Director and his or her staff the power and the duty to
    conduct open and continuous competitive examinations for
    all classifications of employment.
        (7) To cause to be established, from the results of
    examinations, registers for each class of positions in the
    classified service of the University State Universities
    Civil Service System, of the persons who shall attain the
    minimum mark fixed by the Merit Board for the examination;
    and such persons shall take rank upon the registers as
    candidates in the order of their relative excellence as
    determined by examination, without reference to priority
    of time of examination.
        (8) To provide by its rules for promotions in the
    classified service. Vacancies shall be filled by promotion
    whenever practicable. For the purpose of this paragraph, an
    advancement in class shall constitute a promotion.
        (8.5) To issue subpoenas to secure the attendance and
    testimony of witnesses and the production of books and
    papers in the course of any investigation or hearing
    conducted pursuant to the Act.
        (9) (Blank). To set a probationary period of employment
    of no less than 6 months and no longer than 12 months for
    each class of positions in the classification plan, the
    length of the probationary period for each class to be
    determined by the Director.
        (10) To provide by its rules for employment at regular
    rates of compensation of persons with physical
    disabilities in positions in which the disability does not
    prevent the individual from furnishing satisfactory
    service.
        (11) To make and publish rules, to carry out the
    purpose of the University State Universities Civil Service
    System and for examination, appointments, transfers and
    removals and for maintaining and keeping records of the
    efficiency of officers and employees and groups of officers
    and employees in accordance with the provisions of Sections
    36b to 36q, inclusive, and said Merit Board may from time
    to time make changes in such rules.
        (12) To appoint an Executive a Director who shall
    appoint staff to and such assistants and other clerical and
    technical help as may be necessary efficiently to
    administer Sections 36b to 36q, inclusive. To authorize the
    Executive Director to appoint a Designated Employer
    Representative an assistant resident at the place of
    employment of each employer specified in Section 36e, and
    this Designated Employer Representative assistant may be
    authorized to give examinations and to certify names from
    the regional registers provided in Section 36k. The
    enumeration of specific duties and powers that the Merit
    Board may delegate to the Executive Director in this
    Section does not preclude the Merit Board from delegating
    other duties and powers to the Executive Director.
        (13) To submit to the Governor of this state on or
    before November 1 of each year prior to the regular session
    of the General Assembly a report of the University System's
    business and an estimate of the amount of appropriation
    from state funds required for the purpose of administering
    the University System.
        (14) To authorize the creation and use of pilot
    programs to further the goals of the Act, which may be
    inconsistent with any rules adopted by the Merit Board,
    provided that such programs are of limited duration and do
    not reduce any rights or benefits of employees subject to
    this Act.
(Source: P.A. 99-143, eff. 7-27-15.)
 
    (110 ILCS 70/36e)  (from Ch. 24 1/2, par. 38b4)
    Sec. 36e. Coverage. All employees of the Illinois Community
College Board, State Community College of East St. Louis
(abolished under Section 2-12.1 of the Public Community College
Act), Southern Illinois University, Chicago State University,
Eastern Illinois University, Governors State University,
Illinois State University, Northeastern Illinois University,
Northern Illinois University, Western Illinois University, the
University of Illinois, the University State Universities
Civil Service System, the State Universities Retirement
System, the State Scholarship Commission, and the Board of
Higher Education, shall be covered by the University System
described in Sections 36b to 36q, inclusive, of this Act,
except the following persons:
        (1) The members and officers of the Merit Board and the
    board of trustees, and the commissioners of the
    institutions and agencies covered hereunder;
        (2) The presidents and vice-presidents of each
    educational institution;
        (3) Other principal administrative employees of each
    institution and agency as determined by the Merit Board;
        (4) The teaching, research and extension faculties of
    each institution and agency;
        (5) Students employed under rules prescribed by the
    Merit Board, without examination or certification.
(Source: P.A. 97-333, eff. 8-12-11.)
 
    (110 ILCS 70/36f)  (from Ch. 24 1/2, par. 38b5)
    Sec. 36f. Examinations.
    (a) All examinations given under the University System
shall be open to all applicants who are citizens of or
residents in the State of Illinois and who can qualify by
training and experience for the position for which application
is made. In examinations for technical positions for which no
qualified residents of this State are available the residence
requirement may be waived.
    (b) Examinations may be written; oral; by statement of
training and experience; in the form of tests of knowledge,
skill, capacity, intellect, or aptitude; or by any other method
which, in the judgment of the Merit Board, is reasonable and
practical for any particular classification. The examinations
shall be practical and shall relate to the classification for
which the examination is given. No question in any examination
shall relate to political or religious affiliation or racial
origins of the examinee.
    (c) Different examining procedures may be determined for
the examinations in different classifications, but all
examinations in the same classification must be uniform. The
examination requirement for the initial appointment, entry
level position only, of law enforcement personnel may be waived
if an applicant has satisfied all the requirements established
by the Illinois Police Training Act for appointment of law
enforcement officers and if the Merit Board allows for such a
waiver by rule. Additional positions, entry level only, may
have the examination requirement waived if the occupational
standards are regulated by the Department of Financial and
Professional Regulation, as designated by the Merit Board and
provided for in adopted rules.
(Source: Laws 1951, p. 1289.)
 
    (110 ILCS 70/36g)  (from Ch. 24 1/2, par. 38b6)
    Sec. 36g. Appropriate For the granting of appropriate
preference in entrance examinations to qualified persons who
have been members of the armed forces of the United States or
to qualified persons who, while citizens of the United States,
were members of the armed forces of allies of the United States
in time of hostilities with a foreign country, and to certain
other persons as set forth in this Section.
    (a) As used in this Section:
        (1) "Time of hostilities with a foreign country" means
    any period of time in the past, present, or future during
    which a declaration of war by the United States Congress
    has been or is in effect or during which an emergency
    condition has been or is in effect that is recognized by
    the issuance of a Presidential proclamation or a
    Presidential executive order and in which the armed forces
    expeditionary medal or other campaign service medals are
    awarded according to Presidential executive order.
        (2) "Armed forces of the United States" means the
    United States Army, Navy, Air Force, Marine Corps, Coast
    Guard. Service in the Merchant Marine that constitutes
    active duty under Section 401 of federal Public Law 95-202
    shall also be considered service in the Armed Forces of the
    United States for purposes of this Section.
    (b) The preference granted under this Section shall be in
the form of points added to the final grades of the persons if
they otherwise qualify and are entitled to appear on the list
of those eligible for appointments.
    (c) A veteran is qualified for a preference of 10 points if
the veteran currently holds proof of a service connected
disability from the United States Department of Veterans
Affairs or an allied country or if the veteran is a recipient
of the Purple Heart.
    (d) A veteran who has served during a time of hostilities
with a foreign country is qualified for a preference of 5
points if the veteran served under one or more of the following
conditions:
        (1) The veteran served a total of at least 6 months, or
        (2) The veteran served for the duration of hostilities
    regardless of the length of engagement, or
        (3) The veteran was discharged on the basis of
    hardship, or
        (4) The veteran was released from active duty because
    of a service connected disability and was discharged under
    honorable conditions.
    (e) A person not eligible for a preference under subsection
(c) or (d) is qualified for a preference of 3 points if the
person has served in the armed forces of the United States, the
Illinois National Guard, or any reserve component of the armed
forces of the United States and the person: (1) served for at
least 6 months and has been discharged under honorable
conditions or (2) has been discharged on the ground of hardship
or (3) was released from active duty because of a service
connected disability. An active member of the National Guard or
a reserve component of the armed forces of the United States is
eligible for the preference if the member meets the service
requirements of this subsection (e).
    (f) The rank order of persons entitled to a preference on
eligible lists shall be determined on the basis of their
augmented ratings. When the Executive Director establishes
eligible lists on the basis of category ratings such as
"superior", "excellent", "well-qualified", and "qualified",
the veteran eligibles in each such category shall be preferred
for appointment before the non-veteran eligibles in the same
category.
    (g) Employees in positions covered by this Act who, while
in good standing, leave to engage in military service during a
period of hostility, shall be given credit for seniority
purposes for time served in the armed forces.
    (h) A surviving unremarried spouse of a veteran who
suffered a service connected death or the spouse of a veteran
who suffered a service connected disability that prevents the
veteran from qualifying for civil service employment shall be
entitled to the same preference to which the veteran would have
been entitled under this Section.
    (i) A preference shall also be given to the following
individuals: 10 points for one parent of an unmarried veteran
who suffered a service connected death or a service connected
disability that prevents the veteran from qualifying for civil
service employment. The first parent to receive a civil service
appointment shall be the parent entitled to the preference.
(Source: P.A. 87-796.)
 
    (110 ILCS 70/36g-1)  (from Ch. 24 1/2, par. 38b6.1)
    Sec. 36g-1. Active military service. Any employee of any
institution or agency subject to this Act State Community
College of East St. Louis (abolished under Section 2-12.1 of
the Public Community College Act), Southern Illinois
University, the University of Illinois, any university under
the jurisdiction of the Board of Regents, or any college or
university under the jurisdiction of the Board of Governors of
State Colleges and Universities who is a member of any reserve
component of the United States Armed Services, including the
Illinois National Guard, and who is mobilized to active
military duty on or after August 1, 1990 as a result of an
order of the President of the United States, shall, for each
pay period beginning on or after the date of that mobilization,
August 1, 1990 continue to receive the same regular
compensation that he or she receives or was receiving as an
employee of that educational institution or agency at the time
he or she is or was so mobilized to active military duty, plus
any health insurance and other benefits he or she is or was
receiving or accruing at that time, minus the amount of his or
her base pay for military service, and shall be given credit
for seniority purposes for the duration of his or her active
military service.
    In the event any provision of a collective bargaining
agreement or any policy of the educational institution covering
any employee so ordered to active duty is more generous than
the provisions contained in this Section, that collective
bargaining agreement or policy shall be controlling.
(Source: P.A. 97-333, eff. 8-12-11.)
 
    (110 ILCS 70/36h)  (from Ch. 24 1/2, par. 38b7)
    Sec. 36h. Appointment.
    (1) Whenever an employer covered by the University System
has a position which needs to be filled, this employer shall
inform the Executive Director of the Merit Board. The Executive
Director shall then certify to the employer the names and
addresses of the persons with the 3 highest scores on the
register for the classification to which the position is
assigned. The employer shall select one of these persons
certified for the position and shall notify the Executive
Director of the Merit Board of the selection. If less than 3
scores appear on the appropriate register, the Executive
Director shall certify the names and addresses of all persons
on the register.
    (2) All appointments shall be for a probationary period of
no less than 6 months and no longer than 12 months for each
class of positions in the classification plan, the length of
the probationary period for each class having been determined
by the Executive Director, except that persons first appointed
to any police department of any university or college subject
to this Act covered by the University System after the
effective date of this amendatory Act of 1979 shall be on
probation for one year. The service during the probationary
period shall be deemed to be a part of the examination. During
the probationary period, the employee may be dismissed if the
employer determines that the employee has failed to demonstrate
the ability and the qualifications necessary to furnish
satisfactory service. The employer shall notify the Executive
Director in writing of such dismissal. If an employee is not so
dismissed during his or her probationary period, his or her
appointment shall be deemed complete at the end of the period.
    (3) No person shall be appointed to any police department
of any university or college covered by the University System
unless he or she possesses a high school diploma or an
equivalent high school education and unless he or she is a
person of good character and is not a person who has been
convicted of a felony or a crime involving moral turpitude.
(Source: P.A. 99-72, eff. 1-1-16.)
 
    (110 ILCS 70/36j)  (from Ch. 24 1/2, par. 38b9)
    Sec. 36j. Promotions.
    (a) The Merit Board shall by rules provide for promotions
on the basis of ability and experience and seniority in service
and examination and to provide in all cases where it is
practicable that vacancies will be filled by promotion. For the
purpose of this Section, an advancement in class shall
constitute a promotion.
    (b) The Merit Board shall by rule fix lines of promotion
from such several offices and places to superior offices or
places in all cases where, in the judgment of the Merit Board,
the duties of such several positions directly tend to fit the
incumbent for a superior position.
    (c) Employees promoted in the promotional line shall have
their seniority for the highest position held on the basis of
length of service in that classification. For the next lower
classification the employee may add his seniority in the higher
classification to that in the lower to determine seniority in
the lower classification. Whenever a superior position in the
promotional line in the classified civil service under the
University System is to be filled, the Executive Director shall
certify to the employer, in the order of their seniority, the
names and addresses of the persons with the 3 highest scores on
the promotional register for the class or grade to which said
position belongs. The employer shall appoint one of those
persons whose names were certified by the Executive Director.
    (d) Appointments to superior positions in the promotional
line shall be on probation for a period of no less than 6
months and no longer than 12 months for each class of positions
in the classification plan, the length of the probationary
period having been determined by the Executive Director.
Persons so appointed may be demoted at any time during the
period of probation if, in the opinion of the employer, they
have failed to demonstrate the ability and the qualifications
necessary to furnish satisfactory service, but shall not be
discharged from the superior position if they have previously
completed a probationary period in an inferior position in the
promotional line.
    (e) Employees promoted in the promotional line shall have
their seniority for the highest position held on the basis of
length of service in that classification. For the next lower
classification, the employee may add his or her seniority in
the higher classification to that in the lower to determine
seniority in the lower classification.
    (f) Whenever a person is promoted to a superior position in
the promotional line prior to the completion of the
probationary period in any one of the positions in the
classified civil service under the University System, total
service in the inferior position and in all such superior
positions shall be combined to establish certified status and
seniority in the inferior position.
(Source: P.A. 99-72, eff. 1-1-16.)
 
    (110 ILCS 70/36o)  (from Ch. 24 1/2, par. 38b14)
    Sec. 36o. Demotion, removal, and discharge.
    (a) After the completion of his or her probationary period,
no employee shall be demoted, removed or discharged except for
just cause, upon written charges, and after an opportunity to
be heard in his or her own defense if he or she makes a written
request for a hearing to the Merit Board within 15 days after
the serving of the written charges upon him or her.
    (b) Upon the filing of such a request for a hearing, the
Merit Board shall grant such hearing by a hearing board or
hearing officer appointed by the Merit Board to commence be
held within 45 days from the date of the service of the
demotion, removal, or discharge notice, which may be continued
from time to time by a hearing board or hearing officer
appointed by the Merit Board. The members of the hearing board
or the hearing officer shall be selected from among the members
of a panel established by the Merit Board after consultation
with the Advisory Committee provided in Section 36c. The
hearing board or hearing officer shall make and render findings
of facts on the charges and transmit to the Merit Board a
transcript of the evidence along with the hearing board's or
hearing officer's findings of fact. The findings of the hearing
board or hearing officer when approved by the Merit Board shall
be certified to the parties employer.
    (c) If cause for demotion, removal, or discharge is found,
the employee shall be immediately demoted, removed, or
discharged separated from the service. If cause is not found,
the employee shall forthwith be reassigned to perform the
duties of a position in his or her classification without loss
of compensation.
    (d) In the course of the hearing, the Executive Director of
the Merit Board shall have power to administer oaths and to
secure by subpoena the attendance and testimony of witnesses
and the production of books and papers relevant to the inquiry.
    (e) The provisions of the Administrative Review Law and all
amendments and modification thereof, and the rules adopted
pursuant thereto, shall apply to and govern all proceedings for
the judicial review of final administrative decisions of the
Merit Board hereby created. The term "administrative decision"
is defined as in Section 3-101 of the Code of Civil Procedure.
(Source: P.A. 95-113, eff. 8-13-07.)
 
    (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 subject to this Act because
of race, color, sex, national origin, religious or political
affiliations, ancestry, age, marital status, order of
protection status, disability, military status, sexual
orientation, pregnancy, or unfavorable military discharge, as
defined in the Illinois Human Rights Act, 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.)
 
    (110 ILCS 70/36s)  (from Ch. 24 1/2, par. 38b18)
    Sec. 36s. Supported employees.
    (a) The Merit Board shall develop and implement a supported
employment program. It shall be the goal of the program to
appoint a minimum of 10 supported employees to State University
civil service positions before June 30, 1992.
    (b) The Merit Board shall designate a liaison to work with
State agencies and departments, any funder or provider or both,
and State universities in the implementation of a supported
employment program.
    (c) As used in this Section:
        (1) "Supported employee" means any individual who:
            (A) has a severe physical or mental disability
        which seriously limits functional capacities,
        including but not limited to, mobility, communication,
        self-care, self-direction, work tolerance or work
        skills, in terms of employability as defined,
        determined and certified by the Department of Human
        Services; and
            (B) has one or more physical or mental disabilities
        resulting from amputation; arthritis; blindness;
        cancer; cerebral palsy; cystic fibrosis; deafness;
        heart disease; hemiplegia; respiratory or pulmonary
        dysfunction; an intellectual disability; mental
        illness; multiple sclerosis; muscular dystrophy;
        musculoskeletal disorders; neurological disorders,
        including stroke and epilepsy; paraplegia;
        quadriplegia and other spinal cord conditions; sickle
        cell anemia; and end-stage renal disease; or another
        disability or combination of disabilities determined
        on the basis of an evaluation of rehabilitation
        potential to cause comparable substantial functional
        limitation.
        (2) "Supported employment" means competitive work in
    integrated work settings:
            (A) for individuals with severe disabilities for
        whom competitive employment has not traditionally
        occurred, or
            (B) for individuals for whom competitive
        employment has been interrupted or intermittent as a
        result of a severe disability, and who because of their
        disability, need on-going support services to perform
        such work. The term includes transitional employment
        for individuals with chronic mental illness.
        (3) "Participation in a supported employee program"
    means participation as a supported employee that is not
    based on the expectation that an individual will have the
    skills to perform all the duties in a job class, but on the
    assumption that with support and adaptation, or both, a job
    can be designed to take advantage of the supported
    employee's special strengths.
        (4) "Funder" means any entity either State, local or
    federal, or private not-for-profit or for-profit that
    provides monies to programs that provide services related
    to supported employment.
        (5) "Provider" means any entity either public or
    private that provides technical support and services to any
    department or agency subject to the control of the
    Governor, the Secretary of State or the University Civil
    Service System.
    (d) The Merit Board shall establish job classifications for
supported employees who may be appointed into the
classifications without open competitive testing requirements.
Supported employees shall serve in a trial employment capacity
for not less than 3 or more than 12 months.
    (e) The Merit Board shall maintain a record of all
individuals hired as supported employees. The record shall
include:
        (1) the number of supported employees initially
    appointed;
        (2) the number of supported employees who successfully
    complete the trial employment periods; and
        (3) the number of permanent targeted positions by
    titles.
    (f) The Merit Board shall submit an annual report to the
General Assembly regarding the employment progress of
supported employees, with recommendations for legislative
action.
(Source: P.A. 99-143, eff. 7-27-15.)