Public Accountability Report
| 2021 Civil Service System for Higher Education | |||||
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| Mission Statement | The State Universities Civil Service System strives to champion excellence in education and auxiliary programs by providing a comprehensive foundation of human resource practices and standards that facilitate the recruitment, retention, and development of a quality staff, in support of the teaching and research mission of each university and affiliated agency. We are committed to providing an environment of equal opportunity and access to all services and thereby establishing a foundation for each university/agency to fulfill its mission and each individual to reach his or her potential. | ||||
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| Source of Funds | General Revenue Fund | Statutory Authority | 110 ILCS 70/36b et seq. | ||
| Fiscal Year 2022 Target/Projected | Fiscal Year 2021 Actual | Fiscal Year 2021 Target/Projected | Fiscal Year 2020 Actual | Fiscal Year 2019 Actual | |
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| Input Indicators | |||||
| Total expenditures - all sources (in thousands) | $ 1,114.7 | $ 1,097.2 | $ 1,114.7 | $ 1,077.4 | $ 1,067.0 |
| Total expenditures - state appropriated funds (in thousands) | $ 1,114.7 | $ 1,097.2 | $ 1,114.7 | $ 1,077.4 | $ 1,067.0 |
| Average monthly full-time equivalents | 11.0 | 11.0 | 11.0 | 11.0 | 10.0 |
| Output Indicators | |||||
| Discharge/demotion/appeals filed | 50.0 | 41.0 | 60.0 | 33.0 | 54.0 |
| Position audit appeals | 3.0 | 2.0 | 5.0 | 0.0 | 2.0 |
| Number of Civil Service examinations administered (a) | 20,000 | 17,886 | 24,000 | 23,544 | 29,325 |
| Number of salary data system transactions (b) | 2,000 | 1,815 | 2,800 | 2,597 | 4,160 |
| Personnel transactions audited (c) | 80,000 | 64,125 | 83,000 | 87,667 | 15,990 |
| Classifications/examinations new, reviewed/revised, or deleted | 90.0 | 80.0 | 90.0 | 96.0 | 65.0 |
| Other personnel transactions | 400.0 | 362.0 | 450.0 | 421.0 | 461.0 |
| Police testing/applicants processed | 50.0 | 38.0 | 40.0 | 0.0 | 53.0 |
| Outcome Indicators | |||||
| Appeals - hearings administered | 15.0 | 17.0 | 15.0 | 8.0 | 16.0 |
| Examination pass percentage | 95% | 95.3% | 94% | 94.5% | 92% |
| Total classifications managed | 1,020 | 1,021 | 1,008 | 1,012 | 1,027 |
| Compliance audits conducted | 7.0 | 10.0 | 10.0 | 3.0 | 1.0 |
| Number of employees served | 58,200 | 58,196 | 58,000 | 60,580 | 50,422 |
| Elongated/structured oral boards conducted | 2.0 | 2.0 | 2.0 | 0.0 | 2.0 |
| Percentage of web-based examinations | 90% | 87.4% | 90% | 89.3% | 79.3% |
Footnotes
Universities and agencies were not allowing any applicants or current employees into their testing facilities due to COVID-19 restrictions, which reduced the number of persons taking examinations in fiscal year 2021; this number is not controlled by the agency. Based on the continuation of the COVID-19 pandemic, we believe universities and agencies under our system did not review as many salary transactions in fiscal year 2021 as in previous fiscal years; this number is not controlled by the agency. The agency suspended audit activities from April through July 2020 and during most of August 2020 due to the COVID-19 pandemic response and audit staff inability to travel to each location. The agency resumed audit activities in a remote fashion in late August 2020, with a reduction in type and quantity of audit items examined at each employment location. This ultimately resulted in a reduction in items reviewed per audit and, therefore, altered the methodology for the number of transactions accounted for in fiscal year 2021.
