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Illinois State University allows five nonprofit groups in the state to be counted as employees of the university, gaining them access to the state's pension system for university employees, The Chicago Tribune reported. The university defends the practice as a way to help the groups (which include several education-related associations and the Special Olympics), and says that the policy doesn't cost the state money. The university doesn't pay these employees and the organizations make contributions to the pension fund. But others say that those payments don't cover costs for all employees, and that the practice is inappropriate at a time of concern about the financial stability of the pension system.
