Board of Trustees of Community College District No. 508 v. Human Rights Commission

The Federal Age Discrimination in Employment Act of 1967 prohibits compulsory retirement before the age of 70. (29 U.S.C. §§623, 631(a) (1979 Supp.).) There is, however, a temporary exception for tenured teachers in higher education; until July 1, 1982, they can be forced to retire at age 65. (29 U.S.C. §631(d) (1979 Supp.).) The complainants in this case are three tenured professors from the Chicago City Colleges. They come to this court for a determination of whether the Illinois Human Rights Act (Ill. Rev. Stat., 1980 Supp., ch. 68, par. 1—101 et seq.) counteracts the temporary exception…