Environmental & Healthcare Legislative Watch50 States · D.C. · U.S. Congress
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Now law
This is now an official law, recorded in the state's law books.
The governor signed it. Nothing left to watch.
In plain words
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Fiscal Summary NOT SIGNIFICANT Bill Summary This bill requires each public institution of higher education to: (1) Adopt policies to preserve the essential principles of institutional neutrality, free expression, and civil discourse, and to preserve a campus climate that allows for the free expression of all viewpoints with respect; and (2) Post the policies adopted pursuant to (1) on the institution's website. This full text of this bill includes a statement of legislative findings and intent concerning the importance of tenure and separating the processes of tenure and disciplinary action. Present law requires the board of regents and each state university board to promulgate a tenure policy and develop procedures for the termination of faculty with tenure for adequate cause. Present law authorizes a faculty member who has been awarded tenure and who has been dismissed or suspended for cause to obtain de novo judicial review of the final decision in chancery court. Present law authorizes the board of trustees for the University of Tennessee to adopt policies governing the granting and removal of tenure for faculty members. This bill requires the board of regents and each state university board to adopt and implement policies that clearly distinguish between tenure decisions and disciplinary actions for faculty members. The policies must: (1) Ensure that awarding, denial, or revocation of tenure is not used as a form of discipline; (2) Ensure that disciplinary actions do not alter or suspend a faculty member's tenure status except as provided by institutional policy and after providing the faculty member due process; (3) Provide disciplinary procedures that are the same for tenured and non-tenured faculty for a faculty member's misconduct; (4) Ensure due process for a faculty
