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Committee advances bill requiring periodic performance reviews at public universities
Summary
The committee advanced House Bill 424, requiring Boards of Regents to adopt periodic faculty performance and productivity reviews and allowing boards to delegate appointment authority; a proposed substitute to limit measures to existing employment contracts failed in committee.
The Senate standing committee on education voted to advance House Bill 424 after hearing testimony from the bill sponsor and faculty representatives concerned about post-tenure review safeguards.
Representative James Tipton, sponsor of HB 424, told the committee the bill requires each university Board of Regents to adopt a performance and productivity review for faculty at least once every four years and clarifies grounds for removal to include failure to meet those performance standards. "The main emphasis of the bill is that each Board of Regents would adopt a performance and productivity review process for all of their faculty," Tipton…
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