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Committee to advance repeal of an obsolete mandatory‑retirement rule for tenured professors
Summary
Legislative counsel told the General & Housing Committee the state statute allowing mandatory retirement of tenured college professors at age 70 conflicts with federal law; members agreed to calendar a vote after brief procedural discussion.
The Committee on General & Housing signaled it will advance a short statutory repeal that removes a state provision permitting mandatory retirement for tenured college professors at age 70.
Sophie Zatney, legislative counsel in the Office of Legislative Council, told the committee the change is largely technical: federal law — specifically the Age Discrimination in Employment Act and related federal authority — has effectively…
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