Bill Text: IA SF27 | 2019-2020 | 88th General Assembly | Introduced
Bill Title: A bill for an act relating to the establishment of tenure systems at public postsecondary educational institutions.
Spectrum: Partisan Bill (Republican 1-0)
Status: (Introduced - Dead) 2019-02-04 - Subcommittee recommends passage. [SF27 Detail]
Download: Iowa-2019-SF27-Introduced.html
Senate
File
27
-
Introduced
SENATE
FILE
27
BY
ZAUN
A
BILL
FOR
An
Act
relating
to
the
establishment
of
tenure
systems
at
1
public
postsecondary
educational
institutions.
2
BE
IT
ENACTED
BY
THE
GENERAL
ASSEMBLY
OF
THE
STATE
OF
IOWA:
3
TLSB
1642XS
(2)
88
kh/jh
S.F.
27
Section
1.
Section
260C.36,
Code
2019,
is
amended
by
adding
1
the
following
new
subsection:
2
NEW
SUBSECTION
.
5.
This
section
shall
not
be
construed
to
3
authorize
the
board
of
directors
of
the
community
college
to
4
establish
a
tenure
system
for
any
employee
of
the
community
5
college.
6
Sec.
2.
Section
262.9,
Code
2019,
is
amended
by
adding
the
7
following
new
subsection:
8
NEW
SUBSECTION
.
39.
Prohibit,
at
each
institution
of
9
higher
learning
governed
by
the
state
board
of
regents,
10
the
establishment
or
continuation
of
a
tenure
system
for
11
any
employee
of
the
institution.
Acceptable
grounds
for
12
termination
of
employment
of
any
member
of
the
faculty
13
shall
include
but
not
be
limited
to
just
cause,
program
14
discontinuance,
and
financial
exigency.
Each
institution
of
15
higher
learning
governed
by
the
board
shall
adopt
a
written
16
statement
enumerating
employment
agreements,
annual
performance
17
evaluations
of
all
faculty
members,
minimum
standards
of
good
18
practice,
standards
for
review
and
discipline
of
faculty
19
members,
and
policies
with
regard
to
dismissal
for
cause,
20
program
discontinuance,
and
financial
exigency.
The
dean
of
a
21
college
under
the
authority
of
the
state
board
of
regents
and
22
the
president
of
the
institution
of
higher
learning
governed
by
23
the
state
board
shall
employ
faculty
as
necessary
to
carry
out
24
the
academic
duties
and
responsibilities
of
the
college.
25
Sec.
3.
Section
262.12,
Code
2019,
is
amended
to
read
as
26
follows:
27
262.12
Committees
and
administrative
offices
under
board.
28
The
board
of
regents
shall
also
have
and
exercise
all
29
the
powers
necessary
and
convenient
for
the
effective
30
administration
of
its
office
and
of
the
institutions
under
31
its
control,
and
to
this
end
may
create
such
committees,
32
offices
and
agencies
from
its
own
members
or
others,
and
employ
33
persons
to
staff
the
same,
fix
their
compensation
and
tenure
34
and
delegate
thereto,
or
to
the
administrative
officers
and
35
-1-
LSB
1642XS
(2)
88
kh/jh
1/
3
S.F.
27
faculty
of
the
institutions
under
its
control,
such
part
of
the
1
authority
and
duties
vested
by
statute
in
the
board,
and
shall
2
formulate
and
establish
such
rules,
outline
such
policies
and
3
prescribe
such
procedures
therefor,
all
as
may
be
desired
or
4
determined
by
the
board
as
recorded
in
their
minutes.
5
Sec.
4.
Section
262.82,
subsection
2,
Code
2019,
is
amended
6
to
read
as
follows:
7
2.
The
board
of
regents
shall
also
establish
a
program
8
to
create
faculty
opportunities
for
women
educators
at
the
9
universities
under
the
board’s
control.
The
program
shall
10
include
but
is
not
limited
to
the
creation
of
faculty
positions
11
in
targeted
shortage
areas.
The
board
of
regents
shall
also
12
develop
and
implement,
in
consultation
with
appropriate
faculty
13
representatives,
tenure,
promotion
,
and
hiring
policies
that
14
recognize
the
unique
needs
of
faculty
members
who
are
principal
15
caregivers
to
dependents.
16
EXPLANATION
17
The
inclusion
of
this
explanation
does
not
constitute
agreement
with
18
the
explanation’s
substance
by
the
members
of
the
general
assembly.
19
This
bill
directs
the
state
board
of
regents
to
prohibit
20
the
establishment
or
continuation
of
a
tenure
system
at
the
21
regents
universities
for
any
employee
of
a
regents
university,
22
and
provides
that
the
provision
in
the
Code
which
authorizes
23
community
college
administrations
to
establish
quality
faculty
24
planning
committees
shall
not
be
construed
to
authorize
a
25
community
college
to
establish
a
tenure
system
for
any
employee
26
of
the
community
college.
27
The
bill
provides
that
acceptable
grounds
for
termination
28
of
employment
of
any
member
of
a
regents
university’s
faculty
29
shall
include
but
not
be
limited
to
just
cause,
program
30
discontinuance,
and
financial
exigency.
Each
university
is
31
directed
to
adopt
a
written
statement
enumerating
employment
32
agreements,
annual
performance
evaluations
of
all
faculty
33
members,
minimum
standards
of
good
practice,
standards
for
34
review
and
discipline
of
faculty
members,
and
policies
with
35
-2-
LSB
1642XS
(2)
88
kh/jh
2/
3
S.F.
27
regard
to
dismissal
for
cause,
program
discontinuance,
and
1
financial
exigency.
The
bill
provides
that
each
dean
of
a
2
college
at
a
regents
university
and
the
president
of
the
3
university
shall
employ
faculty
as
necessary
to
carry
out
the
4
academic
duties
and
responsibilities
of
the
college.
5
The
bill
makes
corresponding
changes
in
the
Code.
6
-3-
LSB
1642XS
(2)
88
kh/jh
3/
3
