Mississippi Senate Bill 2785 (Prior Session Legislation)

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Completed Legislative Action
Spectrum: Partisan Bill (Republican 1-0)
Status: Failed on January 31 2023 - 100% progression
Action: 2023-01-31 - Died In Committee
Text: Latest bill text (Introduced) [HTML]

An Act To Prohibit State Institutions Of Higher Learning From Awarding Tenure Or Entering Employment Contracts Of More Than Four Years Duration With Employees Hired After December 31, 2023; To Terminate Existing Tenure Programs When No Covered Employees Remain Employed By The Institution; To Provide Beginning With The 2025-2026 School Year All Full-time Faculty And Tenured Faculty At Public Institutions Of Higher Learning Shall Teach At Least Two Undergraduate Classes In The Fall And Spring Semesters Each Year, And To Provide An Exception For Faculty Employed In Departments Or Schools Only Offering Graduate Degrees; And To Provide Certain Related Reporting Requirements For Public Institutions Of Higher Learning And The Board Of Trustees Of State Institutions Of Higher Learning; To Amend Section 37-101-15, Mississippi Code Of 1972, In Conformity; And For Related Purposes.

Tenure programs for public university faculty; phase out.

Sen. Chris McDaniel [R]

Date	Chamber	Action
2023-01-31	Senate	Died In Committee
2023-01-16	Senate	Referred To Universities and Colleges

Chapter	Article	Section	Citation Type	Statute Text
37	101	15	Amended Code	See Bill Text

Type	Source
Summary	https://billstatus.ls.state.ms.us/2023/pdf/history/SB/SB2785.xml
Text	https://billstatus.ls.state.ms.us/documents/2023/html/SB/2700-2799/SB2785IN.htm