WV HB2270 | 2015 | Regular Session
Status
Spectrum: Partisan Bill (Republican 11-0)
Status: Introduced on January 23 2015 - 25% progression, died in committee
Action: 2015-01-23 - To House Education
Pending: House Education Committee
Text: Latest bill text (Introduced) [HTML]
Status: Introduced on January 23 2015 - 25% progression, died in committee
Action: 2015-01-23 - To House Education
Pending: House Education Committee
Text: Latest bill text (Introduced) [HTML]
Summary
The purpose of this bill is to promote intellectual diversity and academic freedom in institutions of higher education. The bill prohibits employment decisions concerning faculty members from being based solely on political or religious beliefs. The bill requires all tenure, search and hiring committee deliberations to be recorded and made available to the appropriate constituted authorities. The bill prohibits students from being graded on political or religious beliefs. The bill requires academic disciplines to welcome a diversity of approaches to unsettled questions and to provide dissenting viewpoints. The bill provides that the uncertainty and unsettled character of all human knowledge must be respected. The bill provides that the obstruction of campus speakers or the civil exchange of ideas may not be tolerated. This section is new; therefore, it has been completely underscored.
Title
Protecting academic freedom in higher education
Sponsors
History
| Date | Chamber | Action |
|---|---|---|
| 2015-01-23 | House | To House Education |
| 2015-01-23 | House | Introduced in House |
| 2015-01-23 | House | To Education then Judiciary |
| 2015-01-23 | House | Filed for introduction |
