MS SB2692 | 2022 | Regular Session

Status

Completed Legislative Action
Spectrum: Partisan Bill (Republican 1-0)
Status: Failed on February 1 2022 - 100% progression
Action: 2022-02-01 - Died In Committee
Text: Latest bill text (Introduced) [HTML]

Summary

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, 2022; To Terminate Existing Tenure Programs When No Covered Employees Remain Employed By The Institution; To Provide Beginning With The 2024-2025 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.

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Title

Tenure programs for public university faculty; phase out.

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History

DateChamberAction
2022-02-01SenateDied In Committee
2022-01-17SenateReferred To Universities and Colleges

Code Citations

ChapterArticleSectionCitation TypeStatute Text
3710115Amended CodeSee Bill Text

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Bill Comments

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