From the ECS State Policy Database Postsecondary Faculty--Tenure

This database is made possible by your state's fiscal support of the Education Commission of the States (ECS). Most entries are legislative, although rules/regulations and executive orders that make substantive changes are included. Every effort is made to collect the latest available version of policies; in some instances, recent changes might not be reflected. For expediency purposes minimal attention has been paid to style (capitalization, punctuation) and format. Please cite use of the database as: Education Commission of the States (ECS) State Policy Database, retrieved [date]. State Status/Date Level Summary CA Vetoed 09/2012 Postsec. Faculty Tenure at California State University and University of California A.B. 2132 From bill summary: Expresses legislative intent that the California State University and the University of California develop and adopt tenu... More... TN Signed into law 05/2012 Postsec. Faculty Tenure S.B. 3023 Allows the chancellor to award back pay to a tenured faculty member, in the event that a court finds dismissal was inappropriate. http://www... More... CO Signed into law 04/2012 Postsec. Employment Contracts Non-tenure-track Professors H.B. 1144 The bill authorizes each system of higher education and each campus of each state institution of higher education to employ an unlimited num... More... TX Signed into law 06/2011 Postsec. Internet Access to Faculty Information for General Academic Teaching Institutions H.B. 736 - Internet Access to Faculty Information for General Academic Teaching Institutions Requires that each general academic teaching institution make public on the institution's Web site the following information: (1) the studen... More... AL Signed into law 05/2011 P-12 Postsec. Employer and Employee Rights S.B. 310 Establishes the Students First Act of 2011. Establishes the purposes of this act. Provides definitions. Provides no action may be proposed o... More... MT Passed 04/2011 Postsec. Posttenure Review S.J.R. 11 A joint resolution urging the Montana Board of Regents of Higher Education to require ongoing posttenure review for Montana University teach... More... CA Signed into law 09/2010 Postsec. Community College Part-Time and Temporary Faculty A.C.R. 138 Expresses legislative intent that part-time and temporary faculty receive pay and benefits that are equal to those of specified tenured and ... More... CA Vetoed 09/2004 Postsec. Community College Tenure Track vs. Temporary Faculty A.B. 242 Requires the board of governors and the trustees, and would request the regents, to adopt policies regarding the appropriate balance of temp... More... ME Signed into law 04/2003 Postsec. Maine Labor Relations Board H.P. 76 (LD 68) Extends the jurisdiction of the Maine Labor Relation Board to Employees of Public Higher Education Institutions who have been employed less ... More... MA Signed into law 08/2002 Postsec. Authorizing Quincy College to adopt a six-year tenure system HB 4695 Act sets the teacher career path at Quincy College. Teachers with 0-3 years of experience are non-tenured, after three years teachers achie... More... TX Signed into law 05/2001 Postsec. Faculty Contracts H.B. 1127 Relates to procedures governing employment contracts for faculty members at public institutions of higher education. An institution of high... More...