2023 Regular Session

Senate Bill 2785

Tenure programs for public university faculty; phase out.

Did not become law. It stopped in the Senate's Universities and Colleges Committee on January 31, 2023. The 2023 session has ended.

What it does

The synopsis the Legislature published with the bill.

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.

Its course

January 16 to January 31, 2023, on one scale. In the top row each mark is a day something happened; taller marks are busier days.

Each committee stop sits inside its chamber.

Every action2 actions on 2 days

In the SenateJan 16 to Jan 31 · stopped15 days

Universities and CollegesJan 16 to Jan 31 · stopped15 days

Text

Each version as the Legislature printed it.

l9n doesn't hold this bill's text yet.

What happened

In l9n's words, one line for each step. Every action as the Legislature published it is below.

In the Senate Jan 16 – Jan 31

Jan 16Referred to the Senate committee on Universities and Colleges
Jan 31Died in committee in the Senate

All 2 actions, as published

Jan 16Referred To Universities and CollegesSenate
Jan 31Died In CommitteeSenate