25.0830.01003
Title.02000
Adopted by the Government and
Veterans Affairs Committee
Sixty-ninth
February 13, 2025
Legislative Assembly
of North Dakota
Introduced by
Representatives Motschenbacher, Hauck, J. Johnson, Klemin, Lefor, Meier, Rohr, Dockter
Senators Larson, Rummel, Dwyer
A BILL for an Act to create and enact a new section to chapter 15-10 of the North Dakota
Century Code, relating to the prohibition of academic tenure policy at two-year
collegesinstitutions of higher education.
BE IT ENACTED BY THE LEGISLATIVE ASSEMBLY OF NORTH DAKOTA:
SECTION 1. A new section to chapter 15-10 of the North Dakota Century Code is created
and enacted as follows:
Academic tenure prohibited at two - year colleges - Policy - Evalua tions .
A faculty member is not eligible for academic tenure, if the faculty member is hired after
1. By July 1, 2026, and employed at a two - year college in the state. For purposes of this
section, a two - year college is any of the following: Bismarck state college, Dakota
college at Bottineau, Lake Region state college, North Dakota state college of science,
and Williston state college instit utions of higher education under the control of the state
board of higher education offering faculty academic tenure shall develop and adopt a
policy for tenured and tenure-track faculty employed by the institution, which:
a. Defines progression and advancement criteria at each stage of tenure
progression, including post - tenure review.
b. Establishes a procedure for annual evaluation of all nontenure, tenure-track, and
tenured faculty by the president of the institution or the designee of the president.
c. Establishes a procedure for post-tenure evaluations , which must be informed by
the annual evaluations under subdivision b and conducted by a committee
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appointed by the president of the institution or the designee of the president. The
first evaluation must occur within three years. Subsequent evaluations must
occur every five years or more frequently. The committee must include the faculty
member administrative supervisor of the faculty member under evaluation or
review, at least one ranking administrator, and no more than one other faculty
member.
d. Defines the outcome of an unsatisfactory review of post-tenured faculty, which
may be removal from the position. The decision to remove faculty from a position
must be made by the employing institution and the state board of higher
education.
e. Is approved by the state board of higher education.
2. Advertisement of open faculty positions by institutions of higher education under the
control of the state board of higher education offering faculty academic tenure must
designate the position as nontenure-track or tenure-track. Upon offering a tenure-track
position to a candidate, the institution shall provide the candidate the policy required
under this section .
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