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Sixty-ninth
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 academic tenure policy at institutions 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 - Policy - Evaluations.
1.By July 1, 2026, institutions 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 criteria for continued 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
appointed by the president of the institution or the designee of the president. The
first post-tenure evaluation must be completed within three years. Subsequent
post-tenure evaluations must be completed at least every five years or more
frequently.
d.Provides the composition of a culminating post-tenure evaluation committee must
include the administrative supervisor of the faculty member being evaluated, at
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least one ranking administrator, and tenured faculty comprising no less than
one - third and no more than one - half of the committee.
e.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.
f.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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