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KS HB2348

Bill

Status

Introduced

2/7/2025

Primary Sponsor

Judiciary

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Origin

House of Representatives

2025-2026 Regular Session

AI Summary

  • Tenure at Kansas postsecondary institutions shall not create any entitlement, right, or property interest in a faculty member's current, ongoing, or future employment

  • The Kansas Board of Regents and all institutions are prohibited from defining, awarding, or recognizing tenure as a property interest or employment right

  • Existing tenure awards as of the effective date are retroactively stripped of any entitlement or property interest status

  • Institutions or the Board of Regents may revoke, limit, alter, or modify any benefits, processes, or preferences conferred by tenure at any time

  • Faculty members retain their otherwise constitutionally protected rights and interests under the bill

Legislative Description

Providing that tenure at postsecondary educational institutions shall not be defined, awarded or recognized as an entitlement, right or property interest in a faculty member's current, ongoing or future employment by an institution.

Last Action

House Withdrawn from Committee on Federal and State Affairs; Rereferred to Committee on Judiciary

2/19/2025

Committee Referrals

Judiciary2/19/2025
Federal and State Affairs2/17/2025
Judiciary2/7/2025

Full Bill Text

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