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REFERENCE TITLE: faculty; political and religious beliefs |
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State of Arizona House of Representatives Fiftieth Legislature Second Regular Session 2012
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HB 2770 |
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Introduced by Representative Forese
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AN ACT
Amending title 15, chapter 14, Arizona Revised Statutes, by adding article 11; relating to university and community college faculty hiring, retention, and termination.
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Be it enacted by the Legislature of the State of Arizona:
Section 1. Title 15, chapter 14, Arizona Revised Statutes, is amended by adding article 11, to read:
ARTICLE 11. FACULTY HIRING, RETENTION AND TERMINATION
15-1896. Faculty employment, dismissal and tenure; religious and political beliefs; definitions
A. A university or community college shall hire, fire, promote and grant tenure to faculty on the basis of that faculty member's competence and appropriate knowledge in the field of that faculty member's expertise and, in the humanities, the social sciences and the arts, with a view toward fostering a plurality of methodologies and perspectives. A university or community college shall not hire, fire or deny promotion or tenure to any faculty member on the basis of that faculty member's political or religious beliefs.
B. A university or community college shall not exclude a faculty member from tenure or search committees or hiring committees on the basis of that faculty member's political or religious beliefs.
C. For the purposes of this section:
1. "Community college" has the same meaning prescribed in section 15‑1401.
2. "University" means a university under the jurisdiction of the Arizona board of regents.