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                                                     SENATE BILL 5878

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State of Washington                              53rd Legislature                             1993 Regular Session

By Senator Bauer

Read first time 02/22/93.  Referred to Committee on Higher Education.

Eliminating mandatory posttenure review for community college faculty.

          AN ACT Relating to higher education faculty tenure; amending RCW 28B.50.869; and repealing RCW 28B.50.858.

BE IT ENACTED BY THE LEGISLATURE OF THE STATE OF WASHINGTON:

        Sec. 1.  RCW 28B.50.869 and 1991 c 238 s 70 are each amended to read as follows:

          The review committees required by RCW 28B.50.850 through 28B.50.869 shall be composed of members of the administrative staff, a student representative, and the ((teaching)) faculty.  The representatives of the teaching faculty shall represent a majority of the members on each review committee.  The members representing the ((teaching)) faculty on each review committee shall be selected by a majority of the ((teaching)) faculty and faculty department heads acting in a body.  The student representative, who shall be a full time student, shall be chosen by the student association of the particular community or technical college in such manner as the members thereof shall determine.

NEW SECTION. Sec. 2.  RCW 28B.50.858 and 1991 c 294 s 5 are each repealed.

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