Senate Engrossed House Bill

State of Arizona House of Representatives Fiftieth Legislature Second Regular Session 2012

CHAPTER 177

HOUSE BILL 2770

 

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 EMPLOYMENT DECISIONS

START_STATUTE15-1896.  Faculty employment decisions; religious and political beliefs; definitions

A.  In making employment decisions, a university or community college shall take into account a faculty member's competence and appropriate knowledge in the field of that faculty member's expertise in order to foster a learning environment that respects a plurality of methodologies and perspectives.  A university or community college shall not make employment decisions on the basis of a 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. END_STATUTE

 

 

 

 

 

APPROVED BY THE GOVERNOR APRIL 4, 2012.

 

FILED IN THE OFFICE OF THE SECRETARY OF STATE APRIL 4, 2012.