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A BILL TO BE ENTITLED
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AN ACT
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relating to a limitation on the number of certain nontenured or |
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nontenure track faculty employed at public universities. |
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BE IT ENACTED BY THE LEGISLATURE OF THE STATE OF TEXAS: |
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SECTION 1. Subchapter Z, Chapter 51, Education Code, is |
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amended by adding Section 51.9085 to read as follows: |
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Sec. 51.9085. LIMITATION ON EMPLOYMENT OF CERTAIN |
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NONTENURED OR NONTENURE TRACK FACULTY. (a) In this section: |
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(1) "Faculty member" means a person employed full-time |
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or part-time by a general academic teaching institution whose |
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primary duties include teaching students enrolled at the |
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institution or research. The term does not include: |
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(A) a person who holds faculty rank but who |
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spends a majority of the person's time for the institution engaged |
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in managerial or supervisory activities, including a chancellor, |
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vice chancellor, president, vice president, provost, associate or |
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assistant provost, dean, or associate or assistant dean; or |
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(B) a person who is employed part-time to teach |
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while enrolled as a student of the institution. |
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(2) "General academic teaching institution" has the |
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meaning assigned by Section 61.003. |
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(b) During any academic year, not more than 25 percent of |
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the total number of faculty members employed by a general academic |
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teaching institution may be employed by the institution on a |
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nontenured or nontenure track basis under which the faculty members |
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are: |
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(1) compensated hourly or on another nonsalary basis; |
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and |
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(2) ineligible for the same employment benefits as a |
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tenured or tenure track faculty member. |
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(c) The Texas Higher Education Coordinating Board may adopt |
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rules to administer this section. |
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SECTION 2. Section 51.9085, Education Code, as added by |
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this Act, applies beginning with the 2018-2019 academic year. |
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SECTION 3. This Act takes effect January 1, 2018. |