Common use of Board Decisions Regarding Tenure Clause in Contracts

Board Decisions Regarding Tenure. 1. Upon receiving the various recommendations regarding the award or non- award of tenure or the nonrenewal of a contract of the evaluated probationers, the Board shall, before its final meeting of the 2nd, 5th and 8th quarters of a probationer’s employment, examine the records of the probationer(s) so referred to them and give reasonable consideration to the recommendation of the probationary review committee as to the award or non-award of tenure or the nonrenewal of a contract to said probationer or probationers. 2. All Board decisions regarding the award or non-award of tenure to probationers considered pursuant to this section shall be accomplished by no later than the last day of the 2nd, 5th and 8th quarter of a probationer’s employment. Written notice of such award or non-award shall be transmitted by the Board to the probationer no later than the last day of the 2nd, 5th and 8th quarter of a probationer’s employment. 3. The final decision to award or withhold tenure, or to continue probationary status for faculty, shall rest with the Board, after it has given reasonable consideration to the recommendation of the Probationary Review Committee and the College President. Any recommendations of the Probationary Review Committee and the President shall be advisory only and not binding upon the Board. The Faculty Association and the President agree that the ultimate authority to grant or deny tenure, or continuing probationary status, for faculty is vested with the Board. 4. In the case of the award of tenure, all probationary source documents, including all original evaluations, will be destroyed upon satisfactory completion by the newly tenured faculty member of the first tenured faculty evaluation cycle (Article XIX). Within thirty (30) calendar days the faculty member being evaluated may indicate in writing on the summary evaluation document that they choose to have the source documents retained in their personnel file.

Board Decisions Regarding Tenure. 1. Upon receiving the various recommendations regarding the award or non- award of tenure or the nonrenewal of a contract of the evaluated probationers, the Board shall, before its final meeting of the 2nd, 5th and 8th quarters of a probationer’s employment, examine the records of the probationer(s) so referred to them and give reasonable consideration to the recommendation of the probationary review committee as to the award or non-award of tenure or the nonrenewal of a contract to said probationer or probationers. 2. All Board decisions regarding the award or non-award of tenure to probationers considered pursuant to this section shall be accomplished by no later than the last day of the 2nd, 5th and 8th quarter of a probationer’s employment. Written notice of such award or non-award shall be transmitted by the Board to the probationer no later than the last day of the 2nd, 5th and 8th quarter of a probationer’s employment. 3. The final decision to award or withhold tenure, or to continue probationary status for faculty, shall rest with the Board, after it has given reasonable consideration to the recommendation of the Probationary Review Committee and the College President. Any recommendations of the Probationary Review Committee and the President shall be advisory only and not binding upon the Board. The Faculty Association and the President agree that the ultimate authority to grant or deny tenure, or continuing probationary status, for faculty is vested with the Board. 4. In the case of the award of tenure, all probationary source documents, including all original evaluations, will be destroyed upon satisfactory completion by the newly tenured faculty member of the first tenured faculty evaluation cycle (Article XIX). Within thirty (30) calendar days the faculty member being evaluated may indicate in writing on the summary evaluation document that they choose s/he chooses to have the source documents retained in their his/her personnel file.