MISSISSIPPI LEGISLATURE
2010 Regular Session
To: Universities and Colleges
By: Representative Currie
AN ACT TO PROHIBIT PUBLIC UNIVERSITIES AND COLLEGES FROM GRANTING TENURE TO TEACHING PERSONNEL; AND FOR RELATED PURPOSES.
BE IT ENACTED BY THE LEGISLATURE OF THE STATE OF MISSISSIPPI:
SECTION 1. The Board of Trustees of State Institutions of Higher Learning, the State Board for Community and Junior Colleges, a state institution of higher learning and the board of trustees of a community and junior college may not grant tenure to professors, instructors or other teaching personnel. Tenure granted before July 1, 2010, is abolished on July 1, 2010. For purposes of this section, "tenure" means the right of professors, instructors or other teaching personnel to hold their position and not to be removed from that position except for just cause.
SECTION 2. This act shall take effect and be in force from and after July 1, 2010.