Bill to end tenure at Iowa regent universities advances in the Iowa Legislature

[rurallib]

https://dailyiowan.com/2019/02/02/bill-ending-tenure-at-ui-advances-in-the-iowa-legislature/?fbclid=IwAR0o5S_aK1cQpoWjx6p45hdhUvODpoWBFwOcDahnFyrefNoE-UoajO_wyKo

A bill in the state Legislature that aims to end tenure for professors at Iowa’s three public universities has cleared one legislative hurdle after a Senate education subcommittee approved it Jan. 30. The full Senate Education Committee will need to approve the bill before it moves on to the Senate.

The bill, Senate File 27, states that faculty can be terminated on grounds that include but are not limited to “just cause, program discontinuance, and financial exigency” at Iowa State University, the University of Iowa, and the University of Northern Iowa.

The Senate Education Committee is set to meet Feb. 4, but SF 27 was not on the agenda as of the morning of Feb. 2.

State Sen. Brad Zaun, R-Urbandale, reintroduced the bill Jan. 15 after it died in committee two years ago. He also sits on the subcommittee that approved it, with Sen. Jerry Behn, R-Boone, and Sen. Zach Wahls, D-Coralville.

Iowa: full steam into the 19th century! As if the other 49 states needed another reason to laugh at us.

[47of74]

1. another reason to ditch Iowa

Keep adding to that list Republicans.

[rurallib]

2. yep

we are just steam rolling to the past.
I am in total agreement with you.

We are not officially looking, but at our age we would like to be near the kids and grandchild and neither daughter wants to have anything to do with Iowa.