A Kentucky Senate committee approved a bill Monday that would provide another way for public universities to fire tenured professors, after defeating a Democrat’s attempt to amend the bill.
House Bill 424 already cleared the opposite chamber by a party-line vote, and could make its way to the governor’s desk by Thursday if the full Senate passes the bill.
Sponsored by GOP state Rep. James Tipton of Taylorsville, HB 424 would require university presidents and faculty members to have performance and productivity evaluations at least once every four years, using a process approved by each college’s board. Under the bill, failure to meet the performance and productivity standards may result in removal “regardless of status.”…