Establishing limits on the percentage of courses taught by faculty without tenure track status at community and technical colleges.
Last action: 2026-01-12 — By resolution, reintroduced and retained in present status.
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Official Description
Establishing limits on the percentage of courses taught by faculty without tenure track status at community and technical colleges.
Bill Details
- Bill Number
- SB 5397
- Current Status
- Introduced
- Sponsors
- Bill Ramos, Vandana Slatter, Adrian Cortes, Annette Cleveland, Robert Hasegawa, Deborah Krishnadasan, T'wina Nobles, Derek Stanford
- Introduced
- 2025-01-21
- Chamber
- Senate
- Current Committee
- Higher Education & Workforce Development
Bill History
- 2025-01-21 First reading, referred to Higher Education & Workforce Development.
- 2025-02-06 Public hearing in the Senate Committee on Higher Education & Workforce Development at 1:30 PM.
- 2026-01-12 By resolution, reintroduced and retained in present status.
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