Rep. Mike Motschenbacher, R-Bismarck. (Michael Achterling/North Dakota Monitor)
(Jeff Beach – North Dakota Monitor) – A bill in the North Dakota Legislature is again taking aim at tenure policies at the state’s public colleges, but an amendment offered Friday would allow tenure to remain.
House Bill 1437 proposed to eliminate tenure at two-year colleges in the North Dakota University System.
Sponsor Rep. Mike Motschenbacher, R-Bismarck, added an amendment that instead calls for guidelines on tenure, something the State Board of Higher Education says it has already been working on.
House Majority Leader Mike Lefor, R-Dickinson, said he has not been impressed by the board’s efforts on tenure policy.
“I think they put lip service to it,” Lefor told the House Government and Veterans Affairs Committee.
