88th General Assembly · Iowa Funnel one-pager · Wednesday, November 11, 2026
SF 27: Relating to the establishment of tenure systems at public postsecondary educational institutions
Died when the session ended · The 2020 session adjourned on June 14, 2020, the General Assembly’s last regular session. Bills that didn’t pass both chambers died.
What it does
This bill directs the state board of regents to prohibit the establishment or continuation of a tenure system at the regents universities for any employee of a regents university, and provides that the provision in the Code which authorizes community college administrations to establish quality faculty planning committees shall not be construed to authorize a community college to establish a tenure system for any employee of the community college. The bill provides that acceptable grounds for termination of employment of any member of a regents university’s faculty shall include but not be limited to just cause, program discontinuance, and financial exigency.
Sponsors
Not listed
Cost
No fiscal note
Senate subcommittee · named January 17, 2019
- Sen. Jerry Behn (R)
- Sen. Zach Wahls (D) · zach.wahls@legis.iowa.gov
- Sen. Brad Zaun (R)
Lobbying · 0 for, 3 against
Against: AFSCME Iowa Council 61; Board of Regents, State of Iowa; Iowa State Education Association
In plain words
- January 15, 2019Filed in the Senate and sent to the Education committee
- January 17, 2019Senate subcommittee named: Behn, Wahls and Zaun
- February 4, 2019Subcommittee recommended passing it
From public records at legis.iowa.gov, compiled by Iowa Funnel (iowafunnel.com), an independent, nonpartisan site. Current as of Wednesday, November 11, 2026. https://iowafunnel.com/bills/88/SF27