It shall be the purpose of RCW 28B.50.850 through 28B.50.869 to establish a system of faculty tenure which protects the concepts of faculty employment rights and faculty involvement in the protection of those rights in the state system of community and technical colleges. RCW 28B.50.850 through 28B.50.869 shall define a reasonable and orderly process for appointment of faculty members to tenure status and the dismissal of the tenured faculty member.
RCW 28B.50.850
Faculty tenure—Purpose.
Applied in 5 court decisions — leading case 86 Wash. 2d 363 - Smith v. Greene (1976)
Most recently applied in 36 Wash. App. 154 - Eyre v. Big Bend Community College (December 1983)
2015 c 55 s 228; 1991 c 238 s 67; 1969 ex.s. c 283 s 32
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Official source: Washington State Legislature. Reproduced from public-domain Washington statutes; confirm against the official source for the current text. Not legal advice.