State Board Votes to Declare Financial Emergency
If Invoked, College Presidents Can Expedite Faculty Dismissals at Community and Technical Colleges
June 11, 2009
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State Board Votes to Declare a Financial Emergency to
Expedite Faculty Dismissals at Community and Technical Colleges
In a controversial vote, the Washington State Board for Community and Technical Colleges (SBCTC) today declared a financial emergency over the protest of faculty leaders throughout the state. A law created in 1981, RCW 28B.50.873, allows presidents at community and technical colleges to expedite the termination of full-time, tenure-track and tenured faculty and modifies some reduction-in-force processes outlined in collective bargaining agreements. This law does not apply to four-year colleges and universities. [more]