SB 583 Creates an instructional waiver review board for the University of Missouri System
Sponsor: Munzlinger
LR Number: 4908S.03I Fiscal Notes
Committee: Education
Last Action: 1/7/2016 - Second Read and Referred S Education Committee Journal Page: S84
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Effective Date: August 28, 2016

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SB 583 - This act creates an instructional waiver review board for the University of Missouri System. Such review board shall be composed of nine members as described in the act, and terms shall be three years.

The review board shall meet at least twice annually and shall evaluate all instructional waivers requested by regular faculty members. The anonymity of the faculty requesting the waiver shall be maintained throughout the review. The number of instructional waivers granted for each campus shall not exceed thirty percent of the total number of regular faculty employed by that campus, and preference for the granting of a waiver shall be given to faculty whose research is funded through means other than state appropriations.

JOSHUA NORBERG