Sponsors
Senate Employment Policy Workgroup
Motion
Section I
1.1 WHEREAS, the transition to a new Board of Trustees for the University under the law popularly known as Senate Bill 270 of 2013 removed the State Board of Higher Education as a future source of policies for the University of Oregon; and
1.2 WHEREAS, a number of rules adopted by the State Board of Higher Education in the past (primarily known as “Oregon Administrative Rules 580-[various]” or herein as “580 rules”) involve academic matters as commonly understood in higher education, including the below 9, “580 rules” and
1.3 WHEREAS, the terminology in the 2 below “580 rules” require minor updating of language so as not to refer to the “Chancellor”; etc. and
1.4 WHEREAS, Section 170 (8) of Senate Bill 270 provides:
(8) Notwithstanding any other provision of this section, the lawfully adopted rules and policies of the State Board of Higher Education pertaining to a university with a governing board that are in effect on the effective date of this 2013 Act continue in effect until lawfully superseded or repealed by the standards or policies of the governing board or the university [emphasis added]; and
1.5 WHEREAS, linkages and comments are provided on the Senate’s “Master List” of rules and policies, including unique, easy-to-track identifying numbers (see Policies of Senate Interest Excel workbook),
Section II
2.1 BE IT FURTHER MOVED that Bonine #284 ; 580-021-0100 below, at the same web link, be amended as follows and enacted as a regular University of Oregon Policy:
(1) Appointments authorized in Department are: fixed-term appointments, tenure-related appointments (annual tenure and indefinite tenure):
(a) Fixed-term appointments:
(A) Fixed-term appointments are appointments for a specified period of time, as set forth in the notice of appointment. The faculty member thus appointed is not on the tenure track and the timely notice provisions do not apply;
(B) Fixed-term appointments may be made and are renewable at the discretion of the president;
(C) Fixed-term appointments are designed for use at the discretion of the president in such cases as, but not limited to, appointments of visiting faculty (or similar category); academic staff members whose support wholly or principally comes from gift, grant or contract funds, the cessation of which funding would eliminate the budget base for the position in question; part-time faculty; administrative staff with faculty rank; and faculty appointments during an initial probationary period where an institutional policy has been adopted or negotiated that establishes such probationary period. Fixed-term appointments offered to visiting faculty or similar category shall not exceed a total of seven years;
(D) Institutional staffing plans shall define the characteristics, proper use and appropriate limits on use of visiting faculty or similar category.
(b) Tenure-related appointments:
(A) Annual tenure appointments are appointments given to faculty employed .50 FTE or more whom the institution considers to be on the tenure track, in that, on completion of an appropriate probationary period, they will be evaluated and considered for appointment to indefinite tenure. If the initial annual tenure appointment or successive annual tenure appointments are to be terminated otherwise than for cause or for financial exigency, timely notice shall be given the faculty member;
(B) Indefinite tenure appointments are appointments given selected faculty members having an appointment of .50 FTE or more. Such appointments are made by the president in witness of the institution's formal decision that the faculty member has demonstrated such professional competence that the institution will not henceforth terminate employment except for cause, financial exigency, or program or department reductions or eliminations.
(2) "Tenured" faculty, as referred to in Board policies and Administrative Rules, are faculty who have been awarded indefinite tenure.
2.2 BE IT FURTHER MOVED that Bonine #294 ; 580-021-0205 below, at the same web link, be amended as follows and enacted as a regular University of Oregon Policy:
(1) An unclassified employee appointed at .5 FTE or more, may be considered for sabbatical leave:
(a) After having been continuously appointed without interruption by a sabbatical leave for 18 academic quarters (excluding Summer Session) or, in the case of 12-month faculty, 72 months; or
(b) After having accumulated the equivalent of 6.0 FTE years over an indefinite period of 9-month or 12-month appointments uninterrupted by a sabbatical leave.
(c) Prior service at the ranks of Instructor, Lecturer or Research Assistant, when leading to a promotion to a higher rank, may be considered by the president as part of the period of accumulated service for the purposes of the time requirement for sabbatical eligibility.
(2) A series of appointments shall be considered continuous whether or not interrupted by one or more authorized leaves of absence other than a sabbatical leave. A one-year period of appointment at less than .5 FTE will count as a period of accumulated service for purposes of the time requirement for sabbatical eligibility. An authorized leave of absence will not prejudice the staff member's eligibility for sabbatical leave. Academic staff members may be considered for subsequent sabbatical leaves after again satisfying the conditions specified in subsections (1)(a) or (b) of this rule. Cases involving mixed terms of service may be adjusted by the institutional president or the president's designee, in accordance with the principles set forth in this rule.
(3) For institutional convenience, and at the initiative and sole discretion of the institution, a sabbatical leave may be delayed by up to two years. In such instances, the academic staff member will become eligible for a succeeding sabbatical leave after an equivalently reduced period of years. This section applies to a maximum of 14 consecutive years, covering two possible sabbatical leaves. The same agreement may be negotiated, again for institutional convenience, in subsequent 14-year periods.
(4) Sabbatical leave privileges may be granted to unclassified employees in special positions of responsibility and trust, even though they do not hold academic rank. Eligibility for this class of employees will be determined in the manner described in section (1) of this rule. Recommendations for sabbatical leave for the above-referenced unclassified staff members not otherwise qualified may be made in exceptional cases only at the discretion of institution presidents.
(5) For purposes of determining eligibility for sabbatical leave, time spent on an authorized military leave from a Department institution shall be considered as institutional service.
(6) Salary received by an academic staff member during a sabbatical shall be calculated as follows:
(a) Salary under subsection (1)(a) of this rule shall be a percentage (determined by OAR 580-021-0225 or 580-021-0230) of the academic staff member's annual rate multiplied by the average FTE at which the academic staff member was appointed during the 6.0 FTE years immediately prior to the sabbatical leave. The president shall have the authority and discretion to interpret special circumstances in this regard. For purposes of this subsection, eligibility years are the 18 academic quarters (excluding Summer Session) or in the case of 12-month faculty, 72 months of continuous employment at half-time or more that result in the academic staff member's eligibility for sabbatical leave under subsection (1)(a) of this rule.
(b) Salary under subsection (1)(b) of this rule shall be a percentage (determined by OAR 580-021-0225 or 580-021-0230) of the academic staff member's annual rate in effect at the time the sabbatical leave begins.
(c) If during the period of sabbatical leave the institution allocates salary increases to its academic staff members, the annual rate of the academic staff member on sabbatical leave will be increased by the appropriate amount effective on the date that the salary increase was granted.
1.1 WHEREAS, the transition to a new Board of Trustees for the University under the law popularly known as Senate Bill 270 of 2013 removed the State Board of Higher Education as a future source of policies for the University of Oregon; and
1.2 WHEREAS, a number of rules adopted by the State Board of Higher Education in the past (primarily known as “Oregon Administrative Rules 580-[various]” or herein as “580 rules”) involve academic matters as commonly understood in higher education, including the below 9, “580 rules” and
1.3 WHEREAS, the terminology in the 2 below “580 rules” require minor updating of language so as not to refer to the “Chancellor”; etc. and
1.4 WHEREAS, Section 170 (8) of Senate Bill 270 provides:
(8) Notwithstanding any other provision of this section, the lawfully adopted rules and policies of the State Board of Higher Education pertaining to a university with a governing board that are in effect on the effective date of this 2013 Act continue in effect until lawfully superseded or repealed by the standards or policies of the governing board or the university [emphasis added]; and
1.5 WHEREAS, linkages and comments are provided on the Senate’s “Master List” of rules and policies, including unique, easy-to-track identifying numbers (see Policies of Senate Interest Excel workbook),
Section II
2.1 BE IT FURTHER MOVED that Bonine #284 ; 580-021-0100 below, at the same web link, be amended as follows and enacted as a regular University of Oregon Policy:
(1) Appointments authorized in Department are: fixed-term appointments, tenure-related appointments (annual tenure and indefinite tenure):
(a) Fixed-term appointments:
(A) Fixed-term appointments are appointments for a specified period of time, as set forth in the notice of appointment. The faculty member thus appointed is not on the tenure track and the timely notice provisions do not apply;
(B) Fixed-term appointments may be made and are renewable at the discretion of the president;
(C) Fixed-term appointments are designed for use at the discretion of the president in such cases as, but not limited to, appointments of visiting faculty (or similar category); academic staff members whose support wholly or principally comes from gift, grant or contract funds, the cessation of which funding would eliminate the budget base for the position in question; part-time faculty; administrative staff with faculty rank; and faculty appointments during an initial probationary period where an institutional policy has been adopted or negotiated that establishes such probationary period. Fixed-term appointments offered to visiting faculty or similar category shall not exceed a total of seven years;
(D) Institutional staffing plans shall define the characteristics, proper use and appropriate limits on use of visiting faculty or similar category.
(b) Tenure-related appointments:
(A) Annual tenure appointments are appointments given to faculty employed .50 FTE or more whom the institution considers to be on the tenure track, in that, on completion of an appropriate probationary period, they will be evaluated and considered for appointment to indefinite tenure. If the initial annual tenure appointment or successive annual tenure appointments are to be terminated otherwise than for cause or for financial exigency, timely notice shall be given the faculty member;
(B) Indefinite tenure appointments are appointments given selected faculty members having an appointment of .50 FTE or more. Such appointments are made by the president in witness of the institution's formal decision that the faculty member has demonstrated such professional competence that the institution will not henceforth terminate employment except for cause, financial exigency, or program or department reductions or eliminations.
(2) "Tenured" faculty, as referred to in Board policies and Administrative Rules, are faculty who have been awarded indefinite tenure.
2.2 BE IT FURTHER MOVED that Bonine #294 ; 580-021-0205 below, at the same web link, be amended as follows and enacted as a regular University of Oregon Policy:
(1) An unclassified employee appointed at .5 FTE or more, may be considered for sabbatical leave:
(a) After having been continuously appointed without interruption by a sabbatical leave for 18 academic quarters (excluding Summer Session) or, in the case of 12-month faculty, 72 months; or
(b) After having accumulated the equivalent of 6.0 FTE years over an indefinite period of 9-month or 12-month appointments uninterrupted by a sabbatical leave.
(c) Prior service at the ranks of Instructor, Lecturer or Research Assistant, when leading to a promotion to a higher rank, may be considered by the president as part of the period of accumulated service for the purposes of the time requirement for sabbatical eligibility.
(2) A series of appointments shall be considered continuous whether or not interrupted by one or more authorized leaves of absence other than a sabbatical leave. A one-year period of appointment at less than .5 FTE will count as a period of accumulated service for purposes of the time requirement for sabbatical eligibility. An authorized leave of absence will not prejudice the staff member's eligibility for sabbatical leave. Academic staff members may be considered for subsequent sabbatical leaves after again satisfying the conditions specified in subsections (1)(a) or (b) of this rule. Cases involving mixed terms of service may be adjusted by the institutional president or the president's designee, in accordance with the principles set forth in this rule.
(3) For institutional convenience, and at the initiative and sole discretion of the institution, a sabbatical leave may be delayed by up to two years. In such instances, the academic staff member will become eligible for a succeeding sabbatical leave after an equivalently reduced period of years. This section applies to a maximum of 14 consecutive years, covering two possible sabbatical leaves. The same agreement may be negotiated, again for institutional convenience, in subsequent 14-year periods.
(4) Sabbatical leave privileges may be granted to unclassified employees in special positions of responsibility and trust, even though they do not hold academic rank. Eligibility for this class of employees will be determined in the manner described in section (1) of this rule. Recommendations for sabbatical leave for the above-referenced unclassified staff members not otherwise qualified may be made in exceptional cases only at the discretion of institution presidents.
(5) For purposes of determining eligibility for sabbatical leave, time spent on an authorized military leave from a Department institution shall be considered as institutional service.
(6) Salary received by an academic staff member during a sabbatical shall be calculated as follows:
(a) Salary under subsection (1)(a) of this rule shall be a percentage (determined by OAR 580-021-0225 or 580-021-0230) of the academic staff member's annual rate multiplied by the average FTE at which the academic staff member was appointed during the 6.0 FTE years immediately prior to the sabbatical leave. The president shall have the authority and discretion to interpret special circumstances in this regard. For purposes of this subsection, eligibility years are the 18 academic quarters (excluding Summer Session) or in the case of 12-month faculty, 72 months of continuous employment at half-time or more that result in the academic staff member's eligibility for sabbatical leave under subsection (1)(a) of this rule.
(b) Salary under subsection (1)(b) of this rule shall be a percentage (determined by OAR 580-021-0225 or 580-021-0230) of the academic staff member's annual rate in effect at the time the sabbatical leave begins.
(c) If during the period of sabbatical leave the institution allocates salary increases to its academic staff members, the annual rate of the academic staff member on sabbatical leave will be increased by the appropriate amount effective on the date that the salary increase was granted.