California Code of Regulations › Title 5 - Education › Division 5 - Board of Trustees of the California State Universities › Chapter 1 - California State University › Subchapter 7 - Employees › Article 13 - Tenure Rights of Academic Employees › Section 43560 - Probationary Period and Award of Tenure

Current through Register 2024 Notice Reg. No. 28, July 12, 2024
Decisions with respect to the award or denial of tenure to a
						probationary academic employee as defined in Section
						42700, subdivision (1), appointed
						pursuant to Article 2, Article 2.5, or both, shall be on the basis of full-time
						service in accordance with the procedures established pursuant to Section
						42701 and pursuant to the following
						provisions:
(a) The normal pattern of
					 awarding tenure, except as modified below, shall involve the assessment of a faculty
					 member's performance over a period of four successive academic years, and for those
					 not awarded tenure, a terminal year.
(b)
					 The president may determine to award a fifth probationary year appointment. Should
					 it be considered by the end of that year that more time is still necessary to
					 evaluate the probationary academic employee for tenure purposes, the president may
					 award a final sixth probationary year appointment. For those denied tenure following
					 the final probationary year, a terminal year shall be awarded as provided in
					 Subdivision (c) of Section
					 43561. A probationary academic employee
					 shall not serve more than seven successive full-time years.
(c) If the academic employee transfers from an
					 existing campus to a newly established campus under the provisions of Education Code
					 Section
					 89545, the
					 employee shall be accorded such tenure rights at the newly established campus as the
					 employee had acquired at the existing campus.
(d) If a tenured academic employee transfers from
					 one campus to another campus and such transfer is not under the provisions of
					 Education Code Section
					 89545, the
					 employee may be appointed with tenure or with such credit towards tenure as the
					 president of the campus to which the employee transfers shall determine.
(e) If a probationary academic employee transfers
					 from one campus to another campus, and such transfer is not under the provisions of
					 Education Code Section
					 89545, the
					 employee may be appointed with such credit toward tenure as the president of the
					 campus to which the employee transfers shall determine.
(f) If the academic employee is initially
					 appointed to the rank of professor, the employee may be considered for tenure during
					 his or her first academic year, and, not later than June 1 of the employee's second
					 year, he or she shall be notified by the president or designee that the employee
					 will either receive tenure or a terminal year.
(g) Notwithstanding any provision in this article
					 to the contrary, the president in special circumstances may award tenure to any
					 probationary academic employee earlier than the normal probationary period otherwise
					 provided in this section, when, following an evaluation of the performance of the
					 faculty member at the campus, the president finds that such early award of tenure is
					 advantageous to the institution.
(h)
					 Except as provided in subdivision (c), (d) and (g) of this Section, whenever tenure
					 is awarded to an academic employee, the tenure shall be effective when the academic
					 employee enters upon his or her duties at the same campus at the beginning of the
					 academic year next succeeding the year during which tenure is awarded.
(i) If the academic employee is promoted to the
					 rank of assistant professor during his or her probationary period, he or she shall
					 be credited with consecutive probationary years already served at the campus at the
					 rank of instructor.
1. New section
						filed 7-27-71; effective thirtieth day thereafter (Register 71, No. 31). Former
						Section 43560 renumbered to
						43560.1.
2. Amendment filed 8-22-72; effective thirtieth day thereafter
						(Register 72, No. 35).
3. Amendment filed 4-29-77; effective thirtieth
						day thereafter (Register 77, No. 18).
4. Amendment filed 9-20-82;
						effective thirtieth day thereafter (Register 82, No.
						39).
Note: Authority cited: Sections
						  66600,
						  89030,
						  89035 and
						  89500, Education
						  Code. Reference: Section
						  89500, Education
						  Code.