The Kansas House of Representatives is set to consider a bill that if it became law would strip away the most important rights that tenure conveys to university faculty.

Academic leaders of the University of Kansas and Kansas State University said Tuesday legislation retroactively abolishing property rights inherent in tenure would run off distinguished educators, und

Kansas lawmakers introduced a bill, House Bill 2348, on February 10, 2025, that could strip away key tenure rights for faculty at public universities. The bill challenges the traditional definition of tenure,

Controversial Kansas House bill eliminates the concept of a property right, in terms of tenure policies, at public state universities.

Kansas lawmakers held a hearing on a bill to eliminate tenure rights, as fired Emporia State professors are trying to sue the university for mass layoffs.