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Read. Follow. Verify.New Mexico bill strips boards of regents of authority over academic tenure and grants it to faculty
Last action · February 4, 2026: Sent to SCC - Referrals: SCC/SRC/SECSponsor: Bill Sharer
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What This Bill Proposed
Senate Bill 307 prohibits state university boards of regents from awarding, denying, revoking, or placing conditions on , shifting all tenure decisions to institutional policies based on faculty recommendations.
Changes who holds final authority over faculty job security and career status at public universities across the state by transferring power away from governing boards.
Who It Would Have Affected
Groups the bill's text would have affected, as described in the record. Being affected is not a position for or against it.
boards of regents
Boards of regents lose all authority to award, deny, revoke, or condition tenured faculty positions.
faculty
Faculty recommendations become the mandatory basis for all academic tenure decisions at state institutions.
state institutions of higher education
Universities must alter their decision-making processes for academic tenure to rely on faculty recommendations and institutional policies instead of regents' rulings.
Key Facts
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Frequently Asked Questions
Can university boards of regents still deny or revoke academic tenure under this bill?
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Votes, people, money & the original sourceWhere This Stands
This bill did not become law - Died at adjournment · in Senate committee.
Procedural history
1 action- Feb 4, 2026SenateCommitteeSent to SCC - Referrals: SCC/SRC/SEC
Version history
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Analysis Score
0–100- Significance20Lowered because this bill did not pass (its text scored 60)
- Controversy65Intensity of disagreement among stakeholders
- Entertainment10Compellingness for a non-policy-wonk reader
- Buzz30Current news / social attention level
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