Ohio § 3345.453 Post-tenure review

Ohio Statutes

§ 3345.453 — Post-tenure review

Ohio § 3345.453

Title 33Education-Libraries

Ch. 3345State Universities - General Powers

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Ohio Rev. Code Ann. § 3345.453 (2026).

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This section applies only to state institutions of higher education that have tenured faculty members.

(A)As used in this section, "state institution of higher education" has the same meaning as in section3345.011of the Revised Code.

(B)The board of trustees of each state institution of higher education shall adopt a post-tenure review policy and submit the policy to the chancellor of higher education. Each policy must contain an appeals process for tenured faculty whose post-tenure review process results in a recommendation for administrative action pursuant to division (G) of this section. Each state institution's board of trustees shall update the post-tenure review policy every five years.

(C)A state institution of higher education shall conduct a post-tenure review if a tenured

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This section applies only to state institutions of higher education that have tenured faculty members.

(A) As used in this section, "state institution of higher education" has the same meaning as in section3345.011of the Revised Code.

(B) The board of trustees of each state institution of higher education shall adopt a post-tenure review policy and submit the policy to the chancellor of higher education. Each policy must contain an appeals process for tenured faculty whose post-tenure review process results in a recommendation for administrative action pursuant to division (G) of this section. Each state institution's board of trustees shall update the post-tenure review policy every five years.

(C) A state institution of higher education shall conduct a post-tenure review if a tenured faculty member receives a "does not meet performance expectations" evaluation within the same evaluative category for a minimum of two of the past three consecutive years on the faculty member's annual performance evaluation conducted pursuant to section3345.452of the Revised Code.

(D) A state institution of higher education shall subject any faculty member who maintains tenure after a post-tenure review and receives an additional "does not meet performance expectations" assessment on any area of the faculty member's annual performance evaluation in the subsequent two years to an additional post-tenure review.

(E) The department chairperson, dean of faculty, or provost of a state institution of higher education may require an immediate and for cause post-tenure review at any time for a faculty member who has a documented and sustained record of significant underperformance outside of the faculty member's annual performance evaluation. For this purpose, for cause shall not be based on a faculty member's allowable expression of academic freedom as defined by the state institution of higher education or Ohio law.

(F) The state institution of higher education's post-tenure review due process period, from beginning to end, shall not exceed six months, except that a one-time two-month extension may be granted by the state institution's president.

(G) The state institution of higher education's provost shall submit a recommended outcome of the post-tenure review process to the institution's entity that is responsible for the final decision of post-tenure review pursuant to the institution's policy. The administrative action that a state institution of higher education may take includes censure, remedial training, or for-cause termination, regardless of tenure status, and any other action permitted by the institution's post-tenure review policy.

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