# LCMS Convention Proceedings_St. Louis Missouri_2001_S148
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RESOLUTIONS
ment) shall not be entitled to an appeal process following (or prior to) a decision of nonretention. The only exception is that a faculty member with an initial-level
appointment may ask the Board of Regents to assure
that appropriate procedures were followed in reaching
the decision or the basis on which the decision was
made.
6.29 6.31 Salary Schedules
The salary schedules of all institutional employees
shall be fixed by the Board of Regents on recommendation of the president of the institution. The salary
schedules shall be established within the broad guidelines provided by the Board for Higher Education.
6.31 6.33 Faculty Organization and Meetings
a. The Board of Regents, on recommendation of the
president of the institution, shall establish an effective
faculty organizational structure.
b. The president or his designee shall preside at regular and special meetings.
c. The faculty shall elect a secretary and provide for
the election or appointment of committees, consisting
of faculty members or of faculty members and other
persons, who shall study, evaluate, and report to the
faculty on policy matters affecting the academic activity
of the institution, the activity and welfare of the members of the faculty, and the life and welfare of the students.
d. The faculty shall elect a standing hearings committee or assign the functions of such a committee to
another standing committee.
6.35 Institutional Educational Policies
a. Each faculty shall recommend policy to the Board
of Regents through the president for the admission,
transfer, dismissal, or withdrawal of students, set the
standards of scholarship to be maintained by students,
determine criteria for graduation or failure, act on recommendations in the matter of granting certificates,
diplomas, and such academic or honorary degrees as
may lawfully be conferred by the institution.
b. Each faculty shall develop and construct curricula implementing the recognized and established purposes of the institution and designed to attain the synodically approved objectives of preparation for
professional church workers and other Christian leaders. Each faculty shall pursue the improvement of
teaching and learning and the evaluation of their effectiveness in every segment of the institution and its curriculum.
c. Each faculty shall recommend policy to the Board
of Regents through the president regarding out-of-class
life and activity of its students so that the cocurricular
and off-campus activities of the student contribute to
the attainment of the educational objectives of the institution. The faculty shall recommend such policies as
will be conducive to the cultivation of a Christian deportment on the part of all students, will stimulate the
creation of a cultured and academically challenging atmosphere on and about the whole campus, and will
make a spiritually wholesome community life possible.
d. Each faculty shall recommend policy to the Board
of Regents through the president regarding the maintenance of wholesome conditions of faculty service and
welfare.
e. The faculty of each institution which prepares
professional workers directly for service in the Synod
shall conform its placement policies to the synodical
provisions for the distribution of candidates and workers through the synodical Board of Assignments.
f. The Board for Higher Education shall periodically
review the institutional policies, programs, and curricula to determine whether they are consistent with the

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stated objectives of the Synod’s educational system and
its institutions.
6.39 Evangelical Discipline and the Right of
Appeal
a. Each Board of Regents, on recommendation of the
president, shall adopt a comprehensive policy statement committing the school to the principles of Christian discipline, evangelical dealing, and good order governing the students individually and collectively.
b. Each student shall be informed regarding the disciplinary policy and procedure and under what conditions and to whom an appeal from a disciplinary decision may be made. There shall be no right of appeal
under the provisions of Bylaw 8.01ff.
6.41 Controversies among Faculty Members or
Other Employees
Controversies and disagreements among faculty
members or other employees (other than those involving matters described in Bylaw 6.43) shall be submitted to the president of the institution for mediation. If
this proves unsuccessful, he shall report the matter to
the Board of Regents for arbitration. After hearing the
parties the board will render its decision, which shall
be final, without the right of appeal under the provisions of Bylaw 8.01ff. A record of the proceedings shall
be filed with the Board for Higher Education.
6.43 Removal from Office
a. The Board of Regents may decline to renew the
appointment of a faculty member during an initial-level
appointment period without permanent tenure or the
contract of an employee at the time of the expiration of
the term of the contract without formal statement of
cause. (See Bylaw 6.23 d.)
b. No member of the faculty on a continuing-level
appointment who has been granted permanent tenure
and no member or on an initial-level appointment, except at of the faculty without permanent tenure at
times other than the expiration of the term of appointment, shall be removed from the faculty either by ecclesiastical authority or by the Board of Regents except
for causes hereinafter enumerated and by procedures
hereinafter described.
c. The only causes for which members of a faculty
may be removed from office (within the definitions of a
and b above), other than honorable retirement, are
1. professional incompetency, including, but not limited to, the criteria identified in 6.25 a;
2. incapacity for the performance of duty;
3. refusal to cooperate insubordination;
4. neglect of or refusal to perform duties of office;
5. conduct unbecoming a Christian;
6. advocacy of false doctrine (Constitution, Art. II)
or failure to honor and uphold the doctrinal position of
the Synod as defined further in Bylaw 1.09 c.
6.44 Termination of Position
a. Positions of initial-level appointment nontenured
faculty, as well as continuing-level appointment
tenured faculty, may be terminated by the Board of Regents under certain institutional conditions that do not
reflect on the competency or faithfulness of the individual faculty member whose position is terminated. These
conditions are the following:
1. Discontinuance of an entire program (e.g., social
work, business).
2. Discontinuance of an entire division or department (e.g., modern foreign language) of a college, university, or seminary.