# LCMS Convention Proceedings_St. Louis Missouri_2023_S184
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7. UNIVERSITY EDUCATION
nominees, including floor nominees, shall be reviewed and
verified by the chair and secretary of the district board of
directors or their designees.
(a) Qualification of all nominees for appointment or
election as regents, according to the standard indicated
above, shall be reviewed and verified by the Concordia
University System, which duty may be delegated to a
committee composed of its members or others.
(b) Concordia University System shall also ensure that
it is prepared to review and verify qualifications of floor
nominees at each district and Synod convention, as well
as those of regents appointed by a board or in the case of
a vacancy, in a timely manner.
(c) Assessment of qualification for service shall be
performed on the basis of information submitted by
nominees on a regular instrument maintained by the
Secretary of the Synod for this purpose.
(d) The Concordia University System and Synod Board
of Directors shall provide for training of all regents
concerning their responsibility to advance the Synod’s
confession and mission objectives and their
responsibilities under the Synod Constitution, Bylaws,
and resolutions. The training shall consist of an initial
training as described in 3.10.6.2.2 and ongoing training.
(e) Approximately 18 months prior to each convention
of the Synod, Concordia University System shall consult
with the President and Secretary of the Synod and the
chairs of the boards of regents of Synod colleges and
universities regarding its application of the qualification
standards, and upon this consultation review and revise
its related policies and procedures.
(f) Concordia University System shall after input from
the Institution Advisory Council develop and maintain
in its public policies a rubric for consistent evaluation of
qualification for regent service.
3.10.6.2.2 Persons elected or appointed to a board of regents
shall undergo training for such service.
(a) The Concordia University System and Synod Board
of Directors shall provide for training of elected and
appointed regents concerning their responsibilities
under the Synod Constitution, Bylaws, and resolutions,
to advance the Synod’s confession and mission
objectives and to advance their respective institutions in
service of the church through the Concordia University
System visitation program.
(b) The chair of each board of regents shall, subject to
guidelines prepared by the Concordia University System
Institution Advisory Council after input from Concordia
University System, provide training of elected and
appointed regents in the task of governance and in their
business and legal duties as regents.
(c) The training under (a) and (b) above shall be
provided within one year after each Synod convention
and at least annually between Synod conventions.
(d) Failure to complete the initial training within the
first year after the first Synod convention after a regent
is elected or appointed renders the regent ineligible to

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continue in office. Upon such failure, the respective
board of regents shall declare the position vacant.
(e) Training programs, initial and continuing, may
allow for electronic or remote participation.
(f) Concordia University System, in collaboration with
its Institution Advisory Council and the Synod Board of
Directors, shall prepare and make available a summary
of the demands and expectations of service as a college
or university regent, including their responsibilities
under the Synod Constitution, Bylaws, and resolutions.
This summary shall be reviewed and confirmed by
nominees as a condition to being eligible to serve if
elected or appointed.
(g) The cost of the development of the regent training
by CUS and Synod Board of Directors shall be funded by
the CUS; the cost of regent participation in the training
shall be funded per capita by the institutions.
3.10.6.32.3 Vacancies that occur on a board of regents shall be
filled in the following manner:
…
3.10.6.4 The board of regents of each institution shall
become familiar with and develop an understanding of
pertinent policies, standards, and guidelines of the Synod
and the Board of Directors of Concordia University System.
(a) It shall develop detailed policies and procedures for
governance of the institution, including but not limited
to
(1) attention to specific ways that the institution is
confessing Jesus Christ in full accord with the
doctrinal position of the LCMS (Constitution Art. II)
and fulfilling His mission in our world;
(2) ensuring that all faculty receive appropriate
formal, ongoing training in the doctrines of Holy
Scripture as rightly taught in the Lutheran
Confessions as they relate to their academic
disciplines, consistent with the CUS Lutheran Identity
Statement, to enable faculty to engage in responsible
exercise of their academic freedom under the CUS
Academic Freedom Policy in effect from time to time;
(3) annual certification of the institution’s financial
viability;
(4) creation, modification, and abolition of
administrative positions;
(5) processes for filling and vacating administrative
positions;
(6) a clear plan for succession of administration to
ensure that the institution continues to function
effectively in the case of incapacity or lengthy absence
of the president and other executive officers;
(7) handling faculty complaints and dispute
resolution under an operating procedures manual
approved by the Concordia University System Board;
and
(8) all subject matters for which Concordia
University System requires policies to be developed
(Bylaw 3.6.6.7).

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