LCMS Convention Proceedings St. Louis, Missouri — 1962, Page 73

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provisions shall be arranged in advance by the boards and
agencies involved.

c. A faculty member with permanent tenure on one syn-
odical campus may be appointed as exchange professor on
another synodical campus in exchange for the services of
a colleague to his school for a period of one year with the
two Boards of Control concurring.

d. A faculty member with permanent tenure may be
transferred from one synodical faculty to another at the same
rank, with the two Boards of Control and the Board for
Higher Education concurring.

Section 6.75 was deleted.

6.77 Tenure of Office

Permanent tenure may be terminated for the following
causes only:
. acceptance of another call
. retirement
. resignation
. incompetency
. incapacity
. refusal to cooperate
. neglect of office
. conduct unbecoming a Christian
adherence to false doctrine

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6.79 Modified Service and Retirement

a. The president of a synodical institution may be honor-
ably retired from his presidential responsibilities at the end
of the school year in which he attains the age of 60, or after
15 years of service as president at the same school. He shall
be relieved of his presidential responsibility at the end of
the school year in which he reaches the age of 65.

d. Faculty members may be honorably retired or trans-
ferred to modified service at the age of 65 or any year there-
after and shall be retired at the age of 75.

6.81 Incompetency or Incapacity

A Board of Control, after due investigation of the facts
and circumstances and after consultation with the Board for
Higher Education, may relieve of his office any member of
the administrative or teaching staff who is manifestly and
demonstrably incompetent or incapacitated for the successful
performance of his duties because of physical, mental, or
emotional disabilities. If he is eligible for another call or
church position, the Board of Control may continue his salary
for a period not to exceed six months, or may render other
financial assistance as the necessities of the case may require.

6.83 Removal from Office

The Board of Control shall duly investigate all the facts
and circumstances and shall refer its findings to the Board
for Higher Education when a member of the administrative
or teaching staff of any institution is to be formally charged
with contumacious refusal to cooperate with the president
and faculty of the institution and officers and boards of the
Synod to an extent that will injure or interfere with the
purpose and objectives of the institution, or with willful neg-
lect of official duties, or with conduct unbecoming a Chris-
tian, or with promulgation of and adherence to false doctrine.
If the Board for Higher Education concurs in the findings,
it shall make necessary recommendations to the District
President, who is to proceed according to Sections 5.23 and
the following.

6.91 Authority and Duties

f. He shall advise and admonish in a fraternal spirit any
member of the faculty found dilatory, neglectful, or inefficient
in his duties. Should this action prove ineffective, he shall
request selected members of the faculty privately to engage
their colleague in further fraternal discussion, If this results
in failure to correct or improve the situation, the president
shall report the matter to the Board of Control with his
recommendations for action.

g. He may, in his efforts to devise the most effective ad-
ministrative structure for the institution, delegate one or
more of his functions to a member of the faculty or may

assign previously delegated functions to another faculty
member. Standing administrative assignments shall be made
by the Board of Control on his recommendation.

6.101 Electors

a. On behalf of the Synod and in accord with its regula-
tions, the synodical Board of Control shall issue authorized
calls to faculty service.

b. At a meeting of the Board of Control held to issue calls
to permanent tenure, there shall be present and voting: the
members of the Board of Control as a group with one vote,
the President of the synodical District who is a member
of the Board of Control with a distinct vote, the synodical
President or his official representative with one vote, and the
chairman of the Board for Higher Education or his official
representative with one vote. The president of the institution
shall be present in an advisory capacity.

6.107 Call for Nominations

The Board of Control of each institution shall issue, in the
official publications of the Synod, a call for the nomination
of candidates whenever a professorship or associate profes-
sorship is to be filled. The call for nominations shall describe
the office and the desired qualifications to fill it. Approval
for filling vacancies must first be obtained from the Board
for Higher Education.

6.113 Publication of Names of Nominees

a, Nominations, together with recommendations and state-
ments of qualifications, must be filed with the Board of Con-
trol which has issued a request for them, within thirty days
of their first publication, unless the request sets a later date.
All information shall be made available to the president of
the institution.

b. The Board of Control shall thereupon officially publish
the names of the nominees in the synodical publications.
Copies of the notice shall be sent to the President of the
Synod and the office of the Board for Higher Education at the
same time that the notice is furnished to the editors. The
election is to be held not earlier than three weeks after the
date of the publication.

6.145 Current Operating Budget of Institutions

a. All funds of an institution shall be budgeted and shall
be subject to budgetary control.

c. A general reserve for contingencies, repair, remodeling,
and minor capital replacements shall be included in its an-
nual budget by the Board for Higher Education. This fund
shall not exceed five (5) percent of the total replacement
and repair items included in the annual budget for all in-
stitutions.

Paragraphs d and e were deleted.

6.146 Budget Adjustments

a. The Board for Higher Education shall have responsibil-
ity for the proper administration of the subsidy of the edu-
cational institutions.

b. The Board of Control may on recommendation of the
president of the school make necessary transfers of current
budget funds from one classification to another within the
institution’s budget, not exceeding the amount of $100.00 per
transfer. Notification of this internal transfer of current
funds is to be conveyed in duplicate copy to the Board for
Higher Education. Larger amounts may be transferred from
one budget account to another with prior approval of the
Board for Higher Education.

Paragraphs c and d were deleted, and the former
paragraph e, with changes, became paragraph c, as
follows:

c. All expenditures which exceed the total synodical
budgetary allowance for higher education must be authorized
by the Board of Directors in advance.

6.153 Business Management

a. The Board of Control, on recommendation of the presi-
dent, shall appoint a business manager. He shall keep ac-