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LCMS Convention Workbook St. Louis, Missouri — 1969, Page 318

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PRESENT WORDING

another synodical campus in exchange for the services of
a colleague to his school for a period of 1 year with the two
Boards of Control concurring.

b. 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, the Board for
Higher Education, and the faculty member all concurring.

6.75 Controversies Among Faculty Members

Controversies and disagreements among members of the
faculty (other than those set forth in 6.81) shall be submitted
to the president of the institution for mediation. If this
proves unsuccessful, he shall report the matter to the Board
of Control for arbitration. After hearing the parties the
board will render its decision, which shall be final. A record
of the proceedings shall be filed with the Board for Higher
Education.
6.77 Termination of Tenure

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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HIGHER EDUCATION

PROPOSED WORDING

6.75 Controversies Among Faculty Members

Controversies and disagreements among members of the
faculty shall be submitted to the president of the institution
for mediation. If this proves unsuccessful, he shall report the
matter to the Board of Control for arbitration. After hearing
the parties the board will render its decision, which shall be
final. A record of the proceedings shall be filed with the
Board for Higher Education.

6.77 Removal from Office

a. The Board of Control may decline to renew the appoint-
ment of a faculty member without tenure at the time of the
expiration of the term of the appointment, in accordance with
Paragraph 6.53 d.

b. No member of the faculty who has been granted per-
manent tenure, and no member of the faculty without per-
manent tenure at times other than upon the exniration of
the term of his appointment, shall be removed from the
faculty except for causes hereinafter enumerated and by
due process hereinafter described.

c. The oniy causes for which a member of the faculty may
be removed from office, other than honorable retirement, are:
professional incompetency, incapacity for the performance
of duty because of physical, mental, or emotional disabilities,
refusal to cooperate, neglect of or refusal to perform duties
of office, conduct unbecoming a Christian, and advocacy of
false doctrine.

6.78 Due Process

The following due process shall be followed whenever the
president of an institution or its Board of Control, by a ma-
jority vote. seeks to undertake formal charges leading to the
removal of a faculty member:

a. The president shall in a fraternal manner seek a reso-
lution of the issue. Should this action prove ineffective, he
shall request selected members of the faculty to engage their
colleague in further fraternal discussion.

b. If these informal procedures have been exhausted with-
out a resolution of the issue, formal procedures may be
initiated.

c. The president shall send copies of a formal communi-
cation to the faculty member and to the chairman of the
faculty hearing committee containing (a) a statement of the
charge or charges, (b) a summary of the evidence on which
the charges are based, (c) a statement that the faculty hear-
ing committee will conduct a hearing and that the time and
place thereof shall be determined by the hearing committee.
(d) a formal invitation to the faculty member to attend the
hearing, and (e) a statement to the faculty member that he
is entitled to counsel.

d. Not less than one week prior to the date set for the
hearing, the faculty member shall submit to the president
and to the hearing committee his written answer to the
charges, or he shall state that he desires no hearing to be

eld.

e. If the faculty member fails to answer the president's
statement of charges or states that he desires no hearing to
be held, the hearing committee shall consider whether the
grounds stated constitute adeouate cause for dismissal and.
in its discretion, may independently investigate the truth of
the charges.

f. If a hearing is held, the proceedings shall be private.
However, the president or his representative. the faculty
memker, and his advisers shall have the right to be present

at the hearing at all times. Opportunity for cross-examina-
tion shall be afforded.

g. The committee shall forward its opinion to the faculty
member, to the president, and to the Board of Control.

h. Having received the opinion, the Board of Control may
determine not to sustain the charges against the faculty