LCMS Convention Proceedings St. Louis, Missouri — 2016, Page 176

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3.6.6.6

(d) establish policy guidelines involving distribution of grants from the Synod (restricted and
unrestricted) and efforts for securing additional
financial support from other sources.
(e) obtain data on liberal arts education and current trends and government regulations in higher
education that impact upon collaborative efforts
and relationships within the Concordia University System;
(fd) together with the Board of Directors of the
Synod, establish and monitor adopt criteria and
standards for determining institutional viability,
fiscal and otherwise, of the colleges and universities, subject to approval by the Board of Directors
of the Synod, and monitor compliance with these
standards and criteria;
(ge) together with districts, congregations, local
boards of regents, and national efforts, assist congregations and districts in student recruitment for
both professional church work and lay higher education;
(hf) serve as a resource for the development of
lists of potential teaching and administrative personnel;
(ig) upon request of assist the President of the
Synod, assist in monitoring the on-going and
promoting the ongoing faithfulness of all Concordia University System institutions colleges and
universities to the Synod’s doctrine and practice
Article II of the Constitution of the Synod; and
(j) together with schools, districts, congregations,
and national efforts, foster continuing education
for ministers of religion—commissioned.
(kh) have authority, after receiving the consent of
the Board of Directors of the Synod by its twothirds vote and also the consent of either the
Council of Presidents by its two-thirds vote or
the appropriate board of regents by its two-thirds
vote, to consolidate, relocate, separate, or divest a
college or university.
The Board of Directors of Concordia University System shall receive evidence on a regular basis from
boards of regents and campus administrators that
they are, after consulting with the colleges and universities of the Synod, adopt policies to assist and
ensure that the boards of regents and campus administrators are
…
(f) maintaining accountability of its institutions
to the system-wide board while expecting stronger governance of the institutions by their boards
of regents.

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U P O N T H I S R O C K • Resolutions

B. To Provide Clarity to Bylaws Governing Concordia
University System Faculty Policies and Dispute Resolution
Rationale
2013 Res. 5-06A “To Revise Bylaw 3.10.5.6 re College and University Faculties” removed much of the content of Bylaws 3.10.5.6ff
as being no longer relevant at the Synod level, thereby to allow
boards of regents to set their own policies governing faculty and
academic matters.
Res. 5-06A replaced the deleted bylaw paragraphs with new
paragraphs requiring each educational institution to state policies and procedures related to faculty matters (3.10.5.6.1), to state
terms and conditions of employment and limitations on academic
freedom in appointment documents (3.10.5.6.2), and to provide a
formal procedure for carrying out performance reviews on a regular basis (3.10.5.6.3).
Res. 5-06A also detailed proper causes for termination of faculty employment (3.10.5.6.4), retained bylaw language regarding
consequences of the removal of faculty members from the roster
of the Synod (3.10.5.6.4.1), and added a bylaw requiring CUS dispute resolution guidelines for use by faculty members who wish to
challenge a termination decision (3.10.5.6.4.2).
This process of removing former Bylaws 3.10.5.6ff resulted in
newly adopted bylaws that are less than clear in their expectations
for dispute resolution related to faculty employment and academic
matters. In addition, Res. 5-06A also removed the former Bylaw
3.10.5.6.9 governing the handling of complaints against academic
institutions’ faculty or administration.
The following proposed bylaw amendments will clarify the
wording of the replacement bylaw paragraphs. Therefore be it
Resolved, That Bylaw 3.6.6.1 be revised and new Bylaw 3.6.6.7
governing Concordia University System policy administration and
dispute resolution be adopted as follows:
PRESENT/PROPOSED WORDING
Concordia University System
3.6.6.1
The Board of Directors of the Concordia University System has authority with respect to the Synod’s
colleges and universities. It shall have the overall responsibility to provide for the education of
pre-seminary students, ministers of religion—commissioned, other professional church workers of the
Synod, and others desiring a Christian liberal arts
education by providing prior approval as set forth
in Bylaw 3.10.5.6.2 for all initial full-time theology
appointments to college/university faculties and by
coordinating the activities of the Synod’s colleges and
universities as a unified system of the Synod through
their respective boards of regents.
…
3.10.5.6.1 3.6.6.7 The Concordia University System Board of
Directors shall maintain in its policies a list of subject matters that Eeach educational institution shall
state must address in its own policies and procedures,
“7. University Education”