Providing that tenure at postsecondary educational institutions is not a right to or property interest in continued employment.

HB 2746 clarifies that granting tenure to faculty at Kansas postsecondary institutions does not create a legal right or property interest in continued employment. It directly affects all faculty members (including teaching and research staff, excluding those with employment contracts) at Kansas colleges and universities covered by the law. The bill removes the legal presumption that tenure guarantees job security, stating that institutions may terminate tenured faculty for reasons unrelated to performance, as long as they follow their own established procedures. This change applies to all tenure awards made before, on, or after the bill's effective date.