Administrative Rules

Any person who is employed in a staffing-table position under annual written contract authorized by the College Board of Trustees may be terminated during the contract term, regardless of appointment status, for good cause as determined by the President. Good cause shall include, but is not limited to, the following:

1. Professional incompetence;

2. Substantial neglect of professional responsibilities;

3. Moral turpitude adversely affecting the performance of duties or the meeting of responsibilities to the institution or to students or associates;

4. Mental or physical disablement which substantially and adversely affects the performance of duties or the meeting of responsibilities to the institution or to students or associates;

5. Unprofessional conduct adversely affecting to a substantial degree the performance of duties or the meeting of responsibilities to the institution or to students or associates;

6. Necessary reduction in force at the end of an academic year as determined by the Board of Trustees, based upon financial exigency or the phasing out of institutional programs requiring reduction of work force.

Notice of the reasons for the proposed action and an opportunity to be heard shall be given to each contract employee whose termination is under consideration. In those instances of termination as a consequence of financial exigency or the phasing out of institutional programs, efforts at transfer/reassignment, where applicable, will be made.