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SB 650 Diversity of employees of local school boards & institu. of higher ed.

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SUMMARY AS INTRODUCED:

Diversity of employees of local school boards and institutions of higher education. Requires local school boards, the State Board for Community Colleges, and public four-year institutions of higher education to develop and implement a strategic plan to ensure diversity among employees of local school boards, and public two-year and four-year institutions of higher education. These entities must also provide training pertaining to lawful hiring and interviewing practices; constitutional, civil rights, and employment law; and related matters to certain personnel. The chairmen of the local school boards, the Chancellor of Community Colleges, and the chairmen of the boards of visitors of the respective senior institutions must document that such training has been conducted. The Board of Education and the State Council of Higher Education must recommend incentives that are within constitutional principles to school boards and institutions, respectively, to encourage them to hire minorities into positions in which they have been traditionally underrepresented. The Board and the Council must report annually to the Governor and to the General Assembly those institutions that have implemented such plans and conducted such training. The strategic plans are effective on and after July 1, 2000.

This bill is a recommendation of the Commission on Access and Diversity in Higher Education.


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