The University President Selection Reform Act mandates that the state board of regents shall use a presidential selection committee when electing a president for institutions of higher learning. This bill specifies that the committee must recommend the most qualified candidates to the board, which is then required to elect a president solely from those recommended candidates. Additionally, the bill allows the committee to contract for services from professionals who specialize in placing qualified candidates in leadership roles and to utilize funds allocated by the board.

Furthermore, the bill outlines the composition of the presidential selection committee, which will consist of five voting members from the board and several nonvoting members, including a student, a faculty senate member, another employee of the institution, and a member from the public or a related nonprofit foundation. It also establishes that the identities of candidates under consideration will remain confidential and not subject to public disclosure unless all voting members agree to make them public.

Statutes affected:
Introduced: 262.9