XXV. Procedural Review Committee

A. Purpose. The Procedural Review Committee (PRC) will be convened in order to participate in the procedures outlined in Section XX (Sanction and Dismissal of Full-Time Faculty Members) and Section XXI (Termination of Faculty Members with Tenured Appointments for Reasons Other than Cause). PRC members should review Section II (General Principles) prior to participating.

B. Composition and Term. The Procedural Review Committee (PRC) will be composed of seven faculty members with Tenured Appointments. No two members will be from the same School. Once elected, the PRC will select a member to serve as Chair of the PRC.

A member presumptively will be considered to have a conflict of interest if that member has brought a matter before the PRC within the last three years.

PRC members will serve staggered terms of two years beginning October 1. In the event the PRC is considering matters on October 1, the terms will be extended until the PRC is able to complete consideration of the case in progress. All cases that arise on or after October 1 will be considered by the newly formed PRC.

C. Selection of Members. Four faculty members with Tenured Appointments will be identified in an election conducted by the Faculty Senate. Three School Directors will be selected by the Directors. The Faculty Senate and the Directors will nominate faculty members with Tenured Appointments by whatever process each of the memberships agrees upon. The Faculty Senate elections will precede the selection of the Directors. No two members of the PRC will be from the same School.

D. Deliberations. In the event any member of the PRC has a conflict of interest with a pending matter, that member shall be replaced by an alternate. If the member is a faculty member, the alternate will be identified by the Executive Committee of the Senate. If the member is a Director, the alternate will be identified by the Directors. A conflict of interest is defined in Section II.A. of this Statement. The ultimate determination of whether a conflict of interest exists is reserved to the discretion of the PRC.

Each member of the PRC shall have one vote of equal weight in any decision the PRC is called upon to make. No member of the PRC shall serve a concurrent term on the ACTC.