III.L. Faculty Appeals Committee
III.L.1. Appointment
The Faculty Appeals Committee is a standing committee of the Faculty Senate that is respon-sible for providing a means for an instructional faculty member to appeal decisions on certain specific matters to a committee of his or her peers. The Faculty Appeals Committee receives an instructional faculty member's appeal, deter-mines whether a hearing will be held, and if so, selects a Hearing Committee. For information concerning the makeup and appointment of the Faculty Appeals Committee, see the Constitution of the Faculty Senate, Faculty Handbook, Section VI. Appeals should be sent to the chair of the Faculty Appeals Committee. The faculty member holding the position of chair is designated on the Faculty Senate committees' home page. The Faculty Appeals Committee is not a general grievance body and it shall consider only those matters specified in the Faculty Handbook as appealable to the Faculty Appeals Committee. A&P faculty members do not have access to the Faculty Appeals Committee except in matters concerning promotion and/or tenure denials, as specified in the Faculty Handbook sections on those matters.
III.L.2. Procedures
III.L.2.a. Submission of an Appeal
A faculty member filing an appeal shall submit a written request to the chair of the Faculty Appeals Committee for a hearing, containing a description of the appealed action, a statement of the grounds for the appeal, and a summary of the arguments and evidence he or she intends to present at a hearing. Evidence in the form of documents that the faculty member intends to rely upon shall be attached to the request for a hearing, submitted to the Faculty Appeals Committee, and may include but are not limited to the faculty member's personnel records, recommendations from the AUPAC, AUH or dean, and any other records appropriate to provide substantiation of the faculty member's arguments.
III.L.2.b. Initial Review of Faculty Appeals Committee
Upon receipt of the appeal, the Faculty Appeals Committee shall make the following determinations:
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