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Handbook page 182
Source: LCMS Handbook 2023, page 182.
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Concordia University System to enable him to convene a prior approval panel consisting of the President of the Synod, the district president serving on the institution’s board of regents, and the chair of the Board of Concordia University System. The names of the nominees shall not otherwise be disclosed outside the board of regents.
(7) The prior approval panel shall meet to consider the nominees.
The panel may choose to remove names from the list by its two - thirds majority vote. The panel shall complete its work within sixty
(60) days after receipt of the list of nominees.
(8) After the prior approval panel has completed its work, the President of Concordia University System shall transmit the finalized list back to the agent of the board of regents within 15 days and shall cause such list to be published in an official periodical of the Synod. The board of regents shall then announce the list of names of nominees who have received approval but shall not publicize the names of those not receiving approval . The announcement shall contain contact information to submit correspondence regarding the nominees and provide a reasonable deadline for receiving correspondence. The board of regents shall establish a procedure for processing correspondence regarding nominees.
(c) The board of regents shall utilize the work of the search committee to continue its search process.
(1) The search committee shall provide a report to the board of regents regarding the qualifications of the candidates with its observations and recommendations.
(2) The board of regents shall provide the candidates with a report containing full disclosure of the condition of the institution.
(d) The board of regents may suspend, terminate, or restart its search at any time, but it may only elect a president of the college or university from a slate it submitted that received prior approval as described above. The President of Concordia University System (or a designee) shall attend the board of regents meeting at which an election occurs as a guest and advisor. The board of regents may require the presidentelect to accept or decline within fifteen days.
(e) If the president -elect declines the position, the board of regents is responsible for resuming the effort to fill the vacancy. Candidates from the approved slate shall remain eligible to be elected until a president has been elected and accepted the position.
3.10.6.8.3 The president, in his service as spiritual head of the college or university,
shall be ecclesiastically reviewed by the Concordia University System.
(a) The Concordia University System Board of Directors may call up for formal review any action or inaction of the president that, in its view, may be in violation of the doctrine or practice of the Synod (Const. Art. II ) or to have caused the institution to be not in good standing with the Synod (Bylaw 3.6.6.4.1 [e]). Such review may be requested of the president himself or of the president and the respective board of regents.
