The Kansas House of Representatives is set to consider a bill that if it became law would strip away the most important rights that tenure conveys to university faculty.

Kansas lawmakers held a hearing on a bill to eliminate tenure rights, as fired Emporia State professors are trying to sue the university for mass layoffs.

Academic leaders of the University of Kansas and Kansas State University said Tuesday legislation retroactively abolishing property rights inherent in tenure would run off distinguished educators, undercut faculty recruiting,