Another education bill was discussed this week in Frankfurt.

That's House Bill 228, sponsored by the chair of the House Education Committee, Representative James Tipton.

The bill would require public universities and colleges to conduct group performance reviews for all faculty members at least every four years.

It would also allow post-secondary institutions to use performance reviews to justify firing faculty regardless of the person's status.

The big word that everybody wants to talk about is tenure.

Although the bill does not mention the word tenure, it does.

It does impact tenure.

And what is tenure?

I know it's a very difficult process for faculty members to get.

Sometimes it takes several years.

But tenure is not a job for life.

Democrats and the committee suggested the bill was too vague and really wasn't needed.

One argument for tenure as a concept.

In this era of cancel culture, right, is to protect people who teach difficult and uncomfortable content that can challenge young people.

Do you have any concerns that by removing these protections on professors that that people on both sides of the aisle won't be able to teach content that challenges our young people and their parents ideologies?

It's certainly not the intent of this legislation to inhibit a professor from teaching something is difficult.

If students don't cut the grades, give them an F. Now, no vote was taken on House Bill 228 this week.

It was for discussion only.

It's unclear if the bill will be on the committee's agenda for action next week.