BILL NUMBER: ACR 138INTRODUCED BILL TEXT INTRODUCED BY Assembly Member Nava FEBRUARY 23, 2010 Relative to the California Community Colleges. LEGISLATIVE COUNSEL'S DIGEST ACR 138, as introduced, Nava. California Community Colleges: faculty. This measure would express the intent of the Legislature that part-time and temporary faculty receive pay and benefits that are equal to those of specified tenured and tenure-track faculty, and that the California Community Colleges increase the percentage of full-time tenured and tenure-track faculty. Fiscal committee: yes. WHEREAS, An increasing percentage of the courses offered in public colleges and universities in California are being taught by part-time and other adjunct faculty; and WHEREAS, The system of higher education within the California Community Colleges has become dependent upon a contingent workforce that is poorly compensated and too often lacks basic supports, including health insurance; and WHEREAS, These twin developments, the economic exploitation of part-time and other contingent faculty, and the shrinking of the ranks of full-time tenured faculty, limit the ability of the state's public higher education system to provide high-quality education, research, and support for economic development; and WHEREAS, Providing sufficient numbers of faculty with full-time tenured and tenure-track employment and improving the conditions under which part-time and other adjunct faculty work will result in better service for students, communities, and the economy; and WHEREAS, Fair tax policies are the financial foundation of a modern society; and WHEREAS, Property taxes are the most reliable revenue source for public services; and WHEREAS, Proposition 13, an initiative measure approved by voters at the June 6, 1978, direct primary election, unfairly restricts corporate property tax increases, and has limited the ability to raise additional revenues necessary to provide the high-quality education that Californians expect and to support academic success in, and progress through, the California Community Colleges; and WHEREAS, Federal tax breaks have caused cuts in federal support for higher education programs; and WHEREAS, Funds have been provided through the annual Budget Act to assist community college districts; and WHEREAS, The principle of equal pay for equal work requires that part-time faculty be provided with compensation that is directly proportional to the compensation of full-time faculty; now, therefore, be it Resolved by the Assembly of the State of California, the Senate thereof concurring, That it is the intent of the Legislature that all part-time and temporary faculty receive pay and benefits that are equal to those of tenured and tenure-track faculty of comparable qualifications doing comparable work, as determined on a pro rata basis; and be it further Resolved, That the longstanding policy of the Board of Governors of the California Community Colleges that at least 75 percent of the hours of credit instruction in the colleges be taught by full-time instructors should be advanced; and be it further Resolved, That each community college district should develop and adopt plans to meet the requirements related to increasing the percentage of full-time tenured and tenure-track faculty; and be it further Resolved, That the development and adoption of plans related to increasing the percentage of full-time tenured and tenure-track faculty should be subject to a collective bargaining process that includes the exclusive representatives of the full-time and part-time faculty serving at that institution; and be it further Resolved, That each community college district should determine a minimum salary goal for part-time and temporary faculty employed on each campus that is prorated to the salaries of full-time tenured faculty who have comparable qualifications and do comparable work; and be it further Resolved, That the determination of the method of prorating salaries should be subject to a collective bargaining process that includes the exclusive representatives of faculty serving at that institution; and be it further Resolved, That a community college district should reduce the gap between the salaries of part-time and temporary faculty and full-time tenured and tenure-track faculty by at least 15 percent each academic year; and be it further Resolved, That if, during a calendar year, a part-time or other adjunct faculty member of a community college district teaches at least 40 percent of the number of hours per week that is considered to be a full-time assignment for tenured and tenure-track faculty, and does not receive health benefits from any other source, that part-time faculty member should be eligible for the same health care benefits that are received by tenured and tenure-track faculty at that campus; and be it further Resolved, That each community college district should establish a process under which part-time and other adjunct faculty, after successful completion of a probationary period may, receive timely notice of, and priority consideration for, appropriate teaching assignments in future academic terms and preferential consideration for attaining a tenure-track position when one becomes available; and be it further Resolved, That the process should ensure that part-time and other adjunct faculty receive the accumulation of seniority, notification about job openings at that institution prior to the publication of announcements of those openings outside of that institution, and preferential consideration for appointments to tenure-track positions; and be it further Resolved, That the implementation of these requirements should be subject to a collective bargaining process that includes the exclusive representatives of the full-time and part-time faculty serving at that institution; and be it further Resolved, That each community college district should make progress toward the goals described in this measure; and be it further Resolved, That the Chief Clerk of the Assembly transmit copies of this resolution to the governing board of each district of the California Community Colleges and to the author for distribution.