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83rd OREGON LEGISLATIVE ASSEMBLY--2025 Regular Session
House Bill 2669
Sponsored by Representatives RUIZ, FRAGALA, Senator GORSEK; Representatives ANDERSEN, EVANS, SOSA,
Senators CAMPOS, FREDERICK, PATTERSON, WEBER (Presession filed.)
SUMMARY
The following summary is not prepared by the sponsors of the measure and is not a part of the body thereof subject
to consideration by the Legislative Assembly. It is an editor’s brief statement of the essential features of the
measure as introduced.The statement includes a measure digest written in compliance with applicable readability
standards.
Digest: The Act tells community colleges how to decide the rate at which part-time faculty will
be paid. (Flesch Readability Score: 60.1).
Requires community colleges to pay part-time faculty at the same rate, on a per-hour basis, as
the community college pays full-time faculty to prepare for and teach a course.
Appropriates moneys to the Higher Education Coordinating Commission for the purpose of
paying for salary equity.
Declares an emergency, effective July 1, 2025.
A BILL FOR AN ACT
Relating to part-time faculty at community colleges; and declaring an emergency.
Be It Enacted by the People of the State of Oregon:
SECTION 1. (1) Each community college operated under ORS chapter 341 shall pay part-
time faculty at the same rate, on a per-hour basis, that the community college pays equally
experienced full-time faculty who teach comparable courses.
(2) In determining the number of hours worked by part-time faculty and full-time faculty
under this section, each community college must include all hours spent working in the
normal course of teaching a course, including but not limited to time spent:
(a) In class;
(b) Preparing to teach each class;
(c) Conducting office hours for enrolled students; and
(d) Grading.
SECTION 2. In addition to and not in lieu of any other appropriation, there is appropri-
ated to the Higher Education Coordinating Commission, for the biennium beginning July 1,
2025, out of the General Fund, the amount of $ , which shall be allocated to the
Community College Support Fund established in ORS 341.620 for the purpose of paying for
the cost to implement section 1 of this 2025 Act.
SECTION 3.This 2025 Act being necessary for the immediate preservation of the public
peace, health and safety, an emergency is declared to exist, and this 2025 Act takes effect
July 1, 2025.
NOTE:Matter in boldfaced type in an amended section is new; matter [italic and bracketed] is existing law to be omitted.
New sections are in boldfaced type.
LC 1563