California Legislature—2013–14 Regular Session

Assembly BillNo. 950


Introduced by Assembly Member Chau

February 22, 2013


An act to add Section 87482.3 to the Education Code, relating to community colleges.

LEGISLATIVE COUNSEL’S DIGEST

AB 950, as introduced, Chau. Community colleges: full-time instructors.

(1) Existing law establishes the California Community Colleges under the administration of the Board of Governors of the California Community Colleges. Existing law requires the board of governors to adopt regulations that establish minimum standards regarding the percentage of hours of credit instruction that full-time instructors are required to teach.

This bill would prohibit a full-time faculty member, as defined, for a community college district from being assigned a workload that includes overload or extra assignments if the overload or extra assignments exceed 50% of a full-time workload in a semester or quarter that commences on or after January 1, 2014. The bill would provide that this prohibition shall not apply to a summer or intersession term, and not supersede the pertinent requirements of a collective bargaining agreement containing restrictions regarding limitations on overload or extra assignments that are more stringent than the limitations imposed by the bill.

With respect to a community college district with a collective bargaining agreement that, as of January 1, 2014, prohibits a full-time faculty member from being assigned a workload that includes overload or extra assignments if the overload or extra assignments exceed 50% of a full-time workload, the prohibition in the bill would become operative on January 1, 2015. The prohibition in the bill would also apply to the workload of supervisory or managerial personnel of a community college district who are performing faculty work that is allowed under an applicable collective bargaining agreement.

To the extent that this bill would impose new duties on community college districts, it would constitute a state-mandated local program.

(2)  The California Constitution requires the state to reimburse local agencies and school districts for certain costs mandated by the state. Statutory provisions establish procedures for making that reimbursement.

This bill would provide that, if the Commission on State Mandates determines that the bill contains costs mandated by the state, reimbursement for those costs shall be made pursuant to these statutory provisions.

Vote: majority. Appropriation: no. Fiscal committee: yes. State-mandated local program: yes.

The people of the State of California do enact as follows:

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SECTION 1.  

Section 87482.3 is added to the Education Code,
2to read:

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87482.3.  

(a) Except as provided in subdivisions (b), (c), and
4(d), a full-time faculty member, as defined in Section 87003, for
5a community college district shall not be assigned a workload that
6includes overload or extra assignments if the overload or extra
7assignments exceed 50 percent of a full-time workload in a
8semester or quarter that commences on or after January 1, 2014.

9(b) The prohibition in subdivision (a) shall not apply to a
10summer or intersession term.

11(c) The prohibition in subdivision (a) shall not supersede the
12pertinent requirements of a collective bargaining agreement
13containing restrictions regarding limitations on overload or extra
14assignments that are more stringent than the limitations in
15subdivision (a).

16(d) With respect to a community college district with a collective
17bargaining agreement that, as of January 1, 2014, prohibits a
18full-time faculty member from being assigned a workload that
19includes overload or extra assignments if the overload or extra
20assignments exceed 50 percent of a full-time workload, the
P3    1prohibition in subdivision (a) shall become operative on January
21, 2015.

3(e) The prohibition in subdivision (a) shall apply to the workload
4of supervisory or managerial personnel of a community college
5district who are performing faculty work that is allowed under an
6applicable collective bargaining agreement.

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SEC. 2.  

If the Commission on State Mandates determines that
8this act contains costs mandated by the state, reimbursement to
9local agencies and school districts for those costs shall be made
10pursuant to Part 7 (commencing with Section 17500) of Division
114 of Title 2 of the Government Code.



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