BILL ANALYSIS Ó ----------------------------------------------------------------- |SENATE RULES COMMITTEE | AB 2069| |Office of Senate Floor Analyses | | |(916) 651-1520 Fax: (916) | | |327-4478 | | ----------------------------------------------------------------- THIRD READING Bill No: AB 2069 Author: Medina (D) Amended: 8/2/16 in Senate Vote: 21 SENATE EDUCATION COMMITTEE: 9-0, 6/15/16 AYES: Liu, Block, Hancock, Huff, Leyva, Mendoza, Monning, Pan, Vidak ASSEMBLY APPROPRIATIONS COMMITTEE: Senate Rule 28.8 ASSEMBLY FLOOR: 77-0, 6/1/16 - See last page for vote SUBJECT: Part-time faculty office hours SOURCE: Author DIGEST: This bill requires each community college district to report the total part-time faculty office hours paid divided by the total part-time faculty office hours taught and to post this information on its Internet Web site. ANALYSIS: Existing law establishes the Community College Part-time Faculty Office Hours Program, contingent upon annual Budget Act funding, for the purpose of providing community college students with access to academic advice and assistance and to encourage districts to provide opportunities to compensate those who old office hours related to their teaching load. The governing board of each district that establishes such a program is required to negotiate with the exclusive bargaining representative (or, if none exists, with the faculty) to AB 2069 Page 2 establish the program. Participating districts are required to inform the Chancellor's office of the total costs of part-time faculty office hours compensation paid and the Chancellors office is required to apportion up to 50% of these costs, to be distributed proportionally based upon each districts' total cost and the total amount provided in the annual Budget Act. (Education Code § 87880-87885) This bill: 1)Requires that each community college district report, by August 15 of each year, the total part-time faculty office hours paid divided by the total part-time faculty hours taught during the prior fiscal year. 2)Requires that each community college district prominently post this information on its Internet Web site. Comments Part-time Faculty Office Hours. In 1997, the Legislature created the Community College Part-Time Faculty Office Hours Program to improve student access to instructors by establishing a fund to reimburse districts 50% of their costs if they negotiated some level of office hour compensation for their part-time faculty members. Funding for this program is currently disbursed on a reimbursement basis to participating community college districts pursuant to Education Code Section 87885. The Program had been funded at a level of about $2 million per year until 2001-02, when it reached its peak of funding at $7.1 million. During the recession (2009-2015) this funding was reduced to about $3.5 million per year. Both the Senate and the Assembly have proposed restoral of funding for the Program in the annual Budget Act for the last two years. Both houses have again included an increase to the Part-Time Faculty Office Hours Program in their 2016-17 Budget bills and it appears likely that total funding for the Program will be restored to the 2008-09 AB 2069 Page 3 pre-recession level of $7.1 million. FISCAL EFFECT: Appropriation: No Fiscal Com.:YesLocal: Yes SUPPORT: (Verified8/1/16) None received OPPOSITION: (Verified8/1/16) None received ASSEMBLY FLOOR: 77-0, 6/1/16 AYES: Achadjian, Alejo, Travis Allen, Arambula, Atkins, Baker, Bigelow, Bloom, Bonilla, Bonta, Brough, Brown, Burke, Calderon, Campos, Chang, Chau, Chávez, Chiu, Chu, Cooley, Cooper, Dababneh, Daly, Dodd, Eggman, Frazier, Gallagher, Cristina Garcia, Eduardo Garcia, Gatto, Gipson, Gomez, Gonzalez, Gordon, Gray, Grove, Hadley, Roger Hernández, Holden, Irwin, Jones, Jones-Sawyer, Kim, Lackey, Levine, Linder, Lopez, Low, Maienschein, Mathis, Mayes, McCarty, Medina, Melendez, Mullin, Nazarian, Obernolte, O'Donnell, Olsen, Patterson, Quirk, Ridley-Thomas, Rodriguez, Salas, Santiago, Steinorth, Mark Stone, Thurmond, Ting, Wagner, Waldron, Weber, Wilk, Williams, Wood, Rendon NO VOTE RECORDED: Dahle, Beth Gaines, Harper Prepared by:Kathleen Chavira / ED. / (916) 651-4105 8/3/16 19:26:05 **** END **** AB 2069 Page 4