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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
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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
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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
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