BILL ANALYSIS
AB 2232
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ASSEMBLY THIRD READING
AB 2232 (Public Employees Committee)
As Amended April 15, 2004
Majority vote
PUBLIC EMPLOYEES 7-2 APPROPRIATIONS 16-5
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|Ayes:|Negrete McLeod, Levine, |Ayes:|Chu, Berg, Calderon, |
| |Chan, Correa, Kehoe, | |Corbett, Correa, |
| |Laird, Nakanishi | |Firebaugh, Goldberg, |
| | | |Leno, Nation, Negrete |
| | | |McLeod, Oropeza, Pavley, |
| | | |Ridley-Thomas, Wesson, |
| | | |Wiggins, Yee |
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|Nays:|Campbell, Maldonado |Nays:|Runner, Bates, Daucher, |
| | | |Haynes, Keene |
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SUMMARY : Allows California State Teachers' Retirement System
(CalSTRS) to adjust the current formula for calculating sick
leave for part-time community college faculty to service credit.
Specifically, this bill requires that service credit would be
calculated by dividing the number of accumulated leave days by
the greater of:
1)The number of days of service required for that member's class
of employees in a school year; or,
2)The minimum number of days that comprise full-time service for
that member.
EXISTING LAW authorizes members of the Defined Benefit Program
of the State Teachers' Retirement Plan (Defined Benefit Program)
to receive service credit for accumulated and unused sick leave,
which service credit is calculated by dividing the number of
accumulated leave days by the greatest of:
1)The number of days of service required for that member's class
of employees in a school year;
2)The minimum number of days comprising full time for that
member; or,
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3)175 days.
FISCAL EFFECT : Prospective increased costs when specified
faculty retire. CalSTRS already assumes a major portion of the
costs (three-fifths) in its current conversion of sick leave to
service credit.
COMMENTS : According to Faculty Association of Community
Colleges, part-time community college faculty struggle to vest
into the Defined Benefit Program because the Defined Benefit
Program is programmatically designed for career teachers.
Nonetheless, some career part-timers (approximately 21,150)
choose to participate in the Defined Benefit Program because it
provides them with the best monthly pension. Upon retirement, a
full-time faculty member's sick leave is transferred into
service credit.
The formula CalSTRS uses to calculate the conversion from sick
leave to service credit for part-time faculty gives a part-time
faculty member approximately three-fifths of a day for every
full day of service credit they should be receiving (Education
Code 22717).
Part-time community college faculty deserve to have the full
service credit they are due for their sick leave. Their status
as part-time faculty should not prohibit them from receiving
less service credit than full-time faculty members receive.
Analysis Prepared by : Clem Meredith / P.E., R. & S.S. / (916)
319-3957
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