BILL ANALYSIS
Senate Appropriations Committee Fiscal Summary
Senator Christine Kehoe, Chair
138 (Nava)
Hearing Date: 08/02/2010 Amended: 07/15/2010
Consultant: Dan Troy Policy Vote: ED 6-2
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BILL SUMMARY: ACR 138 would express the intent of the
Legislature that part-time and temporary faculty of the
California Community Colleges (CCCs) receive pay and benefits
that are equal to those of tenured and tenure-track faculty of
comparable qualifications doing comparable work, as specified,
and that the CCCs should increase the percentage of full-time
tenured and tenure-track faculty. The Resolution further
provides that implementation of these requirements should be
subject to a collective bargaining process.
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Fiscal Impact (in thousands)
Major Provisions 2010-11 2011-12 2012-13 Fund
Pay Equity $100,000 $200,000 $200,000 General*
75/25 full-time instruction $150,000 $300,000
$300,000General*
*Counts toward meeting the Proposition 98 minimum funding
guarantee
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STAFF COMMENTS: This bill meets the criteria for referral to the
Suspense File.
Chapter 973 of the Statutes of 1988 (AB 1725, Vasconcellos),
required CCC districts that have fewer than 75 percent full-time
instructors to use a portion of their categorical program
improvement funding to hire more full-time faculty. The Board of
Governors (BOG) adopted regulations regarding this effort, but
the state soon discontinued this funding. Later, the BOG
adopted regulations directing districts to provide a portion of
their enrollment growth funds to hiring more full-time faculty
and then sought and received statutory authority to continue
this approach toward achieving a "75/25" standard.
Various entities have examined the issue of compensation equity.
A 2001 report by the California Postsecondary Education
Commission (CPEC) found that part-time staff earn a little more
than half of full-time faculty earnings, and that 41 percent of
part-time faculty received no benefits. A Bureau of State
Audits report from June of 2000 estimated costs of $144 million
for eliminating the pay differential.
The Chancellor's Office estimates that it would cost well over
$200 million to achieve pay equity, based, in part, on the
figures provided in these reports referenced above. Further,
according to the Chancellor's Office, it costs over $2 million
to raise the system wide percentage of full-time instruction by
one percentage point. As the current split is approximately
60/40, the annual cost of achieving 75 percent would thus be
approximately $300 million. Staff notes that these costs are
not direct, as a resolution
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ACR 138
does not have the force of law. However, the costs of meeting
this measure's intent are substantial, particularly during a
difficult fiscal environment.