BILL ANALYSIS
Senate Appropriations Committee Fiscal Summary
Senator Christine Kehoe, Chair
138 (Nava)
Hearing Date: 08/12/2010 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: 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.