BILL ANALYSIS
------------------------------------------------------------
|SENATE RULES COMMITTEE | ACR 138|
|Office of Senate Floor Analyses | |
|1020 N Street, Suite 524 | |
|(916) 651-1520 Fax: (916) | |
|327-4478 | |
------------------------------------------------------------
THIRD READING
Bill No: ACR 138
Author: Nava (D), et al
Amended: 7/15/10 in Senate
Vote: 21
SENATE EDUCATION COMMITTEE : 6-2, 6/30/10
AYES: Romero, Alquist, Hancock, Liu, Price, Simitian
NOES: Huff, Emmerson
NO VOTE RECORDED: Wyland
SENATE APPROPRIATIONS COMMITTEE : 7-4, 8/12/10
AYES: Kehoe, Alquist, Corbett, Leno, Price, Wolk, Yee
NOES: Ashburn, Emmerson, Walters, Wyland
ASSEMBLY FLOOR : 52-23, 6/2/10 - See last page for vote
SUBJECT : California Community Colleges: faculty
SOURCE : Author
DIGEST : This resolution states legislative intent that
part-time and temporary faculty receive pay and benefits
that are equal to those of specified tenure-track faculty,
to the extent funding is provided, and that the California
Community Colleges increase the percentage of full-time
tenured and tenure-track faculty.
ANALYSIS : Existing law requires the Board of Governors
(BOG) of the California Community Colleges (CCC) to adopt
regulations regarding the percent of credit instruction
CONTINUED
ACR 138
Page
2
that shall be taught by full-time faculty, and authorizes
CCC districts with less than 75 percent full-time
instructors to apply a portion of their
"program-improvement" funds toward reaching a 75 percent
goal. However, the state has stopped providing
program-improvement funds and the CCC BOG has since
required CCC districts to provide a portion of their growth
funds to hiring more full-time faculty.
This resolution:
1.Makes various statements regarding the increasing
percentage of courses offered in public college and
universities that are taught by part-time and other
adjunct faculty, the limited ability of the state's
public higher education system to provide high-quality
education, research, and support for economic
development, and the difficulties in funding education as
a result of state and federal tax policies.
2.Resolves that it is the intent of the Legislature that
all part-time and temporary faculty receive pay and
benefits that are equal to those of tenured and
tenure-track faculty of comparable qualifications doing
comparable work, as determined on a pro rata basis, to
the extent funding is provided.
3.Resolves that the longstanding policy of the BOG of the
CCC that at least 75 percent of the hours of credit
instruction in the colleges be taught by full-time
instructors should be advanced and that each community
college district should develop and adopt plans to meet
the requirements related to increasing the percentage of
full-time tenured and tenure-track faculty.
4.Resolves that the development and adoption of plans
related to increasing the percentage of full-time tenured
and tenure-track faculty should be subject to a
collective bargaining process.
5.Resolves that each community college district should
establish a process under which a part-time and other
adjunct faculty, after successful completion of a
probationary period, may receive timely notice of, and
ACR 138
Page
3
priority consideration for, appropriate teaching
assignments in future academic terms and preferential
consideration for attaining a tenure-track position when
one becomes available.
6.Resolves that each community college district should make
progress toward the goals described in the resolution and
provides that the provisions of this resolution are
intended by the Legislature to the extent that funding is
provided to CCC district to achieve these goals.
Background
The Legislature has considered various ways to address the
reliance of part-time faculty by the CCC. Much of the
reason to hire temporary faculty is the lower costs
associated with such faculty. Many believe that students
are under-served by not having access to more full-time
faculty who are more accessible and may have more teaching
expertise. Arguably, the practice of using temporary
faculty raises equity concerns due to the fact they are
generally paid lower wages and don't receive benefits. In
2008, 18,200 members of the CCC teaching faculty were
full-time (tenure or tenure-track) compared with 45,257
faculty classified as temporary.
FISCAL EFFECT : Fiscal Com.: Yes
SUPPORT : (Verified 8/17/10)
California Federation of Teachers (source)
American Federation of State, County and Municipal
Employees, AFL-CIO
California Community College League
California Teachers Association
California Teachers of English to Speakers of Other
Languages
Faculty Association of California Community Colleges
ARGUMENTS IN SUPPORT : According to the sponsor, the
California Federation of Teachers (CFT), part-time faculty
is compensated at significantly lower wages and benefits
than full-time faculty and too often lack basic supports
such as paid office hours. An increasing percentage of the
ACR 138
Page
4
courses in California public colleges and universities are
taught by part-time and other non-tenure track. CFT notes
that studies have found that community college districts
pay temporary faculty significantly less than full-time
faculty performing the same duties. CTF also contends that
increasing pay and benefits for part-time faculty and
ensure that these faculty members have a process by which
they can become full-time faculty will allow the CCC to
better serve its student population.
According to the author's office, this trend holds
nationwide indicating that higher education has become more
dependent on the part-time workforce to provide
instructional services to students.
ASSEMBLY FLOOR :
AYES: Adams, Ammiano, Arambula, Bass, Beall, Blakeslee,
Block, Blumenfield, Bradford, Brownley, Buchanan,
Caballero, Charles Calderon, Carter, Chesbro, Coto,
Davis, De La Torre, De Leon, Eng, Evans, Feuer, Fong,
Fuentes, Fuller, Furutani, Galgiani, Hall, Hayashi,
Hernandez, Hill, Huber, Huffman, Jones, Bonnie Lowenthal,
Ma, Mendoza, Monning, Nava, V. Manuel Perez, Portantino,
Ruskin, Salas, Saldana, Skinner, Solorio, Swanson,
Torlakson, Torres, Torrico, Yamada, John A. Perez
NOES: Anderson, Bill Berryhill, Conway, DeVore, Emmerson,
Fletcher, Gaines, Garrick, Gilmore, Hagman, Harkey,
Jeffries, Knight, Logue, Miller, Nestande, Niello,
Nielsen, Norby, Silva, Smyth, Tran, Villines
NO VOTE RECORDED: Tom Berryhill, Cook, Lieu, Audra
Strickland, Vacancy
CPM:cm 8/17/10 Senate Floor Analyses
SUPPORT/OPPOSITION: SEE ABOVE
**** END ****