Section 87482.4 Of Article 1. General Provisions From California Education Code >> Division 7. >> Title 3. >> Part 51. >> Chapter 3. >> Article 1.
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. (a) The Legislature finds and declares that, in the state'
s community college system, teaching constitutes a greater share of
the faculty workload, as compared to the California State University
or the University of California systems. California's community
college system requires that a faculty member hold, as a basic
qualification, a master's degree. Furthermore, the community college
system uses a different professional review process, as compared to
the California State University or the University of California
systems.
(b) The California Postsecondary Education Commission shall
conduct a comprehensive study of the California Community College
system's part-time faculty employment, salary, and compensation
patterns as they relate to full-time community college faculty with
similar education credentials and work experience. The study shall
include a representative sample of urban, rural, and suburban
community colleges in California and shall also refer to similarly
situated community colleges in other states.
(c) The study specified in subdivision (b) shall include, but not
necessarily be limited to, the addressing of policy options available
to achieve pay equity between community college part-time faculty
and full-time faculty and shall also include both of the following:
(1) A quantitative analysis examining duties and tasks of
part-time faculty as compared to full-time faculty. The duties and
tasks examined shall include classroom teaching, preparation, office
hours, recordkeeping, student evaluations, recommendations, and other
professional practices that compare the similarities and differences
between a part-time and full-time faculty position. This
quantitative analysis shall also include both of the following:
(A) An examination of whether part-time faculty salaries vary
significantly among community colleges and the factors that are
associated with any salary differential.
(B) Data concerning the salary compensation pattern for part-time
community college faculty in California and in similarly situated
community colleges in other states, and the disparity between
part-time and full-time compensation for the equivalent education and
experience.
(2) An identification of specific policy and fiscal
recommendations that would enable the California Community Colleges
to achieve a compensation schedule that achieves pay equity for
part-time faculty.
(d) The California Postsecondary Education Commission shall, in
conducting the study required by this section, consult various
representatives of the education community, including the Board of
Governors of the California Community Colleges, community college
faculty groups, and other interested parties.
(e) Notwithstanding Section 7550.5 of the Government Code, the
California Postsecondary Education Commission shall release the
preliminary findings of the study required by this section to the
Legislature and the Governor, on or before March 31, 2000, and shall
transmit the study to the Legislature and the Governor on or before
July 1, 2000.
(f) It is the intent of the Legislature that funding for
conducting the study required by this section shall be made available
through an appropriation, either in future legislation or in the
annual Budget Act, in an amount of up to one hundred fifty thousand
dollars ($150,000).