| State |
Status/Date |
Level |
Summary |
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CA | Signed into law 09/2012 | P-12
Community College | Notice of Layoff to Classified Employees
A.B. 1908
From bill summary: Requires that written notice be given to a classified employee of a school district or community college district subject...
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CA | Signed into law 09/2012 | Community College | Reporting of Creditable Hours by Part-Time Community College Instructors
S.B. 114
From final bill analysis: Beginning July 1, 2013, requires community college districts to submit collective bargaining agreements or employm...
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PA | Signed into law 07/2012 | Postsec. | Agreements for Economic Development
S.B. 1308
Authorizes the State System of Higher Education and its employees to enter into agreements for economic development advantageous to both the...
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NV | Adopted 06/2012 | Postsec. | Licensing, Personnel, Instruction and Operations in Postsecondary Education
NAC 394.535, 380, 385, 390, 400, 405, 410, 415, 420, 427, 435, 440, 445, 450, 485, 490, 522, 525, 535, 537, 540, 550, 560, 570, 575, 580, 600, 605, 610, 615, 623, 650, 655, 720, 735
Revises various provisions governing licensing, personnel, instruction, and operations in postsecondary education. http://www.leg.state.nv.u...
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CO | Signed into law 04/2012 | Postsec. | Employment Contracts Non-tenure-track Professors
H.B. 1144
The bill authorizes each system of higher education and each campus of each state institution of higher education to employ an unlimited num...
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FL | Signed into law 04/2012 | Postsec. | Florida College System Personnel Records
S.B. 878
Amends definition of "limited-access records" for Florida College System. Requires records maintained for investigating employee misconduct ...
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TX | Signed into law 06/2011 | Postsec. | Internet Access to Faculty Information for General Academic Teaching Institutions
H.B. 736 - Internet Access to Faculty Information for General Academic Teaching Institutions
Requires that each general academic teaching institution make public on the institution's Web site the following information: (1) the studen...
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NV | Signed into law 06/2011 | Postsec. | Private Postsecondary Education
A.B. 40
Existing law requires certain persons who apply for employment or a contract with a private postsecondary educational institution to submit ...
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MI | Signed into law 06/2011 | Postsec. | Financial Transparency/Faculty Rights
H.B. 4325 - Postsecondary Provisions
From Legislative Staff Summary: Requires colleges to develop on a publically accessible Internet site a comprehensive report categorizing a...
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IL | Adopted 05/2011 | Postsec. | Resolution re: Faculty Furloughs and Tuition Waiver Programs
H.R. 326
Urges Governor Pat Quinn, the Board of Higher Education, and all public universities in the state to do all that is in their power to preven...
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MD | Signed into law 05/2011 | Postsec. | Task Force to Study the Impact of Adjunct Faculty on Graduation Rates at Historically Black Institutions
S.B. 347
Creates the Task Force to Study the Impact of Adjunct Faculty on Graduation Rates at Historically Black Institutions in the State. Requires ...
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CA | Vetoed 10/2009 | Postsec. | State Whistleblower Protection Law
S.B. 219
Relates to State Whistleblower Protection Law law which authorizes a University of California employee or applicant for employment to recove...
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TX | Issued 09/2009 | Postsec. | Higher Education Cost Efficiencies
E.O. RP73
Directs the Texas Higher Education Coordinating Board, in cooperation with Texas public institutions of higher education, to undertake a com...
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IL | Signed into law 08/2009 | P-12
Postsec.
Community College | Administrator and Teacher Salaries
H.B. 2235
Requires the governing board of each school district, public university, and community college to report to the state board of education or ...
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IL | Signed into law 08/2009 | Postsec.
Community College | Faculty and Staff Political Displays
H.B. 899
Provides that a university or community college may not prohibit any faculty or staff member from: (1) displaying political buttons, sticker...
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IL | Signed into law 08/2009 | Postsec.
Community College | Rights of Postsecondary Faculty and Staff
H.B. 898
Provides that all faculty and staff members of a university or community college are free to communicate their views on any matter of privat...
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OH | Signed into law 07/2009 | P-12
Postsec. | Mandatory Furloughs of Postsecondary Employees
H.B. 1 - Section 371.70.20
Authorizes the board of trustees of any state institution of higher education to adopt a policy providing for mandatory furloughs of employe...
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OH | Signed into law 07/2009 | Postsec. | Faculty Members and Instruction; Exercise of Authority by Boards of Trustees
H.B. 1 - Section 371.30.10(C) and (D)
Requires boards of trustees of state-assisted institutions of higher education to ensure that faculty members devote a proper and judicious ...
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WI | Signed into law 06/2009 | Postsec. | Labor Relations at the University of Wisconsin
A.B. 75
Enacts provisions related to labor relations and collective bargaining for faculty and academic staff at the University of Wisconsin. Establ...
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MO | Adopted 08/2008 | Postsec. | faculty certification
5 CSR 80-800.260
Amends rule to incorporate changes for Library Media Specialist. Updates certification requirements for Postsecondary Career Educators as of...
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LA | Signed into law 06/2008 | Postsec.
Community College | Personal Leave
H.B. 1325
Permits unclassified employees employed by a public postsecondary education management board to use up to two days sick leave each academic ...
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KS | Signed into law 05/2008 | Postsec. | Partnership for Faculty of Distinction Program
H.B. 2343
Establishes the partnership for faculty of distinction program to encourage gifts by private donors to enhance the ability of eligible educa...
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IL | Signed into law 08/2007 | P-12
Postsec.
Community College | Whistleblower Act
H.B. 742
Amends the Whistleblower Act. Provides that an "employer" as defined in the act includes:
(1) A political subdivision of the state
(2) A uni...
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IN | Signed into law 05/2007 | Postsec.
Community College | Postsecondary Diversity Committees
H.B. 1256
Creates a diversity committee at each state educational institution to review and approve employment policies concerning diversity; hear fac...
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MO | Signed into law 05/2007 | Postsec.
Community College | Postsecondary Institutions
S.B. 389 [Postsecondary Institutions]
Multiple provisions relating to higher education. Stipulates that in order to receive increases in state appropriations, two- and four-year ...
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MT | Passed 04/2007 | P-12
Postsec.
Community College | Study of Public Employee Retirement Systems
H.J.R. 59
Requests that the legislative council designate an appropriate interim committee or assign sufficient staff resources to study public employ...
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WA | Signed into law 04/2007 | Community College
Postsec. | Benefits for Part-Time Employees
H.B. 1644
Revises health care eligibility provisions for part-time academic employees of community and technical colleges. From Senate report: Part-ti...
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NM | Signed into law [Partial Veto] 04/2007 | Postsec.
Community College | Faculty Endowment Fund Distributions
H.B. 983
Changes provisions and distributions of the faculty endowment fund. Reconciles conflicting amendments to the same section of laws by repeali...
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NM | Signed into law 04/2007 | Postsec.
Community College | Part-Time Faculty Pay Scale
H.B. 384
Directs the higher education department to work with public post-secondary educational institutions to establish a pay schedule for part-tim...
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UT | Signed into law 04/2007 | P-12
Postsec.
Community College | Compensation
S.B. 228
Among other provisions, provides budget increases and decreases for the compensation of state employees not including school district person...
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VA | Passed 02/2007 | Postsec. | Attracting & Retaining Higher Education Faculty Assessment
H.J. 642
This joint resolution of the legislature requests the State Council of Higher Education to conduct as a follow up to the development of its ...
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IL | Signed into law 06/2006 | Postsec. | Recruitment and Training of Masters-Prepared Nurses
H.B. 4461
Provides that the department of commerce and economic opportunity may conduct a study regarding the recruitment and training of masters-prep...
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WI | Signed into law 05/2006 | Postsec. | Postsecondary Teachers Negotiations
Act No. 373
Relates to ratification of the agreement negotiated between the state and the Teaching Assistants' Association, AFT, Local 3220, AFL-CIO, fo...
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WI | Signed into law 05/2006 | Postsec.
Community College | Teaching Assistants Collective Bargaining
Act No. 374
Relates to ratification of the agreement negotiated between the state and the Teaching Assistants' Association, AFT, Local 3220, AFL-CIO, fo...
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WI | Signed into law 05/2006 | Postsec. | Milwaukee Graduate Assistants Association Collective Bargaining
Act No. 384
Relates to ratification of the agreement negotiated between the state and the Milwaukee Graduate Assistants Association, AFT/WFT, Local 2169...
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TN | Signed into law 05/2006 | Postsec. | Misrepresentation of Academic Credentials
H.B. 3526
Concerns Education, Higher; requires public higher education institutions to place warnings concerning misrepresentation of academic credent...
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WV | Signed into law 04/2006 | Postsec.
Community College | Experience Increments for Higher Education Faculty
S.B. 587
Provide public higher education faculty with an annual experience increment based on one year of service credit for each nine or more months...
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WA | Signed into law 03/2006 | Postsec.
Community College | Health Care Eligibility for Part-Time Employees
H.B. 2583
Declares an intent to provide for continuous health care eligibility for part-time academic employees based on averaging workload gained dur...
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KS | Signed into law 03/2006 | Community College
Postsec. | Evaluation of Community College Employees
S.B. 436
Separates the statutes governing personnel evaluations for employees of community colleges from those for employees of school districts and ...
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UT | Signed into law 03/2006 | Postsec.
Community College | Compensation of Higher Education Personnel
H.B. 4
Included in this bill are provisions that: Provide budget increases and decreases for the compensation of state employees not
including sch...
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IL | Adopted 02/2006 | Postsec. | Diversifying Higher Education Faculty in Illinois Act
23 IAC 1080.100, 110, 200, 210, 220, 230, 300, 310, 320, 330
Establishes the Diversifying Higher Education Faculty in Illinois Program (DFI), which combines two former programs, the Illinois Consortium...
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CA | Vetoed 09/2005 | Postsec. | Whistleblower Protection at California State University
A.B. 708
An act to amend Section 8547.12 of the Government Code, relating to the California State University and whistleblower protection. Authorizes...
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HI | Signed into law 06/2005 | P-12
Postsec. | Teacher Recruitment and Education
H.B. 844
Section 1: Establishes need for improvement in teacher recruitment, compensation, support and peer mentoring.
Section 2: Creates a new sect...
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CT | Signed into law 06/2005 | Postsec. | University of Connecticut
S.B. 1050
Increases membership of board of trustees for the University of Connecticut from 19 to 21 to reflect additional two ex officio members, the ...
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WA | Signed into law 04/2005 | Community College
Postsec. | Part-Time Faculty
S.B. 5087
Finds that part-time faculty play important roles in community and technical institutions. Requires the state board for community and techni...
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KS | Signed into law 04/2005 | Postsec.
Community College | Classified Service Positions
S.B. 74
Authorizes the state board of regents to allow any state institution of higher education to convert all classified staff employee positions ...
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AR | Signed into law 04/2005 | Community College
Postsec. | Two Year Institutions of Higher Education
H.B. 1376
Establishes a growth pool of 200 non-classified and 100 classified positions for two-year institutions of higher education, to be used by th...
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AR | Signed into law 03/2005 | Postsec. | Higher Education Alternate Retirement Plans
S.B. 138
Provides that colleges or universities may increase the employer contribution rate for higher education alternate retirement plans to equal ...
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ID | Signed into law 03/2005 | Postsec. | Funding Equity, Faculty Teaching and Research, and Faculty Turnover
S.B. 1187
Appropriates funds to postsecondary institutions and programs in the state.
"The Legislature agrees with the State Board of Education that...
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ND | Signed into law 03/2005 | Postsec.
Community College | Teaching Requirements
H.B. 1364
The state board of higher education shall create a policy for all institutions under its control, relating to the assessment of faculty and ...
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UT | Signed into law 03/2005 | P-12
Postsec.
Community College | Unused Sick Leave at Retirement Amendments
H.B. 213
Relates to unused sick leave at retirement; provides that after a specified date, new sick leave hours may not be accumulated for future use...
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MT | Rule Adoption 12/2004 | P-12
Postsec. | Out Of State Attendance Agreements
ARM 10.10.301C
Relates to out-of-state attendance agreements. The superintendent of public instruction shall
provide payment of the amount calculated in (4...
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IL | Signed into law 10/2004 | Postsec. | Definition: Graduate Teaching Assistants
S.B. 1070
Amends the Illinois Educational Labor Relations Act. Makes a change in a section concerning definitions to include graduate students who are...
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MA | Signed into law 10/2004 | Postsec. | Retirement and Research Faculty Salaries
H.B. 2873
Relates to providing creditable service for retirement purposes for certain research faculty employed at the University of Massachusetts. Pr...
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CA | Vetoed 09/2004 | Postsec.
Community College | Tenure Track vs. Temporary Faculty
A.B. 242
Requires the board of governors and the trustees, and would request the regents, to adopt policies regarding the appropriate balance of temp...
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CA | Signed into law 09/2004 | Community College
Postsec. | Community Colleges: Funding
A.B. 1417
Requires the Board of Governors of the California Community Colleges to provide recommendations to the Legislature and Governor regarding th...
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CA | Signed into law 09/2004 | Community College
Postsec. | Community College Faculty Benefits
A.B. 3076
Excludes community college faculty members from mandatory membership in the Defined Benefit Program as long as they are defined as temporar...
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AL | Issued 08/2004 | P-12
Postsec.
Community College | Governor's Commission on Education Spending
Executive Order No. 02-2003
The governor issued Executive Order No. 02-2003 on January 30, 2003, creating the Governor's Commission of Education Spending. The Commissio...
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IL | Signed into law 08/2004 | Postsec.
Community College | Diversifying Higher Faculty Program Act
S.B. 3107
Amends the Illinois Consortium for Educational Opportunity Act. Changes the short title to the Diversifying Higher Education Faculty in Illi...
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RI | Became law without GOVERNOR'S signature. 07/2004 | Postsec.
Community College | Retirement System Contributions
H.B. 7948
Raises the amount of part-time gross pay retired professors and teachers may earn from employment by a state college of the department of ed...
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TN | Signed into law 06/2004 | Postsec.
Community College | Higher Education Layoffs and Reorganizations
H.B. 2644
Adds a new section of law. Requires the board of trustees of the university of Tennessee and the Tennessee board of regents to adopt policie...
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TN | Signed into law 06/2004 | Postsec.
Community College | Higher Education False Credentials
H.B. 433
Prohibits the use of false credentials in higher education. http://www.legislature.state.tn.us/bills/currentga/Chapter/PC0825.pdf...
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OK | Signed into law 06/2004 | Postsec.
Community College | Teachers Retirement System
H.B. 2226
Adds a new section of law. Enacts the Alternate Retirement Plan for Eligible Employees of Participating State Institutions of Higher Educati...
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ID | Signed into law 04/2004 | Postsec.
Community College | Postsecondary Education Appropriations
H.B. 768
Appropriates funds to the State Board of Education and the Board of Regents of the University of Idaho; requires the state board of educatio...
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WA | Signed into law 03/2004 | Postsec. | Paying Part Time Faculty at Institutions
H.B. 2383
Provides that a bargained contract at an institution of higher education may include a provision for paying part-time academic employees on ...
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AR | Signed into law 12/2003 | Postsec. | Position Growth Pool
S.B. 3
Establishes a growth pool of positions for the two year institutions of higher education of non- classified and classified positions to be u...
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OR | Temporary Rule Adoption 12/2003 | Postsec. | Use of Employee's Social Security Numbers
OAR 580-021-0044
Establishes temporary rules relating to the use of employee's social security numbers for non-mandatory purposes. Describes information that...
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CA | Signed into law 10/2003 | Community College
Postsec. | Community Colleges: Part-time Faculty
A.B. 654
Expresses the intent of the Legislature and various policy preferences of the Legislature with respect to part-time community college facult...
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CA | Signed into law 10/2003 | P-12
Community College
Postsec. | School Teachers & Community College Employees: Military Duty
S.B. 259
Authorizes the governing board of a school district or a community college district to approve compensation for all employees who are called...
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CA | Signed into law 08/2003 | Postsec. | California State University: Disability Retirement
A.B. 908
Requires the Trustees of the California State University to provide disability retirement temporary disability allowances for employees of C...
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IL | Signed into law 08/2003 | Postsec. | Educational Labor Relations Act
S.B. 1360
Amends the Labor Relations Act to restore a provision that provides the sole appropriate bargaining unit for academic faculty at the Univers...
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CA | Signed into law 08/2003 | P-12
Postsec.
Community College | Classified School Employees: Reclassification
A.B. 1070
Decreases all 3 year time requirements to reclassify classified school employees under a merit system of a school district or community coll...
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IL | Signed into law 07/2003 | Postsec.
Community College | Academic Employees of Community College
H.B. 1457
Amends the Educational Relations Act to provide that an academic employee of a community college who provides less than 3 credit hours of in...
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FL | Signed into law 06/2003 | P-12
Postsec.
Community College | School Board Member Employment
S.B. 958
Revises options for participants in the Community College Optional Retirement Program; revises certain limitations on positions for which di...
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CA | Signed into law 06/2003 | Postsec.
Community College | Community College Temporary Employees
S.B. 955
Prohibits service in professional ancillary activities by persons employed as temporary community college faculty, including, but not necess...
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NJ | To governor 06/2003 | Postsec. | State Health Benefits Program Coverage
A.B. 3424
Allows part-time State employees and part-time faculty members at public institutions of higher education in this State to purchase State He...
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TX | Signed into law 06/2003 | Postsec. | Texas Higher Education Coordinating Board
S.B. 286
Relates to the continuation and functions of the Texas Higher Education Coordinating Board. Addresses membership, procedures, conflict of i...
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HI | Signed into law 06/2003 | Postsec. | Faculty Retirement Eligibility
H.B. 317
Allows a faculty member of State University with multiple part-time faculty appointments to meet eligibility requirements for membership in ...
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IA | Adopted 05/2003 | Postsec.
Community College | Community College Faculty Licensure
281 IAC 21.3(1)
Updates rules governing community college faculty planning. Eliminates the state licensure requirement for community college faculty in lieu...
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ME | Signed into law 04/2003 | Postsec. | Maine Labor Relations Board
H.P. 76 (LD 68)
Extends the jurisdiction of the Maine Labor Relation Board to Employees of Public Higher Education Institutions who have been employed less ...
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MS | Vetoed 04/2003 | P-12
Postsec. | State Personnel Board
H.B. 773
Removes the repeal on the State Personnel Board; provides that the State Board of Education may increase the salary of the State Superintend...
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IA | Signed into law 04/2003 | Postsec.
Community College | Community Colleges Teachers and Administrators Defined
H.F. 341
Specifies that a "teacher" in a community college includes anyone who is an instructor, but does not include an adjunct instructor; a librar...
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NM | Signed into law 04/2003 | Postsec. | Endowed Chairs
H.B. 756
Relates to higher education; provides for additional endowed chairs at major research institutions for the purpose of economic development; ...
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NC | Signed into law 04/2003 | P-12
Postsec.
Community College | Community College Shared Leave
H.B. 432
Provides that state employees, public school employees, and community college employees may share leave voluntarily....
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NJ | Signed into law 06/2002 | P-12
Postsec. | Part-Time Faculty
A.B. 459
Requires a report and recommendations to and a public hearing of the Senate and Assembly committees with respect to certain information rega...
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KS | Signed into law 04/2002 | Postsec.
Community College | Act concerning early retirement incentive programs
S.B. 375
Amends existing law to include that any community college Board of Trustees may establish an early retirement incentive program for employee...
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WA | Enrolled 04/2002 | Postsec. | Collective bargaining for University of Washington employees who are enrolled in academic programs
HB 2540
Act to promote collective bargaining for graduate teaching assistants and university employees enrolled in academic programs. Enumerates wh...
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IA | Signed into law 04/2002 | Postsec.
Community College | Community College Quality Faculty Plans and Related Activities
H.B. 2394
Eliminates licensure of community college faculty and instead requires each college to develop a plan for hiring and developing quality facu...
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NM | Signed into law 03/2002 | Postsec. | Faculty Endowment Fund
S.B. 14
Creates the Faculty Endowment Fund; provides matching funds to create endowed chairs, professorships and faculty development programs to att...
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NV | Signed into law 06/2001 | Postsec. | Faculty Contracts
S.B. 543
Requires the Board of Regents of the University of Nevada to establish policies governing the contracts that faculty members and employees o...
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WV | Signed into law 06/2001 | Postsec. | Salary Increases Don't Apply to Higher Education
H.B. 307C
Clarifies that the general salary increases for state employees passed during the 2001 Legislative Session are not applicable to those state...
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TX | Signed into law 05/2001 | Postsec. | Faculty Compensation Disparity Study and Report
H.B. 2397
Requires the board to conduct a study and make findings and recommendations the board considers appropriate regarding any disparity between ...
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TX | Signed into law 05/2001 | Postsec. | Merit Pay for Faculty
H.B. 1545
One section of H.B. 1545, Sec. 51.962, allows merit salary increases. An institution of higher education may grant merit salary increases, ...
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TX | Signed into law 05/2001 | Postsec. | Faculty Contracts
H.B. 1127
Relates to procedures governing employment contracts for faculty members at public institutions of higher education. An institution of high...
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MT | Signed into law 04/2001 | P-12
Postsec. | Public Employee Retirement Systems
H.B. 116
Revises the defined contribution plan provisions under the public employees retirement system; limits liability; revises the allocation of c...
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WA | Signed into law 04/2001 | P-12
Postsec. | Reasonable Assurance of Employment
S.B. 5316
Relates to reasonable assurances of employment for employees of educational institutions of higher learning....
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WA | Approved by voters 11/2000 | P-12
Postsec. | Ballot Initiative: Cost-of-Living Adjustments
V. 27
INITIATIVE 732; Provides annual cost-of-living salary adjustments to school district employees, academic employees of community and technica...
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RI | Became law without governor's signature 07/2000 | P-12
Postsec. | Special Legislative Commission
H.B. 6968
(Joint Resolution); Extends the reporting date of the special legislative commission to study the feasibility of allowing unionized classifi...
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LA | Signed into law 07/2000 | Postsec. | Reemployment of Retired Postsecondary Faculty
H.B. 18B
Removes the waiting period and lessons the earnings limit applicable upon reemployment of certain retired employees of colleges and universi...
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RI | Became law without GOVERNOR'S signature 07/2000 | P-12
Postsec. | Part Time Professors/Teachers
S.B. 2376
Raises the amount of part time gross pay retired professors and teachers may earn from employment by a state college or the Department of Ed...
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LA | Signed into law 06/2000 | P-12
Postsec. | Pay Increases for Teachers and Faculty
H.B. 30B
Goal is to increase pay for elementary and secondary teachers in amount necessary (determined by legislature) to annually achieve statewide ...
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OH | Signed into law 06/2000 | Postsec. | Intellectual Property, Institutional Interest
S.B. 286
Permits the Board of Trustees of a State college or university to establish rules that describe circumstances in which an employee of that i...
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TN | Signed into law 05/2000 | P-12
Postsec. | Employment of Non-Citizens
S.B. 2939
Allows non-citizens to be employed at public schools and colleges in Tennessee....
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KS | Signed into law 04/2000 | Postsec. | Faculty of Distinction Program
H.B. 2476
The Kansas partnership for faculty of distinction program was established to encourage gifts by private donors to enhance the ability of eli...
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TN | Signed into law 03/2000 | Postsec. | Faculty
H.B. 2227
Relates to higher education; repeals requirement that supreme court directly review by appeal decree of chancery court involving tenured fac...
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WA | Signed into law 03/2000 | Postsec. | Sick Leave/Community Colleges
S.B. 6811
Provides for sick leave and leave sharing for part-time academic employees at community and technical colleges; declares that part time acad...
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WA | Signed into law 03/2000 | Postsec. | Faculty Awards Tied to Development
S.B. 6770
Allows exceptional faculty awards to be used for faculty development and inservice training; relates to colleges....
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