From the ECS State Policy Database Postsecondary Faculty

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State Status/Date Level Summary CA Signed into law 09/2012 P-12 Community College From bill summary: Requires that written notice be given to a classified employee of a school district or community college district subject to layoff not less than 60 days before the effective layoff date if the termination date of a specially funded program is other than June 30 (previously was not less than 45 days), or if a classified employee is subject to layoff as a result of a bona fide reduction or elimination of a service performed by a department. http://www.leginfo.ca.gov/pub/11-12/bill/asm/ab_1901-1950/ab_1908_bill_20120930_chaptered.pdf Title: A.B. 1908 Source: www.leginfo.ca.gov CA Signed into law 09/2012 Community College From final bill analysis: Beginning July 1, 2013, requires community college districts to submit collective bargaining agreements or employment agreements for part-time instructors and adult education instructors to the California State Teachers' Retirement System (CalSTRS) in order to facilitate the accurate reporting of creditable hours worked by CalSTRS covered employees working on a part-time basis. Bill text: http://www.leginfo.ca.gov/pub/11-12/bill/sen/sb_0101-0150/sb_114_bill_20120930_chaptered.pdf Final bill analysis: http://www.leginfo.ca.gov/pub/11-12/bill/sen/sb_0101-0150/sb_114_cfa_20120829_170837_sen_comm.html Title: S.B. 114 Source: www.leginfo.ca.gov PA Signed into law 07/2012 Postsec. Authorizes the State System of Higher Education and its employees to enter into agreements for economic development advantageous to both the universities and employees. Provides for approval and notice of such agreements. Requires the State System and each university to monitor and rpeort on these agreements annually to the Education committees of the House and Senate. http://www.legis.state.pa.us/CFDOCS/Legis/PN/Public/btCheck.cfm?txtType=PDF&sessYr=2011&sessInd=0&billBody=S&billTyp=B&billNbr=1308&pn=1732 Title: S.B. 1308 Source: http://www.legis.state.pa.us NV Adopted 06/2012 Postsec. Revises various provisions governing licensing, personnel, instruction, and operations in postsecondary education. http://www.leg.state.nv.us/Division/Legal/LawLibrary/NAC/NAC-394.html Title: 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 Source: ww.leg.state.nv.us CO Signed into law 04/2012 Postsec. The bill authorizes each system of higher education and each campus of each state institution of higher education to employ an unlimited number of non-tenure-track classroom teachers under renewable 5-year employment contracts. The employment contract must include a provision that allows the employing system or campus to terminate the contract without penalty if the system or campus can demonstrate financial exigencies and a provision that renders the contract unenforceable if the employing system or campus ceases to be an enterprise and does not have sufficient financial reserves to satisfy the contract. http://www.leg.state.co.us/clics/clics2012a/csl.nsf/fsbillcont3/7820234AB393E07D87257981007E0D50?Open&file=1144_enr.pdf Title: H.B. 1144 Source: http://www.leg.state.co.us FL Signed into law 04/2012 Postsec. Amends definition of "limited-access records" for Florida College System. Requires records maintained for investigating employee misconduct to become public either after the investigation ceases to be active, the institution has concluded the investigation, or the institution has issued a letter of discipline. Defines circumstances under which an investigation is to be considered active. Also requires records maintained for purposes of (1) a disciplinary proceeding against an employee and (2) a grievance proceeding brought by an employee for enforcement of a collective bargaining agreement or contract to become public after a final decision is made in the proceeding. http://www.myfloridahouse.gov/Sections/Documents/loaddoc.aspx?FileName=_s0878er.DOCX&DocumentType=Bill&BillNumber=0878&Session=2012 Title: S.B. 878 Source: www.myfloridahouse.gov TX Signed into law 06/2011 Postsec. Requires that each general academic teaching institution make public on the institution's Web site the following information: (1) the student/faculty ratio; (2) the percentage of all full-time equivalent faculty members with teaching responsibility who are tenured or tenure track; (3) the percentage of semester credit hours taken by freshmen or sophomores that are taught by tenured and tenure track faculty members; (4) the number of faculty members in each of six faculty ranks (from professor to teaching assistant), with a breakdown for each rank of the numbers of faculty members by race, ethnicity and gender; (5) average faculty salaries by rank; (6) the amount of money appropriated by the legislature per full-time equivalent faculty member and full-time equivalent student; (7) the total revenue the institution spent per full-time equivalent faculty member and full-time equivalent student; (8) the amount of federal and private research expenditures per tenured or tenure track full-time equivalent faculty member; (9) the number and percentage of faculty members holding extramural research grants; (10) the number and names of awards to faculty members from nationally recognized entities, including those identified by The Center for Measuring University Performance; and (11) the number of endowed professorships or chairs. Requires that each institution update the information for the preceding fiscal or academic year by December 31 each year. Authorizes the Texas Higher Education Coordinating Board to adopt rules necessary to administer these provisions, including rules to ensure the consistency of information made available. Pages 1-3 of 21: http://www.legis.state.tx.us/tlodocs/82R/billtext/pdf/HB00736F.pdf#navpanes=0 Title: H.B. 736 - Internet Access to Faculty Information for General Academic Teaching Institutions Source: www.legis.state.tx.us NV Signed into law 06/2011 Postsec. Existing law requires certain persons who apply for employment or a contract with a private postsecondary educational institution to submit a completed fingerprint card that must be taken by an agency of law enforcement and authorization for the postsecondary institution to conduct an investigation of the background of the applicants. (NRS 394.465) This bill allows the fingerprint card and authorization to be submitted electronically to the Central Repository for Nevada Records of Criminal History. This bill also exempts an applicant from the background check if: (1) the applicant will provide instruction from a location outside this state through a licensed program of distance education; (2) the applicant previously underwent a background check; and (3) the Administrator of the Commission on Postsecondary Education determines that an additional background check is not necessary. http://www.leg.state.nv.us/Session/76th2011/Bills/AB/AB40_EN.pdf Title: A.B. 40 Source: http://www.leg.state.nv.us MI Signed into law 06/2011 Postsec. From Legislative Staff Summary: Requires colleges to develop on a publically accessible Internet site a comprehensive report categorizing all institutional general fund expenditures. Provides that a college must not take disciplinary action against an employee for communicating with a member of the Legislature or their staff. http://www.legislature.mi.gov/documents/2011-2012/publicact/htm/2011-PA-0062.htm Title: H.B. 4325 - Postsecondary Provisions Source: http://www.legislature.mi.gov IL Adopted 05/2011 Postsec. 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 prevent the furlough of instructors and professors, and resolves that public universities should examine their financial ability to implement a tuition waiver program targeted at students coming from the middle-income brackets. http://www.ilga.gov/legislation/97/HR/PDF/09700HR0326lv.pdf Title: H.R. 326 Source: www.ilga.gov MD Signed into law 05/2011 Postsec. Creates the Task Force to Study the Impact of Adjunct Faculty on Graduation Rates at Historically Black Institutions in the State. Requires the task force to make specified findings and recommendations, and report to the governor and specified committees by January 1, 2013. http://mlis.state.md.us/2011rs/chapters_noln/Ch_223_sb0347T.pdf Title: S.B. 347 Source: http://mlis.state.md.us CA Vetoed 10/2009 Postsec. Relates to State Whistleblower Protection Law law which authorizes a University of California employee or applicant for employment to recover damages caused by acts of reprisal, retaliation, threats or coercion only if the university failed to reach a decision regarding a complaint filed with a specified officer by the injured party within established time limits. Authorizes an available action for damages if the university reached a decision regarding the complaint filed with the officer. Bill: http://www.leginfo.ca.gov/pub/09-10/bill/sen/sb_0201-0250/sb_219_bill_20090825_enrolled.pdf Veto message: http://www.leginfo.ca.gov/pub/09-10/bill/sen/sb_0201-0250/sb_219_vt_20091011.html Title: S.B. 219 Source: www.leginfo.ca.gov TX Issued 09/2009 Postsec. Directs the Texas Higher Education Coordinating Board, in cooperation with Texas public institutions of higher education, to undertake a comprehensive review of opportunities for achieving cost efficiencies, including: --State funding based on student course completion --Restructuring the state's financial aid programs to improve administrative efficiencies and to provide financial aid to students who work hard to academically prepare for college --Academic program consolidation and elimination of programs that produce relatively few graduates --Faculty workload --Articulation agreements between two-year and four-year institutions --Distance learning --Alternatives to creating new campuses --Course redesign to improve quality and reduce instructional costs for more courses --Cooperative, cross-system contracting and purchasing --Space utilization --Energy use --Cost of instructional materials. Also directs the higher education coordinating board to conduct a review of higher education cost efficiencies implemented in other states and other countries. Directs the higher Education Coordinating Board, Based on the findings of this review, to develop practices, policies and recommendations for cost-containment among public institutions of higher education and submit these to the governor, legislature and public institutions of higher education by November 1, 2010. Executive order: http://www.thecb.state.tx.us/index.cfm?ObjectID=A3C6E9A3-CE4A-E4DE-C6D8183684DC9CD6 Final report (November 2010): http://www.thecb.state.tx.us/files//dmfile/CostEfficiencies11.19.2010.pdf Draft report (July 21, 2010): http://www.thecb.state.tx.us/index.cfm?objectid=23A87B1E-DFF7-820A-C807155DB1EB855B THECB Web page about the advisory committee on higher education cost efficiencies: http://www.thecb.state.tx.us/index.cfm?ObjectID=9D89F7D3-F892-EEA0-D923B6D6D465D781 Title: E.O. RP73 Source: www.thecb.state.tx.us IL Signed into law 08/2009 P-12 Postsec. Community College Requires the governing board of each school district, public university, and community college to report to the state board of education or board of higher education the base salary and benefits, including vacation days, sick days, bonuses, annuities and retirement enhancements, of all administrators and teachers or faculty. http://www.ilga.gov/legislation/96/HB/PDF/09600HB2235lv.pdf Title: H.B. 2235 Source: Lexis-Nexis/StateNet IL Signed into law 08/2009 Postsec. Community College Provides that a university or community college may not prohibit any faculty or staff member from: (1) displaying political buttons, stickers, or patches while on university or community college property provided such display is for a purpose relevant to the subject of instruction; (2) attending a partisan political rally, provided that the employee is not on duty; or (3) displaying a partisan bumper sticker on a motor vehicle. http://www.ilga.gov/legislation/96/HB/PDF/09600HB0899lv.pdf Title: H.B. 899 Source: Lexis-Nexis/StateNet IL Signed into law 08/2009 Postsec. Community College Provides that all faculty and staff members of a university or community college are free to communicate their views on any matter of private or public concern to any member of the legislative, executive or judicial branch of government, state or federal, without notice to or prior approval of the university or community college. http://www.ilga.gov/legislation/96/HB/PDF/09600HB0898lv.pdf Title: H.B. 898 Source: Lexis-Nexis/StateNet OH Signed into law 07/2009 P-12 Postsec. Authorizes the board of trustees of any state institution of higher education to adopt a policy providing for mandatory furloughs of employees, including faculty, to achieve spending reductions necessitated by institutional budget deficits. Page 2969 of 3120: http://www.legislature.state.oh.us/BillText128/128_HB_1_EN_N.pdf Title: H.B. 1 - Section 371.70.20 Source: www.legislature.state.oh.us OH Signed into law 07/2009 Postsec. Requires boards of trustees of state-assisted institutions of higher education to ensure that faculty members devote a proper and judicious part of their work week to the actual instruction of students. Specifies that total class credit hours of production per quarter per full-time faculty member is expected to meet the standards set forth in the budget data submitted by the chancellor of the board of regents. Also specifies that the authority of government vested by law in the boards of trustees of state-assisted institutions of higher education must in fact be exercised by those boards. Specifies that administrative decisions about (1) the use of available resources, (2) organizational structure, (3) disciplinary procedure, (4) the operation and staffing of all auxiliary facilities, and (5) adminstrative personnel are the exclusive prerogative of boards of trustees. Requires any delegation of authority in other areas of responsibility to be accompanied by (1) appropriate standards of guidance concerning expected objectives in the exercise of of such delegated authority and (2) periodic review of the exercise of this delegated authority, to the end that public interest, as opposed to any institutional or special interest, is served. Page 2957 of 3120: http://www.legislature.state.oh.us/BillText128/128_HB_1_EN_N.pdf Title: H.B. 1 - Section 371.30.10(C) and (D) Source: www.legislature.state.oh.us WI Signed into law 06/2009 Postsec. Enacts provisions related to labor relations and collective bargaining for faculty and academic staff at the University of Wisconsin. Establishes definitions, rights of employees to bargain collectively, and duties of the state, including the duty of the board of regents of the University of Wisconsin System to establish a collective bargaining capacity. Establishes collective bargaining units for specified groups. Adopts provisions related to selection of representatives and elections. Identifies specific unfair labor practices. Adopts provisions pertaining to fair-share and maintenance of membership agreements; grievance arbitration; mediation; fact-finding. Prohibits strikes. Enumerates management rights. Identifies areas that may or may not be bargained upon. Pages 459-468 of 692: http://www.legis.state.wi.us/2009/data/acts/09Act28.pdf Title: A.B. 75 Source: www.legis.state.wi.us MO Adopted 08/2008 Postsec. Amends rule to incorporate changes for Library Media Specialist. Updates certification requirements for Postsecondary Career Educators as of January 2008. http://www.dese.mo.gov/schoollaw/rulesregs/80800260.htm Title: 5 CSR 80-800.260 Source: http://www.dese.mo.gov LA Signed into law 06/2008 Postsec. Community College Permits unclassified employees employed by a public postsecondary education management board to use up to two days sick leave each academic year for personal purposes. http://www.legis.state.la.us/billdata/streamdocument.asp?did=503380 Title: H.B. 1325 Source: Lexis-Nexis/StateNet KS Signed into law 05/2008 Postsec. Establishes the partnership for faculty of distinction program to encourage gifts by private donors to enhance the ability of eligible educational institutions to attract and retain faculty of distinction. Provides that under the program, the state will contribute income earnings equivalent awards to supplement endowed professorships. Directs the state board of regents to conduct an ongoing assessment of the partnership for faculty of distinction program http://www.kslegislature.org/bills/2008/2343.pdf Title: H.B. 2343 Source: www.kslegislature.org IL Signed into law 08/2007 P-12 Postsec. Community College Amends the Whistleblower Act. Provides that an "employer" as defined in the act includes: (1) A political subdivision of the state (2) A unit of local government (3) A school district, combination of school districts, or governing body of a joint agreement of any type formed by two or more school districts (4) A community college district, state college or university, or any state agency whose major function is providing educational services (5) Any authority including a department, division, bureau, board, commission, or other agency of these entities (6) Any person acting within the scope of his or her authority on behalf of those entities in dealing with its employees. Deletes an exemption for government entities. Prohibits retaliation. Adds to list of false claims for which a person is liable for penalties. http://www.ilga.gov/legislation/95/HB/PDF/09500HB0742lv.pdf Title: H.B. 742 Source: /www.ilga.gov/legislation IN Signed into law 05/2007 Postsec. Community College Creates a diversity committee at each state educational institution to review and approve employment policies concerning diversity; hear faculty and administration personnel complaints concerning diversity; makes recommendations to promote and maintain cultural diversity among faculty members; and make recommendations to promote recruitment and retention of minority students. Requires each committee to issue an annual report stating the findings, conclusions, and recommendations of the committee to the board of trustees. http://www.in.gov/legislative/bills/2007/PDF/HE/HE1256.1.pdf Title: H.B. 1256 Source: www.in.gov/legislative MO Signed into law 05/2007 Postsec. Community College Multiple provisions relating to higher education. Stipulates that in order to receive increases in state appropriations, two- and four-year institutions must work with the commissioner of higher education to establish agreed-upon competencies for certain entry-level courses. The coordinating board for higher education will establish policies to ensure that such courses are accepted in transfer among public institutions. Authorizes the commissioner to order an institution willfully disregarding a coordinating board policy to remit a fine. Requires the coordinating board to hold out-of-state public higher education institutions to criteria similar to those required of public in-state higher education institutions in order for such institutions to operate within the state. Requires binding resolution for certain disputes among institutions of higher education. Prohibits higher education institutions from rejecting applicants for faculty positions based solely on lack of graduate degree if candidate has an undergraduate degree and has served at least eight years in the general assembly. http://www.senate.mo.gov/07info/pdf-bill/tat/SB389.pdf Title: S.B. 389 [Postsecondary Institutions] Source: http://www.senate.mo.gov MT Passed 04/2007 P-12 Postsec. Community College Requests that the legislative council designate an appropriate interim committee or assign sufficient staff resources to study public employee retirements systems and produce a legislator's guide on the state's public employee retirement plans that includes comparisons of plan designs and funding options. http://data.opi.mt.gov/bills/2007/billhtml/HJ0059.htm Title: H.J.R. 59 Source: http://data.opi.mt.gov WA Signed into law 04/2007 Community College Postsec. Revises health care eligibility provisions for part-time academic employees of community and technical colleges. From Senate report: Part-time faculty working during the summer quarter are allowed to use the summer workload in calculating eligibility for continuous coverage. The current definition of academic year is retained, including the summer. Employees who work at least two quarters of the academic year and have an average workload of half-time or more for three quarters of the academic year are able to maintain continuous benefits. http://www.leg.wa.gov/pub/billinfo/2007-08/Pdf/Bills/House%20Passed%20Legislature/1644.PL.pdf Title: H.B. 1644 Source: http://www.leg.wa.gov NM Signed into law [Partial Veto] 04/2007 Postsec. Community College Changes provisions and distributions of the faculty endowment fund. Reconciles conflicting amendments to the same section of laws by repealing laws 2003, chapter 379, section 1. http://legis.state.nm.us/Sessions/07%20Regular/final/HB0983.pdf Title: H.B. 983 Source: http://legis.state.nm.us NM Signed into law 04/2007 Postsec. Community College Directs the higher education department to work with public post-secondary educational institutions to establish a pay schedule for part-time faculty to be subject to legislative appropriation. http://legis.state.nm.us/Sessions/07%20Regular/final/HB0384.pdf Title: H.B. 384 Source: http://legis.state.nm.us UT Signed into law 04/2007 P-12 Postsec. Community College Among other provisions, provides budget increases and decreases for the compensation of state employees not including school district personnel; Provides for a 3.5% cost of living allowance for state and higher education employees, not including judges and school district personnel; Provides for a 1.5% discretionary salary increase for state and higher education employees not including school district personnel; provides funding for certain market comparability increases; provides funding for an increase in the premiums charged for state and higher education employee health benefits. http://le.utah.gov/~2007/bills/sbillenr/sb0228.pdf Title: S.B. 228 Source: http://le.utah.gov VA Passed 02/2007 Postsec. This joint resolution of the legislature requests the State Council of Higher Education to conduct as a follow up to the development of its new strategic plan, an assessment of Virginia's competitiveness in attracting and retaining faculty at Virginia's public institutions of higher education. http://198.246.135.1/cgi-bin/legp504.exe?071+ful+HJ642H1 Title: H.J. 642 Source: http://leg1.state.va.us/lis.htm IL Signed into law 06/2006 Postsec. Provides that the department of commerce and economic opportunity may conduct a study regarding the recruitment and training of masters-prepared nurses to serve as nursing school faculty. Provides for career track programs to officer advancement and rewards comparable to those in clinical managment. http://www.ilga.gov/legislation/94/HB/PDF/09400HB4461lv.pdf Title: H.B. 4461 Source: Lexis-Nexis/StateNet WI Signed into law 05/2006 Postsec. Relates to ratification of the agreement negotiated between the state and the Teaching Assistants' Association, AFT, Local 3220, AFL-CIO, for the 2003- 05 biennium, covering employees in the program, project, and teaching assistants of the University of Wisconsin-Madison and University of Wisconsin-Extension collective bargaining unit; authorizes an expenditure of funds. http://www.legis.state.wi.us/2005/data/acts/05Act373.pdf Title: Act No. 373 Source: Lexis-Nexis/StateNet WI Signed into law 05/2006 Postsec. Community College Relates to ratification of the agreement negotiated between the state and the Teaching Assistants' Association, AFT, Local 3220, AFL-CIO, for the 2005- 07 biennium, covering employees in the program, project, and teaching assistants of the University of Wisconsin-Madison and University of Wisconsin- Extension collective bargaining unit authorizes an expenditure of funds. http://www.legis.state.wi.us/2005/data/acts/05Act374.pdf Title: Act No. 374 Source: Lexis-Nexis/StateNet WI Signed into law 05/2006 Postsec. Relates to ratification of the agreement negotiated between the state and the Milwaukee Graduate Assistants Association, AFT/WFT, Local 2169, AFL- CIO, for the 2005-07 biennium, covering employees in the program, project, and teaching assistants of the University of Wisconsin-Milwaukee collective bargaining unit; authorizes an expenditure of funds. http://www.legis.state.wi.us/2005/data/acts/05Act384.pdf Title: Act No. 384 Source: Lexis-Nexis/StateNet TN Signed into law 05/2006 Postsec. Concerns Education, Higher; requires public higher education institutions to place warnings concerning misrepresentation of academic credentials in catalogs, on Web sites, and in employment contracts for positions requiring academic credentials, constitutes a Class A misdemeanor. The warning shall define the offense of misrepresentation of academic credentials. http://www.legislature.state.tn.us/bills/currentga/BILL/HB3526.pdf Title: H.B. 3526 Source: Tennessee Legislature WV Signed into law 04/2006 Postsec. Community College Provide public higher education faculty with an annual experience increment based on one year of service credit for each nine or more months of contracted employment during a calendar year. Currently, only classified and non-classified public higher education employees (as well as other state employees) receive the annual experience increment. http://www.legis.state.wv.us/Bill_Text_HTML/2006_SESSIONS/RS/BILLS/sb587%20enr.htm Title: S.B. 587 Source: http://www.legis.state.wv.us WA Signed into law 03/2006 Postsec. Community College Declares an intent to provide for continuous health care eligibility for part-time academic employees based on averaging workload gained during the preceding academic year. Provides that part-time academic employees who have established eligibility as determined from the payroll records of the employing community or technical college districts, for employer contributions for benefits under this chapter and who have worked an average of half-time or more in an academic year, through employment at one or more community or technical college districts, are eligible for continuation of employer contributions for the subsequent summer quarter period including the break between summer and fall quarters. Provides that, to be eligible for maintenance of benefits through averaging, part-time academic employees must notify their employers of their potential eligibility. The state board for community and technical colleges shall report back to the legislature by November 15, 2009, on the feasibility of eliminating the self-reporting requirement for employees. http://www.leg.wa.gov/pub/billinfo/2005-06/Pdf/Bills/Session%20Law%202006/2583-S2.SL.pdf Title: H.B. 2583 Source: http://www.leg.wa.gov KS Signed into law 03/2006 Community College Postsec. Separates the statutes governing personnel evaluations for employees of community colleges from those for employees of school districts and area vocational-technical schools. Creates new section identifyingn the guidelines and criteria evaluation policies of community college employees must meet. Creates new section requiring evaluation of community college employee to be presented to employee and for employee to provide written acknowledgement of such presentation. http://www.kslegislature.org/bills/2006/436.pdf Title: S.B. 436 Source: Lexis-Nexis/StateNet UT Signed into law 03/2006 Postsec. Community College Included in this bill are provisions that: Provide budget increases and decreases for the compensation of state employees not including school district personnel; provide for a 2.5% cost of living allowance for state employees, judges, elected officials, and higher education employees not including school district personnel;and higher education employees not including school district personnel; provide for an increase in the premiums charged for state and higher education employee health benefits; provide for an increase in the cost of retirement for state and higher education employees not including school district personnel. Overall, this bill appropriates $71,713,200 in general and education funds, plus $55,783,300 from other various sources as detailed below, for salary and benefit changes in state agencies and higher education institutions. http://www.le.state.ut.us/~2006/bills/hbillenr/hb0004.pdf Title: H.B. 4 Source: http://www.le.state.ut.us IL Adopted 02/2006 Postsec. Establishes the Diversifying Higher Education Faculty in Illinois Program (DFI), which combines two former programs, the Illinois Consortium for Educational Opportunity Program (ICEOP) and the Illinois Minority Graduate Incentive Program (IMGIP). The purpose of the program is to encourage minority students to enroll and complete academic programs at the post-baccalaureate level and to enhance the diversity of faculty and professional staff at Illinois higher education institutions and agencies. Requires eligible candidates to meet the following criteria: --Ilinois resident --U.S. citizens or lawful resident alien --Racial minority --Completed baccalaureate degree from accredited postsecondary institution --Has been admitted as a student pursuing a doctoral, master's, or post-baccalaureate professional degree and will pursue this degree objective as a full-time student, as defined by the institution, for at least 9 months of the year --Has signed an agreement to meet the Act's employment conditions if a DFI award is accepted --Candidate's financial resources are such that in the absence of a DFI grant the individual will be prevented from pursuing a graduate or professional degree at the institution --Possesses above-average academic ability to pursue a graduate or professional degree as evidenced by (A) minimum grade point average of C+ (2.75 on a grade scale of 4.00 = A) in the last 60 hours of undergraduate work; and (B) admission to a post-baccalaureate degree program at a qualified institution of higher education. As a condition for acceptance of the award, requires the recipient to agree to: (1) Accept a teaching or nonteaching full-time appointment at an Illinois institution of higher education; or (2) Accept a position as an employee of this State in an administrative, education-related position, such as administrative positions in Illinois elementary/secondary and higher education agencies; or (3) Make a good faith effort to secure such position for a time period of no less than 5 years. A good faith effort includes actively seeking employment and maintaining contact with the institutional representative and Program Board. Requires the recipient to accept such positions for a period equal to the number of years that he or she was a participant in the DFI grant program. Requires the Program Board, in determining the recipients of the awards, to consider only members of traditionally underrepresented minority groups who are underrepresented in particular fields of study. http://www.ibhe.state.il.us/Board/agendas/2006/February/Item%20CA-4%20text.pdf Title: 23 IAC 1080.100, 110, 200, 210, 220, 230, 300, 310, 320, 330 Source: Lexis-Nexis/StateNet, www.ibhe.state.il.us CA Vetoed 09/2005 Postsec. An act to amend Section 8547.12 of the Government Code, relating to the California State University and whistleblower protection. Authorizes the California State University to employ an independent investigator on all complaints alleging reprisal, retaliation, threats, coercion, or similar improper acts against an employee for having made a protected disclosure. Requires the independent investigator's report to be subject to the procedures adopted by the California State University. http://www.leginfo.ca.gov/pub/bill/asm/ab_0701-0750/ab_708_bill_20050906_enrolled.pdf Title: A.B. 708 Source: www.leginfo.ca.gov HI Signed into law 06/2005 P-12 Postsec. Section 1: Establishes need for improvement in teacher recruitment, compensation, support and peer mentoring. Section 2: Creates a new section establishing the Hawaii teacher cadet program fund, originally a department initiative, as a separate fund of the Hawaii Alliance for Future Teachers, a nonprofit organization. Authorizes the alliance to expend funds to establish partnerships with organizations or private vendors to encourage high school students with teaching potential to consider teaching as a career. Establishes and sets responsibilities for the Hawaii teacher cadet program advisory board. Section 3: Requires the University of Hawaii to review its admission policies for the college of education. Section 4: Requires the University of Hawaii to review its college of education's admission standards and consider allowing incoming freshman to declare education as their major and enable them to graduate within four years. Section 5: Requires the University of Hawaii to increase the full time equivalent teacher education faculty positions by 5 additional full-time equivalent positions each year until fiscal year 2014-2015, to allow the number of participants who complete the program to increase by one hundred per cent over the year 2004 total. Section 6: Establishes need to eliminate specified barriers to interest in and entry of the teaching profession. Section 7-8: Mandates that the department establish policies, procedures, technology, and accountability measures to ensure that newly hired employees receive timely and accurate wages. Establishes an alternate option if the department is unable to pay the total wages due a newly hired employee. Requires the department to establish rules by December 31, 2005 to implement these changes. Section 9: Requires the department to provide each newly hired teacher with the new teacher orientation handbook to serve as a reference guide and provide the new employees with information on: (1) Professional development and incentive programs; (2) License requirements; and (3) Other useful information to assist new teachers with their familiarity of the department's organization and educational system. Section 10: Requires the department to establish a standardized statewide teacher induction program for every newly hired teacher. Requires the program to ensure that the new teacher to mentor ratio does not exceed 15:1 and that all mentors are specially skilled and trained to work effectively with newly hired teachers as determined by the department. Section 11: Establishes legislative intent to improve student achievement by adopting policies that promote teacher quality. Section 12: Requires the state board to adopt policies to: (1) Develop a plan for licensing more individuals with practical experience for teaching in vocational/technical programs; (2) Develop a plan to accept teachers from any state as long as they have completed state-approved teacher education programs and pass relevant Hawaii teacher examinations or their equivalent; (3) Clarify the requirements, on a state-by-state basis, for out-of-state licensed teachers to obtain a license in Hawaii; (4) Develop a plan to facilitate licensing for those who intend to teach in Hawaii immersion programs, the island of Niihau, or any other extraordinory situation as defined by the superindent or the superintendent's designee; and (5) Pursue full teacher license reciprocity with the mid-Atlantic states, California, Colorado, Illinois, Michigan, New York, Oregon, and Washington. Section 13: Requires the Hawaii Teacher Standards Board to submit to the legislature a report of its progress and recommendations regarding its licensing standards and development of its policies before the 2006 regular session. Section 14: Requires the Hawaii Teacher Standards Board to review alternative licensing requirements to replace the PRAXIS examination requirement. Requires the review of alternative requirements to include to the consideration of requiring a minimum amount of years of teaching experience to replace the PRAXIS examination requirement. Section 15: Authorizes the conversion of Hawaii teacher standards board's nine temporary positions to nine permanent full-time equivalent positions. http://www.capitol.hawaii.gov/sessioncurrent/bills/hb844_cd1_.htm Title: H.B. 844 Source: www.capitol.hawaii.gov CT Signed into law 06/2005 Postsec. Increases membership of board of trustees for the University of Connecticut from 19 to 21 to reflect additional two ex officio members, the Commissioner of Economic and Community Development and the chairperson of the University of Connecticut Health Center Board of Directors. Specifies certain entities from which the University of Connecticut may borrow money and the purposes for which the money may be borrowed. Requires the Board of Trustees of the Community-Technical Colleges, the Board of Trustees of The University of Connecticut and the Board of Trustees of the Connecticut State University System to each develop a plan biennially to increase the number of full-time faculty teaching at the colleges and universities under the boards' jurisdiction. Requires each board of trustees to report the plans in accordance with the provisions of section 11-4a of the general statutes to the committee of the General Assembly having cognizance of matters relating to higher education and employment advancement. Adds the University of Connecticut Health Center to the definition of "Health care institution" in section 10a-178 section (g). Allows bonds to finance the University of Connecticut Health Center clinical services projects. http://www.cga.ct.gov/2005/act/Pa/2005PA-00255-R00SB-01050-PA.htm Title: S.B. 1050 Source: www.cga.ct.gov WA Signed into law 04/2005 Community College Postsec. Finds that part-time faculty play important roles in community and technical institutions. Requires the state board for community and technical colleges to convene a task force to conduct a review and update of the best practices audit of compensation packages and conditions of employment for part-time faculty in the community and technical college system conducted in 1996 and reported on in 1998 (includes community college administrators as potential members of the task force). http://www.leg.wa.gov/pub/billinfo/2005-06/Pdf/Bills/Senate%20Passed%20Legislature/5087.PL.pdf Title: S.B. 5087 Source: http://www.leg.wa.gov KS Signed into law 04/2005 Postsec. Community College Authorizes the state board of regents to allow any state institution of higher education to convert all classified staff employee positions or any portion thereof in the institution to the unclassified service of state employment. Those classified staff employees whose positions are converted from classified to unclassified status shall retain all health and flexible benefits and leave and retirement benefits provided to them under the state classified employee system. Establishes parameters of such actions. Specifies that these newly designated unclassified employees must be referred to as ''university support staff'' and the university of Kansas medical center must be considered a state institution of higher education separate from the university of Kansas, Lawrence, and its campuses. Provides that nothing in this act shall affect the representation rights of collective bargaining organizations that represent employees of a state institution of higher education, nor shall the provisions of this act affect any term or condition of any collective bargaining agreement in effect on the effective date of this act. Revises statute 75-2935 to include in the definition of "unclassified service" positions at state institutions of higher education that have been converted to unclassified positions per the provisions above. Full text: http://www.kslegislature.org/bills/2006/74.pdf Supplemental note: http://www.kslegislature.org/supplemental/2006/SN0074.pdf Fiscal note: http://www.kslegislature.org/fiscalnotes/2006/74.pdf Title: S.B. 74 Source: www.kslegislature.org AR Signed into law 04/2005 Community College Postsec. Establishes a growth pool of 200 non-classified and 100 classified positions for two-year institutions of higher education, to be used by these institutions in the event that these institutions' personnel service needs during the 2005-2007 biennium exceed the number of positions allocated to them by the General Assembly. http://www.arkleg.state.ar.us/ftproot/bills/2005/public/HB1376.pdf Title: H.B. 1376 Source: www.arkleg.state.ar.us AR Signed into law 03/2005 Postsec. Provides that colleges or universities may increase the employer contribution rate for higher education alternate retirement plans to equal the employer contribution rate under the teacher retirement system. http://www.arkleg.state.ar.us/ftproot/bills/2005/public/SB138.pdf Title: S.B. 138 Source: StateNet ID Signed into law 03/2005 Postsec. Appropriates funds to postsecondary institutions and programs in the state. "The Legislature agrees with the State Board of Education that achieving funding equity among Idaho's four year institutions of higher education is an important goal. The Legislature therefore directs the State Board of Education to complete that process within existing and future appropriations to achieve the base instructional equity and the science and technology adjustment that form the basis of funding equity." Establishes legislative intent to determine how many credit hours per faculty member are spent in teaching, service and research. Requires the State Board of Education, in cooperation with the Division of Financial Management and the Legislative Services Office, to develop a standardized system for reporting meaningful data about faculty member workload and productivity at the state's four four-year institutions of higher education. Mandates that such reports include the number of faculty by classification, whether tenured, tenure track or adjunct; the number of credit hours taught by faculty member by department, the number of service hours and the number of research hours by faculty member by department. Requires the state board to continue to maintain a standardized system for tracking and reporting meaningful data about faculty, nonfaculty exempt, and classified staff turnover at the state's institutions of higher education. http://www3.state.id.us/oasis/S1187.html Title: S.B. 1187 Source: www3.state.id.us ND Signed into law 03/2005 Postsec. Community College The state board of higher education shall create a policy for all institutions under its control, relating to the assessment of faculty and teaching assistant communication skills, including the ability to speak English clearly and with good pronunciation, the notification to students of opportunities to file complaints, the process for responding to student complaints, and the resolution of reported communication problems. Before July 1, 2006, the state board of higher education shall report to the legislative council regarding implementation of the policy. http://www.state.nd.us/lr/assembly/59-2005/bill-text/FBGB0300.pdf Title: H.B. 1364 Source: StateNet UT Signed into law 03/2005 P-12 Postsec. Community College Relates to unused sick leave at retirement; provides that after a specified date, new sick leave hours may not be accumulated for future use under the current Sick Leave Retirement Option Program; provides for a five-year phase out of the guaranteed continuing medical and life insurance benefits for retiring employees and the 480 hour reduction of unused sick leave; creates a new sick leave program for sick leave hours accumulated on or after January 1, 2006. http://www.le.state.ut.us/~2005/bills/hbillenr/hb0213.pdf Title: H.B. 213 Source: http://www.le.state.ut.us MT Rule Adoption 12/2004 P-12 Postsec. Relates to out-of-state attendance agreements. The superintendent of public instruction shall provide payment of the amount calculated in (4)(a), but not more than the amount of tuition paid by the district for resident students who attended school out-of-state, in the year the out-of-district attendance report is submitted, provided it is submitted with documentation of payment, to the superintendent of public instruction within the school year following the year of attendance Title: ARM 10.10.301C Source: StateNet IL Signed into law 10/2004 Postsec. Amends the Illinois Educational Labor Relations Act. Makes a change in a section concerning definitions to include graduate students who are research assistants or teaching assistants performing pre-professional duties. http://www.ilga.gov/legislation/publicacts/fulltext.asp?Name=093-1044 Title: S.B. 1070 Source: Illinois Legislative Web site MA Signed into law 10/2004 Postsec. Relates to providing creditable service for retirement purposes for certain research faculty employed at the University of Massachusetts. Provides that any member employed by the University and subsequently directed to accept employment with an institute or foundation supporting research facility, was so employed in furtherance of a contract for services between the University and any such institute or foundation, shall be allowed as creditable services; relates to retirement makeup payments. Title: H.B. 2873 Source: StateNet CA Vetoed 09/2004 Postsec. Community College Requires the board of governors and the trustees, and would request the regents, to adopt policies regarding the appropriate balance of temporary and permanent/tenure-track faculty for their respective systems and to report these respective policies, and the rationales therefor, in written reports to the Legislature, to be submitted no later than January 1, 2005. Requires the board of governors and the trustees, and would request the regents, to submit an annual report to the Legislature setting forth the ratio of permanent/tenure-track faculty to temporary faculty who are employed by their respective systems and how this ratio compares to their respective systemwide policies. Require the board of governors and the trustees, and would request the regents, to submit, no later than January 1, 2006, a report to the Legislature on the activities reserved for permanent/tenure-track faculty in their respective systems. Expresses the intent of the Legislature that the board of governors, trustees, and the regents provide adequate pro rata compensation to temporary faculty who agree to perform functions usually restricted to permanent/tenure-track faculty and direct an examination of faculty promotion, tenure, and review policies and practices, and revise them, as needed, to ensure that teaching excellence is given significant weight in decisions that affect the compensation awarded to faculty. http://www.leginfo.ca.gov/pub/bill/asm/ab_0201-0250/ab_242_bill_20040827_enrolled.pdf Veto message: http://www.governor.ca.gov/govsite/pdf/vetoes/AB_242_veto.pdf Title: A.B. 242 Source: www.leginfo.ca.gov CA Signed into law 09/2004 Community College Postsec. Requires the Board of Governors of the California Community Colleges to provide recommendations to the Legislature and Governor regarding the design of a workable structure for annual evaluation of district-level performance. Sets forth criteria with which a community college district could utilize a portion of the funds of the Budget Act of 2004 for program enhancements. Requires the amount allocated for part-time faculty be used to increase the part- time faculty compensation. Title: A.B. 1417 Source: StateNet CA Signed into law 09/2004 Community College Postsec. Excludes community college faculty members from mandatory membership in the Defined Benefit Program as long as they are defined as temporary employees. Makes related technical and conforming changes with respect to the Cash Balance Benefit Program. http://www.leginfo.ca.gov/pub/bill/asm/ab_3051-3100/ab_3076_bill_20040910_chaptered.html Title: A.B. 3076 Source: California Legislative Web site AL Issued 08/2004 P-12 Postsec. Community College The governor issued Executive Order No. 02-2003 on January 30, 2003, creating the Governor's Commission of Education Spending. The Commission was to engage in a thorough examination of how education dollars have been spent in Alabama during the past ten years. http://www.governorpress.state.al.us/pr/ex-02-2003-01-30.asp The Highlights of the Initial Report focused on: (1) Management and Accountability Reforms for K-12; (2) Student Assessment and Accountability for K-12; (3) Management and Accountability Reforms for the Alabama College System; (4) Management and Accountability Reforms for University Governance; (4) Reforms in Terms of Public Employment; and (5) Education Trust Fund Accountability. The Working-Group Sessions (December 2003) made the following proposals: (1) Achieve the maximum savings possible from non-state and non-education agencies; (2) Freeze the state appropriations to PEEHIP at the Fiscal 2004 level; (3) Allocate higher education cutbacks to institutions; and (4) Allocation K-12 education cutbacks to school systems. http://www.alabama.gov/onlineservices/egov_pdfs/ESCReport11404.pdf Title: Executive Order No. 02-2003 Source: Alabama State Web site IL Signed into law 08/2004 Postsec. Community College Amends the Illinois Consortium for Educational Opportunity Act. Changes the short title to the Diversifying Higher Education Faculty in Illinois Program. Provides that institutions that grant doctoral degrees must have representatives on the Board. Makes changes concerning the definition of "institution of higher education", the Program Board, assistance to graduates, subcommittees, reporting, grants, and other matters.http://www.legis.state.il.us/legislation/publicacts/fulltext.asp?Name=093-0862 Title: S.B. 3107 Source: Illinois Legislative Web site RI Became law without GOVERNOR'S signature. 07/2004 Postsec. Community College Raises the amount of part-time gross pay retired professors and teachers may earn from employment by a state college of the department of education from $12,000 to $18,000. Title: H.B. 7948 Source: StateNet TN Signed into law 06/2004 Postsec. Community College Adds a new section of law. Requires the board of trustees of the university of Tennessee and the Tennessee board of regents to adopt policies to govern reductions in force that could result in employee layoffs or terminations at their respective institutions of higher education. The policies must provide a consistent and equitable method of reducing the work force when a reorganization or curtailment of operations becomes necessary. http://www.legislature.state.tn.us/bills/currentga/Chapter/PC0867.pdf Title: H.B. 2644 Source: http://www.legislature.state.tn.us TN Signed into law 06/2004 Postsec. Community College Prohibits the use of false credentials in higher education. http://www.legislature.state.tn.us/bills/currentga/Chapter/PC0825.pdf Title: H.B. 433 Source: http://www.legislature.state.tn.us OK Signed into law 06/2004 Postsec. Community College Adds a new section of law. Enacts the Alternate Retirement Plan for Eligible Employees of Participating State Institutions of Higher Education Act of 2004. Alternate retirement plans, shall, for eligible employees and electing employees, provide retirement and death benefits to such employees through the purchase of annuity contracts, qualified retirement trusts or custodial accounts, fixed or variable in nature, or a combination thereof, at the option of the participating institution. Participating institutions establishing an alternate retirement plan pursuant to this act shall pay an initial funding surcharge, and if applicable an additional funding surcharge to the Teachers' Retirement System of Oklahoma in an amount to amortize the unfunded accrued liability of the members of the participating institutions in the System. Provides for authority to establish plans and procedures related thereto; provides for designation of annuities. http://www2.lsb.state.ok.us/2003-04HB/hb2226_enr.rtf Title: H.B. 2226 Source: http://www2.lsb.state.ok.us ID Signed into law 04/2004 Postsec. Community College Appropriates funds to the State Board of Education and the Board of Regents of the University of Idaho; requires the state board of education to track faculty, nonfaculty exempt and classified employees turnover; provides legislative intent regarding funding equity among the state's four-year institutions; specifies other expenditures. http://www3.state.id.us/oasis/2004/H0768.html Title: H.B. 768 Source: Idaho Legislative Web site WA Signed into law 03/2004 Postsec. Provides that a bargained contract at an institution of higher education may include a provision for paying part-time academic employees on a pay schedule that conincides with all the paydays used for full-time academic employees. Title: H.B. 2383 Source: StateNet AR Signed into law 12/2003 Postsec. Establishes a growth pool of positions for the two year institutions of higher education of non- classified and classified positions to be used in situations where the need for positions exceeds the specific number of positions assigned to an institution. http://www.arkleg.state.ar.us/ftproot/bills/2003s2/public/SB3.pdf Title: S.B. 3 Source: Arkansas Legislative Web site OR Temporary Rule Adoption 12/2003 Postsec. Establishes temporary rules relating to the use of employee's social security numbers for non-mandatory purposes. Describes information that must be included in a request for disclosure of an employee's social security number for voluntary purposes, protections that apply if disclosure is denied, and the requirement that campuses adopt a model consent notice prepared by the Chancellor's Office. OREGON REG 25172 (SN) Title: OAR 580-021-0044 Source: StateNet CA Signed into law 10/2003 Community College Postsec. Expresses the intent of the Legislature and various policy preferences of the Legislature with respect to part-time community college faculty. http://www.leginfo.ca.gov/pub/bill/asm/ab_0651-0700/ab_654_bill_20031012_chaptered.html Title: A.B. 654 Source: California Legislative Web site CA Signed into law 10/2003 P-12 Community College Postsec. Authorizes the governing board of a school district or a community college district to approve compensation for all employees who are called to active military duty, without reference to any particular conflict or crisis. Provides the credential of a certificated elementary or secondary school employee would not become invalid while the employee is on active military duty and grants a recertification extension. http://www.leginfo.ca.gov/pub/bill/sen/sb_0251-0300/sb_259_bill_20031011_chaptered.html Title: S.B. 259 Source: California Legislative Web site CA Signed into law 08/2003 Postsec. Requires the Trustees of the California State University to provide disability retirement temporary disability allowances for employees of California State University in a manner similar to what is required in existing law by other state employers. http://www.leginfo.ca.gov/pub/bill/asm/ab_0901-0950/ab_908_bill_20030811_chaptered.html Title: A.B. 908 Source: California Legislative Web site IL Signed into law 08/2003 Postsec. Amends the Labor Relations Act to restore a provision that provides the sole appropriate bargaining unit for academic faculty at the University of Illinois will be a unit comprised of non-supervisory academic faculty employed more than half-time and that includes all tenured, tenure- track, and nontenured-track faculty employed by the University's board of trustees. Makes provisions regarding college of dentistry, law and veterinary bargaining units. http://www.legis.state.il.us/legislation/billstatus.asp?DocNum=1360&GAID=3&DocTypeID=SB&LegID=4379&SessionID=3 Title: S.B. 1360 Source: Illinois Legislative Web site CA Signed into law 08/2003 P-12 Postsec. Community College Decreases all 3 year time requirements to reclassify classified school employees under a merit system of a school district or community college district, to 2 years. http://www.leginfo.ca.gov/cgi-bin/postquery?bill_number=ab_1070&sess=CUR&house=B&author=laird Title: A.B. 1070 Source: California Legislative Web site IL Signed into law 07/2003 Postsec. Community College Amends the Educational Relations Act to provide that an academic employee of a community college who provides less than 3 credit hours of instruction per academic semester is not an educational employee within the meaning of the Act. http://www.legis.state.il.us/legislation/billstatus.asp?DocNum=1457&GAID=3&DocTypeID=HB&LegID=2247&SessionID=3 Title: H.B. 1457 Source: Illinois Legislative Web site FL Signed into law 06/2003 P-12 Postsec. Community College Revises options for participants in the Community College Optional Retirement Program; revises certain limitations on positions for which district school boards may employ members after specified period of retirement; revises payroll contribution rates for defined benefit plan for 2003-2004 fiscal year; eliminates compulsory participation in the defined contribution program for reemployed instructional personnel; provides concurrent funding for increased benefits. http://www.flsenate.gov/data/session/2003/Senate/bills/billtext/pdf/s0958er.pdf Title: S.B. 958 Source: StateNet CA Signed into law 06/2003 Postsec. Community College Prohibits service in professional ancillary activities by persons employed as temporary community college faculty, including, but not necessarily limited to, governance, staff development, grant writing, and advising student organizations, from being used for purposes of calculating eligibility for contract or regular status, unless otherwise provided for in a collective bargaining agreement applicable to a person employed under these provisions. http://www.leginfo.ca.gov/pub/bill/sen/sb_0551-0600/sb_599_bill_20030626_amended_asm.html Title: S.B. 955 Source: California Legislative Web site NJ To governor 06/2003 Postsec. Allows part-time State employees and part-time faculty members at public institutions of higher education in this State to purchase State Health Benefits Program coverage. Title: A.B. 3424 Source: StateNet TX Signed into law 06/2003 Postsec. Relates to the continuation and functions of the Texas Higher Education Coordinating Board. Addresses membership, procedures, conflict of interest, common course numbering, success initiative (Sec. 51.3062. SUCCESS INITIATIVE: Requires institutions to assess all incoming students. If a student fails to meet the assessment standards described by Subsection (f), the institution of higher education is to work with the student to develop a plan to assist the student in becoming ready to perform freshman-level academic coursework. The plan must be designed on an individual basis to provide the best opportunity for each student to attain that readiness. (i) The institution of higher education may refer a student to developmental coursework as considered necessary by the institution to address a student's deficiencies in the student's readiness to perform freshman-level academic coursework, except that the institution may not require enrollment in developmental coursework with respect to a student previously determined by any institution of higher education to have met college-readiness standards. Legislative funding may not be used for developmental coursework in excess of: (1) 18 semester credit hours, for a general academic teaching institution; and (2) 27 semester credit hours, for a public junior college, public technical institute, or public state college. Provides exceptions) Sec. 130.0012. PILOT PROJECT: BACCALAUREATE DEGREE PROGRAMS. (a) Requries the Texas Higher Education Coordinating Board to establish a pilot project to examine the feasibility and effectiveness of authorizing public junior colleges to offer baccalaureate degree programs in the fields of applied science and applied technology. Participation in the pilot project does not otherwise alter the role and mission of a public junior college. (b) Requires the coordinating board shall operate the pilot project at three public junior colleges, as determined by the coordinating board. http://www.capitol.state.tx.us/tlo/78R/billtext/SB00286F.HTM Title: S.B. 286 Source: http://www.capitol.state.tx.us HI Signed into law 06/2003 Postsec. Allows a faculty member of State University with multiple part-time faculty appointments to meet eligibility requirements for membership in the Employee Retirement System; exempts faculty or lecturers employed at University of Hawaii who hold multiple part-time appointments which together aggregate to at least one-half full-time equivalent positions from provisions allowing the ERS board of trustees to deny membership to part-time or temporary employees. http://www.capitol.hawaii.gov/site1/search/billsearch.asp?qu=HB317&press1=search Title: H.B. 317 Source: Hawaii Legislative Web site IA Adopted 05/2003 Postsec. Community College Updates rules governing community college faculty planning. Eliminates the state licensure requirement for community college faculty in lieu of each college developing a faculty plan. Eliminates the state licensure requirements for community college faculty through the Board of Educational Examiners. Sets forth minimum standards for full-time faculty teaching in arts and sciences and career and technical education. Title: 281 IAC 21.3(1) Source: StateNet ME Signed into law 04/2003 Postsec. Extends the jurisdiction of the Maine Labor Relation Board to Employees of Public Higher Education Institutions who have been employed less than six months. http://www.mainelegislature.org/legis/bills/billdocs/LD006801.doc Title: H.P. 76 (LD 68) Source: StateNet MS Vetoed 04/2003 P-12 Postsec. Removes the repeal on the State Personnel Board; provides that the State Board of Education may increase the salary of the State Superintendent of Public Education upon the approval of the State Personnel Board. Exempts state superintendent of education from cap on salary or compensation, direct or indirect, of any public officer, public employee, adminstrator or executive head of any agency of the state to 150% or less of the maximum salary established in statute for the governor. Requires the state board for community and junior colleges as well as the board of trustees of state institutions of higher learning to annually submit to the state personnel board a list of salaries for its employees, to which the state personnel board must respond with a nonbinding advisory opinion on the amount of the salaries for the director and other employees of the board. Title: H.B. 773 Source: StateNet IA Signed into law 04/2003 Postsec. Community College Specifies that a "teacher" in a community college includes anyone who is an instructor, but does not include an adjunct instructor; a librarian, including anyone who is a learning resource specialist or a media specialist; or a counselor. http://www.legis.state.ia.us/GA/80GA/Legislation/HF/00300/HF00341/Current.html Title: H.F. 341 Source: http://www.legis.state.ia.us NM Signed into law 04/2003 Postsec. Relates to higher education; provides for additional endowed chairs at major research institutions for the purpose of economic development; makes an appropriation. Title: H.B. 756 Source: StateNet NC Signed into law 04/2003 P-12 Postsec. Community College Provides that state employees, public school employees, and community college employees may share leave voluntarily. Title: H.B. 432 Source: StateNet NJ Signed into law 06/2002 P-12 Postsec. Requires a report and recommendations to and a public hearing of the Senate and Assembly committees with respect to certain information regarding part- time faculty, lecturers and adjunct faculty at public institutions of higher education. Title: A.B. 459 Source: Lexis-Nexis/StateNet KS Signed into law 04/2002 Postsec. Community College Amends existing law to include that any community college Board of Trustees may establish an early retirement incentive program for employees younger than the normal retirement age of 65 and repeals the need for a use of an actuary; establishes report requirements for the Board of Regents. Title: S.B. 375 Source: Kansas legislature website WA Enrolled 04/2002 Postsec. Act to promote collective bargaining for graduate teaching assistants and university employees enrolled in academic programs. Enumerates which employees can serve as a bargaining unit and lists those things outside the scope of bargaining. Title: HB 2540 Source: Lexis IA Signed into law 04/2002 Postsec. Community College Eliminates licensure of community college faculty and instead requires each college to develop a plan for hiring and developing quality faculty. The act specifies various components that must be part of the plan (implementation schedule, orientation for new faculty, continuing professional development, recordkeeping and documentation procedures for plan, consortium arrangements where applicable, activities to ensure that faculty attains and demonstrates instructional competencies including individual documentation, compliance with accreditation standards). The plan must be submitted no later than July 1, 2003 to the Department of Education, which will review plans and conduct site visits to ensure compliance. Title: H.B. 2394 Source: Lexis NM Signed into law 03/2002 Postsec. Creates the Faculty Endowment Fund; provides matching funds to create endowed chairs, professorships and faculty development programs to attract and retain the highest quality faculty. Title: S.B. 14 Source: http://www.technet.nm.org/legislature NV Signed into law 06/2001 Postsec. Requires the Board of Regents of the University of Nevada to establish policies governing the contracts that faculty members and employees of the system may enter into or benefit from; authorizes such faculty members and employees to enter into or benefit from certain contracts that are consistent with those policies. Title: S.B. 543 Source: http://www.leg.state.nv.us/71st/bills/SB/SB543_EN.html WV Signed into law 06/2001 Postsec. Clarifies that the general salary increases for state employees passed during the 2001 Legislative Session are not applicable to those state employees who are employed within the Higher Education System of the State and the Judicial or Legislative branches of government. Title: H.B. 307C Source: Lexis-Nexis/StateNet TX Signed into law 05/2001 Postsec. Requires the board to conduct a study and make findings and recommendations the board considers appropriate regarding any disparity between the salary and benefits received by part-time faculty members and the salary and benefits received by full-time faculty members at institutions of higher education. Title: H.B. 2397 Source: http://www.house.state.tx.us/ TX Signed into law 05/2001 Postsec. One section of H.B. 1545, Sec. 51.962, allows merit salary increases. An institution of higher education may grant merit salary increases, including one-time merit payments, to employees described by this section. An institution of higher education may pay merit salary increases under this section from any funds. Before awarding a merit salary increase, an institution of higher education must adopt criteria for the granting of merit salary increases. To be eligible for a merit salary increase, an employee must have been employed by the institution of higher education for the six months immediately preceding the effective date of the increase and at least six months must have elapsed since the employee's last merit salary increase. Title: H.B. 1545 Source: Lexis-Nexis/StateNet TX Signed into law 05/2001 Postsec. Relates to procedures governing employment contracts for faculty members at public institutions of higher education. An institution of higher education is not required to provide an annual contract to tenure or tenure-track faculty, but must provide tenure and tenure-track faculty with any written notification required in the institution's tenure policy of a change in a term of employment according to the policies of the institution, but no later than the 30th day prior to the change. Specifies procedures for notification and situations where faculty member works without a contract. Title: H.B. 1127 Source: Lexis-Nexis/StateNet MT Signed into law 04/2001 P-12 Postsec. Revises the defined contribution plan provisions under the public employees retirement system; limits liability; revises the allocation of current contributions to an education fund; revises how family law orders and execution of withholding and support obligation orders may be applied; clarifies plan choice provisions for university employees. Title: H.B. 116 Source: Lexis-Nexis/StateNet WA Signed into law 04/2001 P-12 Postsec. Relates to reasonable assurances of employment for employees of educational institutions of higher learning. Title: S.B. 5316 Source: Lexis-Nexis/StateNet WA Approved by voters 11/2000 P-12 Postsec. INITIATIVE 732; Provides annual cost-of-living salary adjustments to school district employees, academic employees of community and technical college districts, and certain employees of technical colleges; bases the annual increase on the consumer price index. Title: V. 27 Source: Lexis-Nexis/StateNet RI Became law without governor's signature 07/2000 P-12 Postsec. (Joint Resolution); Extends the reporting date of the special legislative commission to study the feasibility of allowing unionized classified employees at all higher education institutions to be able to negotiate directly with Rhode Island Board of Governors. Title: H.B. 6968 Source: Lexis-Nexis/StateNet LA Signed into law 07/2000 Postsec. Removes the waiting period and lessons the earnings limit applicable upon reemployment of certain retired employees of colleges and universities who have attained at least age 62. Title: H.B. 18B Source: Lexis-Nexis/StateNet RI Became law without GOVERNOR'S signature 07/2000 P-12 Postsec. Raises the amount of part time gross pay retired professors and teachers may earn from employment by a state college or the Department of Education. Title: S.B. 2376 Source: Lexis-Nexis/StateNet LA Signed into law 06/2000 P-12 Postsec. Goal is to increase pay for elementary and secondary teachers in amount necessary (determined by legislature) to annually achieve statewide average equal to the Southern Regional Education Board average. Same applies to postsecondary faculty. Provides 4% for all other personnel of elementary and secondary systems and of universities under jurisdiction of the Board of Regents in amounts as determined by the legislature. Not less than 80% of monies in Educational Enhancement Fund to be used for pay increases and other purposes. Title: H.B. 30B Source: Lexis-Nexis/StateNet OH Signed into law 06/2000 Postsec. Permits the Board of Trustees of a State college or university to establish rules that describe circumstances in which an employee of that institution may solicit or may be given a financial interest in any firm, corporation, or other association to which the board has assigned, licensed, transferred, or sold the institution's interest in discoveries, inventions, intellectual property, or patents resulting from research; prescribes coordination with the Ethics Commission. Title: S.B. 286 Source: Lexis-Nexis/StateNet TN Signed into law 05/2000 P-12 Postsec. Allows non-citizens to be employed at public schools and colleges in Tennessee. Title: S.B. 2939 Source: Lexis-Nexis/StateNet KS Signed into law 04/2000 Postsec. The Kansas partnership for faculty of distinction program was established to encourage gifts by private donors to enhance the ability of eligible educational institutions to attract and retain faculty of distinction. The program shall be administered by the state board of regents. Under the Kansas partnership for faculty of distinction program, the state shall contribute income earnings equivalent awards to supplement endowed professorships at eligible educational institutions for which qualifying gifts have been received by endowment associations. Title: H.B. 2476 Source: Lexis-Nexis/StateNet TN Signed into law 03/2000 Postsec. Relates to higher education; repeals requirement that supreme court directly review by appeal decree of chancery court involving tenured faculty member dismissed or suspended for cause. Title: H.B. 2227 Source: Lexis-Nexis/StateNet WA Signed into law 03/2000 Postsec. Provides for sick leave and leave sharing for part-time academic employees at community and technical colleges; declares that part time academic employees of community and technical colleges shall receive sick leave to be used for the same illnesses, injuries, bereavement, and emergencies as full-time academic employees at college in proportion to the individual's teaching commitment at the college. Title: S.B. 6811 Source: Lexis-Nexis/StateNet WA Signed into law 03/2000 Postsec. Allows exceptional faculty awards to be used for faculty development and inservice training; relates to colleges. Title: S.B. 6770 Source: Lexis-Nexis/StateNet