From the ECS State Policy Database Postsecondary Faculty--Compensation

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State Status/Date Level Summary 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 FL Signed into law 04/2012 Postsec. Revises employer contributions for members of (1) FRS who are employees of public community colleges or charter technical career centers sponsored by public community colleges, (2) optional retirement program for State University System, and (3) State Community College System Optional Retirement Program. Requires both the employer and employee to make larger contributions to the state's retirement program to address unfunded actuarial liabilities of the system. http://myfloridahouse.gov/Sections/Documents/loaddoc.aspx?FileName=_h5005er.docx&DocumentType=Bill&BillNumber=5005&Session=2012 Title: H.B. 5005 Source: myfloridahouse.gov FL Signed into law 04/2012 Postsec. From final bill analysis: Revises severance pay language for colleges and universities to conform to s. 215.425, F.S., providing that on or after July 1, 2011, a unit of government that enters into a contract or employment agreement, or renewal or renegotiation of an existing contract or employment agreement, that contains a provision for severance pay with an officer, agent, employee, or contractor must include the following provisions in the contract: (1) A requirement that severance pay provided may not exceed an amount greater than 20 weeks of compensation; and (2) A prohibition of provision of severance pay when the officer, agent, employee, or contractor has been fired for misconduct, as defined in statute. Bill text (pages 9-10 of 72): http://myfloridahouse.gov/Sections/Documents/loaddoc.aspx?FileName=_h5201er.docx&DocumentType=Bill&BillNumber=5201&Session=2012 Title: H.B. 5201 - Severance Pay at Colleges and Universities Source: myfloridahouse.gov FL Vetoed 04/2012 P-12 Postsec. Authorizes the University of Florida Board of Trustees, in lieu of participation in state group insurance programs, to provide health insurance and other self-insurance or insurance programs. Establishes parameters for such program should the board choose to implement. Bill text: http://myfloridahouse.gov/Sections/Documents/loaddoc.aspx?FileName=_h5009er.docx&DocumentType=Bill&BillNumber=5009&Session=2012 Governor's veto message: http://www.flgov.com/wp-content/uploads/2012/04/4.20.12-HB-5009-Veto-Letter.pdf Title: H.B. 5009 Source: myfloridahouse.gov SC Signed into law 08/2011 Postsec. Transparency and Efficiency Requires each public institution of higher learning to maintain a transaction register that includes a complete record of all funds expended, from whatever source for whatever purpose. Provides that the register must be prominently posted on the institution's Internet website and made available for public viewing and downloading. Grants the State Board for Technical and Comprehensive Education the authority to employ and administer certain administrative efficiency provisions. Comprehensive Human Resources System Directs the State Budget and Control Board's State Office of Human Resources to participate with five representatives selected by the respective presidents of the public institutions of higher learning and technical colleges to represent all of the public institutions of higher learning and technical colleges to study, develop, and recommend a separate, comprehensive human resources system for the public institutions of higher learning and technical colleges. Provides that the recommendation must include, but not be limited to, prescription of a methodology to establish a uniform compensation and classification plan among the public institutions of higher learning and technical colleges. Facility and Procurement Defines "permanent improvement project" for institutions of higher learning and revises the procurement statutory provisions. Public Vote for Tuition Change When the governing board of a public institution of higher learning, excluding technical colleges, adopts a change to the tuition or fees imposed on students, the change may be implemented by the institution only after a public vote with the number of trustees voting for and against the change being counted. http://www.scstatehouse.gov/sess119_2011-2012/bills/172.htm Title: S.B. 172 Source: http://www.scstatehouse.gov TX Signed into law 06/2011 Postsec. Establishes group health benefits eligibility for students on postdoctoral fellowships or certain graduate student fellowships who are currently receiving a stipend from an applicable fellowship. http://www.legis.state.tx.us/tlodocs/82R/billtext/pdf/SB00029F.pdf#navpanes=0 Title: S.B. 29 Source: www.legis.state.tx.us TX Signed into law 06/2011 Postsec. Amends Chapter 1601 of the Insurance Code, "Uniform Insurance Benefits Act for Employees of the University of Texas System and the Texas AM University System", to permit a system to establish premium discounts, surcharges, rebates or a revision in otherwise applicable copayments, coinsurance or deductibles, or any combination of those incentives, for an individual who participates in system-approved programs promoting disease prevention, wellness, and health. Specifies that certain provisions do not prohibit a system from contributing funds in excess of certain specified funds to a tenured faculty member with whom the system has entered into a phased retirement agreement under which the individual will work less than 40 hours a week for a specified period of time at the end of which the individual will retire. Establishes provision related to employee deduction for automatic insurance coverage. Pages 14-15 of 38: http://www.legis.state.tx.us/tlodocs/82R/billtext/pdf/SB00005F.pdf#navpanes=0 Title: S.B. 5 - Postsecondary Employee Insurance Source: www.legis.state.tx.us TX Signed into law 06/2011 Postsec. Authorizes the governing board of a university system, or of an institution of higher education that is not a component institution of a university system, to authorize employees of the system or institution to elect a payroll deduction for any purpose that the governing board determines serves a public purpose and benefits employees. Authorizes the higher education coordinating board to adopt policies and procedures governing such payroll deductions. Requires that such payroll deductions be at the employee's written request, and that the request state the amount to be deducted and the entity to which the deducted amount is to be transferred. Specifies that these provisions do not authorize a payroll deduction for dues or membership fees payable to a labor union or employees association. Pages 13-14 of 38: http://www.legis.state.tx.us/tlodocs/82R/billtext/pdf/SB00005F.pdf#navpanes=0 Title: S.B. 5 - Payroll Deductions for Employees of University System or Institution of Higher Education Source: www.legis.state.tx.us WA Signed into law 06/2011 Postsec. Revises the retirement and annuity programs of the higher education institutions for future participants to reflect changes that have already occurred in state pension plans. Gives certain newly hired employees more options for retirement plans. Reduces the expanded postretirement employment provisions for members of certain retirement systems. Eliminates postretirement employment exceptions that existed for annuity or retirement income plan-covered positions that have been the subject of abuse. Requires the select committee on pension policy, during the 2011 legislative interim, to evaluate the suitability and necessity opf the annuity and retirement plans authorized in the act for employees in various positions within higher education institutions. Creates a higher education retirement plan supplemental benefit fund of the purpose of funding future benefit obligations of higher education retirement plan supplemental benefits. http://apps.leg.wa.gov/documents/billdocs/2011-12/Pdf/Bills/Session%20Law%202011/1981-S.SL.pdf Title: H.B. 1981 Source: http://apps.leg.wa.gov WA Signed into law 06/2011 P-12 Postsec. Suspends cost-of-living adjustments for certain higher education system staff. Makes base bonuses paid to certain certified teachers subject to appropriations in the budget. http://apps.leg.wa.gov/documents/billdocs/2011-12/Pdf/Bills/Session%20Law%202011/1132-S2.SL.pdf Title: H.B. 1132 Source: http://apps.leg.wa.gov FL Signed into law 05/2011 Postsec. From Legislative Budget Committee Summary: Coenrollment in Public Schools and Adult Education Programs Prohibits funding for coenrollment in public schools and adult general education programs, except that for the 2011-2012 fiscal year students may enroll in core courses for credit recovery or dropout prevention for up to two courses. Provides that high school students are exempt from the payment of block tuition for general adult education programs. Facilities Expands the class size reduction lottery bond program to include other educational facilities. Suspends temporarily the state match for facilities and operating challenge grant programs for colleges and universities, effective July 1, 2011. Provides that existing eligible donations will remain eligible for future match and that the suspension may be removed once $200 million of the grant backlog has been matched. Allows a university board of trustees to expend carry-forward balances from prior year operational appropriations on legislatively approved fixed capital outlay projects authorized for the establishment of a new campus. Finance Streamlines library operations through consolidation and joint purchasing. Requires creation of a union catalog for higher education. Requires the Florida College System Council of Presidents to develop and recommend an equitable funding formula for the distribution of certain state funds to the college system institutions. Provides for the use of a funding formula to ensure equitable distribution of district workforce funds. Provides a $200,000 limit on the amount of state funds that may be paid for salaries of college and university presidents and administrative employees. Terminates the University Concurrency Trust Fund. Finanical Aid/Scholarships Increases the Florida Medallion Scholarship test scores in 2013-2014, from 1050 to 1170 for SAT, including the applicable home school test scores. Increases or establishes required community service hours for Bright Futures applicants. Requires applicants for Bright Futures, and certain other programs to submit the Free Application for Federal Student Aid prior to disbursement of funds. Prioritizes state student financial aid to the neediest (Pell eligible) students for the Florida Work Experience Program and the First Generation in College Program. Northwest Regional Data Center Designates the Northwest Regional Data Center as a primary data center. Student Enrollment Pilot Program Authorizes a spring and summer term student enrollment pilot program at the University of Florida for the purpose of aligning student enrollment and the availability of instructional facilities. Authorizes Bright Futures scholarships in the summer for these students. Transient Student Admission Authorizes the implementation of a transient student admission application process through the Florida Academic Counseling Tracking for Students system to include admissions, readmissions, financial aid, and transfer of credit functions. Authorizes a fee of $5 to support the system. Tuition Provides an exemption from the 30 percent need-based expenditure requirement from the tuition differential fee if the university has covered the entire tuition and fee costs of all resident students who are eligible for need-based aid. Authorizes alternative documentation for tuition fee waivers for Purple Heart veterans. Increases the tuition surcharge for excess hours to 100 percent in excess of 115 percent of the credit hours required for a degree. Requires a block tuition and corresponding out-of-state fee for students enrolled in adult general education courses. Removes fee exemptions for certain students and requires residency of students to be documented. http://laws.flrules.org/files/Ch_2011-063.pdf Title: S.B. 2150 Source: http://laws.flrules.org WV Signed into law 05/2011 P-12 Postsec. Clarifies the duties and responsibilities of the Higher Education Policy Commission (HEPC). Sets deadlines in coming years for working toward fulfilling pay levels included in a state-determined salary schedule. Provides that a tutition and fee increase greater than five percent for resident students requires the approval fo the HEPC. Requires, by July 1, 2015, the governing board of each state institution of higher education under the jurisdiction of the HEPC, including the governing boards of Marshall University and West Virginia University, to attain a graduation rate for full-time undergraduate students that equals or exceeds the peer-established graduation rate (W. Va. Code §18B-1A-3). http://www.legis.state.wv.us/bill_status/bills_text.cfm?billdoc=SB330%20SUB1%20ENR.htm&yr=2011&sesstype=RS&i=330 Title: S.B. 330 Source: http://www.legis.state.wv.us UT Signed into law 03/2011 Postsec. Directs the commissioner of higher education to reallocate $1.5 million appropriated to the eight Utah higher education institutions for compensation to ensure that each higher education institution receives the same percentage compensation reduction. http://le.utah.gov/~2011/bills/hbillenr/hb0427.pdf Title: H.B. 427 Source: le.utah.gov AR Signed into law 03/2011 Postsec. Community College Clarifies that discretion is granted to state-supported institutions of higher educaiton on whether or not to compensate all employees for unpaid sick leave on retirement or death. http://www.arkleg.state.ar.us/assembly/2011/2011R/Bills/SB354.pdf Title: S.B. 354 Source: http://www.arkleg.state.ar.us/ ID Signed into law 03/2011 Postsec. The state board of education may establish an optional retirement program under which contracts providing retirement and death benefits may be purchased for members of the teaching staff and officers of community colleges and postsecondary professional-technical education institutions, including North Idaho College, College of Southern Idaho and Eastern Idaho Technical College, hired on or after July 1, 1997. The benefits are to be provided through annuity contracts or certificates, fixed or variable in nature, or a combination thereof, whose benefits are owned by the participants in the program. Specifies eligibility and allows eligible employees who are vested members of the public employee retirement system of Idaho to make a one-time irrevocable election to transfer to the optional retirement program. Effective on and after July 1, 2011, the institutional contribution optional retirement program rate will be equal to the PERSI contribution rate. http://legislature.idaho.gov/legislation/2011/H0158.pdf#xml=http://legislature.search.idaho.gov/isysquery/d5c3ea3a-a0b8-4ae4-92bf-d5bd63de0dad/1/hilite/ Title: H.B. 158 Source: http://legislature.idaho.gov/legislation CA Signed into law 10/2010 P-12 Postsec. From bill summary: Existing provision expresses legislative intent that no new general fund augmentation be made available for contributions to the University of California Retirement Plan. New legislation repeals this provision. http://www.leginfo.ca.gov/pub/09-10/bill/asm/ab_1601-1650/ab_1610_bill_20101019_chaptered.pdf Title: A.B. 1610 - University of California Retirement Plan Source: www.leginfo.ca.gov CA Signed into law 09/2010 Postsec. Community College Expresses legislative intent that part-time and temporary faculty receive pay and benefits that are equal to those of specified tenured and tenure-track faculty, to the extent funding is provided, and that the California Community Colleges increase the percentage of full-time tenured and tenure-track faculty. http://www.leginfo.ca.gov/pub/09-10/bill/asm/ab_0101-0150/acr_138_bill_20100909_chaptered.pdf Title: A.C.R. 138 Source: www.leginfo.ca.gov IL Signed into law 08/2009 P-12 Postsec. Requires that a full-time employee of the state, local government or a school district who is a member of a reserve component of the armed forces or state militia must be given a leave of absence for any required training or duty. Requires that during the leave, the employee receive his or her public employment compensation, minus the amount of the military pay, if the employee's military pay is less than his or her compensation from the public employer. http://www.ilga.gov/legislation/96/SB/PDF/09600SB0337lv.pdf Title: S.B. 337 Source: Lexis-Nexis/StateNet 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 NY Signed into law 07/2009 Postsec. Relates to the implementation of the terms of a written agreement between CUNY and its employee organization, including salary increases and benefit modifications. Appropriates funds therefor. http://assembly.state.ny.us/leg/?bn=A08898&sh=t Title: A.B. 8898 Source: Lexis-Nexis/StateNet OR Signed into law 06/2009 Postsec. Makes certain part-time faculty members at public institutions of higher education eligible for the same health care benefits as full-time faculty members; requires the State Board of Education and State Board of Higher Education to establish baselines and conduct annual reviews of each institution with respect to employment of full-time faculty and faculty working less than full-time. Chapter 773 http://www.leg.state.or.us/09reg/measpdf/hb2500.dir/hb2557.en.pdf Title: H.B. 2557 Source: http://www.leg.state.or.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 TX Signed into law 06/2009 P-12 Postsec. Provides that the requirement that 6 months elapse between a higher education state employee's merit salary increases does not apply to a one-time merit payment if the chief administrative officer of the institution of higher education determines in writing that the one-time merit payment is made in relation to the employee's performance during a natural disaster or other extraordinary circumstance. Permits a state employee, with authorization from the administrative head of the agency for which an employee works, or that person's designee, to be paid for the hours of compensatory time the employee earns for work directly related to a disaster or emergency declared by the appropriate officer of the state or federal government. http://www.legis.state.tx.us/tlodocs/81R/billtext/pdf/SB02298F.pdf Title: S.B. 2298 Source: www.legis.state.tx.us NC Signed into law 06/2009 P-12 Postsec. Community College Directs the Office of State Personnel, Department of Public Instruction, North Carolina Community Colleges, and the University of North Carolina to develop an employee benefits statement that reflects the current value of employee benefits provided to state, public school, and community college employees. http://www.ncga.state.nc.us/Sessions/2009/Bills/House/PDF/H1221v4.pdf Title: H.B. 1221 Source: http://www.ncga.state.nc.us ID Signed into law 05/2009 Postsec. Adds to existing law to provide that the State Board of Education and the Board of Regents of the University of Idaho may establish additional retirement plans for members of the teaching staff and officers of the University of Idaho, Idaho State University, Boise State University, Lewis-Clark State College and the State Board of Education who are eligible to participate in an optional retirement program. Chapter 286 http://www.legislature.idaho.gov/legislation/2009/H0199.htm Title: H.B. 199 Source: http://www.legislature.idaho.gov KS Signed into law 03/2009 Postsec. Concerns regents institutions; relates to participation in mandatory retirement plans for faculty and other employees of the state board of regents. http://www.kslegislature.org/bills/2010/2004.pdf Title: H.B. 2004 Source: http://www.kslegislature.org UT Signed into law 03/2008 P-12 Postsec. Community College From the bill synopsis: --Provides budget increases and decreases for the compensation of state and higher education employees not including school district personnel --Provides for a 3% cost of living allowance for state and higher education employees not including school district personnel --Provides for an additional 2% cost of living allowance for state employees not including school district personnel contingent upon changes in health benefit plans --Adjusts funding for changes in health plans offered to state employees not including school district personnel contingent upon such changes --Provides funding for a 9.9% increase in the premiums charged for higher education employee health benefits --Provides funding for an increase in the cost of retirement for certain employees. http://le.utah.gov/~2008/bills/hbillenr/hb0004.pdf Title: H.B. 4 Source: le.utah.gov LA Issued 08/2007 P-12 Postsec. Community College Executive Order 15: http://gov.louisiana.gov/assets/docs/15ExecOrderStateEmployeePay.pdf Executive Order 17 amends Executive Order KBB 2007-15 to clarify its application to unclassified employees of registrars of voters; includes students and graduate assistants, faculty of public higher education institutions, employees of special schools, intermittent employees, seasonal employees and elected local or statewide officials. http://gov.louisiana.gov/assets/docs/17ExecOrderAmendKBB200715StateEmployeePay.pdf Title: E.O. 15 and 17 Source: Lexis-Nexis/StateNet 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 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 WV Vetoed 04/2007 P-12 Postsec. Requires the state's Chief Technology Officer (CTO) to create and implement a program to refurbish and donate state surplus computers which are no more than four years old from state agencies to public schools and low-income school children; encourages the CTO to collaborate with other agencies including, but not limited to, the State Board of Education; the Department of Education's Division of Technical and Adult Services; Regional Education Service Agencies; the Division of Corrections; Prison Industries; and private technology industries in creating and establishing the program; requires the CTO to consult with and provide any necessary assistance to any governing board of an institution of higher education in creating a computer and computer equipment donation program. Continues the board of governors at specified public institutions of higher education and specifies the appointment of members to each board. Continues the West Virginia Council for Community and Technical College Education and places the community college employee salary schedule and classification system under its authority. Establishes the Health Education Loan Program for students enrolled in a school of medicine; allows any individual who has received a loan through the program and who has provided services as a medical doctor or a doctor of osteopathy in a medically underserved area or in a medical specialty in which there is a shortage of physicians in the state to be eligible for cancellation of ten thousand dollars of the outstanding loan or loans for every full twelve consecutive calendar months of such service. http://www.legis.state.wv.us/Bill_Text_HTML/2007_SESSIONS/RS/BILLS/HB2558%20EnrSUB.htm Title: H.B. 2558 Source: http://www.legis.state.wv.us/ 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 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 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 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 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 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 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. 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