California Education Code

§ 87482.4

EDC § 87482.4 Effective Jan 1, 2000Div. 7 · Title 3 · Part 51 · Ch. 3 · Art. 1

Statute text

(a)The Legislature finds and declares that, in the state’s community college system, teaching constitutes a greater share of the faculty workload, as compared to the California State University or the University of California systems. California’s community college system requires that a faculty member hold, as a basic qualification, a master’s degree. Furthermore, the community college system uses a different professional review process, as compared to the California State University or the University of California systems.

(b)The California Postsecondary Education Commission shall conduct a comprehensive study of the California Community College system’s part-time faculty employment, salary, and compensation patterns as they relate to full-time community college faculty with similar education credentials and work experience. The study shall include a representative sample of urban, rural, and suburban community colleges in California and shall also refer to similarly situated community colleges in other states.

(c)The study specified in subdivision (b) shall include, but not necessarily be limited to, the addressing of policy options available to achieve pay equity between community college part-time faculty and full-time faculty and shall also include both of the following:

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Legislative history

Added by Stats. 1999, Ch. 738, Sec. 2. Effective January 1, 2000.