6583-S AMH HE H5256.1
SSB 6583 - H COMM AMD NOT ADOPTED 2-29-96
By Committee on Higher Education
Strike everything after the enacting clause and insert the following:
"NEW SECTION. Sec. 1. A new section is added to chapter 28B.50 RCW to read as follows:
For the purposes of determining eligibility of state-mandated insurance and retirement benefits under RCW 28B.10.400 for part-time academic employees in community and technical colleges, the following definitions shall be used:
(1) "Full-time academic work load" means the number of in-class teaching hours that a full-time instructor must teach to fulfill his or her employment obligations in a given discipline in a given college. If full-time academic work load is defined in a contract adopted through the collective bargaining process, that definition shall prevail. If the full-time work load bargained in a contract includes more than in-class teaching hours, only that portion that is in-class teaching hours may be considered academic work load.
(2) "In-class teaching hours" means contact classroom and lab hours in which full or part-time academic employees are performing contractually assigned teaching duties. The in-class teaching hours shall not include any duties performed in support of, or in addition to those contractually assigned in-class teaching hours.
(3) "Academic employee" in a community or technical college means any teacher, counselor, librarian, or department head who is employed by a college district, whether full or part-time, with the exception of the chief administrative officer of, and any administrator in, each college district.
(4) "Part-time academic work load" means any percentage of a full-time academic work load for which the part-time academic employee is not paid on the full-time academic salary schedule.
NEW SECTION. Sec. 2. A new section is added to chapter 28B.50 RCW to read as follows:
For the purposes of determining eligibility for receipt of state-mandated benefits for part-time academic employees at community and technical colleges, each institution shall report to the appropriate agencies the names of eligible part-time academic employees who qualify for benefits based on calculating the hours worked by part-time academic employees as a percentage of the part-time academic work load to the full-time academic work load in a given discipline in a given institution.
NEW SECTION. Sec. 3. A new section is added to chapter 28B.50 RCW to read as follows:
(1) The legislature finds that community colleges and technical colleges have an obligation to carry out their roles and missions in an ethical fashion. The legislature also finds that governing boards for community colleges and technical colleges have a responsibility to provide leadership and guidance to their colleges in the ethical treatment of students, faculty, staff, and people in the communities served by the colleges.
(2) The state board for community and technical colleges shall convene a task force to conduct an ethics audit of the community and technical college system. The task force shall consist exclusively of members of the state board and members of community college and technical college governing boards. In performing the audit, the task force's initial focus shall be on the treatment of part-time faculty. When auditing the treatment of part-time faculty, the board deliberations shall include but not be limited to salary issues, provision of health and retirement benefits, the implications of increased reliance on part-time rather than full-time faculty, the implications of workload definitions, and tangible and intangible ways to recognize the professional stature of part-time faculty.
(3) The task force shall report its initial findings to the state board, local governing boards, and other interested parties by October 31, 1997. The report shall include recommendations on a set of ethical operating principles for the colleges to follow in their treatment of faculty, staff, students, community members, and other educational sectors. By January 5, 1998, the state board for community and technical colleges shall adopt and periodically update a set of ethical operating principles for colleges in the community and technical college system. The board shall encourage and, to the extent possible, require each local governing board to adopt and implement the principles."
SSB 6583 - H COMM AMD
By Committee on Higher Education
On page 1, line 1 of the title, after "education;" strike the remainder of the title and insert "and adding new sections to chapter 28B.50 RCW."
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