SB411 Alabama 2010 Session

Summary

Primary Sponsor

Trip Pittman

Republican

Session

Regular Session 2010

Title

Postsecondary Instructional and Support Workers Act, established, probationary, nonprobationary, and full-time employees, defined, termination procedures, disciplinary actions, suspensions, hearings, Secs. 16-24C-1 to 16-24C-8 added

Summary

SB411 would create the Postsecondary Instructional and Support Workers Act to define staff and establish formal termination, suspension, and transfer procedures for two-year college instructional and support staff under Alabama's State Board of Education.

What This Bill Does

It defines who is covered (probationary, nonprobationary, and full-time employees) and sets clear termination rules for both probationary and nonprobationary staff. It authorizes college presidents to transfer or reassign employees and allows suspensions without pay with a hearing process to contest them. It establishes a formal due-process framework (hearings, records, subpoenas, and an appeals path to the Court of Civil Appeals) and notes a local-funds funding exception related to constitutional requirements.

Who It Affects

• Two-year college instructors and support personnel under the State Board of Education, including probationary and nonprobationary employees (and those classified as full-time).
• College presidents and other college administrators who would implement transfers, suspensions, and termination decisions, as well as designated hearing officers and oversight bodies involved in the process.

Key Provisions

• Defines probationary, nonprobationary, and full-time employees, and specifies applicability to two-year institutions under the State Board of Education, excluding certain administrative positions and Department of Postsecondary Education employees.
• Establishes termination procedures for probationary and nonprobationary employees, transfer/reassignment authority for college presidents, and a suspension without pay framework with a hearing process and due-process protections.

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Subjects

Colleges and Universities