HB319 Alabama 2017 Session

Summary

Primary Sponsor

Becky Nordgren

Republican

Session

Regular Session 2017

Title

Compensation, part-time and adjunct professors, 2-yr public instutitions of higher education, at a rate of at least 50 percent of a full-time professor, for teaching the same or similar courses at the same instutition

Description

Under existing law, the president of a community college or technical college, with the advice and consent of the board of trustees, shall appoint and fix the compensation for all professors, instructors, and other necessary teachers and officers. The president, professors, and instructors compose the faculty of the college.

This bill would require an adjunct or part-time professor employed at a public 2-year community college, junior college, technical college, or trade school to receive compensation at the rate of at least 50 percent of the compensation a full-time professor receives for teaching the same or similar courses, at the same institution, in the same field of study.

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Subjects

Postsecondary Education