HB319 Alabama 2017 Session

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

Relating to public two-year institutions of higher education; to require any community college, junior college, technical college, or trade school to compensate an adjunct or part-time professor at a rate of no less than 50 percent of the rate of compensation received by a full-time professor, employed at the same institution, for teaching the same or similar courses in the same field of study.