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          Appropriations Committee Fiscal Summary

                                AB420  (Wildman)

Hearing Date:8/23/99            Amended:8/18/99        
Consultant: Karen French        Policy Vote:Education  10-2
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BILL SUMMARY: 

AB 420 provides enhancements to compensation and benefits  
for part-time California Community College (CCC) faculty as  
follows:
 Requires districts, effective July 1, 2003, to compensate  
  part-time faculty at a rate proportionally equivalent to  
  that of comparable full-time faculty (pro-rata pay);
 Requires that the proportional pay include class  
  preparation  time and office hours as determined through  
  collective bargaining
 Requires each CCC district to adopt a uniform salary  
  schedule based on years of training and experience;
 Reduces from 60% to 40% the amount of time a faculty  
  member must teach in order to qualify for health  
  benefits; eliminates requirements in current law that  
  part-time faculty must teach for one academic year in two  
  or more districts before becoming eligible for health  
  benefits.

                         Fiscal Impact (in thousands)
  
Major Provisions        1999-2000             2000-01               2001-02   Fund  

CCC mandate
  Pro-rata pay    ------$85 million to $400 million annually--------General**
                                             beginning in fiscal year 2003-04
  Health ins       $500*        $500         $500General**
 *Appropriated in this bill in augmentation of the CCC budget to fund expanded  
health insurance costs.
**Costs count toward meeting the Proposition 98 minimum guarantee.

STAFF COMMENTS:  

This bill meets the criteria for referral to the Suspense  
File.

The Governor has vetoed and set aside $500,000 in this  










years' budget for expanded heath insurance coverage for  
part-time faculty.  Included in the budget is $500,000 to  
pay for more part-time office hours under the existing  
Community College Part-Time Faculty Office Hours Program.    
Vetoed from the budget was an augmentation of $10.6 million  
for converting part-time faculty positions to full-time.

Current law provides that CCC faculty who teach less than  
60% of a full-time assignment are considered temporary or  
part-time employees; faculty who teach 60% or more are  
considered full-time.