BILL ANALYSIS Appropriations Committee Fiscal Summary AB420 (Wildman) Hearing Date:8/23/99 Amended:8/18/99 Consultant: Karen French Policy Vote:Education 10-2 ____________________________________________________________ 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.