Requires community colleges to pay part-time facultya certain percentage of the total salary that the community college pays equally experienced full-time facultywho teach comparable courses.

Summary

<b>Digest: The Act would set new laws with respect to the rate that community colleges must pay part-time faculty. (Flesch Readability Score: 61.6).</b> [<i>Digest: The Act tells community colleges how to decide the rate at which part-time faculty will be paid. (Flesch Readability Score: 60.1).</i>] Requires community colleges to pay part-time faculty [<i>at the same rate, on a per-hour basis, as</i>] <b>a certain percentage of the total salary that</b> the community college pays<b> equally experienced</b> full-time faculty [<i>to prepare for and teach a course</i>] <b>who teach comparable courses</b>. Appropriates moneys to the Higher Education Coordinating Commission for the purpose of paying for salary equity. Declares an emergency, effective July 1, 2025.