HOUSE DOCKET, NO. 2336        FILED ON: 1/19/2017

HOUSE  .  .  .  .  .  .  .  .  .  .  .  .  .  .  .  No. 2236

 

The Commonwealth of Massachusetts

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PRESENTED BY:

Thomas M. Stanley

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To the Honorable Senate and House of Representatives of the Commonwealth of Massachusetts in General
Court assembled:

The undersigned legislators and/or citizens respectfully petition for the adoption of the accompanying bill:

An Act to ensure minimum fair wages and employment stability for adjunct faculty.

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PETITION OF:

 

Name:

District/Address:

Date Added:

Thomas M. Stanley

9th Middlesex

1/19/2017

James Arciero

2nd Middlesex

2/3/2017

Michael J. Barrett

Third Middlesex

1/31/2017

Jennifer E. Benson

37th Middlesex

1/26/2017

Antonio F. D. Cabral

13th Bristol

2/1/2017

Evandro C. Carvalho

5th Suffolk

2/3/2017

Tackey Chan

2nd Norfolk

1/26/2017

Daniel M. Donahue

16th Worcester

1/25/2017

James B. Eldridge

Middlesex and Worcester

2/2/2017

Tricia Farley-Bouvier

3rd Berkshire

2/1/2017

Carole A. Fiola

6th Bristol

2/1/2017

William C. Galvin

6th Norfolk

2/3/2017

Sean Garballey

23rd Middlesex

2/3/2017

Natalie Higgins

4th Worcester

2/1/2017

Kay Khan

11th Middlesex

2/2/2017

Jack Lewis

7th Middlesex

1/26/2017

David Paul Linsky

5th Middlesex

1/30/2017

Barbara A. L'Italien

Second Essex and Middlesex

1/25/2017

Adrian Madaro

1st Suffolk

2/2/2017

Paul McMurtry

11th Norfolk

2/1/2017

Michael O. Moore

Second Worcester

2/2/2017

Frank A. Moran

17th Essex

2/2/2017

Brian Murray

10th Worcester

2/1/2017

Harold P. Naughton, Jr.

12th Worcester

2/3/2017

James J. O'Day

14th Worcester

1/26/2017

David M. Rogers

24th Middlesex

2/1/2017

Angelo M. Scaccia

14th Suffolk

1/30/2017

John W. Scibak

2nd Hampshire

1/30/2017

José F. Tosado

9th Hampden

1/25/2017

Steven Ultrino

33rd Middlesex

1/30/2017

John C. Velis

4th Hampden

2/3/2017


HOUSE DOCKET, NO. 2336        FILED ON: 1/19/2017

HOUSE  .  .  .  .  .  .  .  .  .  .  .  .  .  .  .  No. 2236

By Mr. Stanley of Waltham, a petition (accompanied by bill, House, No. 2236) of Thomas M. Stanley and others relative to adjunct faculty wages.  Higher Education.

 

The Commonwealth of Massachusetts

 

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In the One Hundred and Ninetieth General Court
(2017-2018)

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An Act to ensure minimum fair wages and employment stability for adjunct faculty.

 

Be it enacted by the Senate and House of Representatives in General Court assembled, and by the authority of the same, as follows:
 

Chapter 151 of the General Laws as appearing in the 2014 Edition is hereby amended by adding after section 2B the following section:

SECTION 2C:  Adjunct Faculty

(a) Colleges and universities shall pay adjunct faculty an amount per course equal to the weighted average salary of a full time instructor, multiplied by an instruction factor, divided by the standard number of courses in a yearly teaching period. The instruction factor shall be the percentage of time an average full time instructor spends teaching courses, including preparation and grading. The weighted average salary of a full time instructor shall be calculated as follows:

(1) For a college or university where at least 20 percent of full time faculty, as reported to the US Department of Education’s Integrated Postsecondary Education Data System, are classified as instructors, lecturers or no academic rank, the weighted average salary of a full time instructor shall be calculated by adding the total salary outlays of a full time faculty classified as instructors, lecturers, or no academic rank and dividing that sum by the total number of full time faculty classified as instructors, lecturers or no academic rank.

(2) For a college or university where fewer than 20 percent of full time faculty, as reported to the US Department of Education’s Integrated Postsecondary Education Data System,  are classified as instructors, lecturers or no academic rank, the weighted average salary of a full time instructor shall be calculated by adding the total salary outlays of full time faculty classified as assistant professors, instructors, lecturers or no academic rank and dividing that sum by the total number of full time faculty classified as such.

(b)  Colleges and universities shall offer a given course to qualified adjunct faculty who have taught the same course or similar course previously before hiring new faculty to teach the course.

(c)  Colleges and universities shall provide sufficient notice of teaching assignments and the cancellation of said assignments.  For purposes of this subsection, sufficient notice shall be defined as no less than 90 days prior to the beginning of an academic term

(d)  In the event a course assignment is cancelled 45 or more but fewer than 90 days prior to the beginning of an academic term, colleges and universities shall provide the adjunct faculty member an alternate course assignment or 25% of the salary for the course.  In the event a course assignment is cancelled fewer than 45 days prior to the beginning of an academic term, colleges and universities shall provide the adjunct faculty member an alternate course assignment or 50% of the salary for the course.