HOUSE DOCKET, NO. 2336 FILED ON: 1/19/2017
HOUSE . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . No. 2236
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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.