Amendment #82 to H3600

Faculty Access and Investment Fund

Mr. Mark of Peru moves to amend the bill in section 2 by inserting after item 7066-0000 the following item: "7066-XXXX. For the Faculty Restoration and Equity Fund, hereinafter referred to as the fund, to be implemented through the department of higher education. The fund shall provide resources to institutions of public higher education in the commonwealth to: (1) Increase the number of undergraduate courses taught by tenure and tenure-track faculty members at each institutional department; (2) ensure adequate support staff at each institutional department; and (3) ensure that part-time and other non-tenure track faculty receive fully comparable pay and benefits to full-time tenure and tenure-track faculty according.  The department of higher education shall determine funding allocation, with priority given to institutions with the highest utilization of part-time and non-tenure track faculty…………………………………………………………$25,000,000"

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Faculty Access and Investment Fund