Bill > H1243

This bill aims to ensure minimum fair wages and employment stability for adjunct faculty at colleges and universities. The key provisions include: 1. Requiring colleges and universities to pay adjunct faculty an amount per course equal to the weighted average salary of a full-time instructor, multiplied by an instruction factor (the percentage of time an average full-time instructor spends teaching courses), divided by the standard number of courses in a yearly teaching period. 2. Requiring colleges and universities to offer a given course to qualified adjunct faculty who have taught the same or a similar course previously before hiring new faculty to teach the course. 3. Requiring colleges and universities to provide sufficient notice (at least 90 days prior to the beginning of an academic term) of teaching assignments and the cancellation of such assignments. If a course is canceled 45-90 days prior to the term, the adjunct faculty member must be provided an alternate course assignment or 25% of the salary for the course. If a course is canceled less than 45 days prior, the adjunct faculty member must be provided an alternate course assignment or 50% of the salary for the course.

Education

https://malegislature.gov/Bills/191/H1243