Bill > H2236

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 that accounts for the percentage of time a full-time instructor spends teaching courses. 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. 3) Requiring colleges and universities to provide at least 90 days' notice of teaching assignments and course cancellations. If a course is cancelled 45-90 days before the start of the term, the adjunct faculty member must be offered an alternate course or 25% of the salary. If a course is cancelled less than 45 days before the start of the term, the adjunct faculty member must be offered an alternate course or 50% of the salary.

Education

https://malegislature.gov/Bills/190/H2236