Community colleges: part-time faculty.

Assembly Member Fong's proposal to restructure part-time faculty classification at California community colleges would fundamentally alter when instructors transition from temporary to contract status. The legislation reduces the maximum teaching load for temporary classification from 67% to less than 19% of full-time equivalent hours, while establishing new criteria for contract status.

Under the proposed changes, part-time faculty who teach at least 19% of a full-time load at a single community college district for six semesters or eight quarters within four consecutive academic years would automatically become contract employees. The bill maintains existing provisions that exclude substitute teaching and professional activities like governance, staff development, and student organization advising from these calculations, unless otherwise specified in collective bargaining agreements.

The measure addresses potential conflicts with existing labor contracts by specifying that its provisions take effect upon the expiration of any collective bargaining agreements in place before January 1, 2026. As a state-mandated local program that imposes new requirements on community college districts, the legislation includes provisions for state reimbursement of associated costs, subject to review by the Commission on State Mandates.