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Tag: AB 897

  • Update on AB 897: Raising the 67% Cap

    Despite sailing through the Senate subcommittee on higher ed unopposed and having broad bipartisan support in both chambers, AB 897 (Medina) did not survive the legislators’ decision in March to consider only those bills necessary […]

    2020-11-21CPFA Journal

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  • Full Time Faculty Member Testifies on AB 897

    BY WENDY BRILL-WYNKOOP Good afternoon – Chair and members of the Assembly Higher Education Committee.      I am Wendy Brill-Wynkoop, the Department Chair of Photography at College of the Canyons. I am the only full-time faculty […]

    2020-03-27Academic Solidarity, CPFA Journal

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  • Resolution : Foothill – De Anza Faculty Association Supports Assembly Bill 897

    Whereas, existing California law (Assembly Bill 951, 2008) establishes that the contingent, part-time faculty workload is capped at 67 percent, amounting to no more than 10 units in the quarter system or 6 in the […]

    2020-03-27Academic Solidarity, CPFA Journal, Legislation

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  • 67% Cap Needs to be Raised to 80-85%

    BY SCOTT DOUGLAS In 2007, the California Part-time Faculty Association (CPFA) worked with Assembly member Mervyn Dymally to get the part-time cap raised from 60% to 67%.Today, CFT, the Faculty Association of California Community Colleges […]

    2020-03-27Commentary, CPFA Journal

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  • IMHO – Chair’s Report

    Since my last update, an important bill, AB 897, was authored by Assemblymember Jose Medina (D-Riverside) to raise the 67% workload cap on part-time faculty in California’s Community Colleges System to 80-85% of a full-time […]

    2019-12-12Chair's Report, CPFA Journal

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  • Why The 67% Cap Should be Raised

    WHY THE 67% CAP SHOULD BE RAISED REJOINDERS TO COMMON CLAIMS AGAINST AB 897 California is the only state in the country to have a state law preventing part-time faculty from teaching more than 67% […]

    2019-04-28CPFA Journal, Improving the Learning Environment, Newsworthy

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  • AB 897: A Letter to Assemblymember Lorena Gonzalez

    The Honorable Assembly Member Lorena Gonzalez, Chair Assembly Appropriations Committee State Capitol, Room 2114 Sacramento, California 95814 916.319.2081 Re: AB 897 (Medina)                            […]

    2019-04-23Letters to the Capitol, Newsworthy

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  • CPFA Co-Sponsors Part-time Faculty Teaching Load Bill

    PRESS RELEASE The California Part Time Faculty Association (CPFA) announces that it will be co-sponsoring the new “Part-time Faculty Teaching Load” bill, AB 897 along with the California Federation of Teachers (CFT). Introduced to state legislators […]

    2019-03-18Legislation, Newsworthy, Press Releases

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