HOUSE BILL 417

56th legislature - STATE OF NEW MEXICO - first session, 2023

INTRODUCED BY

Christine Trujillo and Patricia Roybal Caballero and

Yanira Gurrola and Eleanor Chávez

 

 

 

 

AN ACT

RELATING TO HIGHER EDUCATION; REQUIRING A MINIMUM COMPENSATION FOR FULL-TIME OR PART-TIME FACULTY AT PUBLIC POST-SECONDARY EDUCATIONAL INSTITUTIONS; MAKING AN APPROPRIATION.

 

BE IT ENACTED BY THE LEGISLATURE OF THE STATE OF NEW MEXICO:

     SECTION 1. A new section of Chapter 21 NMSA 1978 is enacted to read:

     "[NEW MATERIAL] MINIMUM COMPENSATION AT PUBLIC POST-SECONDARY EDUCATIONAL INSTITUTIONS FOR FULL-TIME OR PART-TIME FACULTY.--

          A. As used in this section:

                (1) "appointment percentage" means the percentage of the total amount of effort expected of a full-time or part-time faculty member with the same or similar title and rank;

                (2) "full-time faculty" means an employee at a public post-secondary educational institution, including adjuncts, instructors, professors, lecturers, clinician- educators and term teachers, with a full-time appointment;

                (3) "nine-month contract" means a contract to work from the fall semester through the spring semester;

                (4) "part-time faculty" means an employee at a public post-secondary educational institution, including adjuncts, instructors, professors, lecturers, clinician- educators and term teachers, with a part-time appointment;

                (5) "three-term contract" means a contract to work through the fall, spring and summer semesters; and

                (6) "twelve-month contract" means a contract to work through the full calendar year.

          B. The minimum compensation for full-time faculty at a public post-secondary educational institution shall be:

                (1) twenty-six thousand dollars ($26,000) when appointed to a single fall, spring or summer semester contract;

                (2) fifty-two thousand dollars ($52,000) when appointed to a nine-month contract; or

                (3) seventy-eight thousand dollars ($78,000) when appointed to a twelve-month or three-term contract.

          C. The minimum compensation for part-time faculty employed at a public post-secondary educational institution shall be determined by multiplying the appointment percentage of the contract by:

                (1) twenty-six thousand dollars ($26,000) when appointed to a single fall, spring or summer semester contract; or

                (2) fifty-two thousand dollars ($52,000) when appointed to a nine-month contract."

     SECTION 2. APPROPRIATION.--Thirty million dollars ($30,000,000) is appropriated from the general fund to the higher education department for expenditure in fiscal year 2024 to meet the compensation needs of full-time and part-time faculty at public post-secondary educational institutions. Any unexpended or unencumbered balance remaining at the end of fiscal year 2024 shall revert to the general fund.

     SECTION 3. EFFECTIVE DATE.--The effective date of the provisions of this act is July 1, 2023.

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