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State Board for Community and Technical Colleges Compensation: Policy Discussion

State Board for Community and Technical Colleges Compensation: Policy Discussion. December 5, 2001. STATUTORY AUTHORITY: Salary Setting. College Governing Boards Hire/set salaries for presidents, faculty and administrative officers (RCW 28B.50.140)

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State Board for Community and Technical Colleges Compensation: Policy Discussion

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  1. State Board for Community and Technical CollegesCompensation: Policy Discussion December 5, 2001

  2. STATUTORY AUTHORITY: Salary Setting • College Governing Boards • Hire/set salaries for presidents, faculty and administrative officers (RCW 28B.50.140) • Limits compensation and salary increases (RCW 28B.50.140) • Collective bargaining on salaries (RCW 28B.52 and RCW 41.56) • State Board statute (RCW 28B.50.090) • General supervision and control over system • Authority to establish guidelines for disbursement of funds • Budget request decisions

  3. Community and Technical College Employee Headcounts - State Funded Only FY 2001 Exempt 1,805 (10%) Classified 4,199 (24%) Academic 11,858 (66%) TYPES OF COLLEGE EMPLOYEES · Academic Employee       Faculty o       Counselors o       Librarians o · Exempt       Administrative o       Professional/Technical o · Classified       Civil Service o        Technical College o

  4. 2% Other 23% Classified 21% Exempt 54% Academic Washington Community and Technical Colleges FY 2001 Salary Expenditures as a Percent of Total Expenditures (State Funds - All Programs) 82% of CTC state funds expenditures last year were for salaries and benefits 18% All Other Expenditures 17% 65% Benefits Salary Expenditures

  5. HOW SALARIES ARE SET • Collective bargaining • Academic employees • Technical college classified staff • Employment contracts • Exempt employees • Civil service statutes/rules • Community college classified staff

  6. HOW SALARIES ARE INCREASED • Types of Increases • General salary increases • Increments • Special appropriations – part-time faculty salaries, full-time faculty salary disparity • Promotions, retention increases • Legislative Limitations • Salary increases are enumerated in the budget law • Recent budgets: general salary increase limit is based on % allowable increase • Increment payments are limited to legislative appropriation, turnover savings, possible use of general salary increase

  7. HOW SALARY FUNDS ARE ALLOCATED • General salary increase funds: by employee type based on prior expenditures • Increments: based on number of full-time faculty • Part-time faculty salary funding: has varied depending on budget language • This biennium, based on part-time FTEF

  8. COMPONENTS AFFECTING AVERAGE REPORTED SALARIES • Structure of salary schedule • Starting salaries • Faculty demographics • Recently hired vs experienced • Vocational vs academic • Increments • Basis • Amount • Use of general salary increases to pay increments • “Add Ons” • Tenure • Degree/certification • “Senior Faculty” designation

  9. 70% of faculty are placed on the lower half of the salary schedule. Faculty Demographics Impact of Recent Hires on Average Salary Pierce District's Experience 35 30 25 20 No. of Faculty 15 10 5 0 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 11 12 Steps on Salary Schedule

  10. Washington Community and Technical Colleges Part-time Faculty Average Annual Salaries $50,000 $45,000 $40,000 $35,000 $30,000 Average Annual Salaries $24,282 $25,000 $23,267 $20,094 $20,040 $20,000 $17,202 $15,000 $10,000 $5,000 $0 FY1996-97 FY1997-98 FY1998-99 FY1999-00 FY2000-01 Fiscal Years Note: These salaries are calculated representations of how much part-time faculty would earn at each district if they worked a full-time load at the district's part-time pay level.

  11. WASHINGTON COMMUNITY AND TECHNICAL COLLEGES FACULTY SALARY COMPARISON FY2001 $50,000 $44,162 $45,000 $39,947 $40,000 $35,000 $30,360 $30,000 Average Faculty Salaries $24,282 $25,000 $20,000 $15,000 $10,000 $5,000 $0 FY2001 Full-Time FY2001 Average Part-Time FY2001 76% of Avg Full-Time FY2001 Average Full-Time Faculty Salary* Faculty Starting Salary Faculty Starting Salary Faculty Salary *These salaries are calculated representations of how much part-time faculty would earn at each district if they worked a full-time load at the district's part-time pay level.

  12. POLICY ISSUES • Panel Discussion • What are the appropriate roles in the area of faculty compensation (state level versus local district, e.g., impact of collective bargaining, etc)?; • What relative priority should the system place on full-time and part-time faculty issues?; • Which subcomponents of the full-time and part-time faculty issues should receive the highest priority and attention?; • Should the system focus on disparity of full-time salaries among the various system colleges, and; • How should the system approach the potentially different salary appropriations for various members of the community and technical college staff growing out of the passage of Initiative 732?

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