article 6
faculty assignment and load

6.1       Duties of Assignment:  The duties for all full-time faculty may include but are not limited to:  classes taught at both on and off‑campus locations; student office hours; preparing lectures or grading student assignments or tests; counseling, providing health services or library services; approved conferences and field trips; consultation with other faculty, the administration, and community members; interacting with students as a mentor, club advisor, or event advisor; maintaining subject matter currency through reading professional literature, participating in a professional association, publishing a book or article, presenting a workshop, completing a sabbatical or fellowship project, attending work-related workshops or conferences, or taking classes; participating in curriculum development by revising course outlines, developing new courses, or working with four year colleges to facilitate articulation; participating in institutional or assignment-based research; participating on a college committee, Academic Senate committee, Faculty Association committee, or task force; participating in peer review through service on a hiring committee, tenure evaluation committee, or evaluation of part-time faculty; or mentoring new faculty.

Participation in the above activities shall be documented as part of the regular self-evaluation process, using the form in Appendix J.

Faculty on partial contract shall be on campus and responsible for the duties specified above for periods of time prorated according to the proportion of contract held. These provisions do not apply to part-time faculty.

6.2       Work Week

6.2.1                General: “On campus” time shall include, but is not limited to, classes taught at both on and off‑campus locations, student office hours, approved conferences and field trips, and consultation with other faculty, the administration and community members.  These hours are exclusive of overload extra‑pay assignments.

6.2.2                Full-Time Classroom Faculty, Counselors, Librarians, Health Services: Each full-time unit member shall be on campus or performing duties of her or his assignment, as set forth in Section 6.1, a minimum of thirty (30) hours per week in the regular college year. 

6.2.3                Full-Time Child Care Faculty:  Each Child Care teacher’s assignment shall be eight hours per day for each day of her or his work year.

6.3       Work Year

6.3.1                Classroom Faculty and Non-Classroom Faculty.  The standard work year is 175 days as specified under Article 11, Calendar.  “Work year” for department chairs and other departmental leaders is defined in Article 22.

6.3.2                For purposes of the Agreement, “academic year” is defined as Fall and Spring Semesters; “fiscal year” is defined as Summer Intersession through Spring Semester.

6.3.3                Counseling faculty

a                      The service of regular tenured or probationary counselors may be needed during days not included in the faculty duty day calendar.  In order to meet this need the following provisions will apply:  The appropriate academic administrator, in consultation with the chair of the Counseling Department, will determine those non‑duty dates on which counseling service is required and the number of counselors to be involved.  These dates may include any non‑duty days during the school year as well as any days in the last week of the school year but excluding holidays and Winter and Spring recesses.  In addition, the appropriate academic administrator, in consultation with the chair of the Counseling Department, shall designate a “low load” period during which compensatory time may be taken.

b                      All counselors will be given an opportunity to volunteer to serve on one or more of the specified non‑duty days in exchange for compensatory time off during the designated “low load” period.  Each volunteer and his or her compensatory time request must be approved by the appropriate academic administrator.

c                      If all needed counselor time is not satisfied by approved volunteers, the appropriate academic administrator may draft counselors to serve as needed.  The appropriate academic administrator shall attempt to make these mandatory assignments and the related compensatory time in the best interest of the counseling office and the counselors involved.  Counselors drafted for service should be selected on a rotational basis which over time will require all counselors to share in the non‑duty day assignments.

d                      Summer and Winter intersessions are specifically excluded from 6.3.3.c. However, counselors may be assigned to work the week preceding the start of Spring semester, as well as peak periods during the Fall and Spring semesters.

6.3.4                Full-Time Child Care Faculty:  Each Child Care teacher’s assignment shall be 185 days as related to the days students attend college classes, as arranged by the Child Care Teacher’s immediate supervisor and the appropriate academic administrator.

6.4       Office Hours:

Full-time Classroom Faculty: For each unit member whose weekly contract teaching assignment is 12 to 16 WTH (weekly teacher hours) per week, four hours per week of the assigned total hours shall be devoted to office hours, regularly scheduled on at least three days of each week. Faculty members whose weekly contract teaching assignment is 17, 17.5, 18, or 19 WTH per week shall schedule three office hours per week, regularly scheduled on at least three days of each week.  Faculty members whose weekly contract teaching assignment is 20 WTH per week shall schedule at least one office hour per week.  Department chairs shall ensure that office hours are maintained in accordance with this Agreement.  Office hours are not required of unit members paid on a part-time basis except as provided for in Article 14.

6.4.1                Tenured and probationary faculty members of the mathematics department will schedule one hour per week in the math lab in lieu of one of their office hours unless the department chair authorizes four hours of office hours because it is impractical to be in the math lab.  The department chair has the discretion to assign up to two hours of office hours in the math lab.

6.4.2                Electronic Office Hours:  After consultation with the department chair or elected faculty leader regarding related student access issues, faculty may satisfy part of the requirements of this Section by utilizing electronic or other telecommunication applications.

6.5       Part-time Faculty:

6.5.1                General Provisions:  Part-time faculty are Classroom and/or Non-classroom faculty who are hired under the provisions of Education Code 87482. et al.  Part-time faculty assignments may not exceed 60% of a full-time assignment.

6.5.2                Department Meetings:  Part-time faculty employed for either the regular fall or regular spring semester shall attend at least one department meeting per semester as part of their semester assignment.  If department meetings are always held at times that conflict with the faculty member’s other employment, department chairs or the appropriate academic administrator may excuse the faculty member from this requirement. 

Part-time faculty have the right to attend department meetings.  Part-time faculty shall be notified by department chairs of department meetings concurrently with full-time faculty.

6.5.3                 Employment Contracts:  Sample contracts for part-time employment are shown in Appendix L, and cannot be changed without prior consultation with the Association.  The Association shall be informed as to which contracts will be distributed as soon as the District has reached a decision, but in no event later than the first day of classes for the relevant semester or intersession.  Payment for full semester assignments shall be calculated at 18 weeks times the weekly load for those paid as graded hourly faculty.

6.5.4                Assignment:  Department chairs or the appropriate academic administrator shall inform part-time faculty of their tentative schedule for an upcoming semester at the earliest possible time.  Any changes that occur to this tentative schedule shall also be communicated at the earliest possible time. Other issues pertaining to part-time faculty assignments are specified in section 6.7. 

6.6        Associate Faculty:

6.6.1                Purpose:  The purpose of this provision is to grant, on an annual basis, some degree of employment stability for eligible part-time faculty members within the limitations imposed by the District’s needs to create course schedules that match current student demand and provide appropriate assignments for full-time faculty members.

6.6.2                Eligibility:  After five consecutive semesters of employment with the District, with an assignment of at least 5 LHE per week within a discipline for each of the five consecutive semesters, a part-time faculty member shall be designated as “Associate Faculty” provided that the part-time faculty member has not received less than a satisfactory evaluation during the qualifying five semesters. No more than 60% of the part-time faculty in a discipline within a department shall have Associate Faculty status. (For the purposes of this provision, discipline shall be defined as listed in the Board of Governors Minimum Qualifications for Faculty and Administrators in California Community Colleges.) In the event that the number of part-time faculty who qualify for associate faculty status within a discipline exceeds 60%, the Vice President of Academic Affairs or Student Affairs, a Faculty Association representative, and the department chair/leader will meet and confer to determine the associate faculty list for that discipline.

The Vice President, Academic Affairs, at his/her sole discretion, may waive the 5-LHE-per-week requirement and/or the 60% limit. The District shall notify the part-time faculty member when he/she achieves Associate Faculty status (Appendix L-3).  Notification of achievement or renewal of Associate Faculty Status shall occur by March 31 of each year.

6.6.3                Associate Faculty List:   Once a part-time faculty member is designated as Associate Faculty, he/she shall be placed on the Associate Faculty list in an order to be determined by the date of first assignment in the department, provided that the part-time faculty member has not had a break in service. If there has been a break, the placement on the Associate Faculty list shall be determined by the faculty member’s first semester of employment as a part-time faculty member in that discipline following the most recent break.  For the purposes of this article, a break in service shall be defined as not having completed or not having been offered an assignment for two or more Fall/Spring cycles.  If a tie exists, total teaching/non-teaching hours in the discipline shall be used to break the tie. The Associate Faculty list shall be updated for each department by the Academic Affairs office by March 20 of each year. The updated list will be transmitted to the Faculty Association office and to each department.

6.6.4                Reemployment Right:  Upon notification of achievement or renewal of Associate Faculty status, a part-time faculty member shall be re-employed for the following Fall and Spring Semesters, with the total number of assigned teaching or non-teaching hours for the two consecutive semesters no less than the total number of assigned teaching or non-teaching hours in the fourth and fifth qualifying semesters (“Base Assignment”) as long as the need for the assignments for which the associate faculty member is qualified continues as determined within the sole discretion of the department chair and the Vice President of Academic Affairs or Student Affairs. For the purpose of this article only, “qualified” means (1) possessing the appropriate minimum qualifications to render service in the assignment, and (2) having adequate preparation for the specific course or assignment through appropriate education or successful recent experience. The department chair shall be the judge of whether or not a part-time faculty member has adequate preparation for the specific course or assignment, but, in making the judgment, the department chair shall apply assignment standards that are substantially the same as those used in assigning full-time faculty within the department.

6.6.5                As long as they are qualified for the available assignments, part-time faculty with associate faculty status shall be offered an assignment before any part-time faculty member without associate faculty status is offered an assignment. If, during any particular semester, there are more part-time faculty with associate faculty status in a discipline than there are available assignments in that discipline, the seniority of part-time faculty shall be considered among the criteria used in offering assignments to associate faculty.

6.6.6                Associate faculty shall have the right to an assignment which displaces another part-time faculty member who is not an associate faculty member under the following conditions:

(a)        The associate faculty member was assigned a class that was canceled due to lack of enrollment or is withdrawn because it is needed to fill the load of a full-time faculty member.

(b)        There was no alternative assignment available for that associate faculty member through creation of a new class or by the trading of assignment with another faculty member.

A reasonable effort will be made by the Department Chair to offer a replacement course, for which the associate faculty member is qualified, that falls in the time frame documented on the faculty member’s assignment preference form.

6.6.7                Associate Faculty status renewal:  On or before March 31 of each year, an associate faculty member shall be notified in writing whether his/her status is to be renewed or not to be renewed for the following Fall and Spring semesters. If there is no assignment available for which the associate faculty member is qualified, the Associate Faculty status will not be renewed. In such cases, the affected faculty member’s name shall be placed on an “inactive” list for consideration of Associate Faculty status renewal in the next cycle.  If Associate Faculty status is not renewed in the next cycle, Associate Faculty status shall be terminated in accordance with 6.6.8 below.

Associate Faculty status may be renewed at an assignment level less than the “Base Assignment” if the available number of assigned teaching or non-teaching hours for which the associate faculty member is qualified is less than his/her “Base Assignment.” “Base Assignment” shall be adjusted if it stays at the new level for four consecutive semesters. Nothing in this section prevents an associate faculty member from receiving an assignment greater than the “Base Assignment.”

6.6.8                Associate Faculty status termination:  An associate faculty member shall retain his/her associate faculty status unless, notwithstanding notification per 6.6.2 or 6.6.7, it is terminated pursuant to the following conditions:

(a)        The associate faculty member receives an evaluation that is less than satisfactory.
(b)        The associate faculty member fails to perform the normal and reasonable duties of his/her assignment or is otherwise guilty of misconduct as defined by Education Code 87732.
(c)        The associate faculty member declines all of his/her assignment in the discipline.
(d)        Associate Faculty status has not been renewed for two Fall/Spring cycles.
                  Before termination of Associate Faculty status, the associate faculty member shall be given written notice of the reason for such termination.

6.6.9                Notwithstanding 6.6.5, Associate Faculty status shall not be terminated under the following circumstances:

(a)        An assignment is canceled for any reason other than misconduct or an evaluation that is less than satisfactory.
(b)        Verified illness or other extenuating personal circumstances which the part-time faculty member and the appropriate dean mutually agree make acceptance of assignment(s) impossible.
(c)        The part-time faculty member turns down an assignment that is offered to replace another assignment that was canceled.
(d)        The part-time faculty member requests not to receive an assignment in the department provided that the request is in writing and is received by the department chair at least 60 calendar days before the beginning of the semester. If a part-time faculty member makes only one request of this kind in any five-year period, it shall be honored. A request not to receive an assignment for two consecutive semesters shall be counted as a single request.
(e)        The part-time faculty member is a recipient of an “hourly task assignment.”

6.7       Assignment-General Provisions:

            Classroom Faculty (Full-time and Part-time):  Department chairs, after taking into consideration the preference of tenured, probationary and part-time faculty members, shall recommend assignments to the appropriate academic administrator. This provision does not imply that re-employment is guaranteed for part-time faculty.  Part-time faculty may be required to make their preferences known on a different form and at a different time than may be required of the tenured and probationary faculty. The academic administrator shall have final responsibility for assignments but shall make a reasonable effort to confer with the department chairs or their designated alternates if changes are to be made in the courses to be taught or the time schedules of those courses.  Under normal circumstances, class assignments of tenured and probationary faculty shall be made between 8 a.m. and 3 p.m. on Monday, Tuesday, Wednesday, Thursday or Friday and may allow a week of 3, 4 or 5 scheduled teaching days.  In general, faculty may teach classes in any of three class types:  1) A traditional class:  a class taught in a district facility in a classroom; 2) Online/Distance Education:  A class taught using computer technologies and not using campus classrooms or; 3) Hybrid Classes: A class taught both online and in a classroom.

            When it is necessary in order to complete a full assignment, a faculty member may be assigned to any time during the regular day or evening schedule, but such an assignment should be made only under special circumstances.  If tenured or probationary faculty members are required to teach an evening class as part of their contract load, they shall not be required to teach before 9:00 a.m. on the following day. 

            Counselors, Librarians and Health Services:  Schedules, including but not limited to student contact, meetings, and preparation time, shall be authorized by the appropriate administrator after consultation with the faculty member.

6.8       Standards for Assignment and Load

6.8.1                Classroom Faculty:  A full load for a full-time faculty member shall be 15 Lecture Hour Equivalents (LHE). The LHE for each assignment shall be the product of the weekly teacher hours and the load factor. Load factors for all credit courses are listed in Appendix H, which is available in the Office of Academic Affairs, department offices, the District’s website and the office of the Association. This Section may be reopened by mutual agreement in order to add new classes to Appendix H. When a new course is approved, the District shall assign load based on past practice. Upon request, the Association has the option to discuss the load factor to be assigned to the course. Nothing in this section or Agreement shall require the District to reach mutual agreement with the Association prior to offering a new course.

                  Load factors have been assigned to classes on the assumption that the weekly hours assigned to the teacher (WTH) are equal to the weekly student contact hours. Exceptions to this general rule are indicated on the load factor list.

                  Under the compressed calendar, the weekly contact hours increase to 16.0 (e.g., a three hour class with a load factor of 1.0 will have 3.2 weekly contact hours).  The total semester hours of teaching are the same under the traditional 18 week per semester calendar and the compressed calendar.

                  Assignments in Counseling, Disabled Students Program, EOPS, the Library, the LRC, Psychological Services, the Student Health Program, service in a position placed on the Added Responsibility Schedule, and any other assignments which do not involve meeting regularly scheduled classes shall have a load factor of .500.  Under the compressed calendar, this may result in scheduled hours of 32 hours per week, and schedules may be flexed to meet the needs of both the District and the faculty member, but the annual schedule shall not exceed the 1,080 scheduled hours that would have been scheduled under the traditional 18 week per semester calendar.  It is not the intent of this paragraph that thirty-two hours of student contact per week be scheduled for an individual faculty member.  Schedules, including but not limited to student contact, meetings, and preparation time, shall be authorized by the appropriate administrator after consultation with the faculty member.

6.8.2                The District and the Association shall create a joint task force to evaluate case-by-case requests for reconsideration of course load factors.  The task force will consist of the Vice President, Academic Affairs, and one additional District representative, and two Faculty Association representatives. The Vice President, Academic Affairs will have final discretion to accept or reject any recommendation of the task force.  The task force may determine to undertake a broader study of the District’s load factor structure. 

6.9       Overload Assignments:

            An overload assignment occurs when a full-time classroom faculty member is assigned a load greater than the standard 15 LHE as described in section 6.8.  In the event that a full-time faculty member is assigned 3 or greater LHE in excess of 15 LHE, the faculty member shall be entitled to overload pay for the 3 or greater LHE in excess of 15 LHE or the faculty member may bank the overload LHE in accordance with Article 21, Banking of Assigned Load.  In the event that a full-time faculty member is assigned fewer than 3 LHE in excess of the standard assignment of 15 LHE, the overload LHE will be banked in accordance with Article 21, Banking of Assigned Load.

            The maximum number of hours of either classroom teaching or other duties paid at the overload ratewhich may be assigned to tenured or probationary faculty members is six (6) hours (WTH) per week.  With the permission of the Vice President, Academic Affairs, exceptions to this policy may be made.

6.10     Adjustments to Assignment and Load

6.10.1              With the permission of the Vice President, Academic Affairs, an individual faculty member’s load shall be adjusted for unusual class sizes or for special circumstances placing unusual demands on the instructor.  The Association shall be notified in writing at the end of each semester or intersession of any adjustments under 6.10.1.

6.10.2              With prior written agreement among the faculty member, the department chair and the Vice President, Academic Affairs or designee, oversized classes may be scheduled.  The following enrollments for lecture classes will be credited with the listed factor times Weekly Teaching Hours.

With prior written agreement among the faculty member, the department chair, and the Vice President or designee, oversized classes may be scheduled using the following enrollments for English composition classes:

All classes must have the stated enrollment on census day to receive the oversized adjustment, except as provided for in 6.10.1.
The District will ensure that computerized class scheduling reflects the arrangement to accommodate an oversized class.

6.11     Exceptions to the load provisions set forth in this Article may be made by the appropriate vice president when the faculty member, department chair and appropriate administrator all agree that the exception is in the best interest of the instructional program.  The Association shall be informed and shall have the opportunity to inform the faculty member of agreement provisions regarding load before a final decision is reached.  Such arrangements shall be non‑precedent setting.

6.12     Class Size:

            The maximum class size for every course shall be included in Appendix H.  At the end of each semester, the District will update the list of maximum class sizes for all courses.  By no later than the beginning of the next semester, the District shall provide the Association with an update to Appendix H. Department chairs shall recommend maximum class size to the appropriate academic administrator.  The appropriate academic administrator shall have final responsibility for setting such maximums and shall make a reasonable effort to confer with department chairs or their designated alternates if changes are to be made.  The Association shall, within five work days, be notified of any change in the maximum class size assigned to a course that results in an increase in the previously assigned maximum class size.

            The minimum class size on opening day of each semester or session shall be eighteen (18) students.  Exceptions to this guideline may be made by the administrator in consultation with department chairs.  If there are no students enrolled in a class, it may be canceled at any time during the semester.  If the instructor is hourly, no further compensation shall be paid after the date of cancellation.  If the instructor is tenured or probationary, the LHE for the class shall be prorated for the length of the class.  Any loss of LHE shall be balanced as indicated in Article 21, Banking of Assigned Load.

            A reasonable attempt shall be made to consult with the faculty member concerned before a class is canceled.  A tenured or probationary faculty member whose class is canceled shall be reassigned to another section in accordance with the provisions of section 6.7. When a class taught as an hourly rate overload of a tenured or probationary faculty member or taught by a part-time faculty member is canceled, no alternate assignment which displaces any other faculty member shall be made, except in accordance with article 6.6.6 (Associate Faculty provision).

6.13     Added Responsibility Increments: Faculty members who are assigned the following tasks or leadership responsibilities shall receive an added responsibility increment as set forth in Appendix E-1. Other tasks or responsibilities may be added to this section upon agreement of the District and the Association.  Additional compensation is also addressed in Appendix R.
Step 1  Debate Team

Step 2  Special Programs for African-American Students, Latino Center, International Students Center, Scholars Program

Step 3  Corsair Advisor

6.14     Tenured, probationary and part-time faculty who are head coaches of intercollegiate sports classes, are assigned to the Added Responsibility Schedule as follows and will receive additional compensation as indicated in Appendix E-2.
Step 1     Head coaches of Cross Country, Tennis, Volleyball, and Water Polo
              
Step 2     Head coaches of Basketball, Softball, Soccer, Swimming, and Track
              
Step 3     Head coach of Football and full-time assistant head Football coach

               If a head coach is assigned to Men’s and Women’s Teams simultaneously, he or she will receive 150% of the added responsibility increment for a single assignment.

6.15     Tenured, probationary and part-time faculty who are head coaches or assistant coaches of an intercollegiate sport may be required to conduct practice prior to the first duty day of the fall or spring semesters.  The number of practices to be conducted is determined by the official start date designated by the Community College League of California’s Commission on Athletics (COA) and the appropriate administrator, after the consultation with head coaches.  All sports except football shall be limited to 5 half days of pre-season practice.

            Faculty who are assistant coaches will be assigned Weekly Teacher Hours or a stipend as specified below and will not be placed on the Added Responsibility Schedule.  Tenured and probationary faculty who serve as Assistant Coaches will be assigned WTH as part of their contract load and will not be placed on the Added Responsibility Schedule.  Tenured and probationary faculty hired as assistant football coaches shall receive as added responsibility increment specified in Appendix E-2, Step 3, as long as they continue to coach.  Assistant coaches not meeting minimum qualifications and having an equivalency will receive the same stipend amount designated for assistant coaches.

Tenured and probationary faculty will be paid at their contract rate for pre-season practice days.  Part-time faculty will be paid six hours for full days and three hours for half days.

6.16     Basketball is the one sport whose regular season, when the traditional 18 week per semester calendar is in use, extends through the week between semesters, a period of up to 5 non-duty days.  The coaches of men’s and women’s basketball shall receive one half day of compensation for each non-duty day in the week between semesters.  Contract faculty will be paid at contract rates for this midseason time.  This provision does not apply when a compressed calendar is in force and the coach has a winter assignment.  Part-time coaches will receive 3 hours pay for each half-day.

6.17     Any current or new added responsibility position not on the Added Responsibility Schedule shall be negotiated as to its placement.

6.18     Reassigned Time and Intersession Task Assignments:
            For purposes of this Agreement:

            The term “reassigned time” shall be defined as the assignment of an alternative task or responsibility in lieu of a portion of a faculty member’s customary classroom or non-classroom assignment during a fall or spring semester.  The load factor for reassigned time shall be 0.5.  (For example, 20% reassigned time = 3.0 LHE = 6.0 WTH at load factor 0.5.)

            The term “overload task assignment” shall be defined as the assignment of a task or responsibility other than a faculty member’s customary classroom or non-classroom assignment to be compensated as an overload.

            The term “intersession task assignment” shall be defined as the assignment of a task or responsibility other than a faculty member’s customary classroom or non-classroom assignment during an intersession.

            The term “hourly task assignment” shall be defined as the assignment to a part-time faculty member of a task or responsibility other than the faculty member’s customary classroom or non-classroom assignment.

            The term “load increment” shall be defined as an adjustment to a full-time faculty member’s LHE for participation in a special program(s). This is credited for the initial semester the faculty member teaches the course (except as provided for specified English classes).  Part-time faculty receive a stipend for participation in special programs. 

            The District shall grant reassigned time at the level of reassigned time as expressed by LHE in effect as of the Fall 2000 semester.  This provides for 76 LHE, per semester, which shall be assigned for faculty leadership responsibilities and for the Academic Senate.  The District will continue to provide load increments for participation in special programs as determined by the schedule of classes.

            The District retains the right to reassign faculty members up to a full contract load (15 LHE) in fall and spring semesters.  No overload task assignment or intersession task assignment in addition to a 100% reassignment shall be implemented prior to written agreement with the Association.

            All reassigned time, overload task assignments, hourly task assignments and intersession task assignments for faculty, the accounts and amounts charged, and fundingsources for such assignments that are categorically funded or to be reimbursed shall be reported in writing to the Association by the sixth week of each semester or intersession.  Dollar amounts charged to each reassignment, by account, will also be provided upon request. 

6.19     Stipends:

            Only performance of those tasks or responsibilities listed under Section 6.13 through 6.16 (Added Responsibility Increments) or included in Appendix R shall entitle a faculty member to payment of a stipend.   Current stipends are listed in Appendix R.

            A stipend for additional services not otherwise provided for under Sections 6.13 through 6.16 or listed in Appendix R shall not be paid, nor shall services be rendered, prior to agreement with the Association.  The amount of such an agreed upon stipend, along with the associated tasks or responsibilities, shall then be added to Appendix R.

6.20      For each academic year of the contract, the District will fund up to seven (7) fellowships at $1500 per fellowship to be awarded upon recommendation by the Sabbaticals and Fellowships Committee to the Vice President, Academic Affairs.  Fellowships shall be defined as one semester projects related to new course development, course materials development, or research related to teaching or student services within the faculty member’s area of discipline expertise. 

6.21     All faculty members using personal vehicles for travel required in the performance of their duties for the District shall be reimbursed at the rate set from time to time by the IRS.