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Santa Monica College Faculty Association
1900 Pico Blvd.
Liberal Arts, Room 140
Santa Monica, CA  90405
Phone 310-434-4394
FAX 310-434-3601

President: Mitra Moassessi

Executive Secretary: Janet Watts

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October 2005, Volume 16, Issue 2 - SPECIAL EDITION - Facts to Consider PDF Print E-mail

 

Here are some facts to consider:

 

2004-05 SMC funding from State

2005-06 SMC funding from State

COLA: $1.86M

Equalization: $3.6M

Partnership For Excellence: $3.66M

Total: $9.12M

COLA: $3.69M

Equalization: Additional $951,769: $4.56M

Partnership For Excellence: Additional $614,476: $4.3M

Total: $12.55M

 

 

Fall

Number of Full-Time Faculty

Number of Part-time Faculty

Number of administrators

2002

337

901

47

2003

321

581

38

2004

319

918

Not Available

2005

314

995

45

 

Full-Time Faculty Obligation

The California Code of Regulations (CCR), requires community college districts that are below 75% standard to increase their base number of full-time faculty over the prior year in proportion to the amount of growth funds received for credit FTES. The following chart shows SMC's Full-Time Faculty Obligation numbers:

Fall

Full-Time Faculty Obligation

2001

357.4

2002

374.4 (SMC received a Deferral for its FT Obligation)

2003

389.4 (SMC received a waiver for its FT Obligation, and its compliance was reduced to its 2001 level of 357.4)

2004

274.4 (Due to 2003-04 cut, FT Obligation was permanently reduced)

2005

274.4

2006 (Projected)

281.4 (With no growth, this number will be reduced to Fall 2005 level)

 

Action item from Board of Trustees meeting, August 1, 2005:

It is recommended that the salary schedules for academic administrators (including Superintendent /President), classified administrators, classified managers and confidential employees be increased as follows: 2 percent effective January 1, 2005

3.5 percent effective January 1, 2006

Comment: This salary increase is parallel to the salary increases for employees represented by CSCA

AYES: 7

NOES: 0

 

Board of Trustees meeting agenda, September 7, 2005

Report on action taken in closed session, August 27, 2005 :

The Districts hereby extends the employment contract as the Interim Superintendent/President until the new Superintendent/President starts on duty or the 30 th day of June 2006, whichever is shorter. In the event the services as Interim Superintendent/President are completed prior to June 30, 2006 , the contract shall continue at the schedule salary until June 30, 2006 and the duties shall be as Deputy Superintendent. As hereinafter provided, the Board, at its option, may extend this agreement in accordance with the Education Code.
  		 

 

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