Washington State Part-Time Faculty Association Opposes HB 2615 as Harmful to Adjunct Professors Feb. 2, 2016

UPDATE: Feb. 20, 2016
[Washington State] Sen. Barbara Bailey has decided to hold a hearing on SHB 2615 this Tuesday at 1:30 p.m. in Olympia.  This is not a good sign.



Washington State
Legislature’s Democrats ignore adjunct faculty crisis [SHB 2615 Discriminates against and Overlooks Adjunct Faculty]
Feb. 15, 2016

UPDATE Feb. 20, 2016 OP-ED by Dr. Keith Hoeller and Jack Longmate

"Rep. Gerry Pollet’s (D-Seattle) union-sponsored SHB 2615 seeks to add 600 full-time faculty positions to the colleges. It gives the false impression that these jobs will go to adjunct faculty when it fact it will cost many of them their jobs. In the past, the colleges have created new full-time jobs by taking courses away from current part-timers, as the original bill made clear."

Read more here: http://www.thenewstribune.com/opinion/op-ed/article60730156.html#storylink=cpy

 

UPDATE Feb. 13, 2016 from the Washington State Legislative Page

HB 2615 - 2015-16

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Improving student success at community and technical colleges by considering benefits of full-time faculty and staff.   

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History of the Bill as of Saturday, February 13, 2016 3:09 PM
	Sponsors:		Representatives Pollet, Haler, Moscoso, Appleton, Fitzgibbon, Gregerson, Ormsby, Ortiz-Self, Lytton, Riccelli, Ryu, Reykdal, Cody, Tarleton, Frame, Van De Wege, Stanford, Goodman
	2016 REGULAR SESSION
		Jan 15	First reading, referred to Higher Education (Not Officially read and referred until adoption of Introduction report). (View Original Bill)
		Jan 26	Public hearing in the House Committee on Higher Education at 8:00 AM. (Committee Materials)
		Feb 3	Executive action taken in the House Committee on Higher Education at 1:30 PM. (Committee Materials)
			HE - Majority; 1st substitute bill be substituted, do pass. (View 1st Substitute) (Majority Report)
			Minority; do not pass. (Minority Report)
		Feb 5	Referred to Appropriations.
		Feb 9	Public hearing and executive action taken in the House Committee on Appropriations at 10:00 AM. (Committee Materials)
			APP - Majority; do pass HE 16 bill proposed by Higher Education. (Majority Report)
			Minority; do not pass. (Minority Report)
			Referred to Rules 2 Review.
		Feb 11	Placed on second reading by Rules Committee.
		Feb 12	1st substitute bill substituted (HE 16). (View 1st Substitute)
			Rules suspended. Placed on Third Reading.
			Third reading, passed; yeas, 50; nays, 46; absent, 0; excused, 1. (View Roll Calls)

Original Article:

WA PART-TIME FACULTY ASSOCIATION OPPOSES POLLET'S HB 2615 AS HARMFUL TO ADJUNCT PROFESSORS

Call, Write, Email Washington State Legislators to give your opinion about a bill that would push aside adjunct faculty for full-time positions. Dedicated professors, who have taught for years at our community colleges would be replaced with higher paid tenure track professors. It seems that the legislators need to read George Orwell's distopia Animal Farm, where the hard-working horse is worked to death, and then sent out for glue by the pigs. It seems that our legislators are doing the same.

	2016 REGULAR SESSION
		Jan 15	First reading, referred to Higher Education (Not Officially read and referred until adoption of Introduction report). (View Original Bill)
		Jan 26	Public hearing in the House Committee on Higher Education at 8:00 AM. (Committee Materials)
		Jan 29	Executive session scheduled, but no action was taken in the House Committee on Higher Education at 10:00 AM. (Committee Materials)
		Feb 3	Scheduled for executive session in the House Committee on Higher Education at 1:30 PM. (Subject to change) (Committee Materials)
		Feb 5	Scheduled for executive session in the House Committee on Higher Education at 8:00 AM. (Subject to change) (Committee Materials) Sponsors: Representatives Pollet, Haler, Moscoso, Appleton, Fitzgibbon, Gregerson, Ormsby, Ortiz-Self, Lytton, Riccelli, Ryu, Reykdal, Cody, Tarleton, Frame, Van De Wege, Stanford, Goodman http://app.leg.wa.gov/billinfo/summary.aspx?bill=2615&year=2015 Related Article I Teach University Physics, But I’m on Government Assistance http://www.adjunctnation.com/2016/02/04/i-teach-university-physics-but-im-on-government-assistance/ by Andrew Robinson Recently, I had a perfectly reasonable request from a student who wanted to review an exam from last term. I was unable to comply with this request because to do so would be to give my employer more of my time for free. As a dedicated teacher, I am extremely sad about this, because I would like to give my students the very best learning experience that I possibly can.