BILL · 1997–98 SESSION
HB 1949: Comm collge parttime faculty
Requiring that community colleges eliminate pay inequities for part-time faculty and increase full-time to part-time faculty ratios.
Summary
- Declares that a board of trustees may use part-time faculty only if: (1) Qualified full-time faculty cannot be found due to a shortage of qualified applicants in the field; (2) the experience of a faculty member who is employed full-time in another field is relevant to his or her teaching credentials; (3) the college anticipates needing a part-time faculty member on a temporary basis, one academic year or less; or…
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Did not pass Did not pass · died in committee
- IntroducedFeb 14, 1997
- Out of committeestopped here
- Passed House
- Passed Senate
- Governor
- Law
- Prime sponsor
- Dawn Mason (D-37)
- Introduced
- February 14, 1997 in the House
- Last action
- January 12, 1998
- Companion bill
- SB 5683
- Budget
- Makes appropriations
Sponsors
Prime sponsor: Dawn Mason (D-37)
2 co-sponsors (2 Democrats, 0 Republicans)
Votes
No recorded floor votes. This measure never reached a floor vote.
History
The Legislature's online data doesn't include step-by-step history for sessions before 2001. Its final status is shown above, and the official bill page may have more.
HB 1949 in other sessions
Bill numbers restart every two years, so the same number is a different bill in each session.
- HB 1949 (2025–26) Scholarly communications/PRA
- HB 1949 (2023–24) DSHS competency rest./PSERS
- HB 1949 (2021–22) Higher edu capital projects
- HB 1949 (2019–20) Firearm background checks
- HB 1949 (2017–18) Skilled worker program
- HB 1949 (2015–16) Higher ed student protection
- HB 1949 (2013–14) Software/state & local govt
- HB 1949 (2011–12) Local retail sales & use tax