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BILL · 2025–26 SESSION

SB 5397: CTC faculty w/o tenure limit

Establishing limits on the percentage of courses taught by faculty without tenure track status at community and technical colleges.

Summary

  • Requires community and technical colleges to adopt a policy by July 1, 2026 that, at a minimum, no more than 45 percent of courses offered annually may be taught by faculty without tenure track status on or after July 1, 2030.
  • Requires the State Board for Community and Technical Colleges to submit a report to the Legislature by July 1, 2028, and annually thereafter, that details the steps taken to meet this requirement as well as the most recent calculated percentage of courses taught by faculty without tenure track status.

From the Senate Bill Report (Orig.) (SB 5397), written by the Legislature's nonpartisan staff. Read the full report ↗

Did not pass Did not pass · died in committee
  1. IntroducedJan 21, 2025
  2. Out of committeestopped here
  3. Passed Senate
  4. Passed House
  5. Governor
  6. Law
Prime sponsor
Bill Ramos (D-5)
Introduced
January 21, 2025 in the Senate
Last action
January 12, 2026
Budget
Has a fiscal note

AN ACT Relating to establishing limits on the percentage of courses taught by faculty without tenure track status at community and technical colleges;

Sponsors

Prime sponsor: Bill Ramos (D-5)

7 co-sponsors (7 Democrats, 0 Republicans)

Vandana Slatter D-48Adrian Cortes D-18Annette Cleveland D-49Bob Hasegawa D-11Deborah Krishnadasan D-26T'wina Nobles D-28Derek Stanford D-1

Votes

No recorded floor votes. This measure never reached a floor vote.

History

  1. By resolution, reintroduced and retained in present status.
  2. First reading, referred to Higher Education & Workforce Development.

SB 5397 in other sessions

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