Community colleges: faculty.

Existing law establishes the California Community Colleges, under the administration of the Board of Governors of the California Community Colleges, as one of the segments of public postsecondary education in this state. Under existing law, community college districts are authorized, among other things, to maintain and operate campuses, employ faculty and other employees, and provide instruction to students. Existing law provides for several classifications of community college faculty, including full-time, contract, and part-time faculty. This bill would revise numerous statutes related to community college faculty to change references from "part-time" faculty to "contingent" faculty. The bill would also make nonsubstantive changes in these statutes. The bill would require the Employment Development Department to issue a new field office directive for purposes of determining eligibility for unemployment insurance benefits that reflects the substitution of the term "contingent faculty" for the terms "part-time faculty" and "temporary faculty."