H.F. 2186 Section 1. Section 260C.48, subsection 2, Code 2009, is 1 amended to read as follows: 2 2. Standards developed shall include a provision provide 3 that the minimum standard academic workload for an instructor 4 in arts and science courses shall be equivalent to fifteen 5 credit hours per school college term , and the maximum academic 6 workload for any instructor shall be sixteen credit hours 7 per school term, for classes taught during the normal school 8 day college term . In addition thereto, If requested by the 9 community college, any faculty member instructor may teach a 10 course or courses at times other than the regular school week, 11 involving total class instruction time equivalent to not more 12 than a three-credit-hour course. The total workload for such 13 instructors shall not exceed the equivalent of eighteen credit 14 hours per school term beyond the standard workload at the 15 discretion of the instructor . 16 EXPLANATION 17 This bill relates to the academic workload for a community 18 college instructor as established in standards developed and 19 rules adopted by the state board of education. 20 Currently, the Code specifies that the standard academic 21 workload for arts and sciences instructors is 15 credit hours, 22 while the maximum for any instructor is 16 credit hours. The 23 bill specifies as the minimum standard for an instructor a 24 workload equivalent to 15 credit hours per college term, and 25 does not specifically provide for a maximum limit, but allows, 26 at the instructor’s discretion, an instructor to teach a course 27 or courses beyond the standard minimum if requested by a 28 community college. 29 -1- LSB 5474YH (4) 83 kh/sc 1/ 1