HF 2186 (LSB 5474YH (4) 83)

HOUSE FILE 2186

BY  SHOMSHOR

A BILL FOR

An Act relating to the instructor workload limits at community colleges.
BE IT ENACTED BY THE GENERAL ASSEMBLY OF THE STATE OF IOWA:

    Section 1.  Section 260C.48, subsection 2, Code 2009, is amended to read as follows:
   2.  Standards developed shall include a provision provide

that the minimum standard academic workload for an instructor in arts and science courses shall be equivalent to fifteen credit hours per school college term, and the maximum academic workload for any instructor shall be sixteen credit hours per school term, for classes taught during the normal school day college term. In addition thereto, If requested by the community college, any faculty member instructor may teach a course or courses at times other than the regular school week, involving total class instruction time equivalent to not more than a three-credit-hour course. The total workload for such instructors shall not exceed the equivalent of eighteen credit hours per school term beyond the standard workload at the discretion of the instructor.
EXPLANATION
   This bill relates to the academic workload for a community college instructor as established in standards developed and rules adopted by the state board of education.
   Currently, the Code specifies that the standard academic workload for arts and sciences instructors is 15 credit hours, while the maximum for any instructor is 16 credit hours. The bill specifies as the minimum standard for an instructor a workload equivalent to 15 credit hours per college term, and does not specifically provide for a maximum limit, but allows, at the instructor’s discretion, an instructor to teach a course or courses beyond the standard minimum if requested by a community college.