§18B-7-6 Adjunct faculty; part-time and temporary classified employees. - West Virginia Statutes

§18B-7-6. Adjunct faculty; part-time and temporary classified employees.
(a) Each governing board, with the advice and assistance of the faculty senate, shall establish a policy regarding the role of adjunct faculty at state institutions of higher education and define an appropriate balance between full-time and adjunct faculty members.

(b) Each governing board, with the advice and assistance of the staff council shall establish a policy regarding the role of part-time classified employees. Such policy shall discourage the hiring of part-time employees solely to avoid the payment of benefits or in lieu of full-time employees and shall provide all qualified classified employees with nine-month or ten-month contracts with the opportunity to accept part-time or full-time summer employment before new persons are hired for the part-time or full-time employment.

(c) Each governing board shall establish the policies required by this section by the first day of July, two thousand three. The commission shall report to the legislative oversight commission on education accountability by the first day of December, two thousand three, regarding the development and implementation of these policies, including the number of adjunct faculty and part-time employees at each institution and the level of compliance with the policies. In making determinations regarding the development, implementation and compliance with the policies required by this section, the commission shall take into account the special flexibility needs of community and technical colleges and shall allow greater discretion for these institutions to make decisions regarding employing adjunct faculty.