State Center Board of Trustees Approve Historic Agreements

I’m very pleased to report that last night our State Center Community College District (SCCCD) trustees approved a historic agreement for our more than 2,200 full and part-time instructors, counselors and librarians across the four colleges that will take us through June 30, 2025.

Together, the agreements represent an investment of nearly $34 million in our faculty over the next three years.

The lengthy and complicated process of negotiating a new agreement started February 4, 2022, and required 15 sessions to reach an agreement on April 4, 2023. Terms of the final document was presented at the SCCCD Board of Trustees on May 2. The Board voted 6-0 (with Trustee Caglia absent).

The new collective bargaining agreement honors the dedication and hard work of our faculty to ensure the success of our students, while also ensuring equitable compensation for our part-time and full-time faculty, despite the challenging and uncertain economic outlook for our nation and state.

Promoting and supporting the well-being of the State Center workforce has been a top priority for the Board of Trustees. “Investing in our faculty wasn't a difficult decision for the board to make. We strived to address the pay parity issue for adjunct faculty and hope that our actions reaffirm our commitment to our incredible workforce.” said SCCCD Board President, Nasreen Johnson.

“This is a historic and positive step forward for the colleges, the district and our students. I am grateful for the progress we have made together.  This agreement honors the dedication and hard work of our faculty with the primary focus being the success of the combined 54,000 students and the rightful compensation to faculty, despite the challenging and uncertain economic outlook for our nation and state,” said SCCCD Chancellor Dr. Carole Goldsmith.

When will you see the increase in salary?

In preparation for the volume of work State Center payroll and human resources departments have hired three provisional employees to assist with the over 20,000 lines of code that will need to be entered in order to adjust salary.  Without this needed help with our workforce, the move would have taken many months.

Full-time and part-time faculty will see an increase in their paycheck for the month of May.  Full-time faculty will see the retro payment on the check for the month of May.  Part-time will see the retro payment on the September 8^th check.  Retro payment for full-time overload will also be on the September 8^th check.

Full-time faculty will receive:

• For 2021-22, a one-time, off-schedule payment of 1.00%
• Salary schedule increases as follows:
  • 2022-23 – COLA + 0.5%
  • 2023-24 – COLA
  • 2024-25 – COLA
• For 2022-23, an additional one-time, off-schedule payment of 1.00%
• An increase to the District contribution to health insurance to $1,135/month
• An increase to the Assistant Coaching Stipend to $4,500/year
• An increase to the Orientation/training rate to $26.75/hour
• An increase to the stipend for Doctorate or MFA stipend to $2,419/year
• An increase to the stipend for Graduate Student Intern Mentor to $4,169/year
• An increase to the stipend for music instructors that have full responsibility for student performing and competitive groups to $2,121/year
• An increase to the stipend for Dental Hygiene Program Coordinator/Director to $2,018/year

Part-time faculty will receive:

• Salary schedule increases as follows:
  • Instructional
    • 2022-23 – COLA + 7.0%
    • 2023-24 – COLA + 5.0%
    • 2024-25 – COLA + 5.0%
  • Non-Instructional
    • 2022-23 – COLA + 3.0%
    • 2023-24 – COLA + 2.0%
    • 2024-25 – COLA + 2.0%
  • An increase to the District contribution to health insurance for those who qualify under the Affordable Care Act to $1,135/month
  • An increase to the Assistant Coaching Stipend to $4,500/year
  • An increase to the Orientation/training rate to $26.75/hour
  • An increase to the stipend for post-master’s Psychological Services Intern to $25,000/year
  • $250,000 per semester for office hours along with an increase to the office hour rate to $35/hour

Again, we thank the Board of Trustees for their support of our employees and the District and SCFT teams for negotiating these historic contracts and look forward to the continued collaboration between the faculty and administration from all four colleges and our district office to ensure an environment where our employees can thrive and support the success of our students.

Sincerely,

Dr. Carole Goldsmith
Chancellor