HB2669 • 2025

Requires community colleges to pay part-time facultya certain percentage of the total salary that the community college pays equally experienced full-time facultywho teach comparable courses.

Education

Passed Legislature

This bill passed both chambers and reached final enrollment, even if later executive action is not shown here.

Sponsor: Representative Ruiz,, Fragala,, Senator Gorsek, Representative Andersen,, Evans,, Gamba,, McDonald,, Munoz,, Nelson,, Nosse,, Sosa,, Senator Campos,, Frederick,, Patterson,, Weber,
Last action: 2025-06-27
Official status: In House Committee
Effective date: Not listed

Plain English Breakdown

Using official source text because the generated explanation was unavailable or could not be confirmed against the official bill text.

Requires community colleges to pay part-time facultya certain percentage of the total salary that the community college pays equally experienced full-time facultywho teach comparable courses.

Digest: The Act would set new laws with respect to the rate that community colleges must pay part-time faculty.

What This Bill Does

Digest: The Act would set new laws with respect to the rate that community colleges must pay part-time faculty.
(Flesch Readability Score: 61.6). [Digest: The Act tells community colleges how to decide the rate at which part-time faculty will be paid.
(Flesch Readability Score: 60.1).] Requires community colleges to pay part-time faculty [at the same rate, on a per-hour basis, as] a certain percentage of the total salary that the community college pays equally experienced full-time faculty [to prepare for and teach a course] who teach comparable courses.
Appropriates moneys to the Higher Education Coordinating Commission for the purpose of paying for salary equity.

Limits and Unknowns

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Bill History

2025-06-27 House
In committee upon adjournment.
2025-03-06 House
Recommendation: Do pass with amendments, be printed A-Engrossed, and be referred to Ways and Means by prior reference.
2025-03-06 House
Referred to Ways and Means by prior reference.
2025-03-04 House
Work Session held.
2025-02-06 House
Public Hearing held.
2025-01-17 House
Referred to Higher Education and Workforce Development with subsequent referral to Ways and Means.
2025-01-13 House
First reading. Referred to Speaker's desk.

Official Summary Text

<b>Digest: The Act would set new laws with respect to the rate that community colleges must pay part-time faculty. (Flesch Readability Score: 61.6).</b>
[<i>Digest: The Act tells community colleges how to decide the rate at which part-time faculty will be paid. (Flesch Readability Score: 60.1).</i>]
Requires community colleges to pay part-time faculty [<i>at the same rate, on a per-hour basis, as</i>] <b>a certain percentage of the total salary that</b> the community college pays<b> equally experienced</b> full-time faculty [<i>to prepare for and teach a course</i>] <b>who teach comparable courses</b>.
Appropriates moneys to the Higher Education Coordinating Commission for the purpose of paying for salary equity.
Declares an emergency, effective July 1, 2025.
Relating to: Relating to part-time faculty at community colleges; declaring an emergency.
Current location: In House Committee

Current Bill Text

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83rd OREGON LEGISLATIVE ASSEMBLY--2025 Regular Session
A-Engrossed
House Bill 2669
Ordered by the House March 6
Including House Amendments dated March 6
Sponsored by Representatives RUIZ, FRAGALA, Senator GORSEK; Representatives ANDERSEN, EVANS, GAMBA,
MCDONALD, MUNOZ, NELSON, NOSSE, SOSA, Senators CAMPOS, FREDERICK, PATTERSON, WEBER
(Presession filed.)
SUMMARY
The following summary is not prepared by the sponsors of the measure and is not a part of the body thereof subject
to consideration by the Legislative Assembly. It is an editor’s brief statement of the essential features of the
measure. The statement includes a measure digest written in compliance with applicable readability standards.
Digest: The Act would set new laws with respect to the rate that community colleges
must pay part-time faculty. (Flesch Readability Score: 61.6).
[Digest: The Act tells community colleges how to decide the rate at which part-time faculty will be
paid. (Flesch Readability Score: 60.1). ]
Requires community colleges to pay part-time faculty [ at the same rate, on a per-hour basis, as ]
a certain percentage of the total salary that the community college pays equally experienced
full-time faculty [ to prepare for and teach a course ] who teach comparable courses .
Appropriates moneys to the Higher Education Coordinating Commission for the purpose of
paying for salary equity.
Declares an emergency, effective July 1, 2025.
A BILL FOR AN ACT
Relating to part-time faculty at community colleges; and declaring an emergency.
Be It Enacted by the People of the State of Oregon:
SECTION 1.
Each community college operated under ORS chapter 341 shall pay part-time
faculty at least 85 percent of the total salary that the community college pays equally expe-
rienced full-time faculty who teach comparable courses.
SECTION 2. In addition to and not in lieu of any other appropriation, there is appropri-
ated to the Higher Education Coordinating Commission, for the biennium beginning July 1,
2025, out of the General Fund, the amount of $ , which shall be allocated to the
Community College Support Fund established in ORS 341.620 for the purpose of paying for
the cost to implement section 1 of this 2025 Act.
SECTION 3. This 2025 Act being necessary for the immediate preservation of the public
peace, health and safety, an emergency is declared to exist, and this 2025 Act takes effect
July 1, 2025.
NOTE: Matter in boldfaced type in an amended section is new; matter [ italic and bracketed] is existing law to be omitted.
New sections are in boldfaced type.
LC 1563