SB411 Summary

• Creates the "Postsecondary Instructional and Support Workers Act of 2010" establishing employment procedures for instructors and support personnel at two-year colleges under State Board of Education control.

• Defines full-time employees as those working 32.5 or more hours per week and distinguishes between probationary employees (employed less than 60 consecutive months) and nonprobationary employees (employed 60+ consecutive months).

• Allows college presidents to terminate probationary employees with 15 days written notice without cause, while nonprobationary employees may only be terminated for specific grounds including incompetency, insubordination, neglect of duty, immorality, felony conviction, or failure to perform satisfactory duties.

• Establishes formal hearing procedures for nonprobationary employee terminations before a hearing officer, with employees entitled to present witnesses and evidence, and appeal rights to the Alabama Court of Civil Appeals.

• Permits suspension without pay as discipline for up to 30 days with president-conducted hearings, or greater than 30 days using termination procedures; allows college presidents to transfer or reassign employees with written notice.