HB3647 Summary

• Requires governing boards of all Illinois public universities and community colleges to establish minimum per-class salaries for non-tenured track faculty equal to the equivalent percentage salary of full-time faculty.

• Mandates minimum per-class salaries for adjunct faculty at least equal to the equivalent percentage salary of a starting full-time, non-tenured track faculty member at their institution.

• Requires public higher education institutions to provide state benefits, including health insurance and pension, to adjunct faculty teaching a combined 50% workload across any combination of public higher education institutions.

• Applies requirements to University of Illinois, Southern Illinois University, and all Illinois public universities (Chicago State, Eastern Illinois, Governors State, Illinois State, Northeastern Illinois, Northern Illinois, Western Illinois) and community college districts.

• Amends State Mandates Act to exempt this requirement from state reimbursement obligations and makes the act effective immediately upon passage.