HM 32 — COMPENSATION FOR HIGHER ED STAFF STUDY

HOUSE EDUCATION COMMITTEE SUBSTITUTE FOR HOUSE MEMORIAL 32 56TH LEGISLATURE- STATE OF NEWMEXICO - SECOND SESSION, 2024 INTRODUCED4 BY6 Joy8 Garratt10 andA G.MEMORIAL REQUESTING THE HIGHER EDUCATION DEPARTMENT TO CONDUCT A STUDY ON HIGHER EDUCATION COMPENSATION FOR BOTH TEMPORARY AND NON- TEMPORARY INSTRUCTIONAL STAFF IN COLLABORATION WITH THE LEGISLATIVE FINANCE COMMITTEE AND THE LEGISLATIVE EDUCATION STUDY COMMITTEE.

Andrése Romerot 17 WHEREAS, temporary and Susannon-temporary K.instructional staff w l n d 18 struggle with low pay, inadequate access to benefits and little = = 19 a l to no job security, and recent studies have found that sixty- i a e r 20 six percent of temporary and non-temporary instructional staff a t m m 21 have contemplated leaving the profession altogether;

Herrera and Briand G.r e 22 WHEREAS, a recent report by the American association of c e s k 23 university professors found that more than one-fourth of survey e a n b 24 participants earn less than twenty-six thousand five hundred u [ dollars ($26,500) annually;

Baca and Tanya.227922.1 MirabalHEC/HM Moya32 7WHEREAS, 9in Athe MEMORIALsame REQUESTINGreport, THEsurvey LEGISLATIVEparticipants FINANCEindicated COMMITTEEthat TOthey CONDUCTwere Anot STUDYoffered ONcontinuing HIGHERcontracts EDUCATIONdespite COMPENSATIONsatisfactory FORjob BOTHperformance; TEMPORARY AND NON- TEMPORARY INSTRUCTIONAL STAFF IN COLLABORATION WITH THE LEGISLATIVE EDUCATION STUDY COMMITTEE.

16 WHEREAS, temporary and non-temporary instructional staff e t 17 struggle with low pay, inadequate access to benefits and little w l n d 18 to no job security, and recent studies have found that sixty- = = 19 a l six percent of temporary and non-temporary instructional staff i a e r 20 have contemplated leaving the profession altogether;

and a t m m 21 WHEREAS, a recent report by the American association of d r e 22 university professors found that more than one-fourth of survey c e s k 23 participants earn less than twenty-six thousand five hundred e a n b 24 dollars ($26,500) annually;

and u [ WHEREAS, in the same report, survey participants indicated .227596.2 that they were not offered continuing contracts despite satisfactory job performance;

and WHEREAS, many temporary and non-temporary instructional e t 17 staff work far more hours than they are paid for, holding long ew tl 17n d 18 office hours and participating in shared governance;

and w= l= n19 d 18 WHEREAS, a large number of faculty in New Mexico are =a =l 19i a le r 20 leaving public post-secondary educational institutions to teach i a et rm 20m 21 in secondary educational institutions to earn higher ad tr me m22 21 compensation;

dc r e 22s k 23 NOW, THEREFORE, BE IT RESOLVED BY THE HOUSE OF c e sa kn 23b 24 REPRESENTATIVES OF THE STATE OF NEW MEXICO that the legislativehigher eu a[ neducation bdepartment, 24 finance committee, in collaboration with the legislative u.227922.1 [- 2 - HEC/HM 32 finance committee and the legislative education study committee, be requested to conduct a .227596.2 - 2 - comprehensive study on issues relating to the state of higher education compensation for temporary and non-temporary instructional staff;

and BE IT FURTHER RESOLVED that the legislativehigher financeeducation committee,department, in collaboration with the legislative finance committee and the legislative education study committee, consult with faculty and instructional staff, directors from diverse departments and programs, representatives of bargaining units, human resource managers, chief academic officers,officers and e t 17 administrators at each of the state's two- and four-year public post-secondaryw educationall en td 1718 institutionspost-secondary andeducational theinstitutions higher education department while wgathering lthis n= d= 1819 gathering this data to adequately address cost concerns related =to =fringe 19 a l toi fringea e r 20 benefits, compression, return-to-work faculty, ifaculty duties, a et rm 20m faculty21 duties, non-credit and workforce training instructional astaff tand md mr 21e staff22 and increased administrative responsibilities;

and dc r e 22s k 23 BE IT FURTHER RESOLVED that if the findings of the chigher e sa kn 23b 24 education department, in collaboration with the legislative u [ finance committee leadand tothe alegislative recommendationeducation thatstudy e.227922.1 a- n3 b- 24HEC/HM 32 committee, lead to a recommendation that there should be considerations of compensation structures that u [ exceed the amounts currently received, the committeedepartment also .227596.2 - 3 - recommend methodologies to fund compensation increases;

and BE IT FURTHER RESOLVED that the legislativehigher financeeducation committeedepartment present its findings and recommendations by December 1, 2024;

and BE IT FURTHER RESOLVED that copies of this memorial be transmitted to the governor, the director of the legislative finance committee, the director of the legislative education study committee and the secretary of higher education.

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