2013 Oregon Revised Statutes
Volume : 09 - Education and Culture
Chapter 351 - Higher Education Generally
Section 351.708 - Review of employees at public universities and community colleges; report to Legislative Assembly and Governor; content of report.

(1) As used in this section, "employee group" means each category of employee employed by a public institution of higher education, including at least categories for:

(a) Administrative or management employees;

(b) Faculty employees; and

(c) Classified or professional nonfaculty employees.

(2) The State Board of Higher Education shall establish baselines and conduct an annual review of each public university listed in ORS 352.002 with respect to the employment of all employee groups. Each public university shall provide the necessary data for the board's report prior to September 1 of each year. The board shall use data available from a national post-secondary data collection system within the United States Department of Education. The board shall report the results of the reviews to the Legislative Assembly and the Governor's office prior to December 1 of each year.

(3) The Department of Community Colleges and Workforce Development shall determine definitions and data that will be used for annual reviews and conduct an annual review of each community college district with respect to the employment of all employee groups. The department shall use data available from a national post-secondary data collection system within the United States Department of Education. The department shall report the results of the reviews to the Legislative Assembly and the Governor before December 1 of each year.

(4) An annual review under this section must include:

(a) Examination of data related to the ratio of instruction provided by the following faculty categories:

(A) Full-time faculty;

(B) Part-time faculty; and

(C) Graduate assistants.

(b) The pay differential for the faculty categories.

(c) The average contracted wages for each employee group.

(d) The number of employees in each employee group within a public university or community college district, and a ratio of the number of employees in each employee group to the number of students enrolled in the university or district, both full-time and part-time.

(e) The health care and other benefits provided for each faculty category.

(f) A recommendation on whether a different method of data tracking would improve the ability of the Legislative Assembly to obtain the most precise and relevant data on staffing ratios without placing undue financial burdens on public universities and community colleges. [2009 c.773 §3; 2013 c.729 §1]

Note: See note under 351.700.