Resolve, Directing the Public Higher Education Systems Coordinating Committee To Study Compensation Equity among Public Higher Education Institutions

Sec. 1. Public Higher Education Systems Coordinating Committee to study compensation equity. Resolved: That the Public Higher Education Systems Coordinating Committee established in the Maine Revised Statutes, Title 20-A, section 9 shall study the use of adjunct professors across the State and examine the equity of pay rates and pay scales across the University of Maine System, the Maine Community College System and each campus of these systems. The study must include an examination of market forces on pay rates and pay scales, how each system's pay rates and pay scales compare nationally and what changes would be necessary to implement a so-called living wage. The Public Higher Education Systems Coordinating Committee shall report to the Joint Standing Committee on Education and Cultural Affairs, no later than January 2, 2020, on the results of the study, including, but not limited to, the issues raised, best practices for compensation equity, recommendations and any suggested legislation. The Joint Standing Committee on Education and Cultural Affairs may submit a bill to the Second Regular Session of the 129th Legislature related to the report.