College Level Funds. Each college will allocate faculty development funds at the rate of two hundred fifty dollars ($250.00) per each full-time equivalent faculty position at the college during the preceding academic year. The MSCF Chapter shall determine an equitable procedure for the distribution of faculty development funds. These funds are to be used to support the professional development of the faculty, the development needs of the academic departments or areas, and the planned instructional priorities of the college. Funds provided by this section shall be used for financing expenses for faculty members only to attend conferences, workshops, take college courses and other activities off-campus, or for the provision of on-campus activities for staff development of the faculty. These funds may be used to reimburse the cost of travel, housing, meals, and registration associated with participation in professional conferences, workshops, and similar meetings or memberships. The committee may carry over a portion of the funds not used in one academic year to the next academic year as follows: As of June 30, 2003, funds carried over from one academic year to the next academic year may not exceed one-third (1/3) of the college’s total faculty development funds provided by this section for that year. The college president or designee may review proposed faculty development expenditures, and may veto a proposed expenditure within one (1) week of its receipt if the proposed expenditures do not meet the purposes stated above. Nothing in this section shall preclude the local MSCF Chapter from proposing to spend faculty development funds on joint activities with other groups at the college. Upon mutual written agreement, the MSCF Chapter president and college president may agree to another method for determination of the use of college level development funds.
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