Full-Time Faculty Positions. The District is required to grow its credit full-time faculty to meet its Full-time Faculty Obligation (FON), per Title 5 regulations. As this is a cost directly related to growth, the District charges Growth funds for the number of regular full-time faculty required for compliance. The cost for each position, deducted from the 85% unit’s share of RAF funds, is the net cost to convert an adjunct position to a regular position. All faculty positions, such as professors, counselors, librarians, are eligible to be funded. Another factor related to faculty is the ratio known as the full-time to part-time or 75:25. Annually, the District reports its ratio of full-time faculty to part-time faculty. The statewide goal is for all districts to have 75% of faculty staffing be regular (full-time) positions. Very few districts are near the goal as funding has never been provided to aid districts in improving their ratio. There is currently no compliance requirement for 75:25 other then the Full-time faculty obligation described above. The obligation is a means to at least maintain district ratios until, if ever, there is funding to support increased regular positions.
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