October 22, 1999

California Law Will Expand Benefits for Part-Time Professors at 2-Year Colleges

By ERIK LORDS

California Gov. Gray Davis signed a bill this month that will provide thousands of part-time instructors at community colleges with health insurance and could also pay them for holding office hours, a move that faculty members at two-year institutions see as a crucial victory.

"There's a feeling of delight and relief here," said Elaine Johnson, an assistant to the president of the California Federation of Teachers, which represents about 100,000 educators in

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