Bi-weekly updates on Initiatives at Maryland's Community Colleges
March 3, 2017

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IN A CRAB SHELL

With nearly half the undergraduate population of Maryland enrolled at 16 colleges, on 23 campuses and 1000+ locations, it can be challenging to capture and share all that’s happening at Maryland’s community colleges.
-- However, with In A Crab Shell, we are going to try. --
Similar to the more well-known phrase in a nutshell, -- In A Crab Shell provides a concise, bi-weekly discussion of issues important to higher education and the
State of Maryland.

COLLECTIVE BARGAINING
SB 623 and HB 871

POSITION - COST PROHIBITIVE
No Funding Source Identified to Cover Staggering Costs

SB 623 and HB 871
would establish collective bargaining rights for
certain community college employees.

MACC's Position - Oppose
Why? - Bills fail to provide sufficient state aid to compensate for steeply increased costs.
MACC does NOT oppose collective bargaining rights.

ESTIMATED COSTS
Comparison of Funding vs. New Costs of Bills
(to scale)

FY18 - New State Aid - $1.2 Million - Total

8 colleges received 0 new dollars
7 colleges split $1.2 Million

Costs associated with bills:

Implementation: ........... + $6 - $10 Million
Adjunct Faculty contract request:
- Pay Parity: .............................. + $86.4 Million
- Per course payment of $15,000: + $366 Million

The bills and financial analyses fail to recognize the monumental costs their passage would impose.

WHO WILL PICK UP THE TAB?

The State? - It has never met its 1/3 tuition funding obligation per Cade formula in the 21 years since Cade passed.

The Counties? - They already provide 43% - 68% of governmental support.

The Students? ...YES! Students would endure significantly increased tuition to pay for adjunct faculty collective bargaining costs, without appropriate state funding.