Whereas AB 2023 would add librarians and counselors to the instruction component of the 50% law without raising the percentage appropriately, and
Whereas the Academic Senate has taken a previous position supporting the addition of librarians and counselors to the instruction component of the 50% law providing that the percentage is raised appropriately,
Resolved that the Academic Senate for California Community Colleges reaffirm its position (Spring, 1980) that librarians and counselors be included in the 50% law provided that the percentage, if counted in the instructional component of the 50% law, is raised appropriately, and
Resolved that the Academic Senate for California Community Colleges oppose AB 2023 as currently written and any other legislation repealing or weakening the effect intended by the 50% law.