AA/07/AS/25/FAC - Range Elevation Policy

Effective April 28, 2025

Purpose: The purpose of this policy is to establish a means by which lecturers may be granted range elevation consistent with the CSU-CFA Faculty Collective Bargaining Agreement (CBA) This policy replaces AA/10/AS/23/FAC Range Elevation Policy (previously 15/AS/22/FAC Range Elevation Policy and 13/AS/18/FAC-Temporary Faculty Range Elevation Policy).

Eligibility: Lecturers and temporary librarian and counseling faculty unit employees shall be considered eligible for range elevation according to terms of the Unit 3 Collective Bargaining Agreement and relevant Memoranda of Understanding or amendments thereto. For lecturers and temporary librarian and counseling faculty who earn a terminal degree appropriate to their teaching duties, see footnote.¹

Notification: Annually, in the spring semester, the Office of Faculty Affairs shall notify those lecturers and temporary librarian and counseling faculty unit employees who are eligible for range elevation, based on time and weighted teaching units served. Acknowledgment by the faculty member, chair (or other immediate supervisor), and appropriate administrators will be requested.

Effective Date: A range elevation salary increase shall be effective at the beginning of the first appointment in the academic year following the review.

No Impact on Temporary Status of the Appointment: Range elevation does not imply any guarantee of future employment nor does it affect the conditional nature of the temporary appointment.

Salary Increase: In accordance with the Collective Bargaining Agreement, a successful range elevation award shall be accompanied by a salary increase of 5%, or the percentage increase necessary to reach at least the minimum of the next range, whichever is greater.

Authority: The President shall grant range elevation based on recommendations from the university Provost.

¹If, while employed at the University, a lecturer or temporary librarian or counseling faculty member earns a terminal degree appropriate to teaching in the discipline in which they were appointed, the faculty member will inform the appropriate Dean/Director and the Office of Faculty Affairs. Upon verification of the degree completion by the Office of Faculty Affairs, the appropriate salary adjustment and appointment in the next range will be made in the first appointment in the next academic year.

Review History: Approved by the Academic Senate on March 11, 2025

Approved by President Britt Rios-Ellis on April 28, 2025

Faculty Affairs Division has the primary responsibility for this policy.

Attachment(s): AA/07/AS/25/FAC Range Elevation Policy

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