Compensation Reserve Report February 28, 2018
Submitted by the State Board of Community Colleges:
2018 General Assembly
House of Representatives Appropriations Committee
and
Senate Committee on Appropriations/Base Budget
As Required by Section 35.8.(a) of Session Law 2017-57
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NORTH CAROLINA COMMUNITY COLLEGE SYSTEM
REPORT ON THE USE OF FUNDS FROM THE 2017‐18 COMPENSATION RESERVE
Session Law 2017‐57, appropriated $22 million recurring compensation increase reserve for State‐funded local community college employees. Session Law 2017‐57 also appropriated $10 million recurring salary adjustment funds for State‐funded local community college employees. The compensation reserve appropriations included the associated cost of the employers' retirement and social security contributions. Recurring funds were included in the colleges’ formula allotments.
Section 35.8.(a) of S.L. 2017‐57 stated, “Funds appropriated…may be used for any one or more of the following purposes: (i) merit pay, (ii) across‐the‐board increases, (iii) recruitment bonuses, (iv) retention increases, (v) any other compensation increase pursuant to those policies.” The provision required the State Board of Community Colleges make a report on the use of funds to the General Assembly no later than March 1, 2018. This report is submitted to fulfill this requirement.
The following charts show the use of funds from both reserves based on type of increase and employee type. Overall, 55% of the compensation increase funds supported increases to instructional employees and 45% to non‐instructional. For salary adjustment funds, 46% of the funds were awarded to instructional and 54% to non‐instructional personnel. Attachment A provides this breakout by community college.
Instructional 46%Non‐
Instructional 54%
Salary Adjustments by Employee Type
Instructional 55%
Non‐Instructional
45%
Compensation Increases by Employee Type
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The majority of the compensation reserve funds were used to support across‐the‐board increases at all 58 colleges for both compensation increases (85%) and salary adjustments (58%). Attachments B (compensation increases) and C (salary adjustments) provide this breakout by community college. The remainder of the reserve funds were used to support other forms of compensation increases/adjustments, including retention/market adjustments, merit increases, recruitment bonuses, and other adjustments authorized by college personnel policies. Forty‐two (42) colleges used a portion of their compensation increase funds for these types of targeted adjustments. Similarly, 41 colleges used a portion of the salary adjustment funds for targeted adjustments.
Combined, 27 colleges provided retention/market rate increases as part of their compensation plan, which comprise 9% of the total compensation increase and salary adjustment funds. While the specific positions affected by this increase did vary by college, there were common themes consistent with adjustments colleges reported in 2016‐17 reserve funds. Among the retention/market adjustments provided to instructional faculty, some colleges increased salaries for instructors broadly, while other colleges gave targeted increases to particular instructional personnel. Health sciences faculty, information technology instructors, math instructors, and those with departmental chair duties were most frequently targeted. Among non‐instructional staff, student services (such as financial aid advisors), business office, and information technology were common themes. Many colleges also provided increases to maintain compliance with college salary plans approved by local boards of trustees and hard‐to‐fill positions that in recent months had not attracted interested and/or qualified candidates, such as nursing department chairs and IT system administrators.
Across‐the‐Board,
$18,959,286 85%
Merit, $780,0114%
Retention/Market Rate, $1,266,357
6%
Other, $1,175,053
5%
Use of Compensation Increase Funds
Across‐the Board,$5,760,587,
58%Retention/Market Rate, $1,601,477
16%
Merit, $1,199,081
12%
Other, $1,438,855
14%
Use of Salary Adjustment Funds
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NORTH CAROLINA COMMUNITY COLLEGE SYSTEM
2017‐18 Compensation Reserve Funds by Employee Type
Instructional
Non‐
Instructional Instructional
Non‐
Instructional Total
Alamance CC 258,820 150,445 98,511 86,004 593,780
Asheville‐Buncombe TCC 212,737 439,693 135,097 159,046 946,573
Beaufort County CC 74,868 88,286 67,979 5,577 236,710
Bladen CC 82,541 68,424 48,619 19,442 219,025
Blue Ridge CC 97,820 131,493 103,384 0 332,697
Brunswick CC 101,345 84,769 61,620 22,287 270,021
Caldwell CC & TI 163,181 216,310 70,147 100,943 550,582
Cape Fear CC 474,279 348,168 298,339 72,455 1,193,241
Carteret CC 96,969 91,600 44,444 40,570 273,583
Catawba Valley CC 250,076 181,090 112,746 81,643 625,555
Central Carolina CC 281,170 241,988 38,886 196,977 759,021
Central Piedmont CC 763,003 842,134 343,994 379,670 2,328,801
Cleveland CC 178,854 113,614 80,635 51,222 424,325
Coastal Carolina CC 438,885 0 56,856 141,011 636,752
College of The Albemarle 122,850 112,907 47,942 58,347 342,046
Craven CC 197,055 109,545 85,754 52,474 444,828
Davidson County CC 134,201 237,350 68,562 98,949 539,062
Durham TCC 246,745 207,584 65,962 138,870 659,161
Edgecombe CC 129,047 115,606 58,180 52,120 354,953
Fayetteville TCC 759,157 386,606 322,332 194,226 1,662,321
Forsyth TCC 645,825 103,827 144,551 193,424 1,087,627
Gaston College 285,437 212,291 129,761 94,636 722,125
Guilford TCC 587,597 458,576 266,322 205,339 1,517,834
Halifax CC 149,602 0 67,446 0 217,048
Haywood CC 106,407 74,874 51,017 30,712 263,010
Isothermal CC 83,748 121,923 31,751 60,974 298,396
James Sprunt CC 67,482 70,237 28,160 33,930 199,809
Johnston CC 279,465 113,121 67,431 109,564 569,581
Lenoir CC 233,150 168,127 56,006 124,907 582,190
Martin CC 27,648 81,546 49,230 0 158,424
Mayland CC 56,986 104,690 0 72,890 234,566
McDowell TCC 63,648 75,595 41,515 21,262 202,020
Mitchell CC 111,448 163,573 57,555 66,436 399,012
Montgomery CC 46,722 63,627 21,656 28,094 160,099
Nash CC 196,910 101,237 90,433 43,984 432,564
Pamlico CC 33,691 52,035 17,569 21,079 124,374
Piedmont CC 89,212 93,875 0 82,544 265,631
Pitt CC 460,226 301,161 177,828 165,437 1,104,652
Randolph CC 145,800 138,692 36,576 91,685 412,753
Richmond CC 163,285 125,665 8,790 121,481 419,222
Roanoke‐Chowan CC 61,410 42,153 31,761 14,929 150,253
Robeson CC 132,902 139,239 95,185 27,508 394,834
Rockingham CC 117,830 58,861 44,421 35,238 256,350
Rowan‐Cabarrus CC 384,828 199,686 11,537 251,986 848,037
Sampson CC 126,058 60,545 0 84,129 270,732
Sandhills CC 188,689 172,705 125,368 37,565 524,327
South Piedmont CC 117,456 153,024 47,442 74,502 392,424
Southeastern CC 74,867 137,041 36,577 58,959 307,443
Southwestern CC 144,686 127,006 58,055 64,436 394,183
Stanly CC 162,399 123,484 42,041 86,846 414,770
Surry CC 126,028 186,975 47,081 94,034 454,118
Tri‐County CC 48,019 82,138 21,647 37,033 188,837
Vance‐Granville CC 184,337 128,322 62,201 78,758 453,618
Wake TCC 1,045,431 904,769 200,694 678,537 2,829,431
Wayne CC 144,627 199,391 104,526 50,573 499,117
Western Piedmont CC 125,220 96,705 72,687 27,366 321,978
Wilkes CC 116,304 185,445 44,285 91,756 437,790
Wilson CC 71,287 120,665 48,650 37,890 278,492
Total $12,270,271 $9,910,438 $4,647,744 $5,352,256 $32,180,707
Compensation Increases Salary Adjustments
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NORTH CAROLINA COMMUNITY COLLEGE SYSTEM
Use of 2017‐18 Compensation Reserve Funds‐ Compensation Increases
Across‐the‐Board
Increases
Merit Pay
Increases
Retention/Market
Rate IncreasesTotal
Alamance CC 229,606 0 103,624 76,035 1,3 409,265
Asheville‐Buncombe TCC 442,913 0 0 209,517 3 652,430
Beaufort County CC 163,154 0 0 0 163,154
Bladen CC 112,385 29,561 5,753 3,265 1 150,964
Blue Ridge CC 0 0 229,313 0 229,313
Brunswick CC 144,317 15,689 23,008 3,100 1 186,114
Caldwell CC & TI 379,492 0 0 0 379,492
Cape Fear CC 623,833 94,517 87,345 16,752 1,3 822,447
Carteret CC 182,669 0 5,000 900 1 188,569
Catawba Valley CC 431,166 0 0 0 431,166
Central Carolina CC 401,946 0 0 121,212 1,3 523,158
Central Piedmont CC 1,605,137 0 0 0 1,605,137
Cleveland CC 109,137 0 0 183,331 3 292,468
Coastal Carolina CC 438,885 0 0 0 438,885
College of The Albemarle 235,757 0 0 0 235,757
Craven CC 186,052 0 97,836 22,712 1,4 306,600
Davidson County CC 327,880 0 10,437 33,234 3 371,551
Durham TCC 454,329 0 0 0 454,329
Edgecombe CC 223,448 10,547 7,171 3,487 1 244,653
Fayetteville TCC 750,284 0 336,958 58,521 1,2 1,145,763
Forsyth TCC 749,652 0 0 0 749,652
Gaston College 488,876 0 0 8,852 1 497,728
Guilford TCC 972,353 0 51,449 22,371 1,3 1,046,173
Halifax CC 96,053 0 53,549 0 149,602
Haywood CC 149,696 0 25,387 6,199 4 181,281
Isothermal CC 156,456 42,710 0 6,505 1 205,671
James Sprunt CC 137,719 0 0 0 137,719
Johnston CC 386,944 5,642 0 0 392,586
Lenoir CC 394,789 0 0 6,488 1 401,277
Martin CC 81,206 0 0 27,988 2 109,194
Mayland CC 103,064 0 45,766 12,846 3 161,676
McDowell TCC 139,243 0 0 0 139,243
Mitchell CC 210,766 27,106 18,522 18,627 3 275,021
Montgomery CC 88,272 20,656 0 1,421 1 110,349
Nash CC 281,982 16,165 0 0 298,147
Pamlico CC 70,022 0 0 15,704 3 85,726
Piedmont CC 166,544 0 0 16,543 3 183,087
Pitt CC 761,387 0 0 0 761,387
Randolph CC 284,492 0 0 0 284,492
Richmond CC 219,445 24,484 45,022 0 288,951
Roanoke‐Chowan CC 91,745 0 0 11,818 1,2 103,563
Robeson CC 254,068 0 0 18,073 3 272,141
Rockingham CC 154,942 0 0 21,749 3 176,691
Rowan‐Cabarrus CC 457,686 126,828 0 0 584,514
Sampson CC 151,791 0 0 34,812 3 186,603
Sandhills CC 280,781 39,930 0 40,683 1,2 361,394
South Piedmont CC 237,822 1,250 0 31,408 1,3 270,480
Southeastern CC 177,824 12,267 0 21,816 1 211,907
Southwestern CC 271,692 0 0 0 271,692
Stanly CC 219,445 0 0 66,438 2,4 285,883
Surry CC 252,056 0 60,947 0 313,003
Tri‐County CC 130,157 0 0 0 130,157
Vance‐Granville CC 0 312,659 0 0 312,659
Wake TCC 1,950,200 0 0 0 1,950,200
Wayne CC 344,018 0 0 0 344,018
Western Piedmont CC 196,785 0 17,279 7,861 1 221,925
Wilkes CC 259,759 0 41,990 0 301,749
Wilson CC 147,165 0 0 44,785 2 191,950
Total $18,959,286 $780,011 $1,266,357 $1,175,053 $22,180,707
Other
Compensation
1: Educational attainment 2: Experience‐based 3:Equity adjustment 4: Recruitment Bonuses
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NORTH CAROLINA COMMUNITY COLLEGE SYSTEM
Use of 2017‐18 Compensation Reserve Funds ‐ Salary Adjustments
Across‐the‐Board
Increases
Merit Pay
Increases
Retention/Market
Rate Increases Total
Alamance CC 171,789 0 12,726 0 184,515
Asheville‐Buncombe TCC 267,580 0 0 26,563 3 294,143
Beaufort County CC 60,733 0 0 12,824 1 73,557
Bladen CC 0 0 68,060 0 68,060
Blue Ridge CC 0 0 98,088 5,296 3 103,384
Brunswick CC 0 10,543 73,364 0 83,907
Caldwell CC & TI 171,091 0 0 0 171,091
Cape Fear CC 222,769 0 67,996 80,028 3 370,793
Carteret CC 85,014 0 0 0 85,014
Catawba Valley CC 194,389 0 0 0 194,389
Central Carolina CC 0 0 0 235,863 3 235,863
Central Piedmont CC 723,663 0 0 0 723,663
Cleveland CC 49,204 0 0 82,653 3 131,857
Coastal Carolina CC 197,867 0 0 0 197,867
College of The Albemarle 8,426 0 0 97,863 2,3 106,289
Craven CC 81,643 0 56,585 0 138,228
Davidson County CC 167,511 0 0 0 167,511
Durham TCC 4,648 91,673 51,810 56,701 1,3 204,832
Edgecombe CC 100,740 4,755 3,233 1,572 1 110,300
Fayetteville TCC 516,558 0 0 0 516,558
Forsyth TCC 337,976 0 0 0 337,976
Gaston College 224,397 0 0 0 224,397
Guilford TCC 471,660 0 0 0 471,660
Halifax CC 0 0 67,446 0 67,446
Haywood CC 66,479 0 0 15,250 1 81,729
Isothermal CC 81,639 11,087 0 0 92,726
James Sprunt CC 59,826 0 0 2,264 1 62,090
Johnston CC 0 0 176,995 0 176,995
Lenoir CC 180,913 0 0 0 180,913
Martin CC 0 0 49,230 0 49,230
Mayland CC 0 0 24,883 48,007 3 72,890
McDowell TCC 0 57,422 0 5,356 1 62,778
Mitchell CC 123,991 0 0 0 123,991
Montgomery CC 0 49,750 0 0 49,750
Nash CC 0 6,918 83,988 43,511 1,2,3 134,417
Pamlico CC 0 3,512 0 35,136 3 38,648
Piedmont CC 0 0 0 82,544 3 82,544
Pitt CC 195,112 128,947 12,945 6,261 4 343,265
Randolph CC 28,710 55,538 13,436 30,577 1,3 128,261
Richmond CC 0 108,839 0 21,431 4 130,270
Roanoke‐Chowan CC 46,691 0 0 0 46,691
Robeson CC 0 0 0 122,692 3 122,692
Rockingham CC 79,660 0 0 0 79,660
Rowan‐Cabarrus CC 0 161,668 0 101,855 1,3 263,523
Sampson CC 84,129 0 0 0 84,129
Sandhills CC 0 73,847 0 89,086 1,3 162,933
South Piedmont CC 113,235 0 0 8,709 3 121,944
Southeastern CC 95,536 0 0 0 95,536
Southwestern CC 10,528 111,963 0 0 122,491
Stanly CC 80,022 0 0 48,865 1,2 128,887
Surry CC 88,449 0 52,665 0 141,114
Tri‐County CC 58,680 0 0 0 58,680
Vance‐Granville CC 0 31,414 74,799 34,746 4 140,959
Wake TCC 120,164 118,093 582,833 58,142 1 879,232
Wayne CC 0 155,099 0 0 155,099
Western Piedmont CC 0 0 30,395 69,659 3 100,054
Wilkes CC 118,028 18,013 0 0 136,041
Wilson CC 71,137 0 0 15,401 2 86,538
Total $5,760,587 $1,199,081 $1,601,477 $1,438,855 $10,000,000
Other
Compensation
1:Educational attainment 2: Experience‐based 3: Equity 4:Recruitment Bonus
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