{"id":196219,"date":"2026-02-27T08:27:09","date_gmt":"2026-02-27T08:27:09","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ca\/196219\/"},"modified":"2026-02-27T08:27:09","modified_gmt":"2026-02-27T08:27:09","slug":"community-college-district-settles-with-adjuncts","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ca\/196219\/","title":{"rendered":"Community College District Settles With Adjuncts"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>The Long Beach Community College District agreed to pay $18 million to settle a class action lawsuit brought by adjunct professors, <a rel=\"noreferrer noopener nofollow\" href=\"https:\/\/edsource.org\/updates\/long-beach-community-college-district-to-pay-18m-to-settle-adjunct-lawsuit\" target=\"_blank\">EdSource<\/a> reported. The lawsuit argued part-time professors in the district weren\u2019t compensated for hours of work outside the classroom, including grading assignments, preparing lessons and meeting with students.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cResolving this matter allows the District to avoid prolonged litigation and manage risk responsibly, consistent with standard practices across public higher education,\u201d Stacey Toda, a spokesperson for the district, wrote in a statement to <a rel=\"noreferrer noopener nofollow\" href=\"https:\/\/lbpost.com\/news\/education\/lbcc-adjunct-lawsuit-settlement\/\" target=\"_blank\">The Long Beach Post<\/a>.<\/p>\n<p>Although the district board agreed to the settlement last month, the deal still needs approval from Judge Stuart Rice, who\u2019s overseeing the case. A hearing is scheduled for July. But Rice seems likely to sign off. He <a href=\"https:\/\/www.insidehighered.com\/news\/quick-takes\/2025\/02\/25\/calif-judge-rules-adjuncts-should-be-paid-nonclassroom-work\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\">ruled last year<\/a> that adjuncts should receive pay for their work outside class and that there was a \u201cmyriad of problems\u201d with the district\u2019s argument to the contrary. But he stayed the decision pending further proceedings, so it didn\u2019t take immediate effect.<\/p>\n<p>Eileen B. Goldsmith, the plaintiffs\u2019 lawyer, wrote in a court filing that the proposed settlement would result in 1,456 adjuncts receiving more than $11,000 each. \u00a0<\/p>\n<p>  <img decoding=\"async\" class=\"subscribe-box-image\" src=\"https:\/\/www.insidehighered.com\/themes\/custom\/ihe\/assets\/images\/svg\/envlope.svg\" alt=\"subscribe\" loading=\"lazy\"\/><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"The Long Beach Community College District agreed to pay $18 million to settle a class action lawsuit brought&hellip;\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":196220,"comment_status":"","ping_status":"","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[33],"tags":[5676,15,584,8527,1286,131,133,132,100],"class_list":{"0":"post-196219","1":"post","2":"type-post","3":"status-publish","4":"format-standard","5":"has-post-thumbnail","7":"category-long-beach","8":"tag-career","9":"tag-education","10":"tag-events","11":"tag-higher","12":"tag-jobs","13":"tag-long-beach","14":"tag-long-beach-headlines","15":"tag-long-beach-news","16":"tag-news"},"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/196219","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=196219"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/196219\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/196220"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=196219"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=196219"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=196219"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}