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SUPPLEMENTAL PAY, FACULTY | No. 3-50 | Rev. 9-8-98 |
| Date 8-17-77 | |||
OLD VERSION
A. Extra Compensation
Payment for services rendered in addition to normal full-time activity or 100 percent of an individual’s salaried effort.
B. Funds Administered by the University
General funds, uniform school funds, grant and contract funds, restricted and unrestricted funds, auxiliary funds, WSUSA funds, and development funds.
C. Full-time
Full-time appointments for both faculty and staff members require full commitment of working time and effort.
II. POLICY
A. Applicability
This policy applies solely to funds administered and paid by the University.
B. Approval Requirements
1. Faculty Members:
a. Department Chair and academic dean, for all faculty members receiving additional compensation.
b. Grants and contracts officer, in addition to the dean, for individuals who are compensated wholly or in part by sponsored funds.
NOTE: When faculty members are requested to teach a course outside their own departments during a regular teaching semester (e.g.), that course will either be scheduled as part of the faculty member’s normal teaching load or extra compensation will be paid to the faculty member.
C. Faculty members may engage in research, sponsored projects, training grants, interdepartmental consulting, extra teaching, etc., during any twelve-month academic year (Summer Term through Spring Semester) in which they also fulfill the requirements of their regular full-time faculty appointment at the University and be reimbursed as supplemental pay a maximum of one-third of the basic salary earned during their regular appointment. If any portion of the supplemental pay is to be paid from federal funds, written permission for that supplemental pay must be obtained in advance from the agency that granted or authorized the use of the federal funds.
D. A regularly contracted faculty member may be paid by the university to teach a maximum of twelve credits during any twelve-month academic year beginning with the start of Summer term for supplemental pay. No more than five credits may be so funded in addition to a normal instructional load during each of the Fall and Spring Semesters.
E. Exceptions may be made to the statements listed above in unusual situations when extenuating circumstances exist. However, these exceptions must be approved in advance by the dean and reported to the provost. If federal funds are involved, the exceptions must be approved by the Grants and Contracts officer as to their compliance with federal regulations.
F. Any payment made to a faculty member for work on projects involving federal funds must not exceed the basic University contracted salary rate unless the exception was properly detailed in the project proposal or a subsequent letter and given prior approval in writing by the granting agency.