Section 6-63-319 - Position pools(a)(1) The Division of Higher Education shall establish and maintain a central pool of four hundred (400) positions to be used to establish additional positions in an institution of higher education when an institution does not have sufficient positions available to meet unanticipated enrollment growth, industry training demands, or its mandated responsibilities.(2) Central pool positions shall be used by the institution if the personnel service needs exceed the number of positions authorized by the General Assembly and were not anticipated at the time of the passage of the institution's operative appropriation act.(b)(1) The division shall establish and maintain a temporary transition pool of fifty (50) positions to be used to establish additional temporary positions in an institution if the institution does not have sufficient positions available to address organizational transition issues such as succession planning or other changes involving administration of the institution.(2) An institution shall use temporary transition pool positions only if the personnel service needs exceed the number of positions authorized by the General Assembly and were not anticipated at the time of the passage of the institution's operative appropriation bill.(3) A position from the temporary transition pool shall not be authorized for an institution until the specific position is:(A) Requested by the institution;(B) Recommended by the division; and(C) Reviewed by the Legislative Council or, if the General Assembly is in regular, fiscal, or extraordinary session, the Joint Budget Committee.(4) Temporary transition pool positions shall be authorized for not more than one hundred eighty (180) calendar days in a fiscal year and may not be renewed or extended.(c)(1) There is established a pool of three hundred (300) positions assigned to the division to be used by institutions when an institution does not have a vacant position available with the appropriate title and line-item maximum salary in its operative appropriation act.(2) To obtain a position from the pool under subdivision (c)(1) of this section, an institution shall surrender a position not being utilized at the time of the request.(3) A request for a position from the pool under subdivision (c)(1) of this section shall be fulfilled upon recommendation of the division and review by the Legislative Council or, if the General Assembly is in regular, fiscal, or extraordinary session, the Joint Budget Committee.(d) A position established under this section shall not exceed a salary rate of the highest maximum annual salary rate authorized by the General Assembly in the requesting institution's operative appropriation act.Added by Act 2023, No. 778,§ 4, eff. 7/1/2023.