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The District and the Federation agree to the following definition of \u201cparity\u201d: \u2022 Definition of part-time parity at seventy-five percent (75%) of full-time instructional salary \u2013 Duties and responsibilities that are currently required of part-time unit members, which do not include office hours or committee/departmental meetings, shall be based on a fifteen (15) LHE full-time load. \u2022 Definition of parity at one hundred percent (100%) of full-time salary \u2013 All duties and responsibilities currently required of full-time unit members. Compensation for each LHE of part-time unit members during the fall semester shall be the calculation amount of one-half (1/2) of the District\u2019s total allocation for part-time unit members\u2019 compensation divided by the total number of LHE for the fall semester, less the total of all state and federal statutory costs (e.g., Medicare, unemployment insurance, workers\u2019 compensation, STRS, etc.). 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