Legislative action in 1999 removed Higher Education from the Central Personnel System. As a result, the State Board of Higher Education has approved a change from the previous point-factor classification system to a broadbanding system, effective July 1, 1999.
Broadbanding is an approach to compensation that focuses on performance and market, uses a few, wide salary bands to deliver pay, and emphasizes management pay decisions with expert human resource advice.
This new system is intended to be an improvement for employees and their supervisors. Its advantages include: it broadens the focus from job content and scope to include the knowledge, skills and abilities of the individual doing the work, thus enhancing the pay for performance system; better maintains a competitive job and compensation structure to aid in recruitment and retention; and, streamlines administrative processes.