Part-time employees at City College can expect a pay raise of almost six percent starting this summer, according to legislation passed last September.

The law, signed by Governor Jerry Brown, will increase the state’s minimum wage from $8 to $9 per-hour by July, and up to $10-per-hour by January 2016.

The wage increase will apply to all industries and public agencies in the state of California.

The Academic Senate only touched on the subject at the end of its March 12 meeting as one of their future agenda items and mentioned that City College not only plans on increasing pay for minimum wage workers, but for all hourly workers, including students.

Departments on campus that employee students will have their budgets adjusted through the general fund to account for the change.

Academic Senate President, Kenley Neufeld mentioned that City College currently abides by a minimum wage of $8.50 an hour.

“I’ve been thinking about applying at City College for a while because of the convenience, but this will definitely motivate me to hurry up and apply,” said Justin Garcia, sociology major.

While many are excited about the higher salary, some are skeptical.

“I think inflation is causing the wage increase,” said Reid Robinson, City College alumni and UCSB economics major. “Costs of living have been increasing, I think this is simply a plan to eliminate the gap between relative amounts of income and what it costs to provide for yourself.’’

Neufeld said that the committee would go into further detail at its next meeting March 19.