Title EDC — California Educ. Code

(a) Notwithstanding any other law, a person who is employed to teach adult or community college classes for not more than 67 percent of the hours per week considered a full-time assignment for regular employees having comparable duties shall be classified as a temporary employee,…

(a) Until the provisions of Section 84750 regarding program-based funding are implemented by a standard adopted by the board of governors that establishes the appropriate percentage of hours of credit instruction that should be taught by full-time instructors, the Legislature wis…

(a) The board of governors shall, pursuant to paragraph (6) of subdivision (b) of Section 70901, adopt regulations that establish minimum standards regarding the percentage of hours of credit instruction that shall be taught by full-time instructors. (b) Upon notification by the …

Whenever possible: (a) Part-time faculty should be informed of assignments at least six weeks in advance. (b) Part-time faculty should be paid for the first week of an assignment when class is canceled less than two weeks before the beginning of a semester. If a class meets more …

This section applies only to temporary and part-time faculty within the meaning of Section 87482.5. The issue of earning and retaining of annual reappointment rights shall be a mandatory subject of negotiation with respect to the collective bargaining process relating to any new …

Notwithstanding any other provision, the governing board of a community college district may establish regulations that allow academic employees to reduce their workload from full-time to part-time duties. The regulations shall include, but shall not be limited to, the following …

(a) In the event a regular employee of a community college district has tenure as a full-time regular employee of the district, any assignment or employment of such employee in addition to his or her full-time regular assignment may be terminated by the governing board of the dis…

Except as provided in Section 87744, any contract or agreement, express or implied, made by any employee to waive the benefits of this chapter or any part thereof is null and void. Notwithstanding provisions of this or any other section of this code, governing boards of community…

The governing board of any community college district may employ or engage as an independent contractor a suitably skilled person to serve as limited-term or part-time reader assistant in connection with instruction in composition and writing, and in mathematics, to faculty. Any …

(a) The governing board of any community college district may establish a faculty internship program pursuant to regulations adopted by the board of governors and may employ, as faculty interns within the program, graduate students enrolled in the California State University, the…

Whenever the governing board of a community college district, by formal action, determines that because of impending curtailment of or changes in the manner of performing services, the best interests of the district would be served by encouraging the retirement of academic employ…

(a) For purposes of this section, the following terms have the following meanings: (1) “Faculty employees” means full-time and temporary community college faculty members. (2) “Employment certification form” means the form used by the United States Department of Education to cert…

The provisions of this article govern the employment of persons by a district to serve in faculty positions and establish certain rights for these employees. Other provisions of the law which govern the employment of community college faculty or establish rights and responsibilit…

For the purposes of this article: (a) “Academic year” means that period between the first day of a fall semester or quarter and the last day of the following spring semester or quarter, excluding any intersession term that has been excluded pursuant to an applicable collective ba…

For the purposes of other provisions of law: (a) A contract employee is a probationary employee. (b) A regular or tenured employee is a permanent employee.

This article does not apply to the employment of administrators employed by appointment or contract pursuant to Section 72411.

The governing board of a community college district shall employ each academic employee as a contract employee, regular employee, or temporary employee.

(a) The governing board of a community college district shall, as part of the hiring process for an appointment to an academic, athletic, or administrative position with that district, do all of the following: (1) (A) Require an applicant to disclose any final administrative deci…

The governing board of a district shall employ faculty for the first academic year of his or her employment by contract. Any person who, at the time an employment contract is offered to him or her by the district, is neither a tenured employee of the district nor a probationary e…

(a) An employment contract shall contain the terms and conditions that the governing board of the district and the proposed employee agree to and that are consistent with the law. (b) A faculty member may be deemed to have completed the second, third, or fourth contract year, as …

Before making a decision relating to the continued employment of a contract employee, the following requirements shall be satisfied: (a) The employee has been evaluated in accordance with the evaluation standards and procedures established in accordance with the provisions of Art…

If a contract employee is working under his or her first contract, the governing board, at its discretion and not subject to judicial review except as expressly provided in Sections 87610.1 and 87611, shall elect one of the following alternatives: (a) Not enter into a contract fo…

If a contract employee is working under his or her second contract, the governing board, at its discretion and not subject to judicial review except as expressly provided in Sections 87610.1 and 87611, shall elect one of the following alternatives: (a) Not enter into a contract f…

If a contract employee is employed under his or her third consecutive contract entered into pursuant to Section 87608.5, the governing board shall elect one of the following alternatives: (a) Employ the probationary employee as a tenured employee for all subsequent academic years…

(a) The governing board shall give written notice of its decision under Section 87608 or 87608.5 and the reasons therefor to the employee on or before March 15 of the academic year covered by the existing contract. The notice shall be by registered or certified mail to the most r…

(a) In those districts where tenure evaluation procedures are collectively bargained pursuant to Section 3543 of the Government Code, the faculty’s exclusive representative shall consult with the academic senate prior to engaging in collective bargaining on these procedures. (b) …

A final decision reached following a grievance or hearing conducted pursuant to subdivision (b) of Section 87610.1 shall be subject to judicial review pursuant to Section 1094.5 of the Code of Civil Procedure.

Until terminated in accordance with provisions of law, a part-time regular employee shall be assigned, and compensated, for a period of service less than 75 percent of the number of days the colleges of the district are maintained during each academic year. The governing board of…

The provisions of this article apply to all persons employed as faculty members by a community college district.

The employment, rights, responsibilities, dismissal, imposition of penalties for persons employed by a community college district in faculty positions shall be governed by Article 2 (commencing with Section 87600), and Article 4 (commencing with Section 87660). The employment of …

(a) Each academic employee who is subject to accusations of misconduct is entitled to be provided with the general nature of the accusations made against the employee at least two business days before the employee is placed on involuntary paid administrative leave. At least two b…

Rules and regulations adopted in relation to the evaluation process shall assure that the standards and procedures of the evaluation process in each district will be fair and in accordance with the intent of this act and that the evaluation processes of all of the districts are b…

The provisions of this article govern the evaluation of, the dismissal of, and the imposition of penalties on, community college faculty. Other provisions of this code which govern the evaluation of, dismissal of, and the imposition of penalties on, community college faculty shal…

For the purposes of this article: (a) “Academic year” means that period between the first day of a fall semester or quarter and the last day of the following spring semester or quarter, excluding any intersession term that has been excluded pursuant to an applicable collective ba…

Except as provided in Section 72411 and subdivision (i) of Section 87663, the provisions of this article do not apply to administrators employed pursuant to Section 72411.

(a) Contract employees shall be evaluated at least once in each academic year. Regular employees shall be evaluated at least once in every three academic years. Temporary employees shall be evaluated within the first year of employment. Thereafter, evaluation shall be at least on…

The governing board of each district, in consultation with the faculty, shall adopt rules and regulations establishing the specific procedures for the evaluation of its contract and regular employees on an individual basis and setting forth reasonable but specific standards which…

(a) Consistent with subdivision (b), the governing board of a community college district may terminate the employment of a temporary employee at its discretion at the end of a day or week, whichever is appropriate. The decision to terminate the employment is not subject to judici…

During the school year, all contract and regular employees are subject to dismissal and the imposition of penalties on the grounds and pursuant to procedures set forth in this article. (Enacted by Stats. 1976, Ch. 1010.)

A contract or regular employee may be dismissed or penalized for one or more of the grounds set forth in Section 87732. (Enacted by Stats. 1976, Ch. 1010.)

A governing board may impose one of the following penalties: (a) Suspension for up to one year. (b) Suspension for up to one year and a reduction or loss of compensation during the period of suspension. (Enacted by Stats. 1976, Ch. 1010.)

The governing board shall determine whether a contract or regular employee is to be dismissed or penalized. If the employee is to be penalized, the governing board shall determine the nature of those penalties. If the employee is to be dismissed or penalized, the governing board …

The procedure set forth in this article does not apply to an immediate suspension effected under Section 87736.

A contract or regular employee may be dismissed or penalized if one or more of the grounds set forth in Section 87732 are present and the following are satisfied: (a) The employee has been evaluated in accordance with standards and procedures established in accordance with the pr…

If a governing board decides it intends to dismiss or penalize a contract or regular employee, it shall deliver a written statement, duly signed and verified, to the employee setting forth the complete and precise decision of the governing board and the reasons therefor. The writ…

If the employee objects to the decision of the governing board, or the reasons therefor, on any ground, the employee shall notify, in writing, the governing board, the superintendent of the district which employs him or her, and the president of the college at which the employee …

Within 30 days of the receipt by the district governing board of the employee’s demand for a hearing, the employee and the governing board shall agree upon an arbitrator to hear the matter. When there is agreement as to the arbitrator, the employee and the governing board shall e…

The arbitrator shall conduct proceedings in accordance with Chapter 5 (commencing with Section 11500) of Part 1 of Division 3 of Title 2 of the Government Code, except that the right of discovery of the parties shall not be limited to those matters set forth in Section 11507.6 of…

In the case in which the arbitrator determines that the operation of his or her decision should be postponed, any question of terminating the postponement shall be determined by the arbitrator.

The district alone shall pay the arbitrator’s fees and expenses, and the costs of the proceedings as determined by the arbitrator. The “cost of the proceedings” does not include any expenses paid by the employee for his or her counsel, witnesses, or the preparation or presentatio…