Title EDC — California Educ. Code

Appointments may be made from other than the first two or three, as the case may be, applicants on the eligibility list when the ability to speak, read, or write a language in addition to English or possession of a valid driver’s license is a requirement of the position to be fil…

Written notices concerning tests, vacancies, transfer opportunities, and other selections of shifts, positions, assignments, classifications, or locations shall be posted at all work locations of employees who may be affected not later than 15 working days prior to the closing da…

A regular employee who is determined by the governing board to be incapable of performing the duties of his or her class because of illness or injury may, at the discretion of the governing board, be assigned duties that he or she is capable of performing. The position to which t…

The commission shall, by rule, provide for an open competitive examination and a promotional examination to be held at the same time for the position of business manager or for any other single position class which it declares to be at or above the level of business manager. It s…

The commission may by rule provide for the competition of academic employees of the governing board in promotional examinations for positions in the classified service.

The commission shall, by rule, provide for an open competitive examination and a promotional examination to be held at the same time for the positions that existed or could be created, when the positions become available for competitive examination, under the provisions of subdiv…

In any community college district which has geographical boundaries encompassing more than 200 square miles and which divides the area it serves into smaller areas for assignment of classified personnel, when an eligibility list is exhausted in one assignment area but there are a…

When an open competitive examination and a promotional examination for a particular class are held at the same time, the commission may, prior to the examination, authorize certification for employment of candidates from the open competitive eligibility list before the promotiona…

(a) When all of the positions in a class are reclassified to a higher class, the incumbents of the positions who have been in the class for two or more years may be reclassified with their positions by the personnel commission. When a portion of the positions within a class are r…

No position classification or reclassification plan which would affect classified employees who are represented by a certified or recognized exclusive bargaining representative shall be adopted by the commission until the exclusive bargaining representative and the community coll…

Whenever the appointing power requires the appointment of a person to a position, the duration of which is not to exceed six months, or, in case of an appointment in lieu of an absent employee, is not to exceed the authorized absence of that employee, he or she shall submit a req…

When no eligibility list exists for a position in the classified service, an employee may receive provisional appointments which may accumulate to a total of 90 working days. A 90-calendar-day interval shall then elapse during which the person will be ineligible to serve in any f…

The personnel commission may authorize the extension of a provisional employee’s assignment for a period not to exceed 36 working days, if all of the following requirements are met: (a) An examination for the class was completed during the first 90 working days of his or her prov…

Successive provisional appointments of 90 working days or less each may be made in any class in the absence of an appropriate eligibility list; provided, that continuous examination procedures for the class have been authorized by the commission. Such successive provisional appoi…

The appointing power may, to prevent the stoppage of public business when an actual emergency arises and persons on eligibility lists are not immediately available, make appointments for a period not to exceed 15 working days, in accordance with commission rule. (Enacted by Stats…

Combinations of successive eligibility lists may be made during their first year. Eligibles on lists established within the first year of the life of another list may be placed in the order of their relative excellence in the examination on the like list, if lists so merged have …

The commission may by rule provide for the continuous examination of eligibles for classes of positions which the commission determines cannot be practicably filled by promotional examination only. (Enacted by Stats. 1976, Ch. 1010.)

No questions relating to political or religious opinions or affiliations, or any basis listed in subdivision (a) of Section 12940 of the Government Code, as those bases are defined in Sections 12926 and 12926.1 of the Government Code, shall be asked of any applicant, or any candi…

“Veteran” as used in this article means any person who has served in the United States armed forces in time of war, or national emergency declared by the President of the United States of America, and who has been discharged or released under conditions other than dishonorable, p…

“Disabled veteran” as used in this article means any veteran, as defined in Section 88113, who is currently declared by the United States Veterans Administration to be 10 percent or more disabled as a result of service in the armed forces. Proof of disability shall be deemed conc…

In the case of all entrance examinations, veterans with 30 days or more of service who become eligible for appointment by attaining the passing mark established for the examination, shall be allowed an additional credit of five points and disabled veterans shall be allowed an add…

(a) Whenever, during the absence of an employee of a community college district or student body association operating under Sections 76060 to 76065, inclusive, in the active military service of the United States of America during any period of national emergency declared by the P…

(a) A person laid off because of lack of work or lack of funds shall be eligible for reemployment for a period of 39 months as follows: (1) The person’s reemployment shall take preference over new applicants. (2) The person shall have the right to participate in promotional exami…

Eligibility lists shall be established for a period of not less than one year except that when a list is exhausted for appointments to current vacancies, through use and eligibles being unavailable, the commission may, upon the recommendation of the officer charged with certifyin…

(a) A person who has served an initial probationary period in a class not to exceed six months or 130 days of paid service, whichever is longer, as prescribed by the rules of the commission shall be deemed to be in the permanent classified service, except that the commission may …

No person in the permanent classified service shall be demoted or removed except for reasonable cause designated by rule of the commission as detrimental to the efficiency of the service. This section shall not be construed to prevent layoffs for lack of work or lack of funds. (E…

In addition to any causes for suspension or dismissal which are designated by rule of the commission, employees in the classified service shall be suspended and dismissed in the manner provided by law for any one or more of the following causes: (a) Knowing membership by the empl…

For reasonable causes, an employee may be suspended without pay for not more than 30 days , except as provided in this section, or may be demoted or dismissed. In such case, the personnel director, shall within 10 days of the suspension, demotion, or dismissal, file written charg…

Any employee in the permanent classified service who has been suspended, demoted, or dismissed may appeal to the commission within 14 days after receipt of a copy of the written charges by filing a written answer to the charges. Such an appeal is not available to an employee who …

The commission shall investigate the matter on appeal and may require further evidence from either party, and may, and upon request of an accused employee shall, order a hearing. The accused employee shall have the right to appear in person or with counsel and to be heard in his …

If the commission sustains the employee, it may order paid all or part of his or her full compensation from the time of suspension, demotion, or dismissal, and it shall order his or her reinstatement upon terms and conditions that it deems appropriate. The commission may modify t…

Classified employees shall be subject to layoff for lack of work or lack of funds. Whenever a classified employee is laid off, the order of layoff within the class shall be determined by length of service. The employee who has been employed the shortest time in the class, plus hi…

Any permanent classified employee of a community college district, who voluntarily resigns from his or her permanent classified position, may be reinstated or reemployed by the governing board of the district, within 39 months after the employee’s last day of paid service and wit…

No warrant shall be drawn by or on behalf of the governing board of any district for the payment of any salary or wage to any employee in the classified service unless the assignment bears the certification of the personnel director that the person named in the assignment has bee…

The commission may conduct hearings, subpoena witnesses, require the production of records or information pertinent to investigation, and may administer oaths. It may, at will, inspect any records of the governing board that may be necessary to satisfy itself that the procedures …

The commission may authorize a hearing officer or other representative to conduct any hearing or investigation which the commission itself is authorized by this article to conduct. Any such authorized person conducting such hearing or investigation may administer oaths, subpoena …

(a) Except as provided in subdivision (b), the legal counsel of the governing board shall aid and represent the commission in all legal matters. If the legal counsel does not respond to a written request by the commission for aid or representation within 15 working days of receip…

Any person who willfully, or through culpable negligence, violates this article is guilty of a misdemeanor. It is also unlawful for any person to do any of the following: (a) Willfully, by himself or herself or in cooperation with another person, to defeat, deceive, or obstruct a…

In every community college district coterminous with the boundaries of a city and county, employees employed in nonacademic positions shall be employed, if the city and county has a charter providing for a merit system of employment, pursuant to the provisions of the charter prov…

(a) A merit (civil service) system within a community college district may be terminated by one of the following methods: (1) (A) If the governing board of a community college district receives a written petition of qualified electors not less in number than 10 percent of the num…

If the majority of the qualified electors vote to terminate the merit system in a community college district, or if the majority of the classified employees vote to terminate the merit system in a community college district, the personnel commission shall cease to function on the…

The governing board of any community college district, including city boards of education, shall fix and order paid the compensation of persons a part of the classified service and other nonacademic employees employed by the board unless otherwise prescribed by law.

(a) The governing board of any community college district shall, not later than the date prescribed by law for approval of the publication budget of every year, fix the annual salaries for the ensuing school year for all persons employed by the district in nonacademic positions. …

If the governing board of a community college district cannot comply with the provisions of subdivision (a) of Section 88162 because it is engaged in a study, which was commenced prior to the commencement of the school year, to increase the salaries and wages of persons employed …

The governing board of any community college district not paying the annual or monthly salaries of persons employed by the district in 12 equal monthly payments may withhold, upon election by the individual employee, from each payment made to that employee an amount as follows: (…

Orders for the payment of wages and payroll orders and warrants for the payment of wages of employees a part of the classified service in any community college district shall be drawn at least once during each calendar month, for those districts not using Section 85244 or 85260. …

Whenever it is determined that an error has been made in the calculation or reporting in any classified employee payroll or in the payment of any classified employee’s salary, the appointing authority shall, within five workdays following such determination, provide the employee …

(a) (1) Except as provided in subdivision (b), the governing board of each community college district, when drawing an order for the salary or wage payment due to a classified employee of the community college district, may, without charge, reduce the order by the amount that it …

(a) Notwithstanding any other provision of law, the governing board of a community college district that collects or deducts dues, agency fees, fair share fees, or any other fee or amount of money from the salary of a classified employee for the purpose of transmitting the money …

Upon initial employment and upon each change in classification thereafter, each classified employee shall be furnished two copies of his or her class specification, salary data, assignment or work location, together with duty hours and the prescribed workweek. The salary data sha…