California Code
PART 25 - EMPLOYEES
CHAPTER 4 - Employment Certificated Employees

ARTICLE 1 - Rights and Duties

Section 44800. - 44800. Every person employed by a school district as a...

Section 44801. - 44801. Every person employed by a school district as a...

Section 44802. - 44802. The governing board of any school district may provide...

Section 44803. - 44803. Every probationary employee of a school district which becomes...

Section 44805. - 44805. Every teacher in the public schools shall enforce the...

Section 44806. - 44806. As used in this chapter, the following definitions apply:...

Section 44807. - 44807. Every teacher in the public schools shall hold pupils...

Section 44807.5. - 44807.5. The governing board of a school district may adopt...

Section 44808. - 44808. Notwithstanding any other provision of this code, no school...

Section 44808.5. - 44808.5. The governing board of a school district may permit...

Section 44809. - 44809. (a) A state school register shall be kept by...

Section 44810. - 44810. (a) Every minor over 16 years of age or...

Section 44811. - 44811. (a) Any parent, guardian, or other person whose conduct...

Section 44813. - 44813. The governing board of every school district shall allow...

Section 44814. - 44814. Recognizing that an adequate lunch period free from duty...

Section 44815. - 44815. The governing board of any school district may also...

Section 44816. - 44816. Except in districts exempted by the Department of Education...

Section 44817. - 44817. The principal of each elementary school when directed by...

Section 44818. - 44818. The principal of each high school, when directed by...

Section 44821. - 44821. A high school principal shall not enter into any...

Section 44822. - 44822. The principal of any high school may act as...

Section 44823. - 44823. The principal of any high school may act as...

Section 44824. - 44824. A full-time probationary or permanent classroom teacher currently employed...

ARTICLE 2 - Employment

Section 44830. - 44830. (a) The governing board of a school district shall...

Section 44830.1. - 44830.1. (a) In addition to any other prohibition or provision,...

Section 44830.2. - 44830.2. (a) For situations in which a person is an...

Section 44830.3. - 44830.3. (a) The governing board of any school district that...

Section 44830.5. - 44830.5. The Legislature hereby declares that it is contrary to...

Section 44830.7. - 44830.7. Every contract for employment for a position requiring certification...

Section 44831. - 44831. The governing board of a school district shall employ...

Section 44832. - 44832. (a) Notwithstanding Section 44842, and except for employees who...

Section 44833. - 44833. Notwithstanding the provisions of Sections 44001, 44830, 44831, or...

Section 44834. - 44834. (a) Notwithstanding any other provision of law, on and...

Section 44834.1. - 44834.1. On or before June 30, 1991, the Commission on...

Section 44834.2. - 44834.2. It is the intent of the Legislature that the...

Section 44835. - 44835. A student providing services in elementary schools or child...

Section 44836. - 44836. (a) (1) The governing board of a school district...

Section 44837. - 44837. Governing boards of school districts shall not employ or...

Section 44838. - 44838. The governing board of a school district shall, as...

Section 44839. - 44839. (a) When a school district or a county superintendent...

Section 44839.5. - 44839.5. (a) When a school district or county superintendent of...

Section 44840. - 44840. Persons in positions requiring certification qualifications may be elected...

Section 44842. - 44842. (a) Except as set forth in subdivision (b), if,...

Section 44843. - 44843. The county superintendent of schools shall be given immediate...

Section 44844. - 44844. Except as otherwise provided in Sections 44831 to 44855,...

Section 44845. - 44845. Every probationary or permanent employee employed after June 30,...

Section 44846. - 44846. The following general provisions shall apply regardless of date...

Section 44847. - 44847. When any school or part thereof shall have been...

Section 44848. - 44848. When any certificated employee shall have resigned or been...

Section 44849. - 44849. Nothing in Sections 35029, 35161, 35162, Sections 44030 to...

Section 44850. - 44850. Nothing in Sections 35029, 35161, 35162, Sections 44030 to...

Section 44850.1. - 44850.1. Notwithstanding Section 44850, and notwithstanding provisions of the charter...

Section 44851. - 44851. All employments under the provisions of Section 35161, Sections...

Section 44852. - 44852. Nothing in this code shall be construed as prohibiting...

Section 44853. - 44853. The governing board of any school district, subject to...

Section 44854. - 44854. Acceptance of any exchange position by an employee of...

Section 44855. - 44855. If the teacher from the district within the state...

Section 44856. - 44856. (a) The governing board of a school district, for...

Section 44857. - 44857. Each person employed by the governing board of a...

Section 44858. - 44858. The Legislature hereby declares that it is contrary to...

Section 44859. - 44859. No school district may adopt or maintain any rule...

Section 44860. - 44860. No person shall be employed as principal of a...

Section 44861. - 44861. A substitute principal holding a valid teacher’s credential of...

Section 44862. - 44862. No person is eligible to teach in any public...

Section 44863. - 44863. No teacher holding a special certificate shall be employed...

Section 44864. - 44864. Each teacher in a joint elementary district shall hold...

Section 44865. - 44865. A valid teaching credential issued by the State Board...

Section 44866. - 44866. The qualifications of a home instructor of pupils with...

Section 44867. - 44867. Except as provided in Section 44865, teachers in opportunity...

Section 44868. - 44868. No person shall be employed as a teacher librarian...

Section 44869. - 44869. A teacher librarian, when employed full time as a...

Section 44870. - 44870. No one shall be employed to supervise the work...

Section 44871. - 44871. The qualifications of supervisors of health shall be as...

Section 44872. - 44872. For the purposes of Sections 44873 to 44878, inclusive,...

Section 44873. - 44873. The qualifications for a physician and surgeon employed to...

Section 44874. - 44874. The qualifications for a psychologist or social worker are...

Section 44875. - 44875. The qualifications for a dentist are a valid certificate...

Section 44876. - 44876. The qualifications for a dental hygienist, dental hygienist in...

Section 44877. - 44877. The qualifications for a nurse shall be a valid...

Section 44878. - 44878. The qualifications for an optometrist are a valid certificate...

Section 44879. - 44879. The qualifications for an audiometrist working under the direction...

Section 44885.5. - 44885.5. (a) Any school district shall classify as a probationary...

Section 44893. - 44893. A permanent employee when advanced from a teaching position...

Section 44894. - 44894. (a) A permanent employee not qualified to render service...

Section 44895. - 44895. A permanent employee, as specified in Section 44894, when...

Section 44896. - 44896. Whenever a person employed in an administrative or supervisory...

Section 44897. - 44897. (a) A person employed in an administrative or supervisory...

Section 44898. - 44898. Notwithstanding the provisions of Section 44897 to the contrary,...

Section 44899. - 44899. A person employed in an administrative or supervisory position...

Section 44900. - 44900. Any certificated employee having permanent classification in a district,...

Section 44901. - 44901. (a) A certificated employee who has served in a...

Section 44902.1. - 44902.1. In a district which becomes unified, effective for all...

Section 44902.2. - 44902.2. In a school district which becomes unified, effective for...

Section 44903. - 44903. On the unionization, unification, uniting, or consolidation of one...

Section 44903.7. - 44903.7. When a local plan for the education of individuals...

Section 44907. - 44907. The retirement of any employee of a school district...

Section 44908. - 44908. A probationary employee who, in any one school year,...

Section 44909. - 44909. The governing board of any school district may employ...

Section 44910. - 44910. Service by a person as an instructor in classes...

Section 44911. - 44911. Service by a person under a provisional credential shall...

Section 44912. - 44912. Service under a credential authorizing service only as a...

Section 44913. - 44913. Nothing in Sections 44882 to 44887, inclusive, Sections 44890,...

Section 44914. - 44914. If an employee of a school district has served...

Section 44915. - 44915. Governing boards of school districts shall classify as probationary...

Section 44916. - 44916. The classification shall be made at the time of...

Section 44917. - 44917. Except as provided in Sections 44888 and 44920, governing...

Section 44918. - 44918. (a) Any employee classified as a substitute or temporary...

Section 44919. - 44919. (a) Governing boards of school districts shall classify as...

Section 44920. - 44920. Notwithstanding the provisions of Sections 44917 and 44919, the...

Section 44921. - 44921. Notwithstanding the provisions of Section 44919, the governing board...

Section 44922. - 44922. Notwithstanding any other provision, the governing board of a...

Section 44923. - 44923. In the event a permanent employee of a school...

Section 44924. - 44924. Except as provided in Sections 44937 and 44956, any...

Section 44925. - 44925. The governing board of any school district may employ...

Section 44926. - 44926. The governing board of any school district may employ...

Section 44927. - 44927. The governing board of any school district, a county...

Section 44928. - 44928. (a) No school in any school district having an...

Section 44929. - 44929. Whenever the governing board of a school district or...

ARTICLE 2.7 - Permanent Status

Section 44929.20. - 44929.20. Every certificated employee of a school district of any...

Section 44929.21. - 44929.21. (a) Every employee of a school district of any...

Section 44929.22. - 44929.22. At the discretion of the governing board of a...

Section 44929.23. - 44929.23. (a) The governing board of a school district of...

Section 44929.25. - 44929.25. When a teacher of classes for adults serves sufficient...

Section 44929.26. - 44929.26. Nothing in Sections 44929.20 to 44929.23, inclusive, shall be...

Section 44929.27. - 44929.27. No employee of a school district or districts, in...

Section 44929.28. - 44929.28. The governing board of a school district that employs...

Section 44929.29. - 44929.29. Nothing in this article shall be construed as affecting...

ARTICLE 3 - Resignations, Dismissals, and Leaves of Absence

Section 44930. - 44930. (a) Governing boards of school districts shall accept the...

Section 44931. - 44931. Whenever any certificated employee of any school district who,...

Section 44932. - 44932. (a) A permanent employee shall not be dismissed except...

Section 44933. - 44933. A permanent employee may be dismissed or suspended on...

Section 44934. - 44934. (a) This section shall apply to dismissal or suspension...

Section 44934.1. - 44934.1. (a) This section shall apply only to dismissal or...

Section 44935. - 44935. (a) A report on the fitness of a certificated...

Section 44936. - 44936. (a) The notice of dismissal or suspension in a...

Section 44937. - 44937. In a dismissal or suspension proceeding initiated pursuant to...

Section 44938. - 44938. (a) The governing board of any school district shall...

Section 44939. - 44939. (a) This section applies only to dismissal or suspension...

Section 44939.1. - 44939.1. (a) This section shall apply only to dismissal or...

Section 44939.5. - 44939.5. (a) School districts, county offices of education, and charter...

Section 44940. - 44940. (a) For purposes of this section, “charged with a...

Section 44940.5. - 44940.5. A certificated employee placed on compulsory leave of absence...

Section 44941. - 44941. (a) The notice of suspension and intention to dismiss...

Section 44941.1. - 44941.1. Notwithstanding Section 44941, the notice of suspension and intention...

Section 44942. - 44942. (a) Any certificated employee may be suspended or transferred...

Section 44943. - 44943. When any employee who has been served with notice...

Section 44944. - 44944. (a) This section applies only to dismissal or suspension...

Section 44944.05. - 44944.05. (a) In a dismissal or suspension proceeding initiated pursuant...

Section 44944.1. - 44944.1. (a) This section shall apply only to dismissal or...

Section 44944.3. - 44944.3. At a hearing conducted pursuant to Section 44944 or...

Section 44945. - 44945. The decision reached in a dismissal or suspension proceeding...

Section 44946. - 44946. If the employee has been suspended pending the hearing,...

Section 44947. - 44947. If an employee is dismissed for immoral conduct or...

Section 44948. - 44948. (a) Governing boards of school districts shall dismiss probationary...

Section 44948.2. - 44948.2. Notwithstanding subdivision (a) of Section 44948 and subdivision (c)...

Section 44948.3. - 44948.3. (a) First and second year probationary employees may be...

Section 44948.5. - 44948.5. (a) This section applies only to (1) probationary employees...

Section 44949. - 44949. (a) (1) No later than March 15 and before...

Section 44951. - 44951. Unless a certificated employee holding a position requiring an...

Section 44952. - 44952. The provisions of Section 44949 shall not be construed...

Section 44953. - 44953. Governing boards of school districts may dismiss substitute employees...

Section 44954. - 44954. Governing boards of school districts may release temporary employees...

Section 44955. - 44955. (a) No permanent employee shall be deprived of his...

Section 44955.5. - 44955.5. (a) During the time period between five days after...

Section 44956. - 44956. Any permanent employee whose services have been terminated as...

Section 44956.5. - 44956.5. For a certificated employee initially employed in an administrative...

Section 44957. - 44957. Any probationary employee whose services have been terminated as...

Section 44958. - 44958. If the services of any probationary employee are terminated,...

Section 44959. - 44959. As to any permanent certificated employee whose services have...

Section 44959.5. - 44959.5. (a) The layoff provisions of Sections 44955, 44956, 44957,...

Section 44960. - 44960. The services of any permanent certificated employee referred to...

Section 44961. - 44961. In specifying or defining the rights of employees in...

Section 44962. - 44962. Governing boards of school districts may grant leaves of...

Section 44963. - 44963. When any provision of this code expressly authorizes or...

Section 44964. - 44964. The governing board of any school district may provide...

Section 44965. - 44965. The governing board of any school district shall provide...

Section 44966. - 44966. The governing board of any school district may grant...

Section 44967. - 44967. No leave of absence shall be granted to any...

Section 44968. - 44968. Every employee granted a leave of absence pursuant to...

Section 44968.5. - 44968.5. An employee granted a leave of absence pursuant to...

Section 44969. - 44969. Every employee, as a condition to being granted a...

Section 44970. - 44970. If the employee does not serve for the entire...

Section 44972. - 44972. Where one governing board serves as the governing board...

Section 44973. - 44973. At the expiration of the leave of absence of...

Section 44974. - 44974. Both the governing board of any district and the...

Section 44975. - 44975. No leave of absence when granted to a probationary...

Section 44976. - 44976. When any school or other place of employment shall...

Section 44977. - 44977. (a) During each school year, when a person employed...

Section 44977.5. - 44977.5. (a) (1) Notwithstanding any other law, during each school...

Section 44978. - 44978. Every certificated employee employed five days a week by...

Section 44978.1. - 44978.1. When a certificated employee has exhausted all available sick...

Section 44978.2. - 44978.2. (a) (1) In addition to any other entitlement for...

Section 44979. - 44979. Any certificated employee of any school district who has...

Section 44980. - 44980. Any certificated employee of any school district who accepts...

Section 44981. - 44981. Any days of leave of absence for illness or...

Section 44982. - 44982. Any person employed by a school district or by...

Section 44983. - 44983. Section 44977 shall not apply to any school district...

Section 44984. - 44984. (a) The governing board of a school district shall...

Section 44985. - 44985. Every person employed by a school district in a...

Section 44986. - 44986. (a) The governing board of a school district may...

Section 44986.1. - 44986.1. Any member for whom the employer makes application for...

Section 44987. - 44987. (a) (1) The governing board of a school district...

Section 44987.3. - 44987.3. (a) The governing board of a school district shall...

Section 44988. - 44988. Prior to July 1 of any school year, the...

ARTICLE 3.3 - Testimony of Minor Witnesses at Dismissal or Suspension Hearings

Section 44990. - 44990. (a) It is the intent of the Legislature in...

Section 44991. - 44991. (a) (1) In an administrative proceeding held pursuant to...

Section 44992. - 44992. (a) With a witness under 18 years of age,...

Section 44993. - 44993. (a) (1) A support person selected by the minor...

Section 44994. - 44994. This article shall apply to a hearing conducted by...

ARTICLE 4 - Increased Cost of Dismissal Procedure

Section 45020. - 45020. The amount determined pursuant to subdivision (g) of Section...

ARTICLE 5 - Salaries

Section 45022. - 45022. The governing board of any school district shall fix...

Section 45023. - 45023. The governing board of each school district shall adopt...

Section 45023.5. - 45023.5. If compensation is provided to certificated employees of any...

Section 45024. - 45024. Every person employed by the district in a position...

Section 45025. - 45025. Any person employed by a district in a position...

Section 45028. - 45028. (a) (1) Effective July 1, 1970, each person employed...

Section 45029. - 45029. Teachers in an opportunity school or opportunity classes shall...

Section 45030. - 45030. The governing board of any school district may employ...

Section 45031. - 45031. The salaries of home teachers shall be paid from...

Section 45032. - 45032. The governing board of a school district may at...

Section 45033. - 45033. The governing board of any school district shall not...

Section 45034. - 45034. No order for a warrant, and no warrant drawn...

Section 45035. - 45035. If any school district fails to pay the salary...

Section 45036. - 45036. Whenever, on or after September 15, 1961, a person...

Section 45037. - 45037. (a) Except as provided in Section 45036, for the...

Section 45038. - 45038. (a) The governing board of a school district or...

Section 45039. - 45039. If the governing board of a school district or...

Section 45040. - 45040. (a) The governing board of a school district or...

Section 45041. - 45041. A person in a position requiring certification qualifications who...

Section 45042. - 45042. Notwithstanding the provisions of Section 45041, the governing board...

Section 45043. - 45043. Notwithstanding the provisions of Section 45041 or any other...

Section 45044. - 45044. Whenever a salary schedule increasing the salaries of its...

Section 45045. - 45045. When a school district operates on a year-round schedule...

Section 45046. - 45046. Except as otherwise provided in Section 45045, the governing...

Section 45047. - 45047. Service on a commission on professional competence pursuant to...

Section 45048. - 45048. (a) Each salary payment for any calendar month may...

Section 45049. - 45049. (a) When any school district employs a certificated employee...

Section 45050. - 45050. Instead of issuing a single warrant to each employee...

Section 45051. - 45051. When the payroll form of warrant is used, the...

Section 45052. - 45052. When the payroll form of warrant is used the...

Section 45055. - 45055. Except as otherwise provided in this code, no warrant...

Section 45056. - 45056. Whenever a person is employed by two or more...

Section 45057. - 45057. The salary payment due a certificated employee for his...

Section 45058. - 45058. Whenever reports are required to be filed with the...

Section 45059. - 45059. For the purposes of Military and Veterans Code Section...

Section 45060. - 45060. (a) Except as provided in Section 45061, the governing...

Section 45061. - 45061. The governing board of each school district when drawing...

Section 45061.5. - 45061.5. (a) Notwithstanding any other law, the governing board of...