California Code
PART 25 - EMPLOYEES
CHAPTER 5 - Classified Employees

ARTICLE 1 - Employment

Section 45100. - 45100. Article 2 (commencing with Section 10340) of Chapter 4...

Section 45100.5. - 45100.5. (a) The governing board of a school district may...

Section 45101. - 45101. Definitions as used in this chapter: (a) “Classification” means...

Section 45102. - 45102. (a) For the purposes of this section every classified...

Section 45103. - 45103. (a) The governing board of a school district shall...

Section 45103.1. - 45103.1. (a) Notwithstanding any other provision of this chapter, personal...

Section 45103.5. - 45103.5. All contracts for management consulting services relating to food...

Section 45104. - 45104. Every position not defined by this code as a...

Section 45104.5. - 45104.5. The governing board of a school district may adopt...

Section 45105. - 45105. (a) Positions not requiring certification qualifications created by a...

Section 45106. - 45106. Notwithstanding the provisions of Section 45103 or Section 45256,...

Section 45107. - 45107. (a) The “act” as used in this section shall...

Section 45108. - 45108. If the governing board of any school district establishes...

Section 45108.5. - 45108.5. (a) Senior management employee means either of the following:...

Section 45108.7. - 45108.7. The governing board of a school district may apply...

Section 45109. - 45109. Governing boards shall fix and prescribe the duties to...

Section 45110. - 45110. Classified employees shall not be required to perform duties...

Section 45111. - 45111. No school district may adopt or maintain any rule...

Section 45112. - 45112. If the governing board of any school district employs...

Section 45113. - 45113. (a) The governing board of a school district shall...

Section 45114. - 45114. Notwithstanding the provisions of Section 45113, the governing board...

Section 45115. - 45115. Notwithstanding any other provision of law, any person who...

Section 45116. - 45116. A notice of disciplinary action shall contain a statement...

Section 45117. - 45117. (a) (1) No later than March 15 and before...

Section 45119. - 45119. Whenever, by reason of any reorganization, other than the...

Section 45120. - 45120. If all or any part of any district or...

Section 45120.1. - 45120.1. Notwithstanding the provisions of Sections 45119 and 45120, when...

Section 45120.2. - 45120.2. (a) If the development or revision of a local...

Section 45121. - 45121. Persons employed in positions not requiring certification qualifications in...

Section 45122. - 45122. Whenever a governing board of a school district requires...

Section 45122.1. - 45122.1. (a) In addition to any other prohibition or provision,...

Section 45123. - 45123. (a) No person shall be employed or retained in...

Section 45124. - 45124. No person shall be employed or retained in employment...

Section 45125. - 45125. (a) (1) Except as provided in Section 45125.01, the...

Section 45125.01. - 45125.01. (a) If a person is an applicant for employment,...

Section 45125.1. - 45125.1. (a) Any entity that has a contract with a...

Section 45125.2. - 45125.2. (a) A school district contracting with an entity for...

Section 45125.5. - 45125.5. A school district or county office of education may...

Section 45126. - 45126. Any provision of law to the contrary notwithstanding, the...

Section 45127. - 45127. (a) The workweek of a classified employee, as defined...

Section 45128. - 45128. The governing board of each district shall provide the...

Section 45129. - 45129. When compensatory time off is authorized in lieu of...

Section 45130. - 45130. Notwithstanding the provisions of Sections 45127 and 45128, a...

Section 45131. - 45131. Notwithstanding the provisions of Section 45127, the workweek shall...

Section 45132. - 45132. Notwithstanding the provisions of Section 45131, a governing board...

Section 45133. - 45133. (a) Notwithstanding Sections 45127 and 45131, a governing board...

Section 45133.5. - 45133.5. (a) Notwithstanding Sections 45127 and 45131, a governing board...

Section 45134. - 45134. (a) Notwithstanding any other provisions of law, no minimum...

Section 45135. - 45135. Notwithstanding the provisions of subdivision (c) of Section 45134,...

Section 45136. - 45136. All probationary and permanent part-time classified employees shall be...

Section 45137. - 45137. A classified employee who works a minimum of 30...

Section 45138. - 45138. The governing board of any school district may require...

Section 45139. - 45139. Notwithstanding any other provision of this part, the governing...

ARTICLE 1.5 - Management and Confidential Employees

Section 45140. - 45140. The governing board of any school district which has...

ARTICLE 2 - Salaries

Section 45160. - 45160. The governing board of any school district, including city...

Section 45162. - 45162. (a) The governing board of any school district shall,...

Section 45163. - 45163. If the governing board of a school district cannot...

Section 45165. - 45165. The governing board of any school district not paying...

Section 45166. - 45166. Orders for the payment of wages and payroll orders...

Section 45167. - 45167. Whenever it is determined that an error has been...

Section 45168. - 45168. (a) (1) Except as provided in subdivision (b), the...

Section 45168.5. - 45168.5. (a) Notwithstanding any other law, the governing board of...

Section 45169. - 45169. Upon initial employment and upon each change in classification...

ARTICLE 3 - Differential Compensation

Section 45180. - 45180. For purposes of this article, the following definitions shall...

Section 45181. - 45181. The governing board of every school district, or the...

Section 45182. - 45182. The governing board of any school district may provide...

Section 45183. - 45183. (a) Assignment of duties to bargaining unit employees for...

Section 45184. - 45184. No employee assigned to work a shift entitled to...

Section 45185. - 45185. An employee receiving differential compensation on the basis of...

Section 45186. - 45186. This article shall apply to school districts that have...

ARTICLE 4 - Resignation and Leaves of Absence

Section 45190. - 45190. Governing boards of school districts may grant leaves of...

Section 45191. - 45191. (a) (1) Every classified employee employed five days a...

Section 45191.5. - 45191.5. (a) (1) In addition to any other entitlement for...

Section 45192. - 45192. (a) The governing board of a school district shall...

Section 45193. - 45193. The governing board of any school district may provide...

Section 45194. - 45194. Every person employed in the classified service of any...

Section 45195. - 45195. A permanent employee of the classified service who has...

Section 45196. - 45196. When a person employed in the classified service is...

Section 45196.1. - 45196.1. (a) (1) Notwithstanding any other law, during each school...

Section 45196.5. - 45196.5. A school district may deduct from the salary otherwise...

Section 45197. - 45197. (a) Every public school employer shall grant to regular...

Section 45198. - 45198. When any provision of this code expressly authorizes or...

Section 45199. - 45199. Governing boards of school districts may grant leaves of...

Section 45200. - 45200. Governing boards of school districts may allow permanent classified...

Section 45201. - 45201. (a) The governing boards of any school district may...

Section 45202. - 45202. Any classified employee of any school district, county superintendent...

Section 45203. - 45203. All probationary or permanent employees that are a part...

Section 45204. - 45204. Notwithstanding the provisions of Section 45203, if a school...

Section 45205. - 45205. Prior to July 1 of any school year, the...

Section 45206. - 45206. Any school district which requires any classified employee to...

Section 45206.5. - 45206.5. Notwithstanding any other provision of law, if the governing...

Section 45207. - 45207. (a) A probationary or permanent employee may, at his...

Section 45209. - 45209. The Director of Employment Development is the administrator of...

Section 45210. - 45210. (a) (1) The governing board of a school district...

ARTICLE 5 - Merit System Inclusion

Section 45220. - 45220. (a) “Common board” as used in this article means...

Section 45221. - 45221. (a) (1) The classified employees of a school district...

Section 45222. - 45222. Effective upon certification to a governing board by a...

Section 45223. - 45223. The governing board of a school district whose average...

Section 45224. - 45224. The governing board of a school district whose average...

Section 45224.5. - 45224.5. The procedure set forth in Article 6 (commencing with...

Section 45225. - 45225. When an election has been held, as authorized in...

Section 45226. - 45226. Any person who intimidates, coerces, or discriminates in any...

Section 45227. - 45227. (a) Positions established by a county superintendent of schools,...

ARTICLE 6 - Merit System

Section 45240. - 45240. A school district that adopts the provisions of this...

Section 45241. - 45241. In any district in which the procedure set forth...

Section 45243. - 45243. In any district that has adopted this article there...

Section 45243.5. - 45243.5. Notwithstanding Section 45243, in the case of a unified...

Section 45244. - 45244. (a) To be eligible for appointment or reappointment to...

Section 45245. - 45245. One member of the personnel commission shall be appointed...

Section 45246. - 45246. (a) Within 30 days after adoption of the system,...

Section 45247. - 45247. Appointees to a commission in a district which has...

Section 45248. - 45248. (a) Appointment to vacancies occurring subsequent to the initial...

Section 45249. - 45249. (a) (1) After January 1, 2001, the classified employees...

Section 45250. - 45250. The governing board may authorize payment to members of...

Section 45251. - 45251. In a unified school district with an average daily...

Section 45252. - 45252. The governing board shall provide the commission with suitable...

Section 45253. - 45253. (a) The commission shall prepare an annual budget for...

Section 45254. - 45254. The budget for the first year of the personnel...

Section 45255. - 45255. The commission may, with respect to the staff of...

Section 45256. - 45256. (a) The commission shall classify all employees and positions...

Section 45256.5. - 45256.5. (a) The governing board of a school district may...

Section 45258. - 45258. Positions established for the employment of community representatives in...

Section 45259. - 45259. If the governing board of any school district establishes...

Section 45260. - 45260. (a) The commission shall prescribe, amend, and interpret, subject...

Section 45261. - 45261. (a) The rules shall provide for the procedures to...

Section 45262. - 45262. (a) The rules of the commission and copies of...

Section 45263. - 45263. The commission may classify as apprentice positions certain positions...

Section 45264. - 45264. The commission shall appoint a personnel director within 90...

Section 45265. - 45265. Notwithstanding the provisions of Section 45264, the personnel commission,...

Section 45266. - 45266. (a) The personnel director shall be responsible to the...

Section 45267. - 45267. The provisions of Sections 45123, 45124, 45160, 45198, 45199,...

Section 45268. - 45268. The commission shall recommend to the governing board salary...

Section 45269. - 45269. Any person who has been continuously employed in a...

Section 45270. - 45270. All persons who have been continuously employed by a...

Section 45271. - 45271. Any employee serving in a certificated position whose position...

Section 45272. - 45272. (a) All vacancies in the classified service shall be...

Section 45273. - 45273. Examinations shall be administered objectively, and shall consist of...

Section 45274. - 45274. Examination records, including any recordings and the rating sheet...

Section 45276. - 45276. The governing board shall fix the duties of all...

Section 45277. - 45277. Appointments may be made from other than the first...

Section 45277.5. - 45277.5. Notwithstanding Section 45277, for the Los Angeles Unified School...

Section 45278. - 45278. (a) Written notices concerning tests, vacancies, transfer opportunities, and...

Section 45279. - 45279. A regular employee who is determined by the governing...

Section 45280. - 45280. The commission shall, by rule, provide for an open...

Section 45281. - 45281. The commission may by rule provide for the competition...

Section 45283. - 45283. In any school district that has geographical boundaries encompassing...

Section 45284. - 45284. When an open competitive examination and a promotional examination...

Section 45285. - 45285. (a) When all of the positions in a class...

Section 45285.5. - 45285.5. No position classification or reclassification plan which would affect...

Section 45286. - 45286. Whenever the appointing power shall require the appointment of...

Section 45287. - 45287. When no eligibility list exists for a position in...

Section 45288. - 45288. The personnel commission may authorize the extension of a...

Section 45289. - 45289. Successive provisional appointments of 90 working days or less...

Section 45290. - 45290. The appointing power may, to prevent the stoppage of...

Section 45291. - 45291. Combinations of successive eligibility lists may be made during...

Section 45292. - 45292. The commission may provide for the continuous examination of...

Section 45293. - 45293. No questions relating to political or religious opinions or...

Section 45294. - 45294. “Veteran” as used in this article means any person...

Section 45295. - 45295. “Disabled veteran” as used in this article means any...

Section 45296. - 45296. In the case of all entrance examinations, veterans with...

Section 45297. - 45297. (a) Whenever, during the absence of an employee of...

Section 45298. - 45298. (a) A person laid off because of lack of...

Section 45300. - 45300. Eligibility lists shall be established for a period of...

Section 45301. - 45301. (a) A person who has served an initial probationary...

Section 45302. - 45302. No person in the permanent classified service shall be...

Section 45303. - 45303. In addition to any causes for suspension or dismissal...

Section 45304. - 45304. (a) For reasonable causes, an employee may be suspended...

Section 45305. - 45305. Any employee in the permanent classified service who has...

Section 45306. - 45306. The commission shall investigate the matter on appeal and...

Section 45307. - 45307. If the commission sustains the employee, it may order...

Section 45308. - 45308. (a) Classified employees shall be subject to layoff for...

Section 45309. - 45309. Any permanent classified employee of a school district who...

Section 45310. - 45310. No warrant shall be drawn by or on behalf...

Section 45311. - 45311. The commission may conduct hearings, subpoena witnesses, require the...

Section 45312. - 45312. (a) (1) The commission may authorize a hearing officer...

Section 45313. - 45313. (a) Except as provided in subdivision (b), the legal...

Section 45317. - 45317. Any person who willfully or through culpable negligence violates...

Section 45318. - 45318. In every school district coterminous with the boundaries of...

Section 45319. - 45319. (a) A merit (civil service) system within a school...

Section 45320. - 45320. If the majority of the qualified electors vote to...

ARTICLE 6.5 - Paraprofessionals

Section 45330. - 45330. (a) As used in this section, a paraprofessional means...

ARTICLE 7 - Instructional Aides

Section 45340. - 45340. This article may be cited as the Instructional Aide...

Section 45341. - 45341. The Legislature recognizes the need to provide classroom teachers...

Section 45342. - 45342. Instructional aides shall not be utilized to increase the...

Section 45343. - 45343. (a) As used in this article, “instructional aide” means...

Section 45344. - 45344. (a) Subject to the provisions of this article, any...

Section 45344.5. - 45344.5. (a) No person shall be initially assigned to assist...

Section 45345. - 45345. Notwithstanding the provisions of Section 48950, no instructional aide...

Section 45346. - 45346. Classroom teachers and other certificated personnel shall not be...

Section 45347. - 45347. (a) An instructional aide shall not be deemed a...

Section 45348. - 45348. The school district shall pay to each person employed...

Section 45349. - 45349. Notwithstanding the provisions of this article, or any other...

ARTICLE 7.5 - Teacher Assistants

Section 45350. - 45350. The purposes of this article include the following: (a)...

Section 45351. - 45351. (a) No later than June 30, 1990, the Office...

Section 45352. - 45352. No later than June 30, 1991, the Commission on...

Section 45353. - 45353. Teacher assistants, as described in this article, shall not...

Section 45354. - 45354. The Commission on Teacher Credentialing shall levy a fee...

Section 45355. - 45355. The Department of Finance shall determine the amount of...

Section 45356. - 45356. The State Department of Education shall, in the 1991–92...

ARTICLE 8 - Teacher Aides

Section 45360. - 45360. It is the intent and purpose of the Legislature...

Section 45361. - 45361. The State Board of Education shall establish rules and...

Section 45361.5. - 45361.5. (a) No person shall be initially assigned to assist...

Section 45362. - 45362. School districts shall establish standards and procedures for the...

Section 45363. - 45363. The State Board of Education shall direct that apportionment...

Section 45364. - 45364. All funds received by school districts under the provisions...

Section 45365. - 45365. Apportionments for the purpose of this article shall be...

Section 45366. - 45366. Apportionments to a school district shall be in the...

Section 45367. - 45367. Programs on projects conducted pursuant to this article shall...

ARTICLE 8.5 - Readers for Legally Blind Teachers

Section 45370. - 45370. It is the intent of the Legislature in enacting...

Section 45371. - 45371. There is hereby created in the State Treasury the...

Section 45372. - 45372. The Superintendent of Public Instruction shall establish the procedures...

ARTICLE 9 - Retraining and Study

Section 45380. - 45380. In enacting this article the Legislature recognizes that technological...

Section 45381. - 45381. The governing board of any school district may grant...

Section 45382. - 45382. No leave of absence shall be granted under this...

Section 45383. - 45383. Every employee granted a leave of absence pursuant to...

Section 45384. - 45384. Compensation granted by the governing board to the employee...

Section 45385. - 45385. Where one governing board serves as the governing board...

Section 45386. - 45386. This article shall apply to districts that have adopted...

Section 45387. - 45387. (a) The governing board of a school district may...

ARTICLE 9.5 - Professional Development for Classified School Employees

Section 45390. - 45390. The Legislature finds and declares all of the following:...

Section 45391. - 45391. (a) If a local educational agency expends funds for...

Section 45392. - 45392. Nothing in this article prohibits a local educational agency...

ARTICLE 10 - Bilingual Office Employees

Section 45400. - 45400. The Legislature hereby finds that when a public school...

Section 45401. - 45401. When at least 15 percent of the pupils enrolled...

Section 45402. - 45402. The bilingual person employed pursuant to this article shall...

Section 45403. - 45403. This article shall not be construed as requiring school...

ARTICLE 11 - Assumption by County Superintendent of Schools of the Operation of a School District s Data Processing Center

Section 45420. - 45420. The provisions of this article shall become applicable upon...

Section 45421. - 45421. A school district employee in a position not requiring...

Section 45422. - 45422. District employees whose status is changed pursuant to this...

Section 45423. - 45423. No employee transferred from school district service pursuant to...

ARTICLE 12 - Particular Employees

Section 45450. - 45450. The governing board of any school district may employ,...

Section 45451. - 45451. The governing board of any school district which employs...

ARTICLE 13 - Classified School Employee Week

Section 45460. - 45460. The third full week in May is designated as...

ARTICLE 14 - Classified School Employee Summer Assistance Program

Section 45500. - 45500. (a) The Classified School Employee Summer Assistance Program is...