California Code
ARTICLE 11 - Evaluation and Assessment of Performance of Certificated Employees
Section 44665.

44665. For purposes of this article, “employing authority” means the superintendent of the school district in which the employee is employed, or his designee, or in the case of a district which has no superintendent, a school principal or other person designated by the governing board.

(Enacted by Stats. 1976, Ch. 1010.)