CHAPTER 5. Classified Employees [45100. - 45500.]

Chapter 5 enacted by Stats. 1976, Ch. 1010.

§§ 45100–45500 · 235 sections

1. ARTICLE 1. Employment §§ 45100–45139 · 54 sections

   • § 45100 Article 2 (commencing with Section 10340) of Chapter 4 of Part 7, Articles 1 to 5, inclusive (commencing with Section 45100), Article 7 (commencing with…
   • § 45100.5 (a) The governing board of a school district may adopt a resolution designating certain positions as senior management of the classified service.…
   • § 45101 Definitions as used in this chapter: (a) “Classification” means that each position in the classified service shall have a designated title, a regular minimum…
   • § 45102 (a) For the purposes of this section every classified employee shall be deemed to be employed for 12 months during each school year regardless of the number of…
   • § 45103 (a) The governing board of a school district shall employ persons for positions not requiring certification qualifications. The governing board of a school…
   • § 45103.1 (a) Notwithstanding any other provision of this chapter, personal services contracting for all services currently or customarily performed by classified school…
   • § 45103.5 All contracts for management consulting services relating to food service shall be governed by this section. (a) Notwithstanding Sections 39902, 45103, 45104,…
   • § 45104 Every position not defined by this code as a position requiring certification qualifications and not specifically exempted from the classified service…
   • § 45104.5 The governing board of a school district may adopt a resolution abolishing any or all positions of the senior management of the classified service. An employee…
   • § 45105 (a) Positions not requiring certification qualifications created by a governing board of a school district under the Manpower Development and Training Act of…
   • § 45106 Notwithstanding the provisions of Section 45103 or Section 45256, which exempt certain types of positions or categories of personnel from the classified…
   • § 45107 (a) The “act” as used in this section shall mean the Federal Emergency Employment Act of 1971 (Public Law 92-54) or any similar federal law hereafter enacted…
   • § 45108 If the governing board of any school district establishes positions in the categories described below and restricts initial appointments of new employees to…
   • § 45108.5 (a) Senior management employee means either of the following: (1) An employee in the highest position in a principal district program area, as determined by…
   • § 45108.7 The governing board of a school district may apply to the State Board of Education to waive the provisions of Section 45108.5 for purposes of expanding the…
   • § 45109 Governing boards shall fix and prescribe the duties to be performed by all persons in the classified service and other positions not requiring certification…
   • § 45110 Classified employees shall not be required to perform duties which are not fixed and prescribed for the position by the governing board in accordance with…
   • § 45111 No school district may adopt or maintain any rule or regulation which requires a candidate for a position in the classified service to be a resident of the…
   • § 45112 If the governing board of any school district employs staff assistants or field representatives to directly assist the governing board or individual governing…
   • § 45113 (a) The governing board of a school district shall prescribe written rules and regulations governing the personnel management of the classified service. These…
   • § 45114 Notwithstanding the provisions of Section 45113, the governing board may lay off and reemploy classified employees only in accordance with procedures provided…
   • § 45115 Notwithstanding any other provision of law, any person who was subject to being, or was in fact, laid off for lack of work or lack of funds and who elected…
   • § 45116 A notice of disciplinary action shall contain a statement in ordinary and concise language of the specific acts and omissions upon which the disciplinary…
   • § 45117 (a) (1) No later than March 15 and before a classified employee is given notice by the governing board of a school district that the employee’s services will…
   • § 45118 (a) (1) The department, in consultation with the Division of Occupational Safety and Health, the Department of Industrial Relations, the Labor Commissioner,…
   • § 45119 Whenever, by reason of any reorganization, other than the unification of districts, all or part of the territory of any school district which has adopted the…
   • § 45120 If all or any part of any district or districts which is unified with all or any part of a district, has, or have, the merit system prior to the date of the…
   • § 45120.1 Notwithstanding the provisions of Sections 45119 and 45120, when any school district involved in any reorganization, annexation, unionization, merger, or…
   • § 45120.2 (a) If the development or revision of a local plan for the education of individuals with exceptional needs pursuant to Chapter 2.5 (commencing with Section…
   • § 45121 Persons employed in positions not requiring certification qualifications in districts, all or part of whose territory is included in a unification of…
   • § 45122 Whenever a governing board of a school district requires a physical examination to be taken by a classified employee or employees, either by rule or by its…
   • § 45122.1 (a) In addition to any other prohibition or provision, no person who has been convicted of a violent or serious felony shall be employed by a school district…
   • § 45123 (a) No person shall be employed or retained in employment by a school district who has been convicted of any sex offense as defined in Section 44010. A plea or…
   • § 45124 No person shall be employed or retained in employment by a school district who has been determined to be a sexual psychopath under the provisions of Article 1…
   • § 45125 (a) (1) Except as provided in Section 45125.01, the governing board of any school district shall require each person to be employed in a position not requiring…
   • § 45125.01 (a) If a person is an applicant for employment, or is employed on a part-time or substitute basis, in a position not requiring certification qualifications, or…
   • § 45125.1 (a) Any entity that has a contract with a local educational agency shall ensure that any employee who interacts with pupils has a valid criminal records…
   • § 45125.2 (a) A school district contracting with an entity for the construction, reconstruction, rehabilitation, or repair of a school facility where the employees of…
   • § 45125.5 A school district or county office of education may request that a local law enforcement agency conduct an automated records check of a prospective…
   • § 45126 Any provision of law to the contrary notwithstanding, the Department of Justice, shall, as provided in Section 45125, furnish, upon application of a local…
   • § 45127 (a) The workweek of a classified employee, as defined in Section 45103 or 45256, shall be 40 hours. The workday shall be eight hours. These provisions do not…
   • § 45128 The governing board of each district shall provide the extent to which, and establish the method by which ordered overtime is compensated. The board shall…
   • § 45129 When compensatory time off is authorized in lieu of cash compensation, such compensatory time off shall be granted within 12 calendar months following the…
   • § 45130 Notwithstanding the provisions of Sections 45127 and 45128, a personnel commission, when applicable, or a governing board of a school district may specify…
   • § 45131 Notwithstanding the provisions of Section 45127, the workweek shall consist of not more than five consecutive working days for any employee having an average…
   • § 45132 Notwithstanding the provisions of Section 45131, a governing board of a district may establish a 10-hour-per-day, 40-hour, four-consecutive-day workweek for…
   • § 45133 (a) Notwithstanding Sections 45127 and 45131, a governing board of a school district or a county superintendent of schools may establish a 9-hour-per-day,…
   • § 45133.5 (a) Notwithstanding Sections 45127 and 45131, a governing board of a school district or a county superintendent of schools may establish a 12-hour-per-day,…
   • § 45134 (a) Notwithstanding any other provisions of law, no minimum or maximum age limits shall be established for the employment or continuance in employment of…
   • § 45135 Notwithstanding the provisions of subdivision (c) of Section 45134, a retired classified school employee may be employed by a school district, but only in…
   • § 45136 All probationary and permanent part-time classified employees shall be entitled to sick leave, and all other benefits conferred by law on classified employees.…
   • § 45137 A classified employee who works a minimum of 30 minutes per day in excess of his part-time assignment for a period of 20 consecutive working days or more,…
   • § 45138 The governing board of any school district may require the wearing of a distinctive uniform by classified personnel. The cost of the purchase, lease or rental…
   • § 45139 Notwithstanding any other provision of this part, the governing board of a school district or county superintendent of schools may establish regulations which…
2. ARTICLE 1.5. Management and Confidential Employees § 45140 · 1 section

   • § 45140 The governing board of any school district which has not adopted the merit system pursuant to Article 5 (commencing with Section 45220) and Article 6…
3. ARTICLE 2. Salaries §§ 45160–45169 · 9 sections

   • § 45160 The governing board of any school district, including city boards of education, shall fix and order paid the compensation of persons a part of the classified…
   • § 45162 (a) The governing board of any school district shall, not later than the date prescribed by law for approval of the publication budget of every year, fix the…
   • § 45163 If the governing board of a school district cannot comply with the provisions of subdivision (a) of Section 45162 because it is engaged in a study, which was…
   • § 45165 The governing board of any school district not paying the annual or monthly salaries of persons employed by the district in 12 equal monthly payments may…
   • § 45166 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 public school…
   • § 45167 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…
   • § 45168 (a) (1) Except as provided in subdivision (b), the governing board of each public school employer when drawing an order for the salary or wage payment due to a…
   • § 45168.5 (a) Notwithstanding any other law, the governing board of a school district that collects or deducts dues, agency fees, fair share fees, or any other fee or…
   • § 45169 Upon initial employment and upon each change in classification thereafter, each classified employee shall be furnished two copies of his class specification,…
4. ARTICLE 3. Differential Compensation §§ 45180–45186 · 7 sections

   • § 45180 For purposes of this article, the following definitions shall apply unless the context indicates otherwise: (a) “Differential compensation” means either a…
   • § 45181 The governing board of every school district, or the personnel commission in any merit system school district, shall, insofar as it is possible to do so,…
   • § 45182 The governing board of any school district may provide differential compensation to those classified employees who perform duties of a distasteful, dangerous,…
   • § 45183 (a) Assignment of duties to bargaining unit employees for which differential compensation is designated, other than a temporary assignment of less than 20…
   • § 45184 No employee assigned to work a shift entitled to differential compensation shall be demoted in class or grade as a result of such an assignment.
   • § 45185 An employee receiving differential compensation on the basis of his shift shall not lose such compensation if he is temporarily, for 20 working days or less,…
   • § 45186 This article shall apply to school districts that have adopted the merit system in the same manner and effect as if it were a part of Article 6 (commencing…
5. ARTICLE 4. Resignation and Leaves of Absence §§ 45190–45210 · 24 sections

   • § 45190 (a) Governing boards of school districts may grant voluntary leaves of absence and vacations, with or without pay, to persons employed in the classified…
   • § 45191 (a) (1) Every classified employee employed five days a week by a school district shall be entitled to 12 days leave of absence for illness or injury and such…
   • § 45191.5 (a) (1) In addition to any other entitlement for leave of absence for illness or injury with pay, a classified employee hired on or after, or employed on or…
   • § 45192 (a) The governing board of a school district shall provide by rules and regulations for industrial accident or illness leaves of absence for employees who are…
   • § 45193 The governing board of any school district may provide for such leave of absence from duty as it deems appropriate for any female employee in the classified…
   • § 45194 Every person employed in the classified service of any school district shall be granted necessary leave of absence, not to exceed three days, or five days if…
   • § 45195 A permanent employee of the classified service who has exhausted all entitlement to sick leave, vacation, compensatory overtime, or other available paid leave…
   • § 45196 When a person employed in the classified service is absent from his duties on account of illness or accident for a period of five months or less, whether or…
   • § 45196.1 (a) (1) Notwithstanding any other law, during each school year, a classified employee may use his or her sick leave for purposes of parental leave for a period…
   • § 45196.5 A school district may deduct from the salary otherwise payable to an employee under Section 45196 an amount which is payable, in lieu of salary and on account…
   • § 45197 (a) Every public school employer shall grant to regular classified employees an annual vacation at the regular rate of pay earned at the time the vacation is…
   • § 45198 When any provision of this code expressly authorizes or requires the governing board of a school district to grant a leave of absence for any purpose or for…
   • § 45199 Governing boards of school districts may grant leaves of absence to persons employed in positions not requiring certification qualifications, and at their…
   • § 45200 Governing boards of school districts may allow permanent classified employees to interrupt or terminate vacation leave in order to begin another type of paid…
   • § 45201 (a) The governing boards of any school district may accept the resignation of any employee and may fix the time when the resignation shall take effect, which,…
   • § 45202 (a) A classified employee of a school district, county superintendent of schools, state special school, or community college district who has been employed for…
   • § 45203 All probationary or permanent employees that are a part of the classified service shall be entitled to the following paid holidays provided they are in a paid…
   • § 45204 Notwithstanding the provisions of Section 45203, if a school district establishes a position or class of positions for which employees are required to work…
   • § 45205 Prior to July 1 of any school year, the governing board of any school district may designate other days during such year as the holidays to which classified…
   • § 45206 Any school district which requires any classified employee to work a workweek other than Monday through Friday, or if such classified employee consents to a…
   • § 45206.5 Notwithstanding any other provision of law, if the governing board of a school district does not designate September 9 known as “Admission Day” as a paid…
   • § 45207 (a) A probationary or permanent employee may, at his or her election, use any days of absence for illness or injury earned pursuant to Section 45191 in cases…
   • § 45209 The Director of Employment Development is the administrator of the system of unemployment insurance, as provided in Article 6 (commencing with Section 821) of…
   • § 45210 (a) (1) The governing board of a school district shall grant to a classified employee, upon request, a leave of absence without loss of compensation for the…
6. ARTICLE 5. Merit System Inclusion §§ 45220–45227 · 9 sections

   • § 45220 (a) “Common board” as used in this article means a board with identical members that governs more than one school district. “Common administration” as used in…
   • § 45221 (a) (1) The classified employees of a school district whose average daily attendance is 3,000 or greater, may, in accordance with this article, petition the…
   • § 45222 Effective upon certification to a governing board by a tabulating committee that an election, as authorized in Section 45221 of this code, has been successful,…
   • § 45223 The governing board of a school district whose average daily attendance is less than 3,000 may, by affirmative vote of a majority of its members, adopt the…
   • § 45224 The governing board of a school district whose average daily attendance is 3,000 or more may, by affirmative vote of a majority of its members, and a county…
   • § 45224.5 The procedure set forth in Article 6 (commencing with Section 45240) of this chapter may also be adopted by a majority of the voting electors of the school…
   • § 45225 When an election has been held, as authorized in this article, and fails to receive a simple majority affirmative vote, the classified employees of that…
   • § 45226 Any person who intimidates, coerces, or discriminates in any way against any classified employee for the doing of any act authorized herein shall be personally…
   • § 45227 (a) Positions established by a county superintendent of schools, while serving as the administrative agent for the County Office Fiscal Crisis and Management…
7. ARTICLE 6. Merit System §§ 45240–45320 · 77 sections

   • § 45240 A school district that adopts the provisions of this article in accordance with Section 45222 or 45224.5 shall appoint a personnel commission in the manner…
   • § 45241 In any district in which the procedure set forth in this article has been incorporated the governing board shall employ, pay, and otherwise control the…
   • § 45243 In any district that has adopted this article there shall be appointed a personnel commission composed of three members. If two or more districts are under the…
   • § 45243.5 Notwithstanding Section 45243, in the case of a unified district and a community college district which are under the jurisdiction of governing boards of…
   • § 45244 (a) To be eligible for appointment or reappointment to the commission a person shall meet both of the following requirements: (1) Be a registered voter and…
   • § 45245 One member of the personnel commission shall be appointed by the governing board of the district and one member, nominated by the classified employees of the…
   • § 45246 (a) Within 30 days after adoption of the system, the governing board shall publicly announce its intended appointee or appointees, as appropriate, and the…
   • § 45247 Appointees to a commission in a district which has newly adopted the system shall take office upon receipt of notification of appointment but the term of…
   • § 45248 (a) Appointment to vacancies occurring subsequent to the initial appointment shall be made by the original appointing authority either for a new full term or…
   • § 45249 (a) (1) After January 1, 2001, the classified employees of any school district that has already adopted this article on September 17, 1965, may, in accordance…
   • § 45250 The governing board may authorize payment to members of the commission an amount not to exceed fifty dollars ($50) per meeting and not to exceed two hundred…
   • § 45251 In a unified school district with an average daily attendance in excess of 250,000, the governing board may authorize payment to members of the commission an…
   • § 45252 The governing board shall provide the commission with suitable office accommodations.
   • § 45253 (a) The commission shall prepare an annual budget for its own office which, upon the approval of the county superintendent of schools, shall be included by the…
   • § 45254 The budget for the first year of the personnel commission of the school district shall be determined by the personnel commission, in conjunction with the…
   • § 45255 The commission may, with respect to the staff of the commission, expend funds for their orientation, training, retraining, and development and for any purpose…
   • § 45256 (a) The commission shall classify all employees and positions within the jurisdiction of the governing board of the school district or of the commission,…
   • § 45256.5 (a) The governing board of a school district may adopt a resolution designating certain positions as senior management of the classified service.…
   • § 45258 Positions established for the employment of community representatives in advisory or consulting capacities shall be considered part of the classified service.
   • § 45259 If the governing board of any school district establishes positions and restricts initial appointment of new employees to mentally, physically, or…
   • § 45260 (a) The commission shall prescribe, amend, and interpret, subject to this article, such rules as may be necessary to insure the efficiency of the service and…
   • § 45261 (a) The rules shall provide for the procedures to be followed by the governing board as they pertain to the classified service regarding applications,…
   • § 45262 (a) The rules of the commission and copies of this article shall be printed and made available or electronically transmitted to each school, office, and…
   • § 45263 The commission may classify as apprentice positions certain positions where the principal requirement is that of learning to perform efficiently, by study and…
   • § 45264 The commission shall appoint a personnel director within 90 days after the adoption of a merit system from an eligibility list established from a competitive…
   • § 45265 Notwithstanding the provisions of Section 45264, the personnel commission, in a school district or a county superintendent of schools office employing 100 or…
   • § 45266 (a) The personnel director shall be responsible to the commission for carrying out all procedures in the administration of the classified personnel in…
   • § 45267 The provisions of Sections 45123, 45124, 45160, 45198, 45199, 45201, and 45202 are applicable to the employees of school districts which have adopted a merit…
   • § 45268 The commission shall recommend to the governing board salary schedules for the classified service. The governing board may approve, amend, or reject these…
   • § 45269 Any person who has been continuously employed in a position defined as a position in the classified service for a period of six months immediately preceding…
   • § 45270 All persons who have been continuously employed by a school district for less than six months immediately preceding the date on which the procedure set forth…
   • § 45271 Any employee serving in a certificated position whose position is by virtue of change of law or based upon an evaluation made pursuant to subdivision (a) of…
   • § 45272 (a) All vacancies in the classified service shall be filled pursuant to this article and the rules of the commission, from applicants on eligibility lists…
   • § 45273 Examinations shall be administered objectively, and shall consist of test parts that relate to job performance. For classes of positions deemed by the…
   • § 45274 Examination records, including any recordings and the rating sheet of each member of the oral board for each candidate, shall be retained by the personnel…
   • § 45276 The governing board shall fix the duties of all positions a part of the classified service as required by Section 45109. The board may recommend the minimum…
   • § 45277 Appointments may be made from other than the first three ranks of applicants on the eligibility list when the ability to speak, read, or write a language in…
   • § 45277.5 Notwithstanding Section 45277, for the Los Angeles Unified School District, the following shall apply: (a) An appointment may be made from other than the first…
   • § 45278 (a) Written notices concerning tests, vacancies, transfer opportunities, and other selections of shifts, positions, assignments, classifications, or locations…
   • § 45279 A regular employee who is determined by the governing board to be incapable of performing the duties of his class because of illness or injury may, at the…
   • § 45280 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…
   • § 45281 The commission may by rule provide for the competition of persons employed by the governing board in positions required to have certification qualifications in…
   • § 45283 In any school district that has geographical boundaries encompassing more than 200 square miles and that divides the area it serves into smaller areas for…
   • § 45284 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…
   • § 45285 (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…
   • § 45285.5 No position classification or reclassification plan which would affect classified employees who are represented by a certified or recognized exclusive…
   • § 45286 Whenever the appointing power shall require the appointment of a person to a position, the duration of which is not to exceed six months, or, in case of an…
   • § 45287 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…
   • § 45288 The personnel commission may authorize the extension of a provisional employee’s assignment for a period not to exceed 36 working days provided the following…
   • § 45289 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…
   • § 45290 The appointing power may, to prevent the stoppage of public business when an actual emergency arises and persons on eligibility lists are not immediately…
   • § 45291 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…
   • § 45292 The commission may provide for the continuous examination of applicants for both open and promotional examinations.
   • § 45293 No questions relating to political or religious opinions or affiliations, or relating to any basis listed in subdivision (a) of Section 12940 of the Government…
   • § 45294 “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…
   • § 45295 “Disabled veteran” as used in this article means any veteran, as defined in Section 45294, who is currently declared by the United States Veterans…
   • § 45296 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…
   • § 45297 (a) Whenever, during the absence of an employee of a school district, or student body association operating under Sections 48930 to 48937, inclusive, in the…
   • § 45298 (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…
   • § 45300 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,…
   • § 45301 (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…
   • § 45302 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…
   • § 45303 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…
   • § 45304 (a) 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…
   • § 45305 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…
   • § 45306 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…
   • § 45307 If the commission sustains the employee, it may order paid all or part of his full compensation from the time of suspension, demotion, or dismissal, and it…
   • § 45308 (a) Classified employees shall be subject to layoff for lack of work or lack of funds. If a classified employee is laid off, the order of layoff within the…
   • § 45309 Any permanent classified employee of a school district who voluntarily resigns from his permanent classified position may be reinstated or reemployed by the…
   • § 45310 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…
   • § 45311 The commission may conduct hearings, subpoena witnesses, require the production of records or information pertinent to investigation, and may administer oaths.…
   • § 45312 (a) (1) The commission may authorize a hearing officer or other representative to conduct any hearing or investigation that the commission itself is authorized…
   • § 45313 (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…
   • § 45317 Any person who willfully or through culpable negligence violates any of the provisions of this article is guilty of a misdemeanor. It is also unlawful for any…
   • § 45318 In every school district coterminous with the boundaries of a city and county, except for those paraprofessionals excluded from the charter provisions by a…
   • § 45319 (a) A merit (civil service) system within a school district may be terminated by one of the following methods: (1) (A) If the governing board of a school…
   • § 45320 If the majority of the qualified electors vote to terminate the merit system in a school district, or a county office of education, or if the majority of the…
8. ARTICLE 6.5. Paraprofessionals § 45330 · 1 section

   • § 45330 (a) As used in this section, a paraprofessional means a person who assists classroom teachers and other certificated personnel in instructing reading, writing,…
9. ARTICLE 7. Instructional Aides §§ 45340–45349 · 11 sections

   • § 45340 This article may be cited as the Instructional Aide Act of 1968. The provisions of this article shall apply to personnel referred to in Sections 35021, 44833,…
   • § 45341 The Legislature recognizes the need to provide classroom teachers and other certificated personnel with more time to teach and to provide the means for them to…
   • § 45342 Instructional aides shall not be utilized to increase the number of pupils in relation to the number of classroom teachers in any school, any school district,…
   • § 45343 (a) As used in this article, “instructional aide” means a person employed to assist classroom teachers and other certificated personnel in the performance of…
   • § 45344 (a) Subject to the provisions of this article, any school district may employ instructional aides to assist classroom teachers and other certificated personnel…
   • § 45344.5 (a) No person shall be initially assigned to assist in instruction as an instructional aide unless the person has demonstrated proficiency in basic reading,…
   • § 45345 Notwithstanding the provisions of Section 48950, no instructional aide shall give out any personal information concerning any pupil who is not his own child or…
   • § 45346 Classroom teachers and other certificated personnel shall not be required to hold a standard supervision credential or a standard administration credential as…
   • § 45347 (a) An instructional aide shall not be deemed a certificated employee for the purposes of apportioning state aid and no regrouping of pupils with instructional…
   • § 45348 The school district shall pay to each person employed as an instructional aide compensation at a rate not less than the minimum hourly rate prescribed by…
   • § 45349 Notwithstanding the provisions of this article, or any other provisions of law, a school district may utilize volunteers in the supervision and instruction of…
10. ARTICLE 7.5. Teacher Assistants §§ 45350–45356 · 7 sections

    • § 45350 The purposes of this article include the following: (a) To enhance the teaching of reading, language arts, mathematics, social science, science, and other…
    • § 45351 (a) No later than June 30, 1990, the Office of the Chancellor of the California Community Colleges shall issue requests for proposal from community college…
    • § 45352 No later than June 30, 1991, the Commission on Teacher Credentialing shall adopt policies, procedures, and regulations as it deems necessary and appropriate…
    • § 45353 Teacher assistants, as described in this article, shall not be deemed to be teachers for any purpose under this code.
    • § 45354 The Commission on Teacher Credentialing shall levy a fee for the issuance and renewal of teacher assistant licenses. The fee for the issuance or renewal of the…
    • § 45355 The Department of Finance shall determine the amount of the examination fee that would be sufficient to generate the revenues necessary to maintain and…
    • § 45356 The State Department of Education shall, in the 1991–92 and 1992–93 school years, and thereafter as it may deem necessary, coordinate workshops between the…
11. ARTICLE 8. Teacher Aides §§ 45360–45367 · 9 sections

    • § 45360 It is the intent and purpose of the Legislature that teacher aides be employed in the elementary schools of the state, specifically in grades one through six,…
    • § 45361 The State Board of Education shall establish rules and regulations for the administration of this article which shall include, but not be limited to, the…
    • § 45361.5 (a) No person shall be initially assigned to assist in instruction for work as an aide for instructional purposes in kindergarten and grades 1 to 12,…
    • § 45362 School districts shall establish standards and procedures for the implementation and conduct of teacher aide projects, authorized under the provisions of this…
    • § 45363 The State Board of Education shall direct that apportionment grants for teacher aide projects be made to school districts on the basis of two thousand dollars…
    • § 45364 All funds received by school districts under the provisions of this article shall be used for and restricted to the purpose of paying the salaries of teacher…
    • § 45365 Apportionments for the purpose of this article shall be made upon the order of the Superintendent of Public Instruction and by warrant of the State Controller.…
    • § 45366 Apportionments to a school district shall be in the form of grants, no part of which shall be required to be repaid to the state by the school district.
    • § 45367 Programs on projects conducted pursuant to this article shall be deemed a program of compensatory education, or an element thereof, and shall be coordinated…
12. ARTICLE 8.5. Readers for Legally Blind Teachers §§ 45370–45372 · 3 sections

    • § 45370 It is the intent of the Legislature in enacting this article that the governing board of each school district, each county superintendent of schools and each…
    • § 45371 There is hereby created in the State Treasury the Reader Employment Fund, to be administered by the Superintendent of Public Instruction. From any funds that…
    • § 45372 The Superintendent of Public Instruction shall establish the procedures and necessary forms for applications for funding pursuant to this section.
13. ARTICLE 9. Retraining and Study §§ 45380–45387 · 8 sections

    • § 45380 In enacting this article the Legislature recognizes that technological and other changes are occurring which may displace otherwise desirable classified…
    • § 45381 The governing board of any school district may grant any classified employee a leave of absence not to exceed one year for the purpose of permitting study by…
    • § 45382 No leave of absence shall be granted under this article to any employee for study purposes who has not rendered service to the district for at least seven…
    • § 45383 Every employee granted a leave of absence pursuant to this article may be required to perform such services during the leave as the governing board of the…
    • § 45384 Compensation granted by the governing board to the employee on leave may be paid in two equal annual installments during the first two years of service…
    • § 45385 Where one governing board serves as the governing board of two or more separate districts, an employee may fulfill the service requirements provided in…
    • § 45386 This article shall apply to districts that have adopted the merit system in the same manner and effect as if it were a part of Article 6 (commencing with…
    • § 45387 (a) The governing board of a school district may grant reimbursement of the costs, including tuition fees, to a permanent classified employee who…
14. ARTICLE 9.5. Professional Development for Classified School Employees §§ 45390–45392 · 3 sections

    • § 45390 The Legislature finds and declares all of the following: (a) Classified school employees play a vital role in the education of our pupils and students in our…
    • § 45391 (a) If a local educational agency expends funds for professional development for any schoolsite staff, the local educational agency shall consider the needs of…
    • § 45392 Nothing in this article prohibits a local educational agency from providing professional development to teachers and administrators.
15. ARTICLE 10. Bilingual Office Employees §§ 45400–45403 · 4 sections

    • § 45400 The Legislature hereby finds that when a public school that provides instruction in kindergarten or any of grades 1 through 12 has a substantial number of…
    • § 45401 When at least 15 percent of the pupils enrolled in a public school that provides instruction in kindergarten or any of grades 1 through 12 speak a single…
    • § 45402 The bilingual person employed pursuant to this article shall have as a principal function the communication with parents or guardians of such students in the…
    • § 45403 This article shall not be construed as requiring school districts to replace existing classified personnel or to employ additional classified personnel.…
16. ARTICLE 11. Assumption by County Superintendent of Schools of the Operation of a School District’s Data Processing Center §§ 45420–45423 · 4 sections

    • § 45420 The provisions of this article shall become applicable upon the execution of an agreement between a county superintendent of schools and a school district…
    • § 45421 A school district employee in a position not requiring certification qualifications assigned to a data processing center which is transferred to a county…
    • § 45422 District employees whose status is changed pursuant to this article shall retain all accumulated and unused sick leave, vacation, seniority rights and other…
    • § 45423 No employee transferred from school district service pursuant to this article to a position, the salary of which is paid from the county school service fund,…
17. ARTICLE 12. Particular Employees §§ 45450–45451 · 2 sections

    • § 45450 The governing board of any school district may employ, in accordance with the provisions of this chapter, such personnel as may be necessary to act as guards…
    • § 45451 The governing board of any school district which employs school crossing guards pursuant to this article may be reimbursed from funds including, but not…
18. ARTICLE 13. Classified School Employee Week § 45460 · 1 section

    • § 45460 The third full week in May is designated as Classified School Employee Week. All public schools shall annually observe that week in recognition of classified…
19. ARTICLE 14. Classified School Employee Summer Assistance Program § 45500 · 1 section

    • § 45500 (a) The Classified School Employee Summer Assistance Program is hereby established. (b) The program shall provide a participating classified employee up to one…