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CHAPTER 4. Employment—Certificated Employees

Chapter 4 enacted by Stats. 1976, Ch. 1010.

§§ 44800–45061.5 · 248 sections

  1. ARTICLE 1. Rights and Duties §§ 44800–44824 · 22 sections
    • § 44800 Every person employed by a school district as a probationary or permanent employee in a position requiring certification qualifications who enters the active…
    • § 44801 Every person employed by a school district as a permanent employee in a position requiring certification qualifications who is elected to the Legislature shall…
    • § 44802 The governing board of any school district may provide for the payment of the actual and necessary traveling expenses of student teachers of vocational…
    • § 44803 Every probationary employee of a school district which becomes in its entirety a part of a unified school district and every probationary employee of a school…
    • § 44805 Every teacher in the public schools shall enforce the course of study, the use of legally authorized textbooks, and the rules and regulations prescribed for…
    • § 44806 As used in this chapter, the following definitions apply: (a) “Institution of higher education” has the same meaning as used in Section 44203. (b) “Regionally…
    • § 44807 Every teacher in the public schools shall hold pupils to a strict account for their conduct on the way to and from school, on the playgrounds, or during…
    • § 44808 Notwithstanding any other provision of this code, no school district, city or county board of education, county superintendent of schools, or any officer or…
    • § 44808.5 The governing board of a school district may permit the pupils enrolled at any high school to leave the school grounds during the lunch period of such pupils.…
    • § 44809 (a) A state school register shall be kept by every teacher in the public elementary schools, except a teacher in: (1) A school in which the state school…
    • § 44810 (a) Every minor over 16 years of age or adult who is not a pupil of the school, including but not limited to any such minor or adult who is the parent or…
    • § 44811 (a) Any parent, guardian, or other person whose conduct in a place where a school employee is required to be in the course of his or her duties materially…
    • § 44813 The governing board of every school district shall allow each teacher employed for full time in any regular day school in which two or more teachers are…
    • § 44814 Recognizing that an adequate lunch period free from duty is essential to the health, morale and efficiency of teachers employed full time in any regular day…
    • § 44815 The governing board of any school district may also utilize persons not having certification qualifications to supervise the pupils of the district during any…
    • § 44816 Except in districts exempted by the Department of Education and in which regular periodic reports of pupil and employee personnel data are submitted by the…
    • § 44817 The principal of each elementary school when directed by the city or district superintendent of schools shall submit an annual report to such superintendent,…
    • § 44818 The principal of each high school, when directed by the city or district superintendent of schools, shall make an annual report to such superintendent, or, if…
    • § 44821 A high school principal shall not enter into any contract to act as a principal or supervising principal of any elementary school, except an elementary school…
    • § 44822 The principal of any high school may act as principal of any elementary school situated in the high school district.
    • § 44823 The principal of any high school may act as the supervising principal of two or more elementary schools situated in the high school district without regard to…
    • § 44824 A full-time probationary or permanent classroom teacher currently employed by a school district which decides to maintain classes on Saturday or Sunday, or…
  2. ARTICLE 2. Employment §§ 44830–44929 · 96 sections
    • § 44830 (a) The governing board of a school district shall employ for positions requiring certification qualifications, only persons who possess the qualifications for…
    • § 44830.1 (a) In addition to any other prohibition or provision, no person who has been convicted of a violent or serious felony, or of a sex offense, shall be hired by…
    • § 44830.2 (a) For situations in which a person is an applicant for employment, or is employed on a part-time or substitute basis, in a position requiring certification…
    • § 44830.3 (a) The governing board of any school district that maintains prekindergarten, kindergarten, or any of grades 1 to 12, inclusive, classes in bilingual…
    • § 44830.5 The Legislature hereby declares that it is contrary to the interests of this state and the people thereof for the governing board of any school district to…
    • § 44830.7 Every contract for employment for a position requiring certification qualifications between a school district governing board and a person who possesses…
    • § 44831 The governing board of a school district shall employ persons in public school service requiring certification qualifications as provided in this code, except…
    • § 44832 (a) Notwithstanding Section 44842, and except for employees who are notified pursuant to Section 44955, each classroom teacher shall, by May 15 of each year,…
    • § 44833 Notwithstanding the provisions of Sections 44001, 44830, 44831, or any other provision of law, a noncertificated student enrolled in any public or private…
    • § 44834 (a) Notwithstanding any other provision of law, on and after the effective date of this section the governing board of a school district may employ an…
    • § 44834.1 On or before June 30, 1991, the Commission on Teacher Credentialing shall adopt criteria to exempt from the requirement of obtaining an administrative services…
    • § 44834.2 It is the intent of the Legislature that the minimum requirements for the administrative services credential prescribed by Sections 44270 and 44270.1 include…
    • § 44835 A student providing services in elementary schools or child development facilities as a nonteaching aide shall perform no instructional work; but shall, under…
    • § 44836 (a) (1) The governing board of a school district shall not employ or retain in employment persons in public school service who have been convicted, or who have…
    • § 44837 Governing boards of school districts shall not employ or retain in employment any person in public school service who has been determined to be a sexual…
    • § 44838 The governing board of a school district shall, as a condition to employment, require an applicant for a position requiring certification qualification to…
    • § 44839 (a) When a school district or a county superintendent of schools wishes to employ a person in a position requiring certification qualifications and that person…
    • § 44839.5 (a) When a school district or county superintendent of schools wishes to employ a retirant who is retired for service, and such person has not been previously…
    • § 44840 Persons in positions requiring certification qualifications may be elected for the next ensuing school year on and after the 15th day of March, and each person…
    • § 44841 Commencing July 1, 2025, a school district, county office of education, charter school, or state special school shall not hire any person for purposes of a…
    • § 44842 (a) Except as set forth in subdivision (b), if, without good cause, a probationary or permanent employee of a school district fails prior to July 1 of any…
    • § 44843 The county superintendent of schools shall be given immediate notice in writing by the governing board of the school district of the employment of persons for…
    • § 44844 Except as otherwise provided in Sections 44831 to 44855, inclusive, every probationary or permanent employee employed before July 1, 1947, shall be deemed to…
    • § 44845 Every probationary or permanent employee employed after June 30, 1947, shall be deemed to have been employed on the date upon which he first rendered paid…
    • § 44846 The following general provisions shall apply regardless of date of employment: As between two or more employees who first rendered paid service to the district…
    • § 44847 When any school or part thereof shall have been transferred from one district to another, employment for any employees who transfer with said school or part…
    • § 44848 When any certificated employee shall have resigned or been dismissed for cause and shall thereafter have been reemployed by the board, his date of employment…
    • § 44849 Nothing in Sections 35029, 35161, 35162, Sections 44030 to 44034, inclusive, Sections 44036 to 44048, inclusive, Sections 44800 to 44802, inclusive, Sections…
    • § 44850 Nothing in Sections 35029, 35161, 35162, Sections 44030 to 44034, inclusive, Sections 44036 to 44048, inclusive, Sections 44800 to 44802, inclusive, Sections…
    • § 44850.1 Notwithstanding Section 44850, and notwithstanding provisions of the charter of any city or city and county to the contrary, on and after July 1, 1978, the…
    • § 44851 All employments under the provisions of Section 35161, Sections 44221 to 44227, inclusive, Sections 44831 to 44887, inclusive, Sections 44889 to 44891,…
    • § 44852 Nothing in this code shall be construed as prohibiting the employment of persons in positions requiring certification qualifications for less than a full…
    • § 44853 The governing board of any school district, subject to the rules and regulations prescribed by the state board, may enter into an agreement with the proper…
    • § 44854 Acceptance of any exchange position by an employee of any school district in the state shall not affect his or her right to the permanent classification to…
    • § 44855 If the teacher from the district within the state who serves as an exchange teacher without the state and the governing board regularly employing him so agree,…
    • § 44856 (a) The governing board of a school district, for the purposes of providing bilingual instruction, world language instruction, or cultural enrichment, in the…
    • § 44857 Each person employed by the governing board of a school district for a position requiring certification qualifications shall, not later than 60 days after the…
    • § 44858 The Legislature hereby declares that it is contrary to the interest of this state and of the people of the state for any governing board or any person charged…
    • § 44859 No school district may adopt or maintain any rule or regulation which requires a candidate for a position requiring certification qualifications to be a…
    • § 44860 No person shall be employed as principal of a school of six or more certificated employees unless he or she holds a valid school administration credential and…
    • § 44861 A substitute principal holding a valid teacher’s credential of the same grade as the school to be administered may be employed without meeting the requirements…
    • § 44862 No person is eligible to teach in any public school in the state, or to receive a certificate to teach who has not attained the age of 18 years.
    • § 44863 No teacher holding a special certificate shall be employed to teach any subject not authorized in the certificate.
    • § 44864 Each teacher in a joint elementary district shall hold a valid certificate in the county in which the schoolhouse is located.
    • § 44865 A valid teaching credential issued by the State Board or the Commission on Teacher Credentialing, based on a bachelor’s degree, student teaching, and special…
    • § 44866 The qualifications of a home instructor of pupils with physical disabilities shall be a valid teaching credential or a credential authorizing the teaching of…
    • § 44867 Except as provided in Section 44865, teachers in opportunity schools, classes, or programs shall have the same qualifications and shall be employed in the same…
    • § 44868 No person shall be employed as a teacher librarian in an elementary or secondary school, unless he or she holds a valid credential of proper grade authorizing…
    • § 44869 A teacher librarian, when employed full time as a teacher librarian or serving full time, partly as a teacher librarian and partly as a teacher, shall rank as…
    • § 44870 No one shall be employed to supervise the work of teachers for more than half time during any school week unless he is the holder of a valid teacher’s…
    • § 44871 The qualifications of supervisors of health shall be as provided in Sections 44873 to 44878, inclusive.
    • § 44872 For the purposes of Sections 44873 to 44878, inclusive, “standard designated services credential with a specialization in health” and “services credential with…
    • § 44873 The qualifications for a physician and surgeon employed to serve on a half-time or greater than half-time basis shall be a valid certificate to practice…
    • § 44874 The qualifications for a psychologist or social worker are a valid certificate issued by the appropriate California agency authorized by law to certify such…
    • § 44875 The qualifications for a dentist are a valid certificate issued by the Board of Dental Examiners and a services credential with a specialization in health or a…
    • § 44876 The qualifications for a dental hygienist, dental hygienist in alternative practice, or dental hygienist in extended functions shall be a valid license issued…
    • § 44877 The qualifications for a nurse shall be a valid certificate of registration issued by the Board of Nurse Examiners of the State of California or the California…
    • § 44878 The qualifications for an optometrist are a valid certificate issued by the State Board of Optometry and a services credential with a specialization in health…
    • § 44879 The qualifications for an audiometrist working under the direction of health services personnel pursuant to Section 49420 shall be a valid certificate or…
    • § 44885.5 (a) Any school district shall classify as a probationary employee of the district any person who is employed as a district intern pursuant to Section 44830.3…
    • § 44893 A permanent employee when advanced from a teaching position to an administrative or supervisory position, or assigned any special or other type of work, or…
    • § 44894 (a) A permanent employee not qualified to render service as a classroom teacher, when advanced to an administrative or supervisory position, or assigned any…
    • § 44895 A permanent employee, as specified in Section 44894, when advanced to an administrative or supervisory position requiring certification qualifications, or…
    • § 44896 Whenever a person employed in an administrative or supervisory position requiring certification qualifications is transferred to a teaching position, the…
    • § 44897 (a) A person employed in an administrative or supervisory position requiring certification qualifications upon completing a probationary period, including any…
    • § 44898 Notwithstanding the provisions of Section 44897 to the contrary, the governing board of any school district shall, with respect to each person who is employed…
    • § 44899 A person employed in an administrative or supervisory position by more than one district shall be given permanent classification in whichever district he may…
    • § 44900 Any certificated employee having permanent classification in a district, who is granted a leave of absence and transfers to another district which is under the…
    • § 44901 (a) A certificated employee who has served in a position or positions requiring certification qualifications in two or more districts, each having an average…
    • § 44902.1 In a district which becomes unified, effective for all purposes on July 1, 1980, certificated employees employed for the school year 1980–81, who were employed…
    • § 44902.2 In a school district which becomes unified, effective for all purposes, on July 1, 1980, certificated employees who are employed for the school year 1979–80 by…
    • § 44903 On the unionization, unification, uniting, or consolidation of one or more school districts in which the average daily attendance for the preceding school year…
    • § 44903.7 When a local plan for the education of individuals with exceptional needs is developed or revised pursuant to Chapter 2.5 (commencing with Section 56195) of…
    • § 44907 The retirement of any employee of a school district under the provisions of any retirement law, except for employees retiring for disability under the…
    • § 44908 (a) (1) A probationary employee who, in any one school year, has served for at least 75 percent of the number of days the regular schools of the school…
    • § 44909 (a) (1) The governing board of a school district may employ persons possessing an appropriate credential as certificated employees in programs and projects to…
    • § 44910 (a) (1) Service by a person as an instructor in classes conducted at regional occupational centers or programs, as authorized pursuant to Section 52301, shall…
    • § 44911 Service by a person under a provisional credential shall not be included in computing the service required as a prerequisite to attainment of, or eligibility…
    • § 44912 Service under a credential authorizing service only as a teacher of basic military drill in high school cadet companies established under Chapter 1 of Part 2…
    • § 44913 Nothing in Sections 44882 to 44887, inclusive, Sections 44890, 44891, Sections 44893 to 44906, inclusive, and Sections 44908 to 44919, inclusive, shall be…
    • § 44914 If an employee of a school district has served as a probationary employee of the district in a position requiring certification qualifications, for one…
    • § 44915 Governing boards of school districts shall classify as probationary employees, those persons employed in positions requiring certification qualifications for…
    • § 44916 The classification shall be made at the time of employment and thereafter in the month of July of each school year. At the time of initial employment during…
    • § 44917 Except as provided in Sections 44888 and 44920, governing boards of school districts shall classify as substitute employees those persons employed in positions…
    • § 44918 (a) Any employee classified as a substitute or temporary employee, who serves during one school year for at least 75 percent of the number of days the regular…
    • § 44919 (a) Governing boards of school districts shall classify as temporary employees those persons requiring certification qualifications, other than substitute…
    • § 44920 Notwithstanding the provisions of Sections 44917 and 44919, the governing board of a school district may employ as a teacher, for a complete school year, but…
    • § 44921 Notwithstanding the provisions of Section 44919, the governing board of a unified or high school district may employ persons requiring certification…
    • § 44922 Notwithstanding any other provision, the governing board of a school district or a county superintendent of schools may establish regulations which allow their…
    • § 44923 In the event a permanent employee of a school district has tenure as a full-time employee of the district, any assignment or employment of such employee in…
    • § 44924 Except as provided in Sections 44937 and 44956, any contract or agreement, express or implied, made by any employee to waive the benefits of this chapter or…
    • § 44925 The governing board of any school district may employ or engage as an independent contractor a qualified person to serve as limited-term or part-time reader…
    • § 44926 The governing board of any school district may employ any qualified person who possesses a temporary certificate to serve as a teacher-assistant in a program…
    • § 44927 The governing board of any school district, a county board of education, or the Department of Education may execute a contract with any California…
    • § 44928 (a) No school in any school district having an average daily attendance in excess of 250,000 shall have at any time a certificated teaching staff, excluding…
    • § 44929 Whenever the governing board of a school district or a county office of education, by formal action, determines that because of impending curtailment of or…
  3. ARTICLE 2.7. Permanent Status §§ 44929.20–44929.29 · 9 sections
    • § 44929.20 Every certificated employee of a school district of any type or class having an average daily attendance of less than 250, and every certificated employee of…
    • § 44929.21 (a) Every employee of a school district of any type or class having an average daily attendance of 250 or more who, after having been employed by the district…
    • § 44929.22 At the discretion of the governing board of a district with 60,000 average daily attendance or more every employee of the district who, after having been…
    • § 44929.23 (a) The governing board of a school district of any type or class having an average daily attendance of less than 250 pupils may classify as a permanent…
    • § 44929.25 When a teacher of classes for adults serves sufficient probationary time as provided in Sections 44929.20 to 44929.23, inclusive, and Section 44908 to be…
    • § 44929.26 Nothing in Sections 44929.20 to 44929.23, inclusive, shall be construed to give permanent classification to a person in the adult school who is already…
    • § 44929.27 No employee of a school district or districts, in which the average daily attendance of all the districts combined is in excess of 200,000, governed by the…
    • § 44929.28 The governing board of a school district that employs in a position requiring certification qualifications any person who has become a permanent certificated…
    • § 44929.29 Nothing in this article shall be construed as affecting the classification of any employee as it existed on September 13, 1941.
  4. ARTICLE 3. Resignations, Dismissals, and Leaves of Absence §§ 44930–44988 · 77 sections
    • § 44930 (a) Governing boards of school districts shall accept the resignation of any employee and shall fix the time when the resignation takes effect, which, except…
    • § 44931 Whenever any certificated employee of any school district who, at the time of his or her resignation, was classified as permanent, is reemployed within 39…
    • § 44932 (a) A permanent employee shall not be dismissed except for one or more of the following causes: (1) Immoral conduct, including, but not limited to, egregious…
    • § 44933 A permanent employee may be dismissed or suspended on grounds of unprofessional conduct consisting of acts or omissions other than those specified in Section…
    • § 44934 (a) This section shall apply to dismissal or suspension proceedings based on charges as specified in Section 44932 or 44933, including proceedings based on…
    • § 44934.1 (a) This section shall apply only to dismissal or suspension proceedings based solely on charges of egregious misconduct, as described in paragraph (1) of…
    • § 44935 (a) A report on the fitness of a certificated employee in a dismissal or suspension proceeding initiated pursuant to Section 44934 or 44934.1 shall not be…
    • § 44936 (a) The notice of dismissal or suspension in a proceeding initiated pursuant to Section 44934 or 44934.1 may be given at any time of year. (b) Notwithstanding…
    • § 44937 In a dismissal or suspension proceeding initiated pursuant to Section 44934 or 44934.1, if the employee does not demand a hearing by filing a written request…
    • § 44938 (a) The governing board of any school district shall not act upon any charges of unprofessional conduct unless at least 45 calendar days prior to the date of…
    • § 44939 (a) This section applies only to dismissal or suspension proceedings initiated pursuant to Section 44934. (b) Upon the filing of written charges, duly signed…
    • § 44939.1 (a) This section shall apply only to dismissal or suspension proceedings initiated pursuant to Section 44934.1. (b) Upon the filing of written charges, duly…
    • § 44939.5 (a) School districts, county offices of education, charter schools, state special schools and diagnostic centers operated by the department, and private…
    • § 44940 (a) For purposes of this section, “charged with a mandatory leave of absence offense” is defined to mean charged by complaint, information, or indictment filed…
    • § 44940.5 A certificated employee placed on compulsory leave of absence pursuant to Section 44940, and a classified employee placed on compulsory leave of absence…
    • § 44941 (a) The notice of suspension and intention to dismiss shall be in writing and served pursuant to Section 44936. A copy of the charges filed, containing the…
    • § 44941.1 Notwithstanding Section 44941, the notice of suspension and intention to dismiss that is based exclusively on charges of egregious misconduct as described in…
    • § 44942 (a) Any certificated employee may be suspended or transferred to other duties by the governing board if the board has reasonable cause to believe that the…
    • § 44943 When any employee who has been served with notice pursuant to Section 44934 or 44934.1 of the governing board’s intention to dismiss or suspend him or her…
    • § 44944 (a) This section applies only to dismissal or suspension proceedings initiated pursuant to Section 44934. (b) (1) (A) In a dismissal or suspension proceeding…
    • § 44944.05 (a) In a dismissal or suspension proceeding initiated pursuant to Section 44934, in lieu of written discovery required pursuant to Section 11507.6 of the…
    • § 44944.1 (a) This section shall apply only to dismissal or suspension proceedings initiated pursuant to Section 44934.1. (b) Once the governing board of the school…
    • § 44944.3 At a hearing conducted pursuant to Section 44944 or 44944.1, the administrative law judge, before admitting any testimony or evidence concerning an individual…
    • § 44945 The decision reached in a dismissal or suspension proceeding initiated pursuant to Section 44934 or 44934.1 may, on petition of either the governing board or…
    • § 44946 If the employee has been suspended pending the hearing, he shall be reinstated within five days after the governing board’s decision in his favor, and shall be…
    • § 44947 If an employee is dismissed for immoral conduct or conviction of a felony or crime involving moral turpitude, the governing board shall transmit to the…
    • § 44948 (a) Governing boards of school districts shall dismiss probationary employees during the school year for cause only, as in the case of permanent employees.…
    • § 44948.2 Notwithstanding subdivision (a) of Section 44948 and subdivision (c) of Section 44948.3, the governing board of any school district having an average daily…
    • § 44948.3 (a) First and second year probationary employees may be dismissed during the school year for unsatisfactory performance determined pursuant to Article 11…
    • § 44948.5 (a) This section applies only to (1) probationary employees of a school district with an average daily attendance of less than 250 pupils, or (2) those persons…
    • § 44949 (a) (1) No later than March 15 and before an employee is given notice by the governing board that his or her services will not be required for the ensuing year…
    • § 44951 Unless a certificated employee holding a position requiring an administrative or supervisory credential is sent written notice deposited in the United States…
    • § 44952 The provisions of Section 44949 shall not be construed as in any way modifying or affecting the provisions of Section 44948.
    • § 44953 Governing boards of school districts may dismiss substitute employees at any time at the pleasure of the board.
    • § 44954 Governing boards of school districts may release temporary employees requiring certification qualifications under the following circumstances: (a) At the…
    • § 44955 (a) No permanent employee shall be deprived of his or her position for causes other than those specified in Sections 44907 and 44923, and Sections 44932 to…
    • § 44955.5 (a) During the time period between five days after the enactment of an annual Budget Act and August 15 of the fiscal year to which that Budget Act applies, if…
    • § 44956 Any permanent employee whose services have been terminated as provided in Section 44955 shall have the following rights: (a) For the period of 39 months from…
    • § 44956.5 For a certificated employee initially employed in an administrative position on or after July 1, 1983, who transfers to a teaching position, the period of…
    • § 44957 Any probationary employee whose services have been terminated as provided in Section 44955 shall have the following rights: (a) For the period of 24 months…
    • § 44958 If the services of any probationary employee are terminated, or if such employee is dismissed, because of a reduction in the attendance of pupils or the…
    • § 44959 As to any permanent certificated employee whose services have been terminated because of the effect of wars in which the United States is engaged upon the…
    • § 44959.5 (a) The layoff provisions of Sections 44955, 44956, 44957, 44958, and 44959 shall not be applicable to probationary certificated employees who are covered by a…
    • § 44960 The services of any permanent certificated employee referred to in Section 44959 who has been appointed to substitute service in place of another employee who…
    • § 44961 In specifying or defining the rights of employees in Sections 44955 to 44961, inclusive, the effect of war refers to “war” as defined in Section 22804.
    • § 44962 Governing boards of school districts may grant leaves of absence to persons employed in positions requiring certification qualifications.
    • § 44963 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…
    • § 44964 The governing board of any school district may provide for the leave of absence from duty and may grant compensation during the leave of absence to any…
    • § 44965 The governing board of any school district shall provide for leave of absence from duty for any certificated employee of the district who is required to be…
    • § 44966 The governing board of any school district may grant any employee of the district employed in a position requiring certification qualifications, a leave of…
    • § 44967 No leave of absence shall be granted to any employee under Section 44966 who has not rendered service to the district for at least seven consecutive years…
    • § 44968 Every employee granted a leave of absence pursuant to Section 44966 may be required to perform such services during the leave as the governing board of the…
    • § 44968.5 An employee granted a leave of absence pursuant to Section 44966 or 44967 may agree in writing with the governing board of the school district not to receive…
    • § 44969 Every employee, as a condition to being granted a leave of absence pursuant to Section 44966, shall agree in writing to render a period of service in the…
    • § 44970 If the employee does not serve for the entire period of service agreed upon under Section 44969, the amount of compensation paid for the leave of absence shall…
    • § 44972 Where one governing board serves as the governing board of two or more separate districts, an employee may fulfill the service requirements provided in Section…
    • § 44973 At the expiration of the leave of absence of the employee, he shall, unless he otherwise agrees, be reinstated in the position held by him at the time of the…
    • § 44974 Both the governing board of any district and the district shall be freed from any liability for the payment of any compensation or damages provided by law for…
    • § 44975 No leave of absence when granted to a probationary employee shall be construed as a break in the continuity of service required for the classification of the…
    • § 44976 When any school or other place of employment shall have been transferred from one district to another, any certificated employees who transfer with said school…
    • § 44977 (a) During each school year, when a person employed in a position requiring certification qualifications has exhausted all available sick leave, including all…
    • § 44977.5 (a) (1) Notwithstanding any other law, during each school year, a person employed in a position requiring certification qualifications may use his or her sick…
    • § 44978 Every certificated employee employed five days a week by a school district shall be entitled to 10 days’ leave of absence for illness or injury and additional…
    • § 44978.1 When a certificated employee has exhausted all available sick leave, including accumulated sick leave, and continues to be absent on account of illness or…
    • § 44978.2 (a) (1) In addition to any other entitlement for leave of absence for illness or injury with pay, a certificated employee hired on or after, or employed on or…
    • § 44979 (a) A certificated employee of a school district, county office of education, or state special school who has been an employee of that employing entity for a…
    • § 44980 A certificated employee of any school district or state special school who accepts a position requiring certification qualifications in the office of any…
    • § 44981 Any days of leave of absence for illness or injury allowed pursuant to Section 44978 may be used by the employee, at his or her election in cases of personal…
    • § 44982 A person employed by a school district, county superintendent of schools, or state special school in a position requiring certification qualifications who…
    • § 44983 Section 44977 shall not apply to any school district which adopts and maintains in effect a rule which provides that when a person employed in a position…
    • § 44984 (a) The governing board of a school district shall provide by rules and regulations for industrial accident and illness leaves of absence for all certificated…
    • § 44985 Every person employed by a school district in a position requiring certification qualifications is entitled to a leave of absence, not to exceed three days, or…
    • § 44986 (a) The governing board of a school district may grant a leave of absence to any certificated employee who has applied for disability benefits, not to exceed…
    • § 44986.1 Any member for whom the employer makes application for a disability benefit and whom the State Teachers’ Retirement System finds not to be disabled under this…
    • § 44987 (a) (1) The governing board of a school district shall grant to any employee, upon request, a leave of absence without loss of compensation for the purpose of…
    • § 44987.3 (a) The governing board of a school district shall grant to any employee, upon request, a leave of absence without loss of any compensation for the purpose of…
    • § 44988 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 certificated…
  5. ARTICLE 3.3. Testimony of Minor Witnesses at Dismissal or Suspension Hearings §§ 44990–44994 · 5 sections
    • § 44990 (a) It is the intent of the Legislature in enacting this article to provide an administrative law judge with discretion to employ alternative hearing…
    • § 44991 (a) (1) In an administrative proceeding held pursuant to Section 44934.1 involving an alleged offense involving a minor that meets the definition of egregious…
    • § 44992 (a) With a witness under 18 years of age, or a dependent person with a substantial cognitive impairment, the judge shall take special care to protect the…
    • § 44993 (a) (1) A support person selected by the minor witness shall be appointed for the minor witness at the onset of the hearing, unless that person does not have…
    • § 44994 This article shall apply to a hearing conducted by an administrative law judge in any dismissal or suspension hearing held pursuant to Section 44934.1…
  6. ARTICLE 4. Increased Cost of Dismissal Procedure § 45020 · 1 section
    • § 45020 The amount determined pursuant to subdivision (g) of Section 42233 shall be adjusted to allow for any increased costs to a school district which may be…
  7. ARTICLE 5. Salaries §§ 45022–45061.5 · 38 sections
    • § 45022 The governing board of any school district shall fix and order paid the compensation of persons in public school service requiring certification qualifications…
    • § 45023 The governing board of each school district shall adopt and cause to be printed and made available to each certificated employee a schedule of salaries to be…
    • § 45023.5 If compensation is provided to certificated employees of any elementary, high, or unified school district for a work assignment which is not part of the…
    • § 45024 Every person employed by the district in a position requiring certification qualifications in a day school of the district for not less than the minimum…
    • § 45025 Any person employed by a district in a position requiring certification qualifications who serves less than the minimum schoolday as defined in Sections 46112…
    • § 45028 (a) (1) Effective July 1, 1970, each person employed by a school district in a position requiring certification qualifications, except a person employed in a…
    • § 45029 Teachers in an opportunity school or opportunity classes shall be paid in the same manner as in other elementary schools of the city, city and county, or the…
    • § 45030 The governing board of any school district may employ such substitute employees of the district as it deems necessary and shall adopt and make public a salary…
    • § 45031 The salaries of home teachers shall be paid from the city or district special school funds.
    • § 45032 The governing board of a school district may at any time during any school year increase the salaries of persons employed by the district in positions…
    • § 45033 The governing board of any school district shall not decrease the annual salary of a person employed by the district in a position requiring certification…
    • § 45034 No order for a warrant, and no warrant drawn pursuant to Section 42647, shall be drawn in favor of any person employed in a position requiring certification…
    • § 45035 If any school district fails to pay the salary of any person employed by it in a position requiring certification qualifications who has on file a contract of…
    • § 45036 (a) Whenever, on or after September 15, 1961, a person has rendered service in a position requiring certification qualifications, or the governing board of a…
    • § 45037 (a) Except as provided in Section 45036, for a fiscal year in which a person renders service as a teacher in kindergarten or any of grades 1 to 12, inclusive,…
    • § 45038 (a) The governing board of a school district or charter school may arrange to pay the persons in positions requiring certification qualifications employed by…
    • § 45039 If the governing board of a school district or charter school arranges to pay persons employed by it in 12 equal payments for the year, it may pay each monthly…
    • § 45040 (a) The governing board of a school district or charter school not paying the annual salaries of persons employed by the district or charter school in 12 equal…
    • § 45041 A person in a position requiring certification qualifications who serves less than a full school year shall receive as salary only an amount that bears the…
    • § 45042 Notwithstanding the provisions of Section 45041, the governing board of a school district may adopt an alternative method of computing the salary received by a…
    • § 45043 Notwithstanding the provisions of Section 45041 or any other provision of law to the contrary, if a person is employed by a school district in a position…
    • § 45044 Whenever a salary schedule increasing the salaries of its certificated employees is adopted by a school district to be effective at the commencement of the…
    • § 45045 When a school district operates on a year-round schedule pursuant to Chapter 5 (commencing with Section 37600) of Part 22 of this division, the salary of an…
    • § 45046 Except as otherwise provided in Section 45045, the governing board of a school district in which a continuous school program is in operation pursuant to…
    • § 45047 Service on a commission on professional competence pursuant to Section 44944, in the employing school district or in some other district, by a person employed…
    • § 45048 (a) Each salary payment for any calendar month may be made on the last working day of the month and shall be paid not earlier than the last working day of the…
    • § 45049 (a) When any school district employs a certificated employee to perform teaching or other services in addition to his or her regular teaching duties, or when a…
    • § 45050 Instead of issuing a single warrant to each employee for salary or wages the district may use a payroll form of warrant making payment to two or more employees…
    • § 45051 When the payroll form of warrant is used, the approved and allowed payroll warrant shall be deposited with the county treasurer, who shall make payment to the…
    • § 45052 When the payroll form of warrant is used the name of each employee shall be listed.
    • § 45055 Except as otherwise provided in this code, no warrant shall be drawn in favor of any teacher, unless the officer whose duty it is to draw the warrant is…
    • § 45056 Whenever a person is employed by two or more districts under the jurisdiction of a single county superintendent of schools, the governing boards of the…
    • § 45057 The salary payment due a certificated employee for his last month of service in any district during any fiscal year shall not be approved by the county…
    • § 45058 Whenever reports are required to be filed with the county superintendent of schools by certificated employees of districts authorized to issue warrants under…
    • § 45059 For the purposes of Military and Veterans Code Section 395 or any other provision of law providing for the payment of salary or compensation as such employee…
    • § 45060 (a) Except as provided in Section 45061, the governing board of each public school employer, when drawing an order for the salary payment due to a certificated…
    • § 45061 The governing board of each school district when drawing an order for the salary or wage payment due to a certificated employee of the district shall, with or…
    • § 45061.5 (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…