ARTICLE 2. Employment

Article 2 enacted by Stats. 1976, Ch. 1010.

§§ 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…