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Name that Section: Frequently Used Education Code and Title 5 Sections for Community College Districts ©2019 (c) Liebert Cassidy Whitmore iv S ECTION 3 Administrator Contracts ..............................................................................................................................................22 A. Employment by Appointment or Contract ....................................................................................................22 B. Non-renewal of Administrator Contracts ......................................................................................................22 C. Substitute or “Acting” Administrators ..........................................................................................................23 D. Discipline and Dismissal of Administrators ..................................................................................................23 S ECTION 1 Probationary Academic Employees...............................................................................................................................8 A. Definitions—Education Code Section 87601..................................................................................................8 1. Employment of Contract Faculty Members ...........................................................................................8 2. First Contract .........................................................................................................................................8 3. Second Contract.....................................................................................................................................9 4. Third Contract........................................................................................................................................9 B. Tenure Review ................................................................................................................................................9 1. Education Code Section 87610: Proper Issuance of March 15 Notices .................................................9 2. Grievances Regarding March 15 Notices – Education Code Section 87610.1 ....................................10 C. Granting Tenure ............................................................................................................................................11 D. Seniority vs. Tenure ......................................................................................................................................12 S ECTION 2 Temporary Academic Employees................................................................................................................................12 A. Classification of Temporary Academic Employees ......................................................................................13 1. Faculty Employed to Fill Positions of Regularly Employed Persons Absent from Service— 87478 .............................................................................................................13 2. Faculty Employed to Fill a Position for Which No Regularly Employed Person is Available — 87478 .............................................................................................13 3. Faculty Employed to Serve Day to Day During First Three Months of School Term — 87480 ....................................................................................................................14 4. Faculty Employed in Case of Emergency — 87480............................................................................14 5. Faculty Employed Due to Need for Additional Faculty During a Particular Semester, Quarter or Year – 87481......................................................................................................14 6. Faculty Employed Based upon Need for Additional Faculty During a Particular Semester or Quarter Due to Higher Enrollment — 87482..................................................................15 B. Employment of Academic Employees in Categorically Funded Projects .....................................................15 1. Introduction..........................................................................................................................................15 2. Length of Employment ........................................................................................................................16 3. Advancement Toward Tenure..............................................................................................................16 4. Contract Employees Reassigned to Categorical Programs ..................................................................16 5. Educational Administrators .................................................................................................................16 C. Employment of Temporary Faculty ..............................................................................................................17 1. Overview .............................................................................................................................................17 2. Limitations on the Number of Part-Time Temporary Faculty Members .............................................17 3. Calculating the “67 Percent Threshold” for Part-Time Employment ..................................................17 4. When Part-Time Hours May Advance an Employee Toward Tenure .................................................19 5. Other Relevant Education Code Statutes .............................................................................................20 6. Impact of Collective Bargaining Agreements......................................................................................21 D. “Conversion” to Probationary Employees.....................................................................................................21 1. Exceeding the Number of Regular Employees on Leave ....................................................................21 2. Temporary Employees Rehired as Probationary Employees ...............................................................21 3. Temporary Employees Converted Mid-year........................................................................................21 4. The Kavanaugh Problem ....................................................................................................................22