Name that Section - Frequently Used Education Code and Title 5 Sections for Community College Districts

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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.....................................................................................................................................8

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 ......................................9

C.

Granting Tenure ............................................................................................................................................11

D.

Seniority vs. Tenure ......................................................................................................................................12

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Temporary Academic Employees................................................................................................................................12

A.

Classification of Temporary Academic Employees ......................................................................................12

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.........13

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......................................................................................14

B.

Employment of Academic Employees in Categorically Funded Projects .....................................................15

1.

Introduction..........................................................................................................................................15

2.

Length of Employment ........................................................................................................................15

3.

Advancement Toward Tenure..............................................................................................................15

4.

Contract Employees Reassigned to Categorical Programs ..................................................................16

5.

Educational Administrators .................................................................................................................16

C.

Employment of Temporary Faculty ..............................................................................................................16

1.

Overview .............................................................................................................................................16

2.

Limitations on the Number of Part-Time Temporary Faculty Members .............................................16

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 .............................................................................................19

6.

Impact of Collective Bargaining Agreements......................................................................................20

D.

“Conversion” to Probationary Employees.....................................................................................................20

1.

Exceeding the Number of Regular Employees on Leave ....................................................................20

2.

Temporary Employees Rehired as Probationary Employees ...............................................................20

3.

Temporary Employees Converted Mid-year........................................................................................20

4.

The

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Problem ....................................................................................................................21

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ECTION

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Administrator Contracts ..............................................................................................................................................21

A.

Employment by Appointment or Contract ....................................................................................................21

B.

Non-renewal of Administrator Contracts ......................................................................................................21

C.

Substitute or “Acting” Administrators ..........................................................................................................22

D.

Discipline and Dismissal of Administrators ..................................................................................................22

E.

Layoff of Educational Administrators ...........................................................................................................24

1.

Administrators Hired Before July 1, 1990 ...........................................................................................24