Section 22109.5 Of Chapter 2. Definitions From California Education Code >> Division 1. >> Title 1. >> Part 13. >> Chapter 2.
22109.5
. "Break in service," for purposes of determining a member's
final compensation, means:
(a) With respect to service of a member employed as a full-time
employee and service performed by a member employed as a part-time
employee, any period of time covering a pay period during which a
member is on an unpaid leave of absence or a pay period in which a
member has not performed any creditable service.
(b) For a member who has been employed in a substitute position:
(1) And has a change in assignment during a school year to a
full-time or part-time position, a break in service is determined on
the same basis as for the full-time or part-time employment during
the same school year.
(2) For less than 50 percent of their teaching career for which
service is credited, a break in service is determined on the same
basis as full-time employment.
(3) For more than 50 percent of their teaching career for which
service is credited, a break in service is any period of time within
a school year for which compensation is not paid and service is not
credited.
(c) If a member commenced performing service at the beginning of a
school term, the months not recognized as part of the school term
are not a break in service; however, if the member commenced
performing service after the school term began, or did not complete
the school term, the months not recognized as part of the school term
are a break in service. The school term shall be no less than the
days or hours specified as full time in Section 22138.5.
(d) Earnable salaries for a full pay period, but not beyond the
effective date of retirement, shall be used in determining final
compensation when the member performed service within that pay
period.