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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.