Section 45101 Of Article 1. Employment From California Education Code >> Division 3. >> Title 2. >> Part 25. >> Chapter 5. >> Article 1.
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. Definitions as used in this chapter:
(a) "Classification" means that each position in the classified
service shall have a designated title, a regular minimum number of
assigned hours per day, days per week, and months per year, a
specific statement of the duties required to be performed by the
employees in each such position, and the regular monthly salary
ranges for each such position.
(b) "Permanent" as used in the phrase "permanent employee"
includes tenure in the classification in which the employee passed
the required probationary period, and includes all of the incidents
of that classification.
(c) "Regular" as used in the phrase "regular classified employee"
or any similar phrase, refers to a classified employee who has
probationary or permanent status.
(d) "Demotion" means assignment to an inferior position or status,
without the employee's written voluntary consent.
(e) "Disciplinary action" includes any action whereby an employee
is deprived of any classification or any incident of any
classification in which he has permanence, including dismissal,
suspension, demotion, or any reassignment, without his voluntary
consent, except a layoff for lack of work or lack of funds.
(f) "Reclassification" means the upgrading of a position to a
higher classification as a result of the gradual increase of the
duties being performed by the incumbent in such position.
(g) "Layoff for lack of funds or layoff for lack of work" includes
any reduction in hours of employment or assignment to a class or
grade lower than that in which the employee has permanence,
voluntarily consented to by the employee, in order to avoid
interruption of employment by layoff.
(h) "Cause" relating to disciplinary actions against classified
employees means those grounds for discipline, or offenses, enumerated
in the law or the written rules of a public school employer. No
disciplinary action may be maintained for any "cause" other than as
defined herein.
The provisions of this section shall not apply to school districts
to which the provisions of Article 6 (commencing with Section 45240)
of this chapter are applicable.
The provisions of this section shall not apply to any school
district which, during the 1973-74 school year, had an average daily
attendance of 100,000 or more.