Section 45103 Of Article 1. Employment From California Education Code >> Division 3. >> Title 2. >> Part 25. >> Chapter 5. >> Article 1.
45103
. (a) The governing board of any school district shall employ
persons for positions not requiring certification qualifications. The
governing board shall, except where Article 6 (commencing with
Section 45240) or Section 45318 applies, classify all of these
employees and positions. The employees and positions shall be known
as the classified service.
(b) (1) Substitute and short-term employees, employed and paid for
less than 75 percent of a school year, shall not be a part of the
classified service.
(2) Apprentices and professional experts employed on a temporary
basis for a specific project, regardless of length of employment,
shall not be a part of the classified service.
(3) Full-time students employed part time, and part-time students
employed part time in any college workstudy program, or in a work
experience education program conducted by a community college
district pursuant to Article 7 (commencing with Section 51760) of
Chapter 5 of Part 28 and that is financed by state or federal funds,
shall not be a part of the classified service.
(4) Part-time playground positions shall not be a part of the
classified service, where the employee is not otherwise employed in a
classified position. Part-time playground positions shall be
considered a part of the classified service when the employee in the
position also works in the same school district in a classified
position.
(c) Unless otherwise permitted, a person whose position does not
require certification qualifications shall not be employed by a
governing board, except as authorized by this section.
(d) As used in this section:
(1) "Substitute employee" means any person employed to replace any
classified employee who is temporarily absent from duty. In
addition, if the district is then engaged in a procedure to hire a
permanent employee to fill a vacancy in any classified position, the
governing board may fill the vacancy through the employment, for not
more than 60 calendar days, of one or more substitute employees,
except to the extent that a collective bargaining agreement then in
effect provides for a different period of time.
(2) "Short-term employee" means any person who is employed to
perform a service for the district, upon the completion of which, the
service required or similar services will not be extended or needed
on a continuing basis. Before employing a short-term employee, the
governing board, at a regularly scheduled board meeting, shall
specify the service required to be performed by the employee pursuant
to the definition of "classification" in subdivision (a) of Section
45101, and shall certify the ending date of the service. The ending
date may be shortened or extended by the governing board, but shall
not extend beyond 75 percent of a school year.
(3) "Seventy-five percent of a school year" means 195 working
days, including holidays, sick leave, vacation and other leaves of
absence, irrespective of number of hours worked per day.
(e) Employment of either full-time or part-time students in any
college workstudy program, or in a work experience education program
shall not result in the displacement of classified personnel or
impair existing contracts for services.
(f) This section shall apply only to districts not incorporating
the merit system as outlined in Article 6 (commencing with Section
45240).