Article 2. Salaries of California Education Code >> Division 3. >> Title 2. >> Part 25. >> Chapter 5. >> Article 2.

The governing board of any school district, including city boards of education, shall fix and order paid the compensation of persons a part of the classified service and other employees not requiring certification qualifications employed by the board unless otherwise prescribed by law.

(a) The governing board of any school district shall, not later than the date prescribed by law for approval of the publication budget of every year, fix the annual salaries for the ensuing school year for all persons employed by the district in positions not requiring certification qualifications. The governing board may, at the time, include an increase in such annual salaries, all or part of which increase is conditional upon the actual receipt by the district of anticipated revenue from all sources. If the revenue actually received is less than that anticipated, the governing board may, at any time during the school year, reduce such annual salaries by an amount not to exceed the amount which was granted subject to the receipt of such revenues.
  (b) The governing board of a school district may, at any time during the school year, increase the salaries of persons employed by the district in positions not requiring certification qualifications. Such increase shall be effective on any date ordered by the governing board.
  (c) A governing board may, at any time, increase the wages or salaries of classified employees if the board or, in a merit system district, the personnel commission approves a classification change in a position, a class of positions, or any or all of the positions or classes of positions a part of the classified service.
  (d) The provisions of this section shall not be construed to permit a governing board to demote or dismiss an employee as a result of reclassification of a position or class of positions except as may otherwise be permitted by law.
  (e) This section shall apply to districts that have adopted the merit system in the same manner and effect as if it were a part of Article 6 (commencing with Section 45240) of this chapter.

If the governing board of a school district cannot comply with the provisions of subdivision (a) of Section 45162 because it is engaged in a study, which was commenced prior to the commencement of the school year, to increase the salaries and wages of persons employed by such district in positions not requiring certification qualifications, the board may, by appropriate action taken prior to the final adoption of its budget, do either of the following:
  (a) Adopt an interim salary schedule which shall be the same schedule as for the preceding year, except that increases may be granted at that time based upon increased cost-of-living indexes, and provide that the salaries and wages fixed as a result of the study shall be payable for the entire school year to include the period thereof in which the study was conducted and final board action taken.
  (b) Provide that the salaries and wages fixed as a result of the study shall be effective only for that portion of the school year, as determined by the board at the time it takes action after the study has been completed. "Portion of the school year," as used in this subdivision shall not be for any period of time less than the period of time remaining in the school year from the date the governing board adopts the salary schedule based on the study commenced prior to that school year.

The governing board of any school district not paying the annual or monthly salaries of persons employed by the district in 12 equal monthly payments may withhold, upon election by the individual employee, from each payment made to such employee an amount as follows:
  (a) For an employee employed 11 months of a year an amount equal to 8 1/3 percent thereof and the total amount deducted to be paid not later than the 10th day of September next succeeding.
  (b) For an employee employed 10 months of a year an amount equal to 16 2/3 percent thereof and the total amount deducted to be paid in two equal monthly installments not later than the 10th day of August and the 10th day of September next succeeding.
  (c) For an employee employed nine months a year an amount equal to 25 percent thereof and the total amount deducted to be paid in three equal monthly installments not later than the 10th day of July, the 10th day of August and the 10th day of September next succeeding. If the provisions of Section 42644 are made applicable to any district the provisions of this section shall apply except that the amount deducted from each regular pay period and ultimate dates for payment of the amount deducted shall be computed and set in accordance with the system adopted under Section 42644. Once an employee has elected to be brought under the provisions of this section such election shall not be revocable until the commencement of the next ensuing fiscal year. However, in the event any employee leaves the service of the district by death or otherwise before receiving such moneys as may be due him, the amount due him shall be paid within 30 days of the last working day to him or any other person entitled thereto by law. This section shall apply to districts that have adopted the merit system in the same manner and effect as if it were a part of Article 6 (commencing with Section 45240) of this chapter.

Orders for the payment of wages and payroll orders and warrants for the payment of wages of employees a part of the classified service in any public school system shall be drawn at least once during each calendar month, for those districts not using the provisions of Sections 42644, 42645, or 42646 of this code. Such payment shall be made on the last working day of the month in which the employee was in paid status. This section shall not prohibit a school district from making a payment of earned salary prior to the last working day of the pay period or of the month. This section shall apply to districts that have adopted the merit system in the same manner and effect as if it were a part of Article 6 (commencing with Section 45240) of this chapter.

Whenever it is determined that an error has been made in the calculation or reporting in any classified employee payroll or in the payment of any classified employee's salary, the appointing authority shall, within five workdays following such determination, provide the employee with a statement of the correction and a supplemental payment drawn against any available funds.

(a) Except as provided in subdivision (b), the governing board of each school district when drawing an order for the salary or wage payment due to a classified employee of the district may, without charge, reduce the order by the amount which it has been requested in a revocable written authorization by the employee to deduct for the payment of dues in, or for any other service provided by, any bona fide organization, of which he is a member, whose membership consists, in whole or in part, of employees of such district, and which has as one of its objectives improvements in the terms or conditions of employment for the advancement of the welfare of such employees. The revocable written authorization shall remain in effect until expressly revoked in writing by the employee. Whenever there is an increase in the amount required for such payment to the organization, the employee organization shall provide the employee with adequate and necessary data on such increase at a time sufficiently prior to the effective date of the increase to allow the employee an opportunity to revoke the written authorization, if desired. The employee organization shall provide the public school employer with notification of the increase at a time sufficiently prior to the effective date of the increase to allow the employer an opportunity to make the necessary changes and with a copy of the notification of the increase which has been sent to all concerned employees. Upon receipt of a properly signed authorization for payroll deductions by a classified employee pursuant to this section, the governing board shall reduce such employee's pay warrant by the designated amount in the next pay period following the closing date for receipt of changes in pay warrants. The governing board shall, on the same designated date of each month, draw its order upon the funds of the district in favor of the organization designated by the employee for an amount equal to the total of the respective deductions made with respect to such organization during the pay period. The governing board shall not require the completion of a new deduction authorization when a dues increase has been effected or at any other time without the express approval of the concerned employee organization.
  (b) The governing board of each school district when drawing an order for the salary or wage payment due to a classified employee of the district may, without charge, reduce the order for the payment of dues to, or for any other service provided by, the certified or recognized organization of which the classified employee is a member, or for the payment of service fees to the certified or recognized organization as required by an organizational security arrangement between the exclusive representative and a public school employer as provided under Chapter 10.7 (commencing with Section 3540) Division 4 of Title 1 of the Government Code. However, the organizational security arrangement shall provide that any employee may pay service fees directly to the certified or recognized employee organization in lieu of having such service fees deducted from the salary or wage order.
  (c) This section shall apply to districts that have adopted the merit system in the same manner and effect as if it were a part of Article 6 (commencing with Section 45240) of this chapter.

(a) (1) Notwithstanding any other law, the governing board of a school district that collects or deducts dues, agency fees, fair share fees, or any other fee or amount of money from the salary of a classified employee for the purpose of transmitting the money to an employee organization shall transmit the money to the employee organization within 15 days of issuing the paycheck containing the deduction to the employee.
  (2) Notwithstanding paragraph (1), if the governing board of a school district with a pupil population exceeding 400,000, collects or deducts dues, agency fees, fair share fees, or any other fee or amount of money from the salary of a classified employee for the purpose of transmitting the money to an employee organization, the governing board shall transmit the money to the employee organization within 15 working days of issuing the paycheck containing the deduction to the employee.
  (b) (1) This section does not limit the right of an employee organization or affected employee to sue for a failure of the employer to transmit dues or fees pursuant to this section.
  (2) In an action brought for a violation of subdivision (a), the court may award reasonable attorney's fees and costs to the prevailing party if any party to the action requests attorney's fees and costs.
  (c) This section applies to districts that have adopted the merit system in the same manner and effect as if it were a part of Article 6 (commencing with Section 45240).
  (d) A school district or county office of education may not request, and the state board may not grant, a waiver of compliance with this section.

Upon initial employment and upon each change in classification thereafter, each classified employee shall be furnished two copies of his class specification, salary data, assignment or work location, together with duty hours and the prescribed workweek. The salary data shall include the annual, monthly or pay period, daily, hourly, overtime and differential rate of compensation, whichever are applicable. One copy shall be retained by the employee and the other copy shall be signed and dated by the employee and returned to his supervisor. The provisions of this section shall not apply to short-term, limited-term, or provisional employees, as those terms are defined in this chapter. This section shall apply to districts that have adopted the merit system in the same manner and effect as if it were a part of Article 6 (commencing with Section 45240) of this chapter.