Section 87483 Of Article 1. General Provisions From California Education Code >> Division 7. >> Title 3. >> Part 51. >> Chapter 3. >> Article 1.
87483
. Notwithstanding any other provision, the governing board of
a community college district may establish regulations that allow
academic employees to reduce their workload from full-time to
part-time duties. The regulations shall include, but shall not be
limited to, the following if the employees wish to reduce their
workload and maintain retirement benefits pursuant to Section 22713
of this code or Section 20815 of the Government Code:
(a) The employee shall have reached the age of 55 prior to
reduction in workload.
(b) The employee shall have been employed full time in an academic
position or a position requiring certification qualifications, or
both, for at least 10 years of which the immediately preceding five
years were full-time employment.
(c) During the period immediately preceding a request for a
reduction in workload, the employee shall have been employed full
time in an academic position or a position requiring certification
qualifications, or both, for a total of at least five years without a
break in service. For purposes of this subdivision, sabbaticals and
other approved leaves of absence shall not constitute a break in
service. Time spent on a sabbatical or other approved leave of
absence shall not be used in computing the five-year full-time
service requirement prescribed by this subdivision.
(d) The option of part-time employment shall be exercised at the
request of the employee and can be revoked only with the mutual
consent of the employer and the employee.
(e) The employee shall be paid a salary which is the pro rata
share of the salary he or she would be earning had he or she not
elected to exercise the option of part-time employment but shall
retain all other rights and benefits for which he or she makes the
payments that would be required if he or she remained in full-time
employment.
The employee shall receive health benefits as provided in Section
53201 of the Government Code in the same manner as a full-time
employee.
(f) The minimum part-time employment shall be the equivalent of
one-half of the number of days of service required by the employee's
contract of employment during his or her final year of service in a
full-time position.
(g) The period of this part-time employment shall not exceed five
years for employees subject to Section 20815 of the Government Code
or 10 years for employees subject to Section 22713 of this code.
(h) The period of part-time employment of employees subject to
Section 20815 of the Government Code shall not extend beyond the end
of the college year during which the employee reaches his or her 70th
birthday. This subdivision shall not apply to any employee subject
to Section 22713 of this code.