Section 87744 Of Article 6.5. Reduction In Services From California Education Code >> Division 7. >> Title 3. >> Part 51. >> Chapter 3. >> Article 6.5.
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. Any regular employee whose services have been terminated, as
provided in Section 87743, shall have the following rights:
(a) For the period of 39 months from the date of the termination,
any employee who in the meantime has not attained the age of 70 years
shall have the preferred right to reappointment, in the order of
original employment as determined by the board in accordance with
Sections 87405 to 87424, inclusive, if the number of employees is
increased or the discontinued service is reestablished, with no
requirements that were not imposed upon other employees who continued
in service. However, no contract or other employee with less
seniority shall be employed to render a service for which the
employee meets minimum qualifications and is competent to render.
(b) The right to reappointment may be waived by the employee,
without prejudice, for not more than one college year, unless the
board extends this right, but such a waiver shall not deprive the
employee of his or her right to subsequent offers of reappointment.
(c) As to any employee who is reappointed, the period of his or
her absence shall be treated as a leave of absence and shall not be
considered as a break in the continuity of his or her service, he or
she shall retain the classification and order of employment he or she
had when his or her services were terminated, and credit for prior
service under any state or district retirement system shall not be
affected by that termination, but the period of his or her absence
shall not count as a part of the service required for retirement.
(d) During the period of his or her preferred right to
reappointment, the employee, in the order of original employment,
shall be offered prior opportunity for temporary service during the
absence of any other employee who has been granted a leave of absence
or who is temporarily absent from duty. However, his or her services
may be terminated upon the return to duty of the other employee, the
compensation he or she receives shall be not less than the amount he
or she would receive if he or she were being reappointed, and that
the temporary service shall not affect the retention of his or her
previous classification and rights.
(e) At any time prior to the completion of one year after his or
her return to service, he or she may continue or make up, with
interest, his or her own contributions to any state or district
retirement system, for the period of his or her absence, but it shall
not be obligatory on a district to match these contributions.
(f) If the employee becomes disabled or reaches retirement age at
any time before his or her return to service, he or she shall
receive, in any state or district retirement system of which he or
she was a member, all benefits to which he or she would have been
entitled had the event occurred at the time of his or her termination
of service, plus any benefits he or she may have qualified for
thereafter, as though still employed.