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CA Educ Code § 45312 (2021)
2021 California Code|Education Code - EDC|TITLE 2 - ELEMENTARY AND SECONDARY EDUCATION|DIVISION 3 - LOCAL ADMINISTRATION|PART 25 - EMPLOYEES|CHAPTER 5 - Classified Employees|ARTICLE 6 - Merit System|Section 45312.

45312.  (a) (1) The commission may authorize a hearing officer or other representative to conduct any hearing or investigation that the commission itself is authorized by this article to conduct. Any such authorized person conducting the hearing or investigation may administer oaths, subpoena and require the attendance of witnesses and the production of books or papers, and cause the depositions of witnesses to be taken in the manner prescribed by law for similar depositions in civil cases in the superior court of this state under Title 4 (commencing with Section 2016.010) of Part 4 of the Code of Civil Procedure. The commission may instruct the authorized representative to present findings or recommendations. The commission may accept, reject, or amend any of the findings or recommendations of the authorized representative. Any rejection or amendment of findings or recommendations shall be based either on a review of the transcript of the hearing or investigation or upon the results of the supplementary hearing or investigation as the commission may order.(2) For disciplinary cases against classified employees involving allegations of egregious misconduct, as defined in Section 44932, and involving a minor, as defined in Section 44990, the commission shall hire a judge, as defined in Section 44990, to conduct any hearing or investigation that the commission itself is authorized by this article to conduct. The judge’s ruling shall be binding upon all parties.(3) A judge authorized under this subdivision to conduct a hearing involving allegations as described in Section 44010 or 44011 of this code, or as described in Sections 11165.2 to 11165.6, inclusive, of the Penal Code, shall conduct that hearing in accordance with Article 3.3 (commencing with Section 44990) of Chapter 4 and Section 49077 of this code. (4) The term “representative of the respondent,” within the meaning of Article 3.3 (commencing with Section 44990) of Chapter 4, shall include, but not necessarily be limited to, an exclusive labor representative.(b) The commission may employ hearing officers or other representatives by contract, or as professional experts or otherwise, and may adopt and amend rules and procedures as necessary to effectuate this section.(Amended by Stats. 2018, Ch. 996, Sec. 3. (AB 2234) Effective January 1, 2019.)
CA Educ Code § 45313 (2021)
2021 California Code|Education Code - EDC|TITLE 2 - ELEMENTARY AND SECONDARY EDUCATION|DIVISION 3 - LOCAL ADMINISTRATION|PART 25 - EMPLOYEES|CHAPTER 5 - Classified Employees|ARTICLE 6 - Merit System|Section 45313.

45313.  (a) Except as provided in subdivision (b), the legal counsel of the governing board shall aid and represent the commission in all legal matters. If the legal counsel does not respond to a written request by the commission for aid or representation within 15 working days of receipt of the written request, the legal counsel is deemed to have refused to aid or represent the commission in that matter. (b) (1) The legal counsel shall refuse to represent the commission in circumstances in which the legal counsel knows, or has reason to know, that at the time the request is made a conflict exists between the interests of the commission and the interests of the governing board or the school district.(2) Notwithstanding any other provision of this article, a member of the commission may also declare that a conflict exists between the interests of the commission and the interests of the governing board or the school district. A conflict shall not be found pursuant to this paragraph unless approved by a majority vote of the members of the commission.  (c) If the legal counsel or the commission finds that a conflict exists, or if the legal counsel otherwise refuses to aid or represent the commission in a legal matter, the commission may employ its own attorney, and the reasonable cost of the attorney shall constitute a legal charge against the general funds of the school district.(Amended by Stats. 2020, Ch. 48, Sec. 1. (AB 2234) Effective January 1, 2021.)
CA Educ Code § 45317 (2021)
2021 California Code|Education Code - EDC|TITLE 2 - ELEMENTARY AND SECONDARY EDUCATION|DIVISION 3 - LOCAL ADMINISTRATION|PART 25 - EMPLOYEES|CHAPTER 5 - Classified Employees|ARTICLE 6 - Merit System|Section 45317.

45317.  Any person who willfully or through culpable negligence violates any of the provisions of this article is guilty of a misdemeanor. It is also unlawful for any person:(a) Willfully by himself or in cooperation with another person to defeat, deceive, or obstruct any person with respect to his right of examination, application, or employment under this article or commission rule.(b) Willfully and falsely to mark, grade, estimate, or report upon the examination or proper standing of any person examined or certified under this article or commission rule, or to aid in so doing, or make any false representation concerning the same or the person examined.(c) Willfully to furnish to any person any special or secret information regarding contents of an examination for the purpose of either improving or injuring the prospects or chances of any person examined, or to be examined under this article or commission rule.(Enacted by Stats. 1976, Ch. 1010.)
CA Educ Code § 45318 (2021)
2021 California Code|Education Code - EDC|TITLE 2 - ELEMENTARY AND SECONDARY EDUCATION|DIVISION 3 - LOCAL ADMINISTRATION|PART 25 - EMPLOYEES|CHAPTER 5 - Classified Employees|ARTICLE 6 - Merit System|Section 45318.

45318.  In every school district coterminous with the boundaries of a city and county, except for those paraprofessionals excluded from the charter provisions by a resolution adopted by the governing board of that district pursuant to Section 45100, employees not employed in positions requiring certification qualifications shall be employed, if the city and county has a charter providing for a merit system of employment, pursuant to the provisions of that charter providing for that system and shall, in all respects, be subject to, and have all rights granted by, those provisions; provided, however, that the governing board of the school district shall have the right to fix the duties of all of its noncertificated employees.(Amended by Stats. 1991, Ch. 287, Sec. 2.)
CA Educ Code § 45320 (2021)
2021 California Code|Education Code - EDC|TITLE 2 - ELEMENTARY AND SECONDARY EDUCATION|DIVISION 3 - LOCAL ADMINISTRATION|PART 25 - EMPLOYEES|CHAPTER 5 - Classified Employees|ARTICLE 6 - Merit System|Section 45320.

45320.  If the majority of the qualified electors vote to terminate the merit system in a school district, or a county office of education, or if the majority of the classified employees vote to terminate the merit system in a school district, or a county office of education the personnel commission shall cease to function on the date specified in the election and the law pertaining to merit system districts, or county offices of education shall cease to have any force or effect in that district or county office of education.Simultaneously, with the termination of the merit system, the governing board shall adopt rules and regulations relating to classified school employees as required by Section 45113.Notwithstanding an action to terminate the merit system in a school district, or county office of education, the provisions of Section 45221, 45223, and 45224 shall be applicable at any time after at least two years have elapsed after the system has ceased to operate.(Amended by Stats. 1982, Ch. 188, Sec. 2.)
CA Educ Code § 45340 (2021)
2021 California Code|Education Code - EDC|TITLE 2 - ELEMENTARY AND SECONDARY EDUCATION|DIVISION 3 - LOCAL ADMINISTRATION|PART 25 - EMPLOYEES|CHAPTER 5 - Classified Employees|ARTICLE 7 - Instructional Aides|Section 45340.

45340.  This article may be cited as the Instructional Aide Act of 1968. The provisions of this article shall apply to personnel referred to in Sections 35021, 44833, 44835, 54422, 54481, 54482, 54525, or any other section heretofore or hereafter enacted, who perform the duties of instructional aides.(Enacted by Stats. 1976, Ch. 1010.)
CA Educ Code § 45341 (2021)
2021 California Code|Education Code - EDC|TITLE 2 - ELEMENTARY AND SECONDARY EDUCATION|DIVISION 3 - LOCAL ADMINISTRATION|PART 25 - EMPLOYEES|CHAPTER 5 - Classified Employees|ARTICLE 7 - Instructional Aides|Section 45341.

45341.  The Legislature recognizes the need to provide classroom teachers and other certificated personnel with more time to teach and to provide the means for them to utilize their professional knowledge and skills more effectively in the educational programs of the public schools. It is the intent of the Legislature to authorize the employment of instructional aides in order that classroom teachers and other certificated personnel may draw upon the services of such aides to assist them in ways determined to be useful in improving the quality of educational opportunities for pupils.(Enacted by Stats. 1976, Ch. 1010.)
CA Educ Code § 45342 (2021)
2021 California Code|Education Code - EDC|TITLE 2 - ELEMENTARY AND SECONDARY EDUCATION|DIVISION 3 - LOCAL ADMINISTRATION|PART 25 - EMPLOYEES|CHAPTER 5 - Classified Employees|ARTICLE 7 - Instructional Aides|Section 45342.

45342.  Instructional aides shall not be utilized to increase the number of pupils in relation to the number of classroom teachers in any school, any school district, or in the state. Notwithstanding the foregoing provisions, class size ratios existing in special education classes prior to November 13, 1968, may be maintained or decreased, but not increased, by use of instructional aides.All instructional aide positions in a school district shall be assigned the basic title of “instructional aide” or other appropriate title designated by the governing board. To provide for differences in responsibilities and duties, additions to the basic title may be assigned such as “instructional aide I or II” or “instructional aide—volunteer,” or other appropriate title.(Enacted by Stats. 1976, Ch. 1010.)
CA Educ Code § 45343 (2021)
2021 California Code|Education Code - EDC|TITLE 2 - ELEMENTARY AND SECONDARY EDUCATION|DIVISION 3 - LOCAL ADMINISTRATION|PART 25 - EMPLOYEES|CHAPTER 5 - Classified Employees|ARTICLE 7 - Instructional Aides|Section 45343.

45343.  (a) As used in this article, “instructional aide” means a person employed to assist classroom teachers and other certificated personnel in the performance of their duties and in the supervision of pupils and in instructional tasks which, in the judgment of the certificated personnel to whom the instructional aide is assigned, may be performed by a person not licensed as a classroom teacher.(b) “Any school district” means a school district or a county superintendent of schools who employs classroom teachers in the public schools.(Enacted by Stats. 1976, Ch. 1010.)
CA Educ Code § 45344 (2021)
2021 California Code|Education Code - EDC|TITLE 2 - ELEMENTARY AND SECONDARY EDUCATION|DIVISION 3 - LOCAL ADMINISTRATION|PART 25 - EMPLOYEES|CHAPTER 5 - Classified Employees|ARTICLE 7 - Instructional Aides|Section 45344.

45344.  (a) Subject to the provisions of this article, any school district may employ instructional aides to assist classroom teachers and other certificated personnel in the performance of duties as defined in Section 45343. An instructional aide shall perform only such duties as, in the judgment of the certificated personnel to whom the instructional aide is assigned, may be performed by a person not licensed as a classroom teacher. These duties shall not include assignment of grades to pupils. An instructional aide need not perform such duties in the physical presence of the teacher but the teacher shall retain his responsibility for the instruction and supervision of the pupils in his charge.(b) Educational qualifications for instructional aides shall be prescribed by the school district employer and shall be appropriate to the responsibilities to be assigned.(Enacted by Stats. 1976, Ch. 1010.)
CA Educ Code § 45344.5 (2021)
2021 California Code|Education Code - EDC|TITLE 2 - ELEMENTARY AND SECONDARY EDUCATION|DIVISION 3 - LOCAL ADMINISTRATION|PART 25 - EMPLOYEES|CHAPTER 5 - Classified Employees|ARTICLE 7 - Instructional Aides|Section 45344.5.

45344.5.  (a) No person shall be initially assigned to assist in instruction as an instructional aide unless the person has demonstrated proficiency in basic reading, writing, and mathematics skills pursuant to Section 45330.(b) A school district may charge prospective aides taking the district’s proficiency test a fee to fund the costs incurred by the district in giving the test. This fee may be subject to negotiation between the district and the exclusive representative of instructional aides, but in no event shall the fee exceed seven dollars ($7).(c) An instructional aide who passes a district proficiency test as required by this section, transfers to another district, and is employed in the same capacity shall be considered to have met the proficiency standards for purposes of this section unless the district to which he or she has transferred determines that the test taken by the aide is not comparable to the standards required by the employing district.(Amended by Stats. 2002, Ch. 1080, Sec. 3. Effective January 1, 2003.)
CA Educ Code § 45345 (2021)
2021 California Code|Education Code - EDC|TITLE 2 - ELEMENTARY AND SECONDARY EDUCATION|DIVISION 3 - LOCAL ADMINISTRATION|PART 25 - EMPLOYEES|CHAPTER 5 - Classified Employees|ARTICLE 7 - Instructional Aides|Section 45345.

45345.  Notwithstanding the provisions of Section 48950, no instructional aide shall give out any personal information concerning any pupil who is not his own child or ward, except under judicial process, to any person other than a teacher or administrator in the school which the pupil attends. A violation of this section may be a cause for disciplinary action, including dismissal.(Enacted by Stats. 1976, Ch. 1010.)
CA Educ Code § 45346 (2021)
2021 California Code|Education Code - EDC|TITLE 2 - ELEMENTARY AND SECONDARY EDUCATION|DIVISION 3 - LOCAL ADMINISTRATION|PART 25 - EMPLOYEES|CHAPTER 5 - Classified Employees|ARTICLE 7 - Instructional Aides|Section 45346.

45346.  Classroom teachers and other certificated personnel shall not be required to hold a standard supervision credential or a standard administration credential as a prerequisite to the supervision and direction of instructional aides.(Enacted by Stats. 1976, Ch. 1010.)
CA Educ Code § 45347 (2021)
2021 California Code|Education Code - EDC|TITLE 2 - ELEMENTARY AND SECONDARY EDUCATION|DIVISION 3 - LOCAL ADMINISTRATION|PART 25 - EMPLOYEES|CHAPTER 5 - Classified Employees|ARTICLE 7 - Instructional Aides|Section 45347.

45347.  (a) An instructional aide shall not be deemed a certificated employee for the purposes of apportioning state aid and no regrouping of pupils with instructional aides shall be construed as a class for apportionment purposes.(b) Instructional aides shall be classified employees of the district, and shall be subject to all of the rights, benefits, and burdens of the classified service, except as specified in Section 45105 for “restricted” positions.(Enacted by Stats. 1976, Ch. 1010.)
CA Educ Code § 45348 (2021)
2021 California Code|Education Code - EDC|TITLE 2 - ELEMENTARY AND SECONDARY EDUCATION|DIVISION 3 - LOCAL ADMINISTRATION|PART 25 - EMPLOYEES|CHAPTER 5 - Classified Employees|ARTICLE 7 - Instructional Aides|Section 45348.

45348.  The school district shall pay to each person employed as an instructional aide compensation at a rate not less than the minimum hourly rate prescribed by federal law.(Enacted by Stats. 1976, Ch. 1010.)
CA Educ Code § 45349 (2021)
2021 California Code|Education Code - EDC|TITLE 2 - ELEMENTARY AND SECONDARY EDUCATION|DIVISION 3 - LOCAL ADMINISTRATION|PART 25 - EMPLOYEES|CHAPTER 5 - Classified Employees|ARTICLE 7 - Instructional Aides|Section 45349.

45349.  Notwithstanding the provisions of this article, or any other provisions of law, a school district may utilize volunteers in the supervision and instruction of pupils, but any such volunteer shall be subject to the provisions of Section 35021 and this article.(Enacted by Stats. 1976, Ch. 1010.)
CA Educ Code § 45350 (2021)
2021 California Code|Education Code - EDC|TITLE 2 - ELEMENTARY AND SECONDARY EDUCATION|DIVISION 3 - LOCAL ADMINISTRATION|PART 25 - EMPLOYEES|CHAPTER 5 - Classified Employees|ARTICLE 7.5 - Teacher Assistants|Section 45350.

45350.  The purposes of this article include the following:(a) To enhance the teaching of reading, language arts, mathematics, social science, science, and other basic academic subjects to general education pupils in grades 1 to 6, inclusive.(b) To begin to reduce the impact of large classes in grades 1 to 6, inclusive, through the use of trained teacher assistants, operating within the classroom of a certificated teacher under the direction of that teacher.(c) To develop, in persons who want to be teacher assistants, competency in specific academic subjects that are part of the curriculum in grades 1 to 6, inclusive, and in child development theory. In order to qualify as a teacher assistant for purposes of this article, a person shall meet both of the following conditions:(1) Successful completion of a two-year course of study at a California community college, pursuant to which the applicant has been awarded an Associate of Arts, Teacher Assistant degree.(2) Passage of an examination developed and administered for this purpose by the Commission on Teacher Credentialing.(Added by Stats. 1989, Ch. 1345, Sec. 2.)
CA Educ Code § 45351 (2021)
2021 California Code|Education Code - EDC|TITLE 2 - ELEMENTARY AND SECONDARY EDUCATION|DIVISION 3 - LOCAL ADMINISTRATION|PART 25 - EMPLOYEES|CHAPTER 5 - Classified Employees|ARTICLE 7.5 - Teacher Assistants|Section 45351.

45351.  (a) No later than June 30, 1990, the Office of the Chancellor of the California Community Colleges shall issue requests for proposal from community college districts for the establishment of an Associate of Arts, Teacher Assistant program. The requests for proposal shall describe the requirements set forth in subdivision (c), and shall be developed in consultation with representatives of the Superintendent of Public Instruction, the President of the University of California, the Chancellor of the California State University, the Chancellor of the California Community Colleges, the Executive Director of the California Postsecondary Education Commission, the Commission on Teacher Credentialing, the statewide Academic Senate for Community Colleges, and the President of the Association of Independent Colleges and Universities. That program shall include, but not necessarily be limited to, the two-year course of study described in Section 45350 and the awarding of an Associate of Arts, Teacher Assistant degree.(b) The chancellor shall select two community college districts from separate geographic areas of this state for the purposes of this section, and shall allocate to each of those districts for the 1990–91 school year a planning grant of not less than twenty-five thousand dollars ($25,000).(c) Each of the community college districts selected and funded under this section shall do all of the following:(1) Implement the Associate of Arts, Teacher Assistant program in one or more community colleges, commencing with the 1991–92 school year.(2) Ensure that each student enrolled in the program shall work under the direct supervision of a credentialed classroom teacher.(3)  Design the program to ensure that credit hours earned under the program at any community college are transferable to teacher preparation programs conducted at California State University campuses in the same region as that community college.(4) No later than October 1, 1993, collect, and make available to the California Postsecondary Education Commission for purposes of the evaluation described in Section 45355, the following data for the 1991–92 and 1992–93 school years:(A) The number of persons who enrolled in the program, and the number of persons who completed the program.(B) Demographic information concerning those persons.(C) The number and percentage of graduates of the program who pass the examination described in subdivision (c) of Section 45350.(D) The number and percentage of graduates of the program who have obtained employment as teacher assistants, as reported pursuant to Section 45353.(Added by Stats. 1989, Ch. 1345, Sec. 2.)
CA Educ Code § 45352 (2021)
2021 California Code|Education Code - EDC|TITLE 2 - ELEMENTARY AND SECONDARY EDUCATION|DIVISION 3 - LOCAL ADMINISTRATION|PART 25 - EMPLOYEES|CHAPTER 5 - Classified Employees|ARTICLE 7.5 - Teacher Assistants|Section 45352.

45352.  No later than June 30, 1991, the Commission on Teacher Credentialing shall adopt policies, procedures, and regulations as it deems necessary and appropriate for the administration of an examination pursuant to subdivision (c) of Section 45350.(Added by Stats. 1989, Ch. 1345, Sec. 2.)
CA Educ Code § 45353 (2021)
2021 California Code|Education Code - EDC|TITLE 2 - ELEMENTARY AND SECONDARY EDUCATION|DIVISION 3 - LOCAL ADMINISTRATION|PART 25 - EMPLOYEES|CHAPTER 5 - Classified Employees|ARTICLE 7.5 - Teacher Assistants|Section 45353.

45353.  Teacher assistants, as described in this article, shall not be deemed to be teachers for any purpose under this code.(Added by Stats. 1989, Ch. 1345, Sec. 2.)
CA Educ Code § 45354 (2021)
2021 California Code|Education Code - EDC|TITLE 2 - ELEMENTARY AND SECONDARY EDUCATION|DIVISION 3 - LOCAL ADMINISTRATION|PART 25 - EMPLOYEES|CHAPTER 5 - Classified Employees|ARTICLE 7.5 - Teacher Assistants|Section 45354.

45354.  The Commission on Teacher Credentialing shall levy a fee for the issuance and renewal of teacher assistant licenses. The fee for the issuance or renewal of the teacher assistant license shall be twenty-five dollars ($25). In subsequent years, the Commission on Teacher Credentialing may set a different fee, but in no case shall the fee exceed forty-five dollars ($45) without the express approval of the Legislature.(Added by Stats. 1989, Ch. 1345, Sec. 2.)
CA Educ Code § 45355 (2021)
2021 California Code|Education Code - EDC|TITLE 2 - ELEMENTARY AND SECONDARY EDUCATION|DIVISION 3 - LOCAL ADMINISTRATION|PART 25 - EMPLOYEES|CHAPTER 5 - Classified Employees|ARTICLE 7.5 - Teacher Assistants|Section 45355.

45355.  The Department of Finance shall determine the amount of the examination fee that would be sufficient to generate the revenues necessary to maintain and administer the examination described in Section 45350.(Amended by Stats. 1994, Ch. 840, Sec. 18. Effective January 1, 1995.)
CA Educ Code § 45356 (2021)
2021 California Code|Education Code - EDC|TITLE 2 - ELEMENTARY AND SECONDARY EDUCATION|DIVISION 3 - LOCAL ADMINISTRATION|PART 25 - EMPLOYEES|CHAPTER 5 - Classified Employees|ARTICLE 7.5 - Teacher Assistants|Section 45356.

45356.  The State Department of Education shall, in the 1991–92 and 1992–93 school years, and thereafter as it may deem necessary, coordinate workshops between the community college districts that operate Associate of Arts, Teacher Assistant programs, the California State University, and elementary schools located within those community college districts, regarding changes in instructional methodology that may be necessary to ensure the effective use of teacher assistants.(Added by Stats. 1989, Ch. 1345, Sec. 2.)