reglab/statecodes huggingface dataset:
2023 California Code › Education Code - EDC › TITLE 2 - ELEMENTARY AND SECONDARY EDUCATION › DIVISION 3 - LOCAL ADMINISTRATION › PART 25 - EMPLOYEES › CHAPTER 4 - Employment Certificated Employees › ARTICLE 2 - Employment › Section 44848.

44848. When any certificated employee shall have resigned or been dismissed for cause and shall thereafter have been reemployed by the board, his date of employment shall be deemed to be the date on which he first accepted reemployment (if reemployed before July 1, 1947) or rendered paid service (if reemployed after June 30, 1947) after his reemployment.
When an employee’s services are terminated for lack of enrollment or discontinuance of service or are otherwise interrupted in a manner declared by law not to constitute a break in service, his original order of employment shall stand.
(Enacted by Stats. 1976, Ch. 1010.)
2023 California Code › Education Code - EDC › TITLE 2 - ELEMENTARY AND SECONDARY EDUCATION › DIVISION 3 - LOCAL ADMINISTRATION › PART 25 - EMPLOYEES › CHAPTER 4 - Employment Certificated Employees › ARTICLE 2 - Employment › Section 44849.

44849. Nothing in Sections 35029, 35161, 35162, Sections 44030 to 44034, inclusive, Sections 44036 to 44048, inclusive, Sections 44800 to 44802, inclusive, Sections 44804 to 44824, inclusive, Sections 45021 to 45060, inclusive, Sections 48913, 87462, 87463, 87469, 88021, 88071, Article 1 (commencing with Section 7000) of Chapter 1, Article 1 (commencing with Section 7100) of Chapter 2 of Part 5, Chapter 4 (commencing with Section 10300) of Part 7, Article 1 (commencing with Section 12500) of Chapter 5 of Part 8, Article 5 (commencing with Section 32340) of Chapter 3 of Part 19, Article 1 (commencing with Section 44000), Article 3 (commencing with Section 44060) of Chapter 1, Chapter 2 (commencing with Section 44200), Chapter 3 (commencing with Section 44400), Article 2 (commencing with Section 44830), Article 3 (commencing with Section 44930) of Chapter 4, Chapter 5 (commencing with Section 45100), Article 2 (commencing with Section 87600), Article 4 (commencing with Section 87660) of Chapter 3 of Part 51, shall be construed in a manner as to deprive any person of his or her rights and remedies in a court of competent jurisdiction on a question of law and fact.
(Amended by Stats. 1990, Ch. 1372, Sec. 196.)
2023 California Code › Education Code - EDC › TITLE 2 - ELEMENTARY AND SECONDARY EDUCATION › DIVISION 3 - LOCAL ADMINISTRATION › PART 25 - EMPLOYEES › CHAPTER 4 - Employment Certificated Employees › ARTICLE 2 - Employment › Section 44850.

44850. Nothing in Sections 35029, 35161, 35162, Sections 44030 to 44034, inclusive, Sections 44036 to 44048, inclusive, Sections 44800 to 44802, inclusive, Sections 44804 to 44824, inclusive, Sections 45021 to 45060, inclusive, Sections 48913, 87462, 87463, 87469, 88021, 88071, Article 1 (commencing with Section 7000) of Chapter 1, Article 1 (commencing with Section 7100) of Chapter 2 of Part 5, Chapter 4 (commencing with Section 10300) of Part 7, Article 1 (commencing with Section 12500) of Chapter 5 of Part 8, Article 5 (commencing with Section 32340) of Chapter 3 of Part 19, Article 1 (commencing with Section 44000), Article 3 (commencing with Section 44060) of Chapter 1, Chapter 2 (commencing with Section 44200), Chapter 3 (commencing with Section 44400), Article 2 (commencing with Section 44830), Article 3 (commencing with Section 44930) of Chapter 4, Chapter 5 (commencing with Section 45100), Article 2 (commencing with Section 87600), Article 4 (commencing with Section 87660) of Chapter 3 of Part 51, shall be construed so as to repeal or negate any provisions concerning employees of school districts contained in the charter of any city, county, or city and county, adopted and approved in conformity with Article XI of the Constitution of this state.
(Amended by Stats. 1990, Ch. 1372, Sec. 197.)
2023 California Code › Education Code - EDC › TITLE 2 - ELEMENTARY AND SECONDARY EDUCATION › DIVISION 3 - LOCAL ADMINISTRATION › PART 25 - EMPLOYEES › CHAPTER 4 - Employment Certificated Employees › ARTICLE 2 - Employment › Section 44850.1.

44850.1. Notwithstanding Section 44850, and notwithstanding provisions of the charter of any city or city and county to the contrary, on and after July 1, 1978, the certificated employees of any school district governed by such a charter who serve as the head of a department of the district or in an administrative or supervisory position shall neither acquire nor retain permanent status in such position unless the employee is or becomes eligible for permanent status in accordance with provisions of this code.
(Amended by Stats. 1978, Ch. 315.)
2023 California Code › Education Code - EDC › TITLE 2 - ELEMENTARY AND SECONDARY EDUCATION › DIVISION 3 - LOCAL ADMINISTRATION › PART 25 - EMPLOYEES › CHAPTER 4 - Employment Certificated Employees › ARTICLE 2 - Employment › Section 44851.

44851. All employments under the provisions of Section 35161, Sections 44221 to 44227, inclusive, Sections 44831 to 44887, inclusive, Sections 44889 to 44891, inclusive, Sections 44893 to 44906, inclusive, Sections 44908 to 44919, inclusive, Sections 87462 and 87469, shall be subordinate to the right of the Legislature to amend or repeal Section 35161, Sections 44221 to 44227, inclusive, Sections 44831 to 44887, inclusive, Sections 44889 to 44891, inclusive, Sections 44893 to 44906, inclusive, Sections 44908 to 44919, inclusive, Sections 87462 and 87469, or any provision or provisions thereof at any time, and nothing herein contained shall be construed to confer upon any person employed pursuant to the provisions hereof a contract which will be impaired by the amendment or repeal of Section 35161, Sections 44221 to 44227, inclusive, Sections 44831 to 44887, inclusive, Sections 44889 to 44891, inclusive, Sections 44893 to 44906, inclusive, Sections 44908 to 44919, inclusive, Sections 87462 and 87469, or of any provision or provisions thereof.
(Enacted by Stats. 1976, Ch. 1010.)
2023 California Code › Education Code - EDC › TITLE 2 - ELEMENTARY AND SECONDARY EDUCATION › DIVISION 3 - LOCAL ADMINISTRATION › PART 25 - EMPLOYEES › CHAPTER 4 - Employment Certificated Employees › ARTICLE 2 - Employment › Section 44852.

44852. Nothing in this code shall be construed as prohibiting the employment of persons in positions requiring certification qualifications for less than a full school year in temporary schools or classes.
(Enacted by Stats. 1976, Ch. 1010.)
2023 California Code › Education Code - EDC › TITLE 2 - ELEMENTARY AND SECONDARY EDUCATION › DIVISION 3 - LOCAL ADMINISTRATION › PART 25 - EMPLOYEES › CHAPTER 4 - Employment Certificated Employees › ARTICLE 2 - Employment › Section 44853.

44853. The governing board of any school district, subject to the rules and regulations prescribed by the state board, may enter into an agreement with the proper authorities of any foreign country, or of any state, territory, or possession of the United States, or other district within the state, for the exchange and employment of regularly credentialed employees and employees of public schools of any foreign country, state, territory, or possession, or other district within this state. Any certificated person employed as provided in this section shall be known as an “exchange certificated employee.” No exchange shall be made without the consent of the employee to be exchanged.
Due consideration shall be given to the general qualifications and professional status of the exchange employee as compared to the general qualifications and professional status of the employee for whom exchanged. However, it shall not be a requirement that an exchange certificated employee be a teacher of the same subject or grade, or both, as the employee for whom exchanged. If the service authorized is other than teaching, it shall not be a requirement that the service be at the same grade level or that the service be exactly the same as the employee for whom exchanged.
A person shall not be employed as an exchange employee by a school district in the state unless he or she holds the necessary valid credential or credentials issued by the Commission on Teacher Credentialing authorizing the person to serve in a position requiring certification qualifications in the school district proposing to employ the person. The commission may establish minimum standards for the credentials for exchange certificated employees, provided that no exchange certificated employee shall be required to pay a fee or other charge for the issuance of any necessary valid credential or credentials authorizing him or her to serve in a position requiring certification qualifications in any school district in this state.
An exchange agreement may be made for a period not to exceed three years.
At the end of the assignment period, the exchange, with the consent of all parties, may be made complete and permanent.
(Amended by Stats. 2009, Ch. 53, Sec. 11. (SB 512) Effective January 1, 2010.)
2023 California Code › Education Code - EDC › TITLE 2 - ELEMENTARY AND SECONDARY EDUCATION › DIVISION 3 - LOCAL ADMINISTRATION › PART 25 - EMPLOYEES › CHAPTER 4 - Employment Certificated Employees › ARTICLE 2 - Employment › Section 44854.

44854. Acceptance of any exchange position by an employee of any school district in the state shall not affect his or her right to the permanent classification to which he or she is entitled, at the time of the acceptance, or any of his or her rights under the state teachers retirement salary provisions of this code, or under any local or district retirement plan, or system, and the time served in the exchange position shall be counted as time served in the service of the district in which he or she is employed immediately prior to acceptance of the exchange position in determining his or her status under Sections 35029, 35161, 35162, Sections 44030 to 44034, inclusive, Sections 44036 to 44048, inclusive, Sections 44800 to 44802, inclusive, Sections 44804 to 44824, inclusive, Sections 45021 to 45060, inclusive, Sections 48913, 87462, 87463, 87469, 88021, 88071, Article 1 (commencing with Section 7000) of Chapter 1, Article 1 (commencing with Section 7100) of Chapter 2 of Part 5, Chapter 4 (commencing with Section 10300) of Part 7, Article 1 (commencing with Section 12500) of Chapter 5 of Part 8, Article 5 (commencing with Section 32340) of Chapter 3 of Part 19, Article 1 (commencing with Section 44000), Article 3 (commencing with Section 44060) of Chapter 1, Chapter 2 (commencing with Section 44200), Chapter 3 (commencing with Section 44400), Article 2 (commencing with Section 44830), Article 3 (commencing with Section 44930) of Chapter 4, Chapter 5 (commencing with Section 45100), Article 2 (commencing with Section 87600), Article 4 (commencing with Section 87660) of Chapter 3 of Part 51, and under the provisions of this code relating to state retirement salary, and under any local or district retirement plan.
(Amended by Stats. 1990, Ch. 1372, Sec. 198.)
2023 California Code › Education Code - EDC › TITLE 2 - ELEMENTARY AND SECONDARY EDUCATION › DIVISION 3 - LOCAL ADMINISTRATION › PART 25 - EMPLOYEES › CHAPTER 4 - Employment Certificated Employees › ARTICLE 2 - Employment › Section 44855.

44855. If the teacher from the district within the state who serves as an exchange teacher without the state and the governing board regularly employing him so agree, the district may pay his regular salary, making all deductions provided by law for retirement purposes, during the period of the exchange teaching. In such case the district shall not pay the salary of the exchange teacher from without the state, serving the district in exchange for its regular teacher.
In the event a teacher from a district within this state serving as an exchange teacher without the state and to whom the governing board of such district is paying the regular salary of such teacher as herein provided, is compelled to absent herself from her duties because of injury, illness or quarantine, the governing board of the district within this state may pay the substitute employed to take the place of such teacher and shall deduct the amount so paid the substitute from the compensation of the teacher.
(Enacted by Stats. 1976, Ch. 1010.)
2023 California Code › Education Code - EDC › TITLE 2 - ELEMENTARY AND SECONDARY EDUCATION › DIVISION 3 - LOCAL ADMINISTRATION › PART 25 - EMPLOYEES › CHAPTER 4 - Employment Certificated Employees › ARTICLE 2 - Employment › Section 44856.

44856. (a) The governing board of a school district, for the purposes of providing bilingual instruction, world language instruction, or cultural enrichment, in the schools of the school district, subject to the rules and regulations of the state board, may conclude arrangements with the proper authorities of a foreign country, or of a state, territory, or possession of the United States, for the hiring of bilingual teachers employed in public or private schools of a foreign country, state, territory, or possession. To be eligible for employment, the teacher must speak English fluently. Any persons employed pursuant to this section shall be known as a “sojourn certificated employee.”
(b) A person shall not be hired as a sojourn certificated employee by a school district unless he or she holds the necessary valid credential or credentials issued by the commission authorizing the person to serve in a position requiring certification qualifications in the school district proposing to employ him or her. The person may be employed for a period not to exceed two years, except that thereafter the period of employment may be extended from year to year for a total period of not more than five years upon verification by the employing school district that termination of the employment would adversely affect an existing bilingual or world language program or program of cultural enrichment, and that attempts to secure the employment of a certificated California teacher qualified to fill the position have been unsuccessful. The commission shall establish minimum standards for the credentials for sojourn certificated employees.
(Amended by Stats. 2018, Ch. 865, Sec. 13. (AB 2319) Effective January 1, 2019.)
2023 California Code › Education Code - EDC › TITLE 2 - ELEMENTARY AND SECONDARY EDUCATION › DIVISION 3 - LOCAL ADMINISTRATION › PART 25 - EMPLOYEES › CHAPTER 4 - Employment Certificated Employees › ARTICLE 2 - Employment › Section 44857.

44857. Each person employed by the governing board of a school district for a position requiring certification qualifications shall, not later than 60 days after the date fixed by the governing board of the district for the commencement of the person’s service, register, in the manner prescribed by Section 44330, a valid certification document issued on or before that date, authorizing the person to serve in the position for which he or she was employed, and shall, not later than 60 days after the renewal thereof, register the renewed certification document in the manner prescribed by Section 44330. If any person so employed is the holder of a California State University, or state teachers college, diploma accompanied by the certificate of the State Board of Education, or of an educational or life diploma of this state, and has presented the diploma to, and has had his or her name recorded by, the county superintendent of schools of the county, the person shall be deemed to have registered the diploma under Section 44330.
(Amended by Stats. 1986, Ch. 248, Sec. 28.)
2023 California Code › Education Code - EDC › TITLE 2 - ELEMENTARY AND SECONDARY EDUCATION › DIVISION 3 - LOCAL ADMINISTRATION › PART 25 - EMPLOYEES › CHAPTER 4 - Employment Certificated Employees › ARTICLE 2 - Employment › Section 44858.

44858. The Legislature hereby declares that it is contrary to the interest of this state and of the people of the state for any governing board or any person charged by the governing board of any school district with the responsibility of interviewing and recommending persons for employment in positions requiring certification, to fail or refuse to interview or recommend a person applying for employment in a position requiring certification on any basis listed in subdivision (a) of Section 12940 of the Government Code, as those bases are defined in Sections 12926 and 12926.1 of the Government Code, except as otherwise provided in this code and in Section 12940 of the Government Code.
(Amended by Stats. 2004, Ch. 788, Sec. 3. Effective January 1, 2005.)
2023 California Code › Education Code - EDC › TITLE 2 - ELEMENTARY AND SECONDARY EDUCATION › DIVISION 3 - LOCAL ADMINISTRATION › PART 25 - EMPLOYEES › CHAPTER 4 - Employment Certificated Employees › ARTICLE 2 - Employment › Section 44859.

44859. No school district may adopt or maintain any rule or regulation which requires a candidate for a position requiring certification qualifications to be a resident of the district or to become a resident of the district, or which requires that an employee maintain residency within the district; nor may a district grant any preferential treatment to candidates or employees because they are residents of the district.
The Legislature in enacting this section recognizes that the public school system of this state is the property of all its citizens, and that all qualified candidates for positions of employment with school districts, regardless of residence, should be granted the opportunity to compete for and obtain such positions based solely on merit and fitness.
(Enacted by Stats. 1976, Ch. 1010.)
2023 California Code › Education Code - EDC › TITLE 2 - ELEMENTARY AND SECONDARY EDUCATION › DIVISION 3 - LOCAL ADMINISTRATION › PART 25 - EMPLOYEES › CHAPTER 4 - Employment Certificated Employees › ARTICLE 2 - Employment › Section 44860.

44860. No person shall be employed as principal of a school of six or more certificated employees unless he or she holds a valid school administration credential and at least one of the following: a teaching credential, or a services credential with a specialization in pupil personnel, health, clinical or rehabilitative, or librarian services.
(Amended by Stats. 1990, Ch. 341, Sec. 4.)
2023 California Code › Education Code - EDC › TITLE 2 - ELEMENTARY AND SECONDARY EDUCATION › DIVISION 3 - LOCAL ADMINISTRATION › PART 25 - EMPLOYEES › CHAPTER 4 - Employment Certificated Employees › ARTICLE 2 - Employment › Section 44861.

44861. A substitute principal holding a valid teacher’s credential of the same grade as the school to be administered may be employed without meeting the requirements of Section 44860 to meet an emergency for not more than five months of any school year.
(Enacted by Stats. 1976, Ch. 1010.)
2023 California Code › Education Code - EDC › TITLE 2 - ELEMENTARY AND SECONDARY EDUCATION › DIVISION 3 - LOCAL ADMINISTRATION › PART 25 - EMPLOYEES › CHAPTER 4 - Employment Certificated Employees › ARTICLE 2 - Employment › Section 44862.

44862. No person is eligible to teach in any public school in the state, or to receive a certificate to teach who has not attained the age of 18 years.
(Enacted by Stats. 1976, Ch. 1010.)
2023 California Code › Education Code - EDC › TITLE 2 - ELEMENTARY AND SECONDARY EDUCATION › DIVISION 3 - LOCAL ADMINISTRATION › PART 25 - EMPLOYEES › CHAPTER 4 - Employment Certificated Employees › ARTICLE 2 - Employment › Section 44863.

44863. No teacher holding a special certificate shall be employed to teach any subject not authorized in the certificate.
(Enacted by Stats. 1976, Ch. 1010.)
2023 California Code › Education Code - EDC › TITLE 2 - ELEMENTARY AND SECONDARY EDUCATION › DIVISION 3 - LOCAL ADMINISTRATION › PART 25 - EMPLOYEES › CHAPTER 4 - Employment Certificated Employees › ARTICLE 2 - Employment › Section 44864.

44864. Each teacher in a joint elementary district shall hold a valid certificate in the county in which the schoolhouse is located.
(Enacted by Stats. 1976, Ch. 1010.)
2023 California Code › Education Code - EDC › TITLE 2 - ELEMENTARY AND SECONDARY EDUCATION › DIVISION 3 - LOCAL ADMINISTRATION › PART 25 - EMPLOYEES › CHAPTER 4 - Employment Certificated Employees › ARTICLE 2 - Employment › Section 44865.

44865. A valid teaching credential issued by the State Board or the Commission on Teacher Credentialing, based on a bachelor’s degree, student teaching, and special fitness to perform, shall be deemed qualifying for assignment as a teacher in the following assignments, provided that the assignment of a teacher to a position for which qualifications are prescribed by this section shall be made only with the consent of the teacher:
(a) Home teacher.
(b) Classes organized primarily for adults.
(c) Hospital classes.
(d) Necessary small high schools.
(e) Continuation schools.
(f) Alternative schools.
(g) Opportunity schools.
(h) Juvenile court schools.
(i) County community schools.
(j) District community day schools.
(k) Independent study.
(Amended by Stats. 2008, Ch. 223, Sec. 8. Effective January 1, 2009.)
2023 California Code › Education Code - EDC › TITLE 2 - ELEMENTARY AND SECONDARY EDUCATION › DIVISION 3 - LOCAL ADMINISTRATION › PART 25 - EMPLOYEES › CHAPTER 4 - Employment Certificated Employees › ARTICLE 2 - Employment › Section 44866.

44866. The qualifications of a home instructor of pupils with physical disabilities shall be a valid teaching credential or a credential authorizing the teaching of exceptional children in an area of specialized preparation issued by the state board, or the Commission on Teacher Credentialing.
(Amended by Stats. 2007, Ch. 569, Sec. 25. Effective January 1, 2008.)
2023 California Code › Education Code - EDC › TITLE 2 - ELEMENTARY AND SECONDARY EDUCATION › DIVISION 3 - LOCAL ADMINISTRATION › PART 25 - EMPLOYEES › CHAPTER 4 - Employment Certificated Employees › ARTICLE 2 - Employment › Section 44867.

44867. Except as provided in Section 44865, teachers in opportunity schools, classes, or programs shall have the same qualifications and shall be employed in the same manner as in other elementary and secondary schools of the school district in which the opportunity schools, classes, or programs are situated.
(Amended by Stats. 1980, Ch. 260, Sec. 2.)
2023 California Code › Education Code - EDC › TITLE 2 - ELEMENTARY AND SECONDARY EDUCATION › DIVISION 3 - LOCAL ADMINISTRATION › PART 25 - EMPLOYEES › CHAPTER 4 - Employment Certificated Employees › ARTICLE 2 - Employment › Section 44868.

44868. No person shall be employed as a teacher librarian in an elementary or secondary school, unless he or she holds a valid credential of proper grade authorizing service as a teacher librarian or a valid teaching credential issued by the Commission on Teacher Credentialing if he or she has completed the specialized area of librarianship.
(Amended by Stats. 2007, Ch. 730, Sec. 23. Effective January 1, 2008.)
2023 California Code › Education Code - EDC › TITLE 2 - ELEMENTARY AND SECONDARY EDUCATION › DIVISION 3 - LOCAL ADMINISTRATION › PART 25 - EMPLOYEES › CHAPTER 4 - Employment Certificated Employees › ARTICLE 2 - Employment › Section 44869.

44869. A teacher librarian, when employed full time as a teacher librarian or serving full time, partly as a teacher librarian and partly as a teacher, shall rank as a teacher.
(Amended by Stats. 2007, Ch. 730, Sec. 24. Effective January 1, 2008.)
2023 California Code › Education Code - EDC › TITLE 2 - ELEMENTARY AND SECONDARY EDUCATION › DIVISION 3 - LOCAL ADMINISTRATION › PART 25 - EMPLOYEES › CHAPTER 4 - Employment Certificated Employees › ARTICLE 2 - Employment › Section 44870.

44870. No one shall be employed to supervise the work of teachers for more than half time during any school week unless he is the holder of a valid teacher’s certificate authorizing him to teach in the schools and classes in which he is to supervise instruction and a valid supervision certificate.
(Enacted by Stats. 1976, Ch. 1010.)
2023 California Code › Education Code - EDC › TITLE 2 - ELEMENTARY AND SECONDARY EDUCATION › DIVISION 3 - LOCAL ADMINISTRATION › PART 25 - EMPLOYEES › CHAPTER 4 - Employment Certificated Employees › ARTICLE 2 - Employment › Section 44871.

44871. The qualifications of supervisors of health shall be as provided in Sections 44873 to 44878, inclusive.
(Enacted by Stats. 1976, Ch. 1010.)
2023 California Code › Education Code - EDC › TITLE 2 - ELEMENTARY AND SECONDARY EDUCATION › DIVISION 3 - LOCAL ADMINISTRATION › PART 25 - EMPLOYEES › CHAPTER 4 - Employment Certificated Employees › ARTICLE 2 - Employment › Section 44872.

44872. For the purposes of Sections 44873 to 44878, inclusive, “standard designated services credential with a specialization in health” and “services credential with a specialization in health” includes a community college health services credential when the service is provided in grades 13 and 14.
(Enacted by Stats. 1976, Ch. 1010.)
2023 California Code › Education Code - EDC › TITLE 2 - ELEMENTARY AND SECONDARY EDUCATION › DIVISION 3 - LOCAL ADMINISTRATION › PART 25 - EMPLOYEES › CHAPTER 4 - Employment Certificated Employees › ARTICLE 2 - Employment › Section 44873.

44873. The qualifications for a physician and surgeon employed to serve on a half-time or greater than half-time basis shall be a valid certificate to practice medicine and surgery issued by the Medical Board of California or Osteopathic Medical Board of California and either a services credential with a specialization in health or a valid credential issued prior to November 23, 1970. The qualifications for a physician and surgeon employed for less than half time shall be a valid certificate to practice medicine and surgery issued by the Medical Board of California. Any school district may employ and compensate physicians and surgeons meeting the foregoing qualifications for the performance of medical services for that district and shall provide liability insurance coverage for the period of his or her employment.
As used in this section “medical services” includes, but is not limited to, any medical services required to be performed while required to be in attendance at high school athletic contests or meets.
(Amended by Stats. 1991, Ch. 359, Sec. 32.)
2023 California Code › Education Code - EDC › TITLE 2 - ELEMENTARY AND SECONDARY EDUCATION › DIVISION 3 - LOCAL ADMINISTRATION › PART 25 - EMPLOYEES › CHAPTER 4 - Employment Certificated Employees › ARTICLE 2 - Employment › Section 44874.

44874. The qualifications for a psychologist or social worker are a valid certificate issued by the appropriate California agency authorized by law to certify such persons and a services credential with a specialization in health. Any school district may employ and compensate psychologists and social workers meeting the foregoing qualifications.
(Enacted by Stats. 1976, Ch. 1010.)
2023 California Code › Education Code - EDC › TITLE 2 - ELEMENTARY AND SECONDARY EDUCATION › DIVISION 3 - LOCAL ADMINISTRATION › PART 25 - EMPLOYEES › CHAPTER 4 - Employment Certificated Employees › ARTICLE 2 - Employment › Section 44875.

44875. The qualifications for a dentist are a valid certificate issued by the Board of Dental Examiners and a services credential with a specialization in health or a valid credential issued prior to November 23, 1970. Any school district may employ and compensate dentists meeting the foregoing qualifications.
(Enacted by Stats. 1976, Ch. 1010.)
2023 California Code › Education Code - EDC › TITLE 2 - ELEMENTARY AND SECONDARY EDUCATION › DIVISION 3 - LOCAL ADMINISTRATION › PART 25 - EMPLOYEES › CHAPTER 4 - Employment Certificated Employees › ARTICLE 2 - Employment › Section 44876.

44876. The qualifications for a dental hygienist, dental hygienist in alternative practice, or dental hygienist in extended functions shall be a valid license issued by the Dental Hygiene Board of California or by the Dental Board of California and either a health and development credential, a standard designated services credential with a specialization in health, or a services credential with a specialization in health.
(Amended by Stats. 2018, Ch. 858, Sec. 62. (SB 1482) Effective January 1, 2019.)
2023 California Code › Education Code - EDC › TITLE 2 - ELEMENTARY AND SECONDARY EDUCATION › DIVISION 3 - LOCAL ADMINISTRATION › PART 25 - EMPLOYEES › CHAPTER 4 - Employment Certificated Employees › ARTICLE 2 - Employment › Section 44877.

44877. The qualifications for a nurse shall be a valid certificate of registration issued by the Board of Nurse Examiners of the State of California or the California Board of Nursing Education and Nurse Registration and a health and development credential, a standard designated services credential with a specialization in health, or a services credential with a specialization in health.
The services credential with a specialization in health authorizing service as a school nurse shall not authorize teaching services unless the holder also completes the requirements for a special class authorization in health in a program that is approved by the commission.
On and after January 1, 1981, the qualifications for a nurse shall also include proof satisfactory to the school district that the nurse has acquired training in child abuse and neglect detection. This requirement may be satisfied through participation by the nurse in continuing education activities relating to child abuse and neglect detection and treatment.
(Amended by Stats. 1994, Ch. 172, Sec. 2. Effective January 1, 1995.)
2023 California Code › Education Code - EDC › TITLE 2 - ELEMENTARY AND SECONDARY EDUCATION › DIVISION 3 - LOCAL ADMINISTRATION › PART 25 - EMPLOYEES › CHAPTER 4 - Employment Certificated Employees › ARTICLE 2 - Employment › Section 44878.

44878. The qualifications for an optometrist are a valid certificate issued by the State Board of Optometry and a services credential with a specialization in health or a credential issued prior to November 23, 1970. Any school district may employ and compensate optometrists meeting the foregoing qualifications.
(Enacted by Stats. 1976, Ch. 1010.)
2023 California Code › Education Code - EDC › TITLE 2 - ELEMENTARY AND SECONDARY EDUCATION › DIVISION 3 - LOCAL ADMINISTRATION › PART 25 - EMPLOYEES › CHAPTER 4 - Employment Certificated Employees › ARTICLE 2 - Employment › Section 44879.

44879. The qualifications for an audiometrist working under the direction of health services personnel pursuant to Section 49420 shall be a valid certificate or license issued by, or valid registration with, the California state agency authorized by law to issue the certificate or license, or to effect the registration, required for performance of the service.
(Enacted by Stats. 1976, Ch. 1010.)
2023 California Code › Education Code - EDC › TITLE 2 - ELEMENTARY AND SECONDARY EDUCATION › DIVISION 3 - LOCAL ADMINISTRATION › PART 25 - EMPLOYEES › CHAPTER 4 - Employment Certificated Employees › ARTICLE 2 - Employment › Section 44885.5.

44885.5. (a) Any school district shall classify as a probationary employee of the district any person who is employed as a district intern pursuant to Section 44830.3 and any person who has completed service in the district as a district intern pursuant to subdivision (b) of Section 44325 and Section 44830.3 and is reelected for the next succeeding school year to a position requiring certification qualifications.
The governing board may dismiss or suspend employees classified as probationary employees pursuant to this subdivision in accordance with the procedures specified in Section 44948 or 44948.3 as applicable.
(b) Every certificated employee, who has completed service as a district intern pursuant to subdivision (b) of Section 44325 and pursuant to Section 44830.3 and who is further reelected and employed during the succeeding school year as described in subdivision (a) shall, upon reelection for the next succeeding school year, to a position requiring certification qualifications, be classified as and become a permanent employee of the district.
The governing board shall notify the employee, on or before March 15 of the employee’s last complete consecutive school year of probationary employment in a position requiring certification qualification as described in this subdivision, of the decision to reelect or not reelect the employee for the next succeeding school year to this type of a position. In the event the governing board does not give notice pursuant to this section on or before March 15, the employee shall be deemed reelected for the next succeeding school year.
(Amended by Stats. 1987, Ch. 1468, Sec. 9.)
2023 California Code › Education Code - EDC › TITLE 2 - ELEMENTARY AND SECONDARY EDUCATION › DIVISION 3 - LOCAL ADMINISTRATION › PART 25 - EMPLOYEES › CHAPTER 4 - Employment Certificated Employees › ARTICLE 2 - Employment › Section 44893.

44893. A permanent employee when advanced from a teaching position to an administrative or supervisory position, or assigned any special or other type of work, or given special classification or designation requiring certification qualifications, shall retain his permanent classification as a classroom teacher.
(Enacted by Stats. 1976, Ch. 1010.)
2023 California Code › Education Code - EDC › TITLE 2 - ELEMENTARY AND SECONDARY EDUCATION › DIVISION 3 - LOCAL ADMINISTRATION › PART 25 - EMPLOYEES › CHAPTER 4 - Employment Certificated Employees › ARTICLE 2 - Employment › Section 44894.

44894. (a) A permanent employee not qualified to render service as a classroom teacher, when advanced to an administrative or supervisory position, or assigned any special or other type of work, or given special classification or designation requiring certification qualifications, shall retain his permanent classification for the performance of the type of service for which he was qualified prior to such advancement, assignment, or special classification or designation.
(b) If an employee is authorized to render service in more than one type of position for which certification qualifications are required, either by virtue of his possession of one certification document authorizing service in two or more of such positions, or by virtue of his possession of separate certification documents authorizing service in two or more such positions, or any combination thereof, he shall, upon satisfying all other requirements prescribed by law, acquire permanent status as follows:
(1) If he is authorized to render service as a classroom teacher, he shall acquire permanent status as a classroom teacher.
(2) If he is not authorized to render service as a classroom teacher, he shall acquire permanent status below the administrative or supervisory level as a staff employee with multiple qualifications. His right to serve in one or more of the positions for which he is qualified to serve shall be subject to the power of assignment of the school district governing board.
(Enacted by Stats. 1976, Ch. 1010.)
2023 California Code › Education Code - EDC › TITLE 2 - ELEMENTARY AND SECONDARY EDUCATION › DIVISION 3 - LOCAL ADMINISTRATION › PART 25 - EMPLOYEES › CHAPTER 4 - Employment Certificated Employees › ARTICLE 2 - Employment › Section 44895.

44895. A permanent employee, as specified in Section 44894, when advanced to an administrative or supervisory position requiring certification qualifications, or assigned any special or other type of work requiring certification qualifications, or given special classification or designation requiring certification qualifications, shall retain his permanent classification as specified in Section 44894.
If such a person is advanced to an administrative or supervisory position not requiring certification qualifications, is assigned any special or other type of work not requiring certification qualifications, or is given special classification or designation not requiring certification qualifications, his right to retain permanent classification shall be governed by the provisions of Article 3 (commencing with Section 44060) of Chapter 1 of this part.
(Amended by Stats. 1978, Ch. 909.)
2023 California Code › Education Code - EDC › TITLE 2 - ELEMENTARY AND SECONDARY EDUCATION › DIVISION 3 - LOCAL ADMINISTRATION › PART 25 - EMPLOYEES › CHAPTER 4 - Employment Certificated Employees › ARTICLE 2 - Employment › Section 44896.

44896. Whenever a person employed in an administrative or supervisory position requiring certification qualifications is transferred to a teaching position, the governing board of the school district shall give such employee, when requested by him, a written statement of the reasons for such transfer. If the reasons include incompetency, an evaluation of the person pursuant to Article 11 (commencing with Section 44660) of Chapter 3 of this part shall have been completed not more than 60 days prior to the giving of the notice of the transfer.
(Amended by Stats. 1977, Ch. 973.)
2023 California Code › Education Code - EDC › TITLE 2 - ELEMENTARY AND SECONDARY EDUCATION › DIVISION 3 - LOCAL ADMINISTRATION › PART 25 - EMPLOYEES › CHAPTER 4 - Employment Certificated Employees › ARTICLE 2 - Employment › Section 44897.

44897. (a) A person employed in an administrative or supervisory position requiring certification qualifications upon completing a probationary period, including any time served as a classroom teacher, in the same district, shall, in a district having an average daily attendance of 250 or more pupils, be classified as and become a permanent employee as a classroom teacher. In a district having an average daily attendance of less than 250 pupils, he or she may be so classified.
(b) Persons classified pursuant to this section are subject to the limitations contained in Section 44956.5.
(Amended by Stats. 1987, Ch. 1452, Sec. 377.)
2023 California Code › Education Code - EDC › TITLE 2 - ELEMENTARY AND SECONDARY EDUCATION › DIVISION 3 - LOCAL ADMINISTRATION › PART 25 - EMPLOYEES › CHAPTER 4 - Employment Certificated Employees › ARTICLE 2 - Employment › Section 44898.

44898. Notwithstanding the provisions of Section 44897 to the contrary, the governing board of any school district shall, with respect to each person who is employed in an administrative or supervisory position requiring certification qualifications under a contract of employment providing a four-year term of employment and who either has not been previously employed by the district in such position or has been employed in such position but not under such a four-year contract, determine prior to May 15 of the third year under such four-year contract of employment whether to grant or deny the person permanent classification as a classroom teacher. If it grants such classification, the person shall be classified as and become a permanent employee as a classroom teacher.
(Enacted by Stats. 1976, Ch. 1010.)
2023 California Code › Education Code - EDC › TITLE 2 - ELEMENTARY AND SECONDARY EDUCATION › DIVISION 3 - LOCAL ADMINISTRATION › PART 25 - EMPLOYEES › CHAPTER 4 - Employment Certificated Employees › ARTICLE 2 - Employment › Section 44899.

44899. A person employed in an administrative or supervisory position by more than one district shall be given permanent classification in whichever district he may select for the permanent classification. Other permanent classification shall be given to such an employee in a district situated wholly or partly within a city or city and county where the charter of the city or city and county provides for other classification.
(Enacted by Stats. 1976, Ch. 1010.)
2023 California Code › Education Code - EDC › TITLE 2 - ELEMENTARY AND SECONDARY EDUCATION › DIVISION 3 - LOCAL ADMINISTRATION › PART 25 - EMPLOYEES › CHAPTER 4 - Employment Certificated Employees › ARTICLE 2 - Employment › Section 44900.

44900. Any certificated employee having permanent classification in a district, who is granted a leave of absence and transfers to another district which is under the supervision of the same chief administrative officer or district superintendent as the district from which the employee is on leave, may acquire permanent classification in the district to which he transferred if he is employed for a second year in that district, at which time his permanent classification in the district from which he transferred shall expire.
(Enacted by Stats. 1976, Ch. 1010.)
2023 California Code › Education Code - EDC › TITLE 2 - ELEMENTARY AND SECONDARY EDUCATION › DIVISION 3 - LOCAL ADMINISTRATION › PART 25 - EMPLOYEES › CHAPTER 4 - Employment Certificated Employees › ARTICLE 2 - Employment › Section 44902.1.

44902.1. In a district which becomes unified, effective for all purposes on July 1, 1980, certificated employees employed for the school year 1980–81, who were employed for the school year 1979–80 by a union high school district included in the territory within the newly organized unified school district, may be placed on the salary schedule of the unified school district and be given credit for all service as an employee of the union high school district for years of experience as an employee of the union high school district. Their date of first paid service as a probationary employee may be the date established by the union high school district.
(Added by Stats. 1980, Ch. 326, Sec. 1. Effective July 5, 1980.)
2023 California Code › Education Code - EDC › TITLE 2 - ELEMENTARY AND SECONDARY EDUCATION › DIVISION 3 - LOCAL ADMINISTRATION › PART 25 - EMPLOYEES › CHAPTER 4 - Employment Certificated Employees › ARTICLE 2 - Employment › Section 44902.2.

44902.2. In a school district which becomes unified, effective for all purposes, on July 1, 1980, certificated employees who are employed for the school year 1979–80 by a union high school district included in part in the territory within the newly organized unified school district shall be entitled to be employed by the unified district for the school year 1980–81 only if such employees were employed within the schools being acquired by the unified district. However, the unified school district may, but is not required to, employ additional employees of the union high school district to the extent the unified school district agrees to employ such employees.
(Added by Stats. 1980, Ch. 326, Sec. 2. Effective July 5, 1980.)
2023 California Code › Education Code - EDC › TITLE 2 - ELEMENTARY AND SECONDARY EDUCATION › DIVISION 3 - LOCAL ADMINISTRATION › PART 25 - EMPLOYEES › CHAPTER 4 - Employment Certificated Employees › ARTICLE 2 - Employment › Section 44903.

44903. On the unionization, unification, uniting, or consolidation of one or more school districts in which the average daily attendance for the preceding school year was less than 250 pupils, with a district or districts in which the average daily attendance was or, as a result of the unionization, uniting, consolidation, or unification, becomes 250 or more pupils, the regular three-year probationary period required of certificated employees for permanent status by Section 44882 shall be deemed to have commenced at the beginning of the employee’s first complete year of consecutive employment by the school district having an average daily attendance of less than 250 pupils. Every certificated employee who has been employed for three or more complete consecutive school years by a district having an average daily attendance of less than 250 pupils shall, immediately upon his employment in a certificated position following such unionization, unification, uniting, or consolidation, be a permanent employee. The amendments to this section enacted by the Legislature at the 1977–78 Regular Session shall apply only to the unionization, unification, uniting, or consolidation of school districts which becomes effective for all purposes on or after January 1, 1979.
(Amended by Stats. 1978, Ch. 1171.)
2023 California Code › Education Code - EDC › TITLE 2 - ELEMENTARY AND SECONDARY EDUCATION › DIVISION 3 - LOCAL ADMINISTRATION › PART 25 - EMPLOYEES › CHAPTER 4 - Employment Certificated Employees › ARTICLE 2 - Employment › Section 44907.

44907. The retirement of any employee of a school district under the provisions of any retirement law, except for employees retiring for disability under the Teachers’ Retirement Law, shall automatically effect the dismissal of the employee from the employ of the district at the end of the current school year.
(Amended by Stats. 1992, Ch. 1165, Sec. 8. Effective September 30, 1992.)
2023 California Code › Education Code - EDC › TITLE 2 - ELEMENTARY AND SECONDARY EDUCATION › DIVISION 3 - LOCAL ADMINISTRATION › PART 25 - EMPLOYEES › CHAPTER 4 - Employment Certificated Employees › ARTICLE 2 - Employment › Section 44908.

44908. (a) A probationary employee who, in any one school year, has served for at least 75 percent of the number of days the regular schools of the district in which the employee is employed are maintained shall be deemed to have served a complete school year. In case of evening schools, 75 percent of the number of days the evening schools of the district are in session shall be deemed a complete school year.
(b) This section shall become inoperative on July 1, 2024, and, as of January 1, 2025, is repealed.
(Amended by Stats. 2023, Ch. 548, Sec. 1. (AB 897) Effective January 1, 2024. Inoperative July 1, 2024, by its own provisions. Repealed as of January 1, 2025, by its own provisions. See later operative version added by Sec. 2 of Stats. 2023, Ch. 548.)
2023 California Code › Education Code - EDC › TITLE 2 - ELEMENTARY AND SECONDARY EDUCATION › DIVISION 3 - LOCAL ADMINISTRATION › PART 25 - EMPLOYEES › CHAPTER 4 - Employment Certificated Employees › ARTICLE 2 - Employment › Section 44908.

44908. (a) (1) A probationary employee who, in any one school year, has served for at least 75 percent of the number of days the regular schools of the school district in which the employee is employed are maintained shall be deemed to have served a complete school year.
(2) In the case of adult education programs that are part of a school district maintaining kindergarten or any grades 1 to 12, inclusive, 75 percent of the number of hours constituting a full-time equivalent position for adult education programs in the school district, as described in paragraph (3) of subdivision (b) of Section 22138.5, shall be deemed a complete school year.
(b) To the extent that this section, as amended, repealed, and added by Assembly Bill 897 of the 2023–24 Regular Session, conflicts with a provision of a collective bargaining agreement entered into by a public school employer and an exclusive bargaining representative before July 1, 2024, pursuant to Chapter 10.7 (commencing with Section 3540) of Division 4 of Title 1 of the Government Code, the changes made to this section by Assembly Bill 897 of the 2023–24 Regular Session shall not apply to the school district until expiration or renewal of that collective bargaining agreement.
(c) This section shall become operative on July 1, 2024.
(Repealed (in Sec. 1) and added by Stats. 2023, Ch. 548, Sec. 2. (AB 897) Effective January 1, 2024. Operative July 1, 2024, by its own provisions.)