California Code of Regulations › Title 5 - Education › Division 6 - California Community Colleges › Chapter 4 - Employees › Subchapter 2 - Equal Employment Opportunity Programs › Article 2 - Other Specific Responsibilities of Community College Districts › Section 53021 - Recruitment

Current through Register 2024 Notice Reg. No. 28, July 12, 2024
(a) Except as
					 otherwise provided in this section, community college districts shall actively
					 recruit from both within and outside the district work force to attract
					 qualified and equity-minded applicants for all vacancies. This shall include
					 outreach designed to ensure that all persons are provided the opportunity to
					 seek employment with the district. The requirement of open recruitment shall
					 apply to all full-time and part-time vacancies in all job categories and
					 classifications, including, but not limited to, faculty, classified employees,
					 categorically funded positions, and all executive/administrative/managerial
					 positions.
(b) Recruitment for all
					 full-time positions shall be posted in the clearinghouse established pursuant
					 to subdivision (b) of Education Code section
					 87108. In
					 addition, community college districts shall invite job seekers registered with
					 the clearinghouse indicating an interest in the type of position(s) being
					 recruited by the district to apply for the position(s). Recruitment for
					 part-time faculty positions may be conducted separately for each vacancy or by
					 annually establishing a pool of eligible candidates, but in either case full
					 and open recruitment is required consistent with this section.
(c) "In-house or promotional only"
					 recruitments may be used only to fill an interim position. An interim
					 appointment may last only until a full-time appointment is made, and may not
					 exceed two years in duration. All district employees shall be encouraged to
					 apply for interim appointments. Otherwise, all recruitment procedures required
					 by this subchapter shall apply.
(d)
					 For purposes of this section, a vacancy is not created, and the requirements of
					 subdivisions (a) and (b) do not apply, when:
(1) there is a reorganization that does not
					 result in a net increase in the number of employees;
(2) one or more lateral transfers are made
					 and there is no net increase in the number of employees;
(3) a position which is currently occupied by
					 an incumbent is upgraded, reclassified, or renamed without significantly
					 altering the duties being performed by the individual;
(4) the faculty in a division or department
					 elect one faculty member to serve as a chairperson for a prescribed limited
					 term;
(5) the position is filled by
					 a temporary, short-term, or substitute employee appointed pursuant to Education
					 Code sections
					 87422,
					 87480,
					 87482.5
					 (b),
					 88003,
					 88106 or
					 88109;
(6) a part-time faculty member is assigned to
					 teach the same or fewer hours than they previously taught in the same
					 discipline without a substantial break in service. For purposes of this
					 section, "a substantial break in service" means more than one calendar year or
					 such different period as may be defined by a collective bargaining agreement;
					 or
(7) an individual not currently
					 employed by the district, who is specially trained, experienced, and competent
					 to serve as an administrator, and who satisfies the minimum qualifications
					 applicable to the position, is engaged to serve as an administrator through a
					 professional services contract. No professional services contract, or series of
					 may exceed two years in duration.