Policy 4200 - Classified Personnel
Series: 4000 - Personnel
Policy: 4300 - Classified Personnel
Adopted: 06/03/2003
Last Revised: N/A
Classified Personnel
The Board of Education shall fill each of its classified positions with qualified persons, consistent with position requirements. The primary role of classified personnel is to provide services that support and enhance the district’s educational program.
Each classified staff member shall be held accountable for duties assigned to him/her and shall undergo regular performance evaluations in accordance with collective bargaining agreements.
Classification of Employees
The Board shall classify all employees and positions not requiring certification qualifications as the classified service, except for those employees and positions specifically exempt from classified service.
Individuals who possess certification qualifications shall not be prohibited from being employed in a classified position.
Before employing a short-term classified employee, the Board, at a regularly scheduled meeting, shall specify the service required to be performed by the employee and shall certify the ending date of the service. The Board may shorten or extend the ending date, but the date shall not be extended beyond 75 percent of the school year, as defined.
Each position shall have a designated title and regular minimum number of assigned hours per day, days per week and months per year. A job description shall be established for each position.
Assignment
Classified employees shall be assigned by their immediate supervisors with the approval of the Superintendent or designee. They shall be required to perform those duties prescribed by the Board for the position the employee holds, in accordance with applicable job descriptions and collective bargaining agreements.
Legal References
EDUCATION CODE
45100-45139 Employment of classified staff
45160-45169 Salaries and differential compensation
45190-45210 Resignation and leaves of absence
45220-45320 Merit system
49406 Examination for tuberculosis
51760-51769.5 Work experience education
Rule 4200
Classified Personnel
Individuals hired solely for the following purposes are exempt from the classified service:
- Substitute or short-term employees, as defined, who are employed and paid for less than 75 percent of the school year
Substitute employee means any person employed to replace any classified employee who is temporarily absent from duty. In addition, if the district is then engaged in a procedure to hire a permanent employee to fill a vacancy in any classified position, the Board of Education may fill the vacancy through the employment, for not more than 60 calendar days, of one or more substitute employees, except to the extent that a collective bargaining agreement then in effect provides for a different period of time.
Short-term employee means any person who is employed to perform a service for the district, upon the completion of which the service required or similar services not be extended or needed on a continuing basis.
Seventy-five percent of the school year means 195 working days, including holidays, sick leave, vacation and other leaves of absences, irrespective of the number of hours worked per day.
- Part-time playground positions (noon duty aides), when the employees are not otherwise employed in classified positions in the district
- Apprentices and professional experts employed on a temporary basis for a specific project regardless of length of employment
- Full-time students employed part-time
- Part-time students employed part time in any college work-study program, or in a work experience education program conducted by a community college district, and which is financed by state or federal funds
Persons hired solely for purposes which are exempted from the classified service shall nevertheless fulfill the obligations of classified employees related to physical examinations pursuant to Education Code 45122, fingerprinting pursuant to Education Code 45125, and tuberculosis tests pursuant to Education Code 49406.