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TITLE 2. ELEMENTARY AND SECONDARY EDUCATION 33000-65001›DIVISION 3. LOCAL ADMINISTRATION 35000-45500›PART 25. EMPLOYEES 44000-45500›CHAPTER 4. Employment—Certificated Employees 44800-45061.5›ARTICLE 3. Resignations, Dismissals, and Leaves of Absence 44930-44988

§ 44955.5

California Education Code · 2026-09 edition · updated 2026-10-03 · California

(a) During the time period between five days after the enactment of an annual Budget Act and August 15 of the fiscal year to which that Budget Act applies, if the governing board of a school district determines that its total local control funding formula apportionment per unit of average daily attendance for the fiscal year of that Budget Act has not increased by at least 2 percent, and if the governing board of a school district determines it is therefore necessary to decrease the number of permanent employees in the school district, the governing board of the school district may terminate the services of any permanent or probationary certificated employees of the school district, including employees holding a position that requires an administrative or supervisory credential. The termination shall be pursuant to Sections 44951 and 44955 but, notwithstanding anything to the contrary in Sections 44951 and 44955, in accordance with a schedule of notice and hearing adopted by the governing board of the school district.

(b) This section is inoperative from July 1, 2002, to July 1, 2003, inclusive, and from July 1, 2011, to July 1, 2012, inclusive.

(c) (1) Except as provided in paragraph (2), this section is inoperative from July 1, 2020, to July 1, 2021, inclusive.

(2) Notwithstanding paragraph (1), from July 1, 2020, to July 1, 2021, inclusive, a certificated employee of a school district holding a position that requires an administrative or supervisory credential may be terminated pursuant to subdivision (a).

(d) This section is inoperative from July 1, 2024, to July 1, 2025, inclusive.

(Amended by Stats. 2024, Ch. 38, Sec. 40. (SB 153) Effective June 29, 2024. Amendment makes this section inoperative from July 1, 2024, to July 1, 2025.)

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