BILL NUMBER: AB 1242	CHAPTERED  10/14/07

	CHAPTER  694
	FILED WITH SECRETARY OF STATE  OCTOBER 14, 2007
	APPROVED BY GOVERNOR  OCTOBER 14, 2007
	PASSED THE SENATE  AUGUST 30, 2007
	PASSED THE ASSEMBLY  MAY 14, 2007
	AMENDED IN ASSEMBLY  MAY 8, 2007
	AMENDED IN ASSEMBLY  APRIL 25, 2007
	AMENDED IN ASSEMBLY  MARCH 27, 2007

INTRODUCED BY   Assembly Member Karnette

                        FEBRUARY 23, 2007

   An act to add and repeal Section 45272.5 of the Education Code,
relating to school employees.


	LEGISLATIVE COUNSEL'S DIGEST


   AB 1242, Karnette. Classified school employees.
   Existing law requires all vacancies in the classified service of a
school district that has adopted the merit system to be filled from
applicants on eligibility lists that are made up from promotional
examinations or by appointments made by means of transfer, demotion,
reinstatement, or reemployment, as specified. Existing law requires
that if a vacancy is filled from applicants on an eligibility list,
the appointment be made from the eligible candidates having the first
3 ranks on the list who are ready and willing to accept the
position.
   Existing law authorizes, in a school district that has adopted the
merit system, an appointment to be made from other than the first 3
ranks when the ability to speak, read, or write a language in
addition to English, or possession of a driver's license is a
requirement of the position to be filled, but in that case existing
law requires the appointment to be made from among the highest 3
ranks of applicants on the list who meet the special requirements and
are ready and willing to accept the position.
   This bill, in a school district with a pupil population over
400,000 and until January 1, 2012, would authorize an appointment for
a school-based position to be made from any rank on the eligibility
list, but would require consideration of certain factors. The bill
would limit this authority to specified listed classes. A school
district that avails itself of this authority would be required to
study, among other things, the effectiveness of this selection method
and submit a report on the study to the affected labor unions.


THE PEOPLE OF THE STATE OF CALIFORNIA DO ENACT AS FOLLOWS:

  SECTION 1.  Section 45272.5 is added to the Education Code, to
read:
   45272.5.  (a) Notwithstanding subdivision (a) of Section 45272, in
a school district with a pupil population over 400,000, an
appointment for an open, entry-level, school-based position, as
described in subdivision (b), may be made from any rank on the
eligibility list. However, in making appointments pursuant to this
section, at least three eligible candidates from the list, if
available, shall be considered, and appointing authorities shall
consider job-related background and training that are related to
successful job performance, placement on the eligibility lists, and
seniority, prior to making a job offer.
   (b) This section is limited to the following classes:
   (1) Clerk/Office Technician.
   (2) Information Systems Support Assistant I.
   (3) Library Aide.
   (c) A school district that makes an appointment pursuant to this
section shall study the effectiveness of this selection method,
vacancy rates for each class, and length of time to hire for each
class, and submit a report on the study to the affected labor unions.

   (d) This section shall remain in effect only until January 1,
2012, and as of that date is repealed, unless a later enacted
statute, that is enacted before January 1, 2012, deletes or extends
that date.