BILL NUMBER: AB 2559	INTRODUCED
	BILL TEXT


INTRODUCED BY   Assembly Member Eggman

                        FEBRUARY 21, 2014

   An act to amend Section 87668 of the Education Code, relating to
community college employees.


	LEGISLATIVE COUNSEL'S DIGEST


   AB 2559, as introduced, Eggman. Community college employees:
suspension.
   Existing law specifies the grounds upon which a contract or
regular employee of a community college district may be dismissed or
penalized, as specified. Existing law provides that the governing
board shall determine whether a contract or regular employee is to be
dismissed or penalized, and if the employee is to be penalized, the
governing board shall determine the nature of those penalties.
Existing law authorizes the governing board to impose one of two
penalties: suspension for up to one year or suspension for up to one
year and a reduction or loss of compensation during the period of
suspension. If a governing board decides it intends to dismiss or
penalize a contract or regular employee, existing law requires that
it deliver a written statement to the employee setting forth the
decision of the governing board and its reasons.
   This bill would specify, for purposes of these provisions, that a
suspension includes, but is not limited to, involuntary leave with
partial or full compensation during the period of leave.
   Vote: majority. Appropriation: no. Fiscal committee: no.
State-mandated local program: no.


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

  SECTION 1.  Section 87668 of the Education Code is amended to read:

   87668.   (a)    A governing board may impose one
of the following penalties: 
   (a) 
    (1)  Suspension for up to one year. 
   (b) 
    (2)  Suspension for up to one year and a reduction or
loss of compensation during the period of suspension. 
   (b) For purposes of this article, "suspension" includes, but is
not limited to, involuntary leave with partial or full compensation
during the period of leave.