BILL ANALYSIS
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THIRD READING
Bill No: AB 755
Author: Brownley (D)
Amended: 7/23/09 in Senate
Vote: 21
SENATE PUBLIC EMP. & RET. COMMITTEE : 4-1, 7/16/09
AYES: Correa, Ducheny, Liu, Wiggins
NOES: Ashburn
NO VOTE RECORDED: Benoit, Padilla
SENATE APPROPRIATIONS COMMITTEE : Senate Rule 28.8
ASSEMBLY FLOOR : 50-25, 5/18/09 - See last page for vote
SUBJECT : Civil service appointments
SOURCE : Service Employees International Union, Local
1000
DIGEST : This bill prohibits local educators on loan to a
state education agency from serving in temporary
assignments in specified positions for more than four
years.
ANALYSIS :
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I. Existing state civil service law permits temporary
assignments . Existing law authorizes the State Personnel
Board (SPB) to prescribe rules governing the temporary
assignment or loan of employees within an agency or
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between agencies not to exceed two years or between
jurisdictions not to exceed four years for any of the
following purposes:
A. To provide training to employees.
B. To enable an agency to obtain expertise needed to
meet a compelling program or management need.
C. To facilitate the return of injured employees to
work.
II. Existing state civil service law permits extensions of
temporary assignments of local educators in certain
circumstances . The committee is advised that a temporary
assignment or loan between education agencies or
jurisdictions may be extended for represented employees
(rank and file, not management) if approved by the SPB.
However, the temporary assignment of any local educator
who is performing the duties of nonrepresented employees
(management) while on loan to a state education agency
may be extended for as many successive two year intervals
as necessary by the Superintendent of Public Instruction
or the Chancellor of the California Community Colleges.
This bill provides that temporary assignments or loans of
persons in a represented position (rank and file, not
management) shall not exceed four years.
FISCAL EFFECT : Appropriation: No Fiscal Com.: Yes
Local: No
SUPPORT : (Verified 8/17/09)
Service Employees International Union, Local 1000 (source)
California State Employees Association
ARGUMENTS IN SUPPORT : According to the author's office,
"Visiting educators fulfill a valuable role within the
state's education system, lending their local perspective
and expertise in a specific policy matter to help
California develop the best programs for all students.
Visiting educators would then return to their home
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districts with knowledge gained at the state level.
However, the program is not fully functioning the way it
was intended.
"Current practice has allowed many visiting educators to
stay at state agencies past the terms of their contracts at
the expense of other qualified civil service workers. This
bill would help address this problem by limiting visiting
educators to a maximum four-year term, the same time
allowed for temporary employees at all other state
agencies."
ASSEMBLY FLOOR :
AYES: Ammiano, Arambula, Beall, Block, Blumenfield,
Brownley, Buchanan, Caballero, Charles Calderon, Carter,
Chesbro, Coto, Davis, De La Torre, De Leon, Evans, Feuer,
Fong, Fuentes, Furutani, Galgiani, Hall, Hayashi,
Hernandez, Hill, Huber, Huffman, Jones, Krekorian, Lieu,
Bonnie Lowenthal, Ma, Mendoza, Monning, Nava, Nestande,
John A. Perez, V. Manuel Perez, Portantino, Ruskin,
Salas, Skinner, Solorio, Swanson, Torlakson, Torres,
Torrico, Tran, Yamada, Bass
NOES: Anderson, Bill Berryhill, Tom Berryhill, Blakeslee,
Conway, Cook, DeVore, Emmerson, Fletcher, Fuller, Gaines,
Garrick, Gilmore, Hagman, Harkey, Jeffries, Knight,
Logue, Miller, Niello, Nielsen, Silva, Smyth, Audra
Strickland, Villines
NO VOTE RECORDED: Adams, Duvall, Eng, Price, Saldana
DLW:do 8/19/09 Senate Floor Analyses
SUPPORT/OPPOSITION: SEE ABOVE
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