BILL NUMBER: AB 675	CHAPTERED
	BILL TEXT

	CHAPTER  204
	FILED WITH SECRETARY OF STATE  AUGUST 15, 2014
	APPROVED BY GOVERNOR  AUGUST 15, 2014
	PASSED THE SENATE  JUNE 26, 2014
	PASSED THE ASSEMBLY  AUGUST 4, 2014
	AMENDED IN SENATE  JUNE 10, 2014
	AMENDED IN SENATE  MAY 28, 2014
	AMENDED IN ASSEMBLY  MARCH 19, 2013

INTRODUCED BY   Assembly Member Fong

                        FEBRUARY 21, 2013

   An act to amend Section 87606 of the Education Code, relating to
community colleges.


	LEGISLATIVE COUNSEL'S DIGEST


   AB 675, Fong. Community colleges: employment of faculty.
   Existing law establishes the California Community Colleges, under
the administration of the Board of Governors of the California
Community Colleges, as one of the segments of public postsecondary
education in this state.
   Existing law requires the governing board of a community college
district to employ faculty for the first academic year of employment
by contract. Existing law states that a faculty member shall be
deemed to have completed the first contract year if the faculty
member provides service for 75% of the first academic year. Existing
law requires an employment contract to contain the terms and
conditions that the governing board of a community college district
and the proposed employee agree to and that are consistent with the
law.
   This bill would state that a faculty member may be deemed to have
completed the 2nd, 3rd, or 4th contract year, as appropriate, if the
faculty member provides service for a percentage of the academic year
as is required in an agreement between the governing board of the
community college district and the exclusive bargaining
representative of the faculty member, as provided.



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

  SECTION 1.  Section 87606 of the Education Code is amended to read:

   87606.  (a) An employment contract shall contain the terms and
conditions that the governing board of the district and the proposed
employee agree to and that are consistent with the law.
   (b) A faculty member may be deemed to have completed the second,
third, or fourth contract year, as appropriate, if the faculty member
provides service for a percentage of the academic year as is
required in an agreement between the governing board of the district
and the exclusive bargaining representative of the faculty member.
Time spent on paid or unpaid leave of absence may be included in
computing service if the faculty member serves sufficient time during
the year to allow for the evaluation of the faculty member as
required by any negotiated evaluation procedure. For purposes of this
subdivision, the paid or unpaid leave of absence may include, but is
not limited to, any of the following:
   (1) Leave for reason of the birth of and bonding with a child or
bonding with an adopted or foster child.
   (2) Leave to care for a parent, spouse, or child with a serious
health condition.
   (3) Leave because of an employee's own serious health condition.