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          Date of Hearing:   May 14, 2014

                        ASSEMBLY COMMITTEE ON APPROPRIATIONS
                                  Mike Gatto, Chair

                AB 2295 (Ridley-Thomas) - As Amended:  April 10, 2014 

          Policy Committee:                              Higher  
          EducationVote:13-0

          Urgency:     No                   State Mandated Local Program:  
          No     Reimbursable:               

           SUMMARY  

          This bill provides that a community college academic employee's  
          entitlement to transfer leave of absence for injury or illness  
          applies if the employee signifies acceptance of his or her  
          election or employment with another district within five school  
          years (rather than one year) succeeding the school year in which  
          the employment with the first district is terminated.

           FISCAL EFFECT  

          No direct state fiscal impact. Potential, unknown increase in  
          CalSTRS liabilities.

           COMMENTS  

           Background  .  Education Code Section 87782, which was initially  
          designed for tenure track faculty, requires the transfer of  
          earned sick leave between community college districts to be  
          transferred from one district to another within the year  
          succeeding termination of employment from a district. According  
          to the sponsor, the Faculty Association of California Community  
          Colleges (FACCC), however, "Due to the lack of reasonable  
          assurance of employment, part-time faculty are never truly  
          terminated from employment."  FACCC contends that part-time  
          faculty are sometime not offered to teach in subsequent years,  
          and that this may cause some faculty lapses longer than a year  
          of employment at any one district. Because of this situation,  
          some faculty have experienced difficulty requesting their sick  
          leave be transferred from one district to another once it has  
          become clear they are not returning to work at a specific  
          district, or if they are ready to retire and were not aware they  








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          only had one year to transfer sick leave.

          FACCC contends that in order for all sick leave to be properly  
          credited to a part-time faculty when his or her time is being  
          reported to CalSTRS, that he or she needs additional time to  
          complete the reporting process.  FACCC states, "AB 2295 will  
          greatly aid this effort and allow all part-time faculty to fully  
          capture their unused sick leave for both medical necessity and  
          for CalSTRS reporting."


           Analysis Prepared by :    Chuck Nicol / APPR. / (916) 319-2081