School employees: merit system: classified service: community representatives.
Existing law authorizes a school district to adopt a merit system that establishes how the governing board of the school district employs, pays, and otherwise controls the services of classified employees of the school district. Existing law requires a school district that adopts a merit system to appoint a personnel commission and requires the commission to classify all employees and positions within the jurisdiction of the governing board of the school district or of the commission, except for specified positions that are exempt from the classified service. Existing law requires positions established for the employment of community representatives in advisory or consulting capacities for not more than 90 working days, or a total of 720 hours, in a fiscal year to be exempt from the classified service, as provided.
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AB 2261
California AB 2261 (20172018)
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School employees: merit system: classified service: community representatives.
California AB 2261 (20172018) — School employees: merit system: classified service: community representatives.
Existing law authorizes a school district to adopt a merit system that establishes how the governing board of the school district employs, pays, and otherwise controls the services of classified employees of the school district. Existing law requires a school district that adopts a merit system to appoint a personnel commission and requires the commission to classify all employees and positions within the jurisdiction of the governing board of the school district or of the commission, except for specified positions that are exempt from the classified service. Existing law requires positions established for the employment of community representatives in advisory or consulting capacities for not more than 90 working days, or a total of 720 hours, in a fiscal year to be exempt from the classified service, as provided.
Version chain
The bill's text revisions, in order — the diff chain from filing to enrollment.
The legislative action history — every referral, reading, and vote.
2018-02-13 Read first time. To print. reading-1
2018-02-14 From printer. May be heard in committee March 16.
2018-03-19 Referred to Com. on P.E., R., & S.S. referral-committee
2018-03-20 From committee chair, with author's amendments: Amend, and re-refer to Com. on P.E., R., & S.S. Read second time and amended. amendment-introduction, amendment-passage, reading-2, reading-1
2018-03-21 Re-referred to Com. on P.E., R., & S.S. referral-committee
2018-04-18 From committee: Do pass and re-refer to Com. on APPR. (Ayes 5. Noes 1.) (April 18). Re-referred to Com. on APPR. committee-passage-favorable, committee-passage, referral-committee
2018-05-02 In committee: Set, first hearing. Referred to APPR. suspense file. referral-committee
2018-05-25 From committee: Do pass. (Ayes 12. Noes 4.) (May 25). committee-passage-favorable, committee-passage
2018-05-25 Read second time. Ordered to third reading. reading-2, reading-1
2018-05-29 Read third time. Passed. Ordered to the Senate. (Ayes 53. Noes 25. Page 5427.) reading-3, passage, reading-1
2018-05-30 In Senate. Read first time. To Com. on RLS. for assignment. reading-1
2018-06-07 Referred to Com. on L. & I.R. referral-committee
2018-06-13 From committee: Do pass and re-refer to Com. on APPR. (Ayes 4. Noes 1.) (June 13). Re-referred to Com. on APPR. committee-passage-favorable, committee-passage, referral-committee
2018-06-25 In committee: Referred to APPR. suspense file. referral-committee
2018-08-17 From committee: Do pass. (Ayes 5. Noes 2.) (August 16). committee-passage-favorable, committee-passage
2018-08-17 Read second time. Ordered to third reading. reading-2, reading-1
2018-08-21 Read third time. Passed. Ordered to the Assembly. (Ayes 26. Noes 13. Page 5519.). reading-3, passage, reading-1
2018-08-22 In Assembly. Ordered to Engrossing and Enrolling. committee-passage
2018-08-27 Enrolled and presented to the Governor at 3 p.m.
2018-09-07 Approved by the Governor. executive-signature
2018-09-07 Chaptered by Secretary of State - Chapter 297, Statutes of 2018.
Source
OpenStates / OpenCivicData bulk snapshot 2026-07-01; origin ocd-bill/a98c032b-af17-426a-90d4-b137bb04fcc3. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official California legislature records).