School district employees: merit system: appointments.
Existing law requires, with certain exceptions, vacancies in the classified service of a school district that has adopted the merit system to be filled by appointments made from the eligible applicants having the first 3 ranks on the eligibility list who are ready and willing to accept the position. In a school district with a pupil population over 400,000, existing law authorizes, until December 31, 2020, an appointment to specified classifications of positions to be made from other than the first 3 ranks on the eligibility list if one or more of specified criteria are required for successful job performance of the position to be filled, in which case existing law requires the appointment to be made from among the highest 3 ranks of eligible candidates on the list who meet the special requirements and are ready and willing to accept the position. Existing law requires a school district that makes an appointment pursuant to this provision to study the effectiveness of the selection method, the vacancy rates for each class, and the length of time to hire for each class, and to submit a report of its findings to any affected labor union.
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California Legislature
20192020
AB 1859
California AB 1859 (20192020)
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School district employees: merit system: appointments.
California AB 1859 (20192020) — School district employees: merit system: appointments.
Existing law requires, with certain exceptions, vacancies in the classified service of a school district that has adopted the merit system to be filled by appointments made from the eligible applicants having the first 3 ranks on the eligibility list who are ready and willing to accept the position. In a school district with a pupil population over 400,000, existing law authorizes, until December 31, 2020, an appointment to specified classifications of positions to be made from other than the first 3 ranks on the eligibility list if one or more of specified criteria are required for successful job performance of the position to be filled, in which case existing law requires the appointment to be made from among the highest 3 ranks of eligible candidates on the list who meet the special requirements and are ready and willing to accept the position. Existing law requires a school district that makes an appointment pursuant to this provision to study the effectiveness of the selection method, the vacancy rates for each class, and the length of time to hire for each class, and to submit a report of its findings to any affected labor union.
Version chain
The bill's text revisions, in order — the diff chain from filing to enrollment.
AB 1859 Santiago Consent Calendar Second Day — 75–0 (pass) · lower
AB 1859 Santiago Concurrence in Senate Amendments — 75–0 (pass) · lower
Do pass. To Consent Calendar. — 7–0 (pass) · lower
Do pass as amended, and be ordered to the Consent Calendar — 7–0 (pass) · upper
Consent Calendar AB1859 — 39–0 (pass) · upper
Sponsors
Santiago — primary (person)
Timeline
The legislative action history — every referral, reading, and vote.
2020-01-07 Read first time. To print. reading-1
2020-01-08 From printer. May be heard in committee February 7.
2020-02-14 Referred to Com. on ED. referral-committee
2020-02-14 From committee chair, with author's amendments: Amend, and re-refer to Com. on ED. Read second time and amended. reading-1, reading-2, amendment-passage, amendment-introduction
2020-02-18 Re-referred to Com. on ED. referral-committee
2020-03-16 In committee: Hearing postponed by committee.
2020-05-07 From committee: Do pass. To Consent Calendar. (Ayes 7. Noes 0.) (May 6). committee-passage-favorable, committee-passage
2020-05-11 Read second time. Ordered to Consent Calendar. reading-1, reading-2
2020-05-26 Read third time. Passed. Ordered to the Senate. (Ayes 75. Noes 0. Page 4601.) passage, reading-3, reading-1
2020-05-27 In Senate. Read first time. To Com. on RLS. for assignment. reading-1
2020-06-23 Referred to Com. on ED. referral-committee
2020-07-31 From committee: Amend, and do pass as amended. To Consent Calendar. (Ayes 7. Noes 0.) (July 29). amendment-passage, committee-passage, amendment-introduction
2020-08-01 Read second time and amended. Ordered to consent calendar. amendment-passage, reading-1, reading-2
2020-08-28 Read third time. Passed. Ordered to the Assembly. (Ayes 39. Noes 0. Page 4373.). passage, reading-3, reading-1
2020-08-28 In Assembly. Concurrence in Senate amendments pending.
2020-08-30 Senate amendments concurred in. To Engrossing and Enrolling. (Ayes 75. Noes 0. Page 5321.). amendment-passage, committee-passage-favorable
2020-09-08 Enrolled and presented to the Governor at 4:30 p.m.
2020-09-11 Approved by the Governor. executive-signature
2020-09-11 Chaptered by Secretary of State - Chapter 67, Statutes of 2020.
Source
OpenStates / OpenCivicData bulk snapshot 2026-07-01; origin ocd-bill/4ab5e50a-f3dd-4050-b9aa-6b5b791408f1. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official California legislature records).
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