§ 45268 Classified Service Salary Recommendations

• •A group (the commission) suggests how much people in certain jobs should be paid.
• •The bosses (governing board) can say yes, no, or change the suggestions.
• •If the bosses want to change the pay, they must let the commission explain how it affects fair pay for the same work.
• •The bosses can't mess up the pay balance between different jobs that was already set by the commission.

Imagine two people work at a school—one is a janitor and the other is a secretary. The commission says they should get paid the same because their jobs are equally important.

If the school board wants to pay the janitor less, they have to let the commission explain why that’s unfair. They can’t just change the pay without a good reason.