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HomeEducation CodeDiv. 7Pt. 51Ch. 3Art. 1§ 87414 Employee Seniority Determination Rules

§ 87414 Employee Seniority Determination Rules

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§ 87414 Employee Seniority Determination Rules

Key Takeaways

  • •If you start working as a teacher or school staff after June 30, 1947, the day you first get paid is your official start date.
  • •If multiple teachers start on the same day, their order of hiring is decided by a random drawing (like picking names from a hat).
  • •Big community colleges (with more than 15,000 students) can hire a company to randomly assign numbers to decide who was hired first.
  • •The school must figure out the hiring order within 30 days of the employee’s first paid day.

Example

Two teachers, Ms. Smith and Mr. Johnson, start working at the same school on the same day.

The school will put their names in a random drawing to decide who is officially hired first. If the school is big (over 15,000 students), a company might pick random numbers for them instead.

AI-generated — May contain errors. Not legal advice. Always verify source.

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§ 87414 Employee Seniority Determination Rules

Every contract or regular employee employed after June 30, 1947, shall be deemed to have been employed on the date upon which he or she first rendered paid service in a probationary or contract position. Every academic employee who first rendered paid service on the same date shall participate in a single drawing to determine the order of employment, except that in community college districts having a full-time equivalent student in excess of 15,000, an independent auditing firm may be employed to assign to those employees numbers at random which shall determine the order of employment. Any determination of an employee’s order of employment pursuant to this section shall be made within 30 days of the date service was first rendered by the employee. (Amended by Stats. 1995, Ch. 758, Sec. 140. Effective January 1, 1996.)

Last verified: January 23, 2026

Key Terms

employmentcontractterminationemployeeprobationstudentacademicposition

Related Statutes

  • § 87413 Employee Seniority Determination Rules
  • § 87415 Employee Seniority Determination Rules
  • § 87417 Academic Employee Reemployment Dates
  • § 87458 Administrative To Faculty Transition
  • § 87458.1 Teacher Certification Probation Rules

References

  • Official text at leginfo.legislature.ca.gov
  • California Legislature. Education Code. Section 87414.
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