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HomeEducation CodeDiv. 7Pt. 51Ch. 3Art. 8§ 87816 Community College Salary Adjustments

§ 87816 Community College Salary Adjustments

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§ 87816 Community College Salary Adjustments

Key Takeaways

  • •Teachers who work less than a full school year can have their pay calculated differently.
  • •If a teacher is absent, only the amount paid to a substitute (or what would be paid) is taken from their salary.
  • •The teacher must ask for this pay method, and the school board must approve it.
  • •This special pay method can only be used for up to 5 days per school year.

Example

A community college teacher needs to take 3 days off for a family emergency.

Instead of losing a full day’s pay for each day missed, the teacher can ask the school board to only deduct the amount paid to the substitute teacher. If the school board agrees, the teacher’s paycheck will only be reduced by the substitute’s pay for those 3 days.

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§ 87816 Community College Salary Adjustments

Notwithstanding the provisions of Section 87815, the governing board of a community college district may adopt an alternative method of computing the salary received by an academic employee who serves less than a full school year. The alternative method shall include the deduction from the employee’s regular salary of only that amount actually paid to a substitute or, if a substitute is not employed, the amount which would have been paid to a substitute had a substitute been employed. For the purposes of this section, the amount which would have been paid to a substitute is that amount established by the district in a published salary schedule for substitute employees. The alternative method shall only be applied upon authorization by the community college board based upon individual employee application and shall be limited to no more than five days per school year for each employee. (Amended by Stats. 1990, Ch. 1302, Sec. 166. Effective September 25, 1990.)

Last verified: January 23, 2026

Key Terms

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Related Statutes

  • § 87818 Community College Salary Adjustments
  • § 87807 Academic Salary Protection Rules
  • § 87809 Community College Salary Payment
  • § 87831 Salary Withholding For Noncompliance
  • § 87701 Legislative Leave For College Employees

References

  • Official text at leginfo.legislature.ca.gov
  • California Legislature. Education Code. Section 87816.
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