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HomeEducation CodeDiv. 7Pt. 51Ch. 4Art. 3§ 88085 Shared Personnel Director Contracts

§ 88085 Shared Personnel Director Contracts

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§ 88085 Shared Personnel Director Contracts

Key Takeaways

  • •Small community colleges (with 100 or fewer workers) can share a personnel director with another school, city, or county if most workers agree.
  • •The sharing deal can last up to 2 years and can be renewed for another 2 years if most workers still agree.
  • •If the college grows to more than 100 workers, they must follow the usual rules for hiring their own personnel director.
  • •The deal ends automatically if the college reorganizes and the contract conflicts with new rules.

Example

A small community college with 80 workers wants to save money by sharing a personnel director with a nearby city.

The college can make a 2-year deal with the city to share their personnel director, but only if more than half of the college workers agree. If the college later hires more workers and grows to 120, they must hire their own personnel director instead of sharing.

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§ 88085 Shared Personnel Director Contracts

Notwithstanding the provisions of Section 88084, the personnel commission, in a community college district employing 100 or fewer classified employees, may, with the consent of a majority of the classified employees, contract for the services of a qualified personnel director with another school district having the merit (civil service) system, or a city or a county governmental agency if the city or county has a civil service system for the management of its employee personnel. Such a contract shall be for not more than two years and may be extended, with the approval of a majority of the classified employees, for additional periods not to exceed two years at one time. If at the end of any contract period the district is employing more than 100 classified employees, the personnel commission shall then comply with the provisions of Section 88084. A contract approved under the provisions of this section shall become null and void in the event of district reorganization when the provisions of the contract, if continued in force would supersede or be in conflict with the provisions of Section 88019. (Enacted by Stats. 1976, Ch. 1010.)

Last verified: January 23, 2026

Key Terms

commissioncontractschoolemployeedirectorcommunitymajoritygovernance

Related Statutes

  • § 88063.5 Employee Rights After Separation
  • § 88076 Classified Service Employee Classification
  • § 88086.5 Merit System Employee Rules
  • § 88139 Merit System Termination Rules
  • § 48663 Community Day School Attendance

References

  • Official text at leginfo.legislature.ca.gov
  • California Legislature. Education Code. Section 88085.
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