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AB-1273 Classified employees: Classified Employee Staffing Ratio Workgroup.(2023-2024)

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Date Published: 10/09/2023 09:00 PM
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Assembly Bill No. 1273
CHAPTER 364

An act to add Section 45118 to the Education Code, relating to classified employees.

[ Approved by Governor  October 07, 2023. Filed with Secretary of State  October 07, 2023. ]

LEGISLATIVE COUNSEL'S DIGEST


AB 1273, Bonta. Classified employees: Classified Employee Staffing Ratio Workgroup.
Existing law requires the governing board of a school district to employ persons for positions not requiring certification qualifications and to classify those employees and positions, and requires that they be known as the classified service.
This bill would require the State Department of Education, in consultation with the Division of Occupational Safety and Health, the Department of Industrial Relations, the Labor Commissioner, representatives of employee organizations, and representatives of voluntary local educational agencies, as defined, to convene the Classified Employee Staffing Ratio Workgroup on or before December 31, 2024. The bill would require the workgroup to group classified assignments in a manner that reflects the environmental setting of the assignment, the type of work to be completed, the impact on the assignment made by enrollment at a schoolsite, specialized needs, including certifications or licenses, and other reasonable factors, as specified, and to recommend staffing ratios per grouping, as specified. The bill would require the workgroup to report its recommendations to the Legislature on or before December 31, 2025, as specified. The bill would become operative on July 1, 2024.
Vote: MAJORITY   Appropriation: NO   Fiscal Committee: YES   Local Program: NO  

The people of the State of California do enact as follows:


SECTION 1.

 Section 45118 is added to the Education Code, to read:

45118.
 (a) (1) The department, in consultation with the Division of Occupational Safety and Health, the Department of Industrial Relations, the Labor Commissioner, representatives of employee organizations, and representatives of voluntary local educational agencies, including, but not limited to, members of governing boards of school districts, shall convene the Classified Employee Staffing Ratio Workgroup on or before December 31, 2024.
(2) For purposes of paragraph (1), “voluntary local educational agencies” means school districts, county offices of education, and special education local plan areas electing to participate in the workgroup.
(b) (1) (A) The workgroup shall group classified assignments in a manner that reflects the environmental setting of the assignment, the type of work to be completed, the impact on the assignment made by enrollment at a schoolsite, specialized needs, including certifications or licenses, and other reasonable factors.
(B) The groupings may include, but are not necessarily limited to, the categories of food service, maintenance and operations, office and technical services, paraeducators, special services, including law enforcement, and transportation services.
(2) The workgroup shall recommend staffing ratios per grouping identified pursuant to paragraph (1).
(3) The workgroup shall take into account the physical, mental, and emotional impact of a pandemic or other emergency environment on workers.
(4) The staffing ratios shall compare the number of classified staff needed for each group with the number of pupils. The staffing ratio may compare other factors, as relevant to the group of classified workers.
(c) Notwithstanding Section 10231.5 of the Government Code, the workgroup shall, on or before December 31, 2025, report recommendations on appropriate staffing ratios for classified school employees to the Legislature, consistent with Section 9795 of the Government Code.
(d) This section shall become operative on July 1, 2024.