School employees: layoff notices.

(1) Existing law requires that, when a reduction in the number of certificated employees employed by a school district is authorized for specified reasons, the notice of the termination of the services of an employee in the subsequent school year be given, in a prescribed manner, before May 15. This bill would express findings and declarations of the Legislature relating to the effect of the outcome of the May 19, 2009, special election on school district budgets. The bill would require that, in 2009 only, the deadline for the notice of termination of services be changed to June 15. (2) The California Constitution authorizes the Governor to declare a fiscal emergency and to call the Legislature into special session for that purpose. The Governor issued a proclamation declaring a fiscal emergency, and calling a special session for this purpose, on December 19, 2008. This bill would state that it addresses the fiscal emergency declared by the Governor by proclamation issued on December 19, 2008, pursuant to the California Constitution. (3) This bill would declare that it is to take effect immediately as an urgency statute.