Public employment: internship program.

Existing law directs the State Personnel Board to enforce the civil service statutes, and, by majority vote of all its members, prescribe probationary periods and classifications, adopt other rules authorized by statute, and review disciplinary actions. Under existing law, eligible lists are established as a result of free competitive examinations open to persons who lawfully may be appointed to any position within the class for which these examinations are held and who meet the minimum qualifications requisite to the performance of the duties of that position as prescribed by the specifications for the class or by board rule. This bill would direct the State Personnel Board to establish a state internship program. Eligibility for an internship classification would be based upon a competitive assessment. The bill would require an appointing power to prepare written job performance evaluations during an internship. The final performance evaluation would contain a recommendation to the board as to whether or not to appoint the intern to the civil service classification related to the internship, and with the approval of the board, would permit the appointing power to appoint the intern to that classification.