School teachers: termination and reappointment: seniority deviation.

Existing law provides that, when the services of employees are terminated pursuant to a reduction in workforce, a school district is required to terminate the employees in order of seniority. Existing law further provides those employees with a preferred right to reappointment and an opportunity for substitute service in order of seniority. Existing law authorizes a school district to deviate from the order of seniority for those purposes for specified reasons, including if the school district demonstrates a specific need for personnel to teach a specific course or course of study and the certificated employee has special training and experience necessary to teach that course or course of study that others with more seniority do not possess. This bill would provide that the specific course or course of study for which a school district may deviate from the order of seniority for purposes of termination, reappointment, and the opportunity for substitute service includes, but is not limited to, a career pathways program. The bill would also make numerous nonsubstantive changes to these provisions.