School employees: dismissal or suspension: hearings: evidence.

Existing law establishes procedures for the dismissal and suspension of school employees. Existing law prohibits a permanent school employee from being dismissed, except for one or more of certain enumerated causes. Existing law prohibits, for certain dismissal or suspension proceedings, testimony or evidence relating to matters that occurred more than 4 years before the date of the filing of the notice of the governing board of the school district to an employee of its intention to dismiss or suspend him or her. Existing law also prohibits, for those dismissal or suspension proceedings, a decision relating to the dismissal or suspension of an employee to be made based on charges or evidence of any nature relating to matters occurring more than 4 years before the filing of the notice. Existing law exempts from these provisions allegations of a sex offense or an act of child abuse or neglect. This bill would also exempt from those provisions testimony, evidence, or a dismissal or suspension decision regarding allegations of behavior or communication of a sexual nature with a pupil that is beyond the scope or requirements of the educational program, for purposes of a disciplinary proceeding based on similar conduct, as specified, and testimony, evidence, or a dismissal or suspension decision regarding allegations of specified offenses involving lewd and lascivious acts and certain types of contact or communication with minors, for purposes of any disciplinary proceeding.