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.