Article 6 - MERIT SYSTEM

Section 45240 - Duty of district to appoint personnel commission; duty of commission to appoint director
Section 45241 - District control over employees in accordance with article; removal of position from classified service
Section 45243 - Appointment of personnel commission, number of members
Section 45243.5 - Provisions made applicable to unified district and community college district under jurisdiction of governing boards of identical personnel individually and separately
Section 45244 - Eligibility for appointment to commission
Section 45245 - Appointment of commission members
Section 45246 - Announcement of intended appointees; vacancies
Section 45247 - Terms of office commission members
Section 45248 - Appointment to vacancies subsequent to initial appointment
Section 45249 - Petition requesting that process to determine how members appointed be determined by vote of employees; election
Section 45250 - Member compensation
Section 45251 - Member compensation in unified district with average daily attendance in excess of 400,000
Section 45252 - Office accommodations
Section 45253 - Annual budget for commission office
Section 45254 - Budget for first year of commission
Section 45255 - Expenditures for staff orientation, training and development
Section 45256 - Commission to classify all employees and positions; known as classified service; exemptions from classified service
Section 45256.5 - Designation of positions as senior management of classified service
Section 45258 - Positions established for employment of community representatives in advisory or consulting capacities considered part of classified service
Section 45259 - Positions restricted to mentally, physically or developmentally disabled
Section 45260 - Duty of commission to prescribe, amend and interpret rules
Section 45261 - Procedures provided for in rules
Section 45262 - Distribution of rules and copies of article; handbook provided new employees
Section 45263 - Apprenticeship positions
Section 45264 - Appointment of personnel director and commission employees
Section 45265 - Contract for services of personnel directors
Section 45266 - Responsibility of personnel directors; recommendations to commission concerning disciplinary action appealed to commission
Section 45267 - Applicability of sections 45123, 45124, 45160, 45198, 45199, 45201 and 45202
Section 45268 - Duty to recommend salary schedules to governing board
Section 45269 - Persons deemed to be in permanent classified service
Section 45270 - Persons deemed to be in positions under probationary classification
Section 45271 - Certificated employee by change of law deemed to be in classified service; classified employee by change of law deemed to be in certificated service
Section 45272 - Vacancies in classified service
Section 45272.5 - [Repealed]
Section 45273 - Examinations; oral examination board
Section 45274 - Examination records; review and protest of examinations by candidates
Section 45276 - Board to fix duties of positions; minimum educational and work experience requirements
Section 45277 - Appointments made from other than first three ranks of applicants on eligibility list
Section 45277.5 - [Effective until 1/1/2027] Appointments made from other than first three ranks of eligible applicants in the Los Angeles Unified School District
Section 45278 - Notices
Section 45279 - Assignment of regular employee incapable of performing duties because of illness or injury
Section 45280 - Open competitive examination and promotional examination for position of business manager
Section 45281 - Competition of persons employed in positions required to have certification qualifications
Section 45283 - Area eligibility lists; appointments to positions within area
Section 45284 - Certification for employment of candidates from open competitive list before promotional eligibility list exhausted
Section 45285 - Reclassification of positions in class to high class
Section 45285.5 - Adoption of classification plan affecting classified employees represented by exclusive bargaining representative
Section 45286 - Appointment to position not to exceed six months or authorized absence of employee
Section 45287 - Provisional appointments
Section 45288 - Extension of provisional employee's assignment
Section 45289 - Successive provisional appointments
Section 45290 - Appointments for period not to exceed 15 working days
Section 45291 - Combinations of successive eligibility lists
Section 45292 - Continuous examinations of applicants
Section 45293 - Questions relating to political or religious opinions or affiliations
Section 45294 - Veterans defined; armed forces defined
Section 45295 - Disabled veteran defined
Section 45296 - Additional examination credit points for veterans and disabled veterans
Section 45297 - Examination of employee after leaving active military service; entitlement to rights under Veterans' Reemployment Rights Law
Section 45298 - Reemployment of persons laid off because of lack of work or funds; voluntary demotion or reduction in assignment in lieu of layoff
Section 45300 - Eligibility lists
Section 45301 - Probationary period; collective bargaining agreements
Section 45302 - Demotion or removal only for reasonable cause
Section 45303 - Communist party membership or conduct specified in section 1028, Government Code
Section 45304 - Written charges filed; notice; mandatory leave of absence offense; optional leave of absence offense
Section 45305 - Appeal by permanent classified employee; demotion to class from which promoted without recourse
Section 45306 - Hearing ordered by commission; rights of accused; decision not subject to review by governing board
Section 45307 - Employee sustained by commission; modification of discipline
Section 45308 - Order of layoff within class
Section 45309 - Reinstatement or reemployment of permanent employee who voluntarily resigns
Section 45310 - Certification required for warrant to be drawn for payment of salary or wage; violation of article or rules applicable to examination procedures
Section 45311 - Power to conduct hearings, issued subpoenas, require production, administer oaths, inspect records
Section 45312 - Powers of hearing officer or representative conducting hearing
Section 45313 - Aid to or representation of commission by legal counsel of governing board
Section 45317 - Prohibited acts, punishment
Section 45318 - Employment pursuant to city or county charter providing for merit system
Section 45319 - Termination of merit system
Section 45320 - Commission to cease upon termination; governing board to adopt rules and regulations upon termination