File:  GD - Support/Classified Staff

Note:  Policies and regulations in this GD section (Support Staff) pertain to classified and noncertificated staff and cover all categories of clerical personnel, food services personnel, maintenance and custodial personnel, bus drivers, etc.

Definitions

1)  A full-time classified employee is one who works thirty (30) hours or more per week.  These employees qualify to receive full paid allowance and paid leave fringe benefits. 

2)  A part-time classified employee is one who works from 16-29 hours per week.  These employees have a choice to:  1) take 1/2 paid allowance fringe benefit and enroll in the health/dental insurance plan, or 2) do not take 1/2 paid allowance fringe benefit with no insurance plan.  These employees will qualify for 1/2 paid leave fringe benefits.

3)  A limited part-time classified employee is one who works less than four hours per day in a regular position.  These employees do not qualify for any fringe benefits, paid allowance or paid leave.

4)  A short-term classified employee is one who is employed to perform a service for the district for not less than one month nor longer than 195 working days, including holidays, discretionary leave, vacation and other leaves of absence, upon the completion of which the service will not be extended or needed on a continuing basis, or who performs seasonal or emergency work.  These employees do not qualify for any fringe benefits, paid allowance or paid leave.

5)  An hourly classified employee is one who is employed for less than one calendar month, a full-time day student employed part-time, a day-to-day substitute or a noon supervisor.  These employees do not qualify for any fringe benefits, paid allowance or paid leave.

6)  A substitute classified employee is one who takes the place of an absent employee for less than 30 calendar days.  Effective the first day following the first 30 days of a single assignment, a substitute employee shall be classified as a long-term substitute.  These employees do not qualify for any fringe benefits, paid allowance or paid leave.

7)  A probationary classified employee is one who is employed initially to fill an authorized regular position and is classified as probationary during the first 12 calendar months of service.

8)  A regular classified employee is one who has satisfactorily completed the first 12 months probationary period and is continued in employment.  The use of the term "regular" shall not be construed to imply any employment rights not explicitly established in Board policy.

Adopted January 12, 1993

Revised August 19, 1996

Revised June, 2004

Revised June 14, 2010

Revised July 10, 2017

Revised May 14, 2018