(a) The Classified Community College Employee Summer Assistance Program is hereby established for participating classified employees of participating community college districts under this section. (b) The program shall provide a participating classified employee up to one dollar ($1) for each one dollar ($1) that the classified employee has elected to have withheld from the classified employeeâs monthly paychecks pursuant to this section. (c) A community college district may elect to participate in the program. A participating community college district shall notify classified employees, by January 1 during a fiscal year in which moneys are appropriated for purposes of this section, that the community college district has elected to participate in the program for the next academic year. Once a community college district elects to participate in the program and notifies classified employees pursuant to this subdivision, the community college district is prohibited from reversing its decision to participate in the program for the next academic year beginning after the end of a fiscal year in which moneys are appropriated for purposes of this section. (d) (1) A classified employee who elects to participate in the program shall notify the community college district, in writing, by March 1 during a fiscal year in which moneys are appropriated for purposes of this section, on a form developed by the chancellorâs office that the classified employee wishes to participate in the program for the applicable academic year. The classified employee shall specify the amount to be withheld from their monthly paychecks during the applicable academic year and whether they choose to have the amounts withheld paid out during the summer recess period in either one or two payments. A participating classified employee may elect to have up to 10 percent of the classified employeeâs monthly pay withheld during the applicable academic year. (2) A classified employee is eligible to participate in the program if the classified employee has been employed with the community college district for at least one year at the time the classified employee elects to participate in the program. (3) (A) A classified employee is eligible to participate in the program if the classified employee is employed by the community college district in the employeeâs regular assignment for 11 months or fewer out of a 12-month period. For purposes of determining a classified employeeâs total months employed by the community college district, the employing community college district shall exclude any hours worked by the classified employee outside of their regular assignment. (B) For the 2023â24 and 2024â25 academic years, for purposes of determining a classified employeeâs total months employed by the community college district, the employing community college district shall exclude any hours worked by the classified employee as a result of an extension of the academic year directly related to the COVID-19 pandemic, if the hours are in addition to the employeeâs regular assignment and would prevent the employee from being eligible to participate in the program. (4) (A) A classified employee is not eligible to participate in the program if the classified employeeâs regular annual pay received directly from the community college district is more than sixty-two thousand four hundred dollars ($62,400) for an entire academic year at the time of enrollment. For purposes of determining a classified employeeâs regular annual pay received directly from the community college district, the employing community college district shall exclude any pay received by the classified employee during the previous summer recess period. (B) For purposes of this section, âsummer recess periodâ means the period that regular class sessions are not being held by a community college district during the months of June, July, and August. Pay earned by a classified employee with limit
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