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March 15 Countdown
Reduction in force is not an event; it is a season with a hard stop. Here is the clock and the checklist between now and then.
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Preliminary notices due
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days until March 15
Miss it and the employee is employed for another year.
The season, counted back from the date
- —Budget projection identifies the reduction; superintendent frames particular kinds of services (PKS), not people
- —Seniority list verified: first date of paid service, credentials, authorizations — every teacher, every column
- —Board adopts tie-breaking criteria for employees with the same seniority date
- —Board adopts the PKS resolution and directs preliminary notices
- —Bumping analysis: senior employees with the credential to displace junior ones in the reduced services
- —Preliminary notices served on every affected employee — no later than March 15
- —Requests for hearing due within 7 days of notice
- —Administrative law judge hearing and proposed decision
- —Final notices — no later than May 15
Lead times are the firm's practice defaults, not statute, except where cited. Classified layoffs run on a different calendar (Ed Code §§ 45114–45117).
Here is what the statute guarantees
The checklist is universal. The seniority list, the tie-breaks, and the bumping chain are yours. Connect your CBA and we'll model the chain before the board votes.