K–14 classified employees: payment of wages: itemized statements.

Plain English Breakdown

The official source material does not specify the exact format or location where schools must keep records of wage deductions.

K-14 Classified Employees: Wage Statements

This bill requires public schools and community colleges to provide detailed wage statements to classified employees starting in the 2026–27 school year.

What This Bill Does

• Requires public school employers to give classified employees a written statement with their wages each time they get paid, including gross earnings, all deductions, and hourly rates used during that pay period.
• Schools must keep records of wage deductions for at least three years.
• Current and former classified employees can ask to see or receive copies of employment-related records.

Who It Names or Affects

• Classified school employees in K-14 public schools and community colleges.
• Public school employers, including school districts, charter schools, county boards of education, and other related organizations.

Terms To Know

classified service

Positions in a school or college that do not require special teaching qualifications and are not academic roles.

public school employer

Includes the governing board of a school district, charter schools, county boards of education, county superintendents of schools, auxiliary organizations, joint powers agencies, and other related entities.

Limits and Unknowns

• The bill was vetoed by the governor but could be overridden later.
• It only applies to classified employees starting in the 2026–27 school year.

Official Summary Text

AB 374, Nguyen.
K–14 classified employees: payment of wages: itemized statements.
Existing law requires the governing board of a school district and the governing board of a community college district, except as provided, to employ persons for positions not requiring certification qualifications or that are not academic positions, respectively, and to classify all of these employees and positions. Under existing law, those employees and positions are known as the classified service. Existing law requires the governing board of any school district, including city boards of education, and the governing board of any community college district, including city boards of education, to fix and order paid the compensation of persons a part of the classified service, as provided.
Beginning with the 2026–27 school year, this bill would require a public school employer, defined to include the governing board of a school district, a school district, a county board of education, a county superintendent of schools, a charter school, an auxiliary organization, or a joint powers agency, as specified, and a community college district to (1) furnish to a classified school employee at the time of each payment of wages an accurate statement in writing and in a specified format that shows specified information, including, among other things, gross wages earned, all deductions, and all applicable hourly rates in effect during the payroll reporting period, as
provided, (2) record the deductions made from the payment of wages and keep the record on file for at least 3 years at a specified location, and (3) afford current and former classified school employees the right to inspect or receive a copy of records pertaining to their employment, as provided.

Current Bill Text

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