Cal. Code Regs. tit. 5, § 55720 – Operating Under Flexible Calendar; Accountability of Employees; Professional Learning Activities.

(a) Subject to the approval of the Chancellor pursuant to Section 55724, a community college district may designate an amount of time in each fiscal year for all employees, including full-time faculty, part-time faculty, classified staff, student employee, and administrators, to engage in professional learning activities. These activities may occur at any time during the fiscal year. The time designated for these activities shall be known as “flexible time.”
(b) A district with an approved flexible calendar may designate as flexible time for full-time faculty not more than 8.57 percent of that employee's contractual obligation for hours of service which are eligible for state apportionments in that academic year, exclusive of any intersessions.
(c) Under no circumstances may a district operate a flexible calendar program which results in an academic calendar which would be inconsistent with the requirements of subdivision (b) of Section 55701.

Note: Authority cited: Sections 66700, 70901 and 84890, Education Code. Reference: Sections 70901 and 84890, Education Code.

History

1. Amendment of subsection (b) filed 3-7-85; effective thirtieth day thereafter (Register 85, No. 10).

2. Repealer and new section filed 10-25-91; operative 11-24-91 (Register 92, No. 7).

3. Editorial correction of printing error in section heading (Register 92, No. 18) 4. Amendment of subsections (a) and (c) filed 9-6-94; operative 10-6-94. Submitted to OAL for printing only pursuant to Education Code section 70901.5 (Register 94, No. 38).

5. Amendment of section heading and subsection (a) and repealer of subsection (c) filed 3-15-2006; operative 4-14-2006. Submitted to OAL for printing only pursuant to Education Code section 70901.5 (Register 2006, No. 17).

6. Amendment of section heading and new subsection (c) filed 7-17-2007; operative 8-16-2007. Submitted to OAL for printing only pursuant to Education Code section 70901.5 (Register 2007, No. 35).

7. Amendment of section heading and section filed 8-19-2025; operative 9-18-2025. Submitted to OAL for printing only pursuant to Education Code section 70901.5 (Register 2025, No. 37).