This article may be cited as the Instructional Aide Act of 1968. The provisions of this article shall apply to personnel referred to in Section 72401 or any other section enacted before or after November 13, 1968, who perform the duties of instructional aides.
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Section § 88240
This law is known as the Instructional Aide Act of 1968. It sets the rules for people working as instructional aides, as mentioned in Section 72401 or any similar sections created before or after November 13, 1968.
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Section § 88241
This law acknowledges the importance of giving teachers more time to focus on instruction and using their expertise effectively. To help achieve this, schools are encouraged to hire instructional aides. These aides support teachers and faculty members, helping enhance the learning experiences offered to students.
The Legislature recognizes the need to provide classroom instructors and other faculty with more time to instruct and to provide the means for them to utilize their professional knowledge and skills more effectively in the educational programs of the public schools. It is the intent of the Legislature to authorize the employment of instructional aides in order that classroom instructors and other faculty may draw upon the services of instructional aides to assist them in ways determined to be useful in improving the quality of educational opportunities for students.
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Section § 88242
This law states that community college districts can't use instructional aides to justify increasing the number of students per classroom instructor. All instructional aide roles should be called 'instructional aide' or a similar title chosen by the governing board. Titles can have additions like 'instructional aide I' or 'II' to reflect different duties or responsibilities.
Instructional aides shall not be utilized to increase the number of students in relation to the number of classroom instructors in any community college district.
All instructional aide positions in a community college district shall be assigned the basic title of “instructional aide” or other appropriate title designated by the governing board. To provide for differences in responsibilities and duties, additions to the basic title may be assigned such as “instructional aide I or II” or “instructional aide—volunteer,” or other appropriate title.
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Section § 88243
An "instructional aide" is a person hired to help teachers with their classroom duties and supervising students. They handle certain tasks that teachers believe can be done by someone who isn’t a certified teacher.
As used in this article, “instructional aide” means a person employed to assist classroom instructors and other faculty in the performance of their duties and in the supervision of students and in instructional tasks which, in the judgment of the faculty to whom the instructional aide is assigned, may be performed by a person not qualified as a classroom instructor.
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Section § 88244
This law allows community college districts to hire instructional aides to help teachers with their duties, as long as these roles don't include grading students. The aides can work independently of the teacher's physical presence, but the teacher still holds responsibility for student instruction and supervision. The educational qualifications for aides are set by the district and should match their job responsibilities.
(a)CA Education Code § 88244(a) Subject to the provisions of this article, any community college district may employ instructional aides to assist classroom instructors and other faculty in the performance of duties as defined in Section 88243. An instructional aide shall perform only such duties as, in the judgment of the faculty to whom the instructional aide is assigned, may be performed by a person not qualified as a classroom instructor. These duties shall not include assignment of grades to students. An instructional aide need not perform such duties in the physical presence of the instructor but the faculty member shall retain responsibility for the instruction and supervision of the students in his or her charge.
(b)CA Education Code § 88244(b) Educational qualifications for instructional aides shall be prescribed by the community college district employer and shall be appropriate to the responsibilities to be assigned.
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Section § 88245
This law says that instructional aides are not allowed to share personal information about students, unless the student is their own child or they are legally responsible for them, except if required by court order. The only people they can share this information with are faculty members or administrators at the student's college. Breaking this rule can lead to punishment, including being fired.
No instructional aide shall give out any personal information concerning any student who is not his or her own child or ward, except under judicial process, to any person other than a faculty member or administrator in the college which the student attends. A violation of this section may be a cause for disciplinary action, including dismissal.
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Section § 88247
This law clarifies that instructional aides in schools are not considered academic employees when it comes to calculating state funding, and groups of students with these aides don't count as classes for funding purposes. Instructional aides are classified as employees of the district, giving them certain rights and responsibilities, except for specific restricted positions mentioned elsewhere.
(a)CA Education Code § 88247(a) An instructional aide shall not be deemed an academic employee for the purposes of apportioning state aid and no regrouping of students with instructional aides shall be construed as a class for apportionment purposes.
(b)CA Education Code § 88247(b) Instructional aides shall be classified employees of the district, and shall be subject to all of the rights, benefits, and burdens of the classified service, except as specified in Section 88005 for “restricted” positions.
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Section § 88248
This law requires that instructional aides employed by community college districts must be paid at least the federal minimum hourly wage.
The community college district shall pay to each person employed as an instructional aide compensation at a rate not less than the minimum hourly rate prescribed by federal law.
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Section § 88249
This law allows community college districts to use volunteers for supervising and teaching students. However, these volunteers must comply with specific regulations outlined in Section 72401 and the relevant parts of this article.
Notwithstanding the provisions of this article, or any other provisions of law, a community college district may utilize volunteers in the supervision and instruction of students, but any such volunteer shall be subject to the provisions of Section 72401 and this article.
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