Who uses the Merit System?
There are about 100 merit school districts in California which employ almost 60% of the Classified (non-Certificated) school employees in the state. A merit system may be voted into a school district by local Board of Education action, by a majority vote of the district’s classified employees, or by a majority vote of voting electors of the school district. The Personnel Commission of the Conejo Valley Unified School District was established in 1974 upon unification of the Timber School District, Valley Oaks School District, and Oxnard Union High School District. Prior to unification, the Timber School District and the Valley Oaks School District operated under separate merit systems. Who administers the Merit System? The Personnel Commission is the mainstay of the merit system. It is an independent body composed of three persons appointed for three-year staggered terms. Commissioners are laypersons who must be known adherents of the merit principle. The Personnel Commission is respons
