California School Employees Ass'n v. Governing Board of East Side Union High School District

*542Opinion

MIHARA, J.

Appellant Bernice Singer and her labor union, appellant California School Employees Association (CSEA), appeal from the trial court’s denial of their mandate petition. They contend that a classified employee of a nonmerit system school district1 who attains permanent status and then is laid off from her position and thereafter reemployed by the district in a different, lower position retains her permanent status and may not be required to serve a probationary period in the new position. We conclude that the statutory scheme does not support their contention. We hold that such…