Peralta Federation of Teachers Local 1603 v. Peralta Community College District

*375Opinion

NEWMAN, J.

— The principal question in this case is whether former section 13337.5 of the Education Code withholds tenure rights from community college teachers hired over a period of years to serve less than 60 percent of full time.1

I. Did teachers hired before November 8, 1967, acquire permanent status?

Section 13337.5 became law on November 8, 1967. It does not affect teachers hired before then. (Balen v. Peralta Junior College Dist. (1974) 11 Cal.3d 821 [114 Cal.Rptr. 589, 523 P.2d 629].) With respect to the facts here and rights of pre-1967 teachers the Court of Appeal opinion in…