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Cal. Education Code § 87732 (2026)

Termination of Services and Reduction in Force

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No regular employee or academic employee shall be dismissed except for one or more of the following causes:

(a)Immoral or unprofessional conduct.

(b)Dishonesty.

(c)Unsatisfactory performance.

(d)Evident unfitness for service.

(e)Physical or mental condition that makes him or her unfit to instruct or associate with students.

(f)Persistent violation of, or refusal to obey, the school laws of the state or reasonable regulations prescribed for the government of the community colleges by the board of governors or by the governing board of the community college district employing him or her.

(g)Conviction of a felony or of any crime involving moral turpitude.

(h)Conduct specified in Section 1028 of the Government Code.

Notes of Decisions
Cited in 13 cases (6 in the last 5 years), 1978–2025 · leading case: Wassmann v. S. Orange Cnty. Cmty. Coll. Dist., 24 Cal. App. 5th 825 (Cal. Ct. App. 2018).
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Wassmann v. S. Orange Cnty. Cmty. Coll. Dist., 24 Cal. App. 5th 825 (Cal. Ct. App. 2018). · cites it 2× “The Statement of Charges recommended dismissal for unprofessional conduct ( Ed. Code, § 87732, subd. (a) ), unsatisfactory conduct ( id.”
West Valley-Mission Cmty. Coll. Dist. v. Concepcion, 16 Cal. App. 4th 1766 (Cal. Ct. App. 1993). · cites it 2× “) District commenced disciplinary proceedings to discharge Miller (Ed. Code, §§ 87732, 87735), which resulted in hearings before an arbitrator acting as an administrative law judge.”
Bevli v. Brisco, 165 Cal. App. 3d 812 (Cal. Ct. App. 1985). “Education Code section 87732 enumerates a number of specific grounds calling for the dismissal of regular employees including subdivisions: “(d) Incompetency.”
Pollak v. Kinder, 85 Cal. App. 3d 833 (Cal. Ct. App. 1978). “5, subdivision (b) (gross incompetence) (pharmacists); 5585 (architects); 5672 (gross incompetence) (landscape architects); 6775, subdivision (b) (engineers); 8780, subdivision (a) (civil engineers); Education Code section 87732, subdivision (d) (teachers); and Government Code…”
Bevli v. Brisco, 211 Cal. App. 3d 986 (Cal. Ct. App. 1989). “1 Before its amendment in 1981, Education Code section 87732, provided that a regular employee of a community college district may only be dismissed for; “(a) Immoral or unprofessional conduct.”
State Ctr. Cmty. Coll. Dist. v. Off. of Admin. Hearings, No. F086726 (Cal. Ct. App. Jan. 28, 2025). · cites it 7× “” The amended statement of charges alleged Madec engaged in conduct that warranted his dismissal from employment with the District on the following grounds: (1) immoral conduct (Ed. Code, § 87732, subd. (a)); (2) dishonesty (id.”
Duke v. San Francisco Cmty. Coll. Dist., No. 4:19-cv-06327 (N.D. Cal. May 17, 2021). · cites it 4× “2 Plaintiff’s negligent infliction of emotional distress claim is based on the allegation 3 that defendant had a duty under California Education Code § 87732 to dismiss 4 employees only for certain enumerated reasons under the statute, and that defendant 5 breached that duty by…”
Johnson v. Fliger, No. 24-6008 (9th Cir. July 14, 2025). · cites it 4× “5, §§ 53602 (b), 53605(a) and (c), and, to the extent it incorporates those regulations, Cal. Educ. Code § 87732 (f). Johnson has sufficiently alleged “an intention to engage in a course of conduct arguably affected with a constitutional interest” under the First Amendment.”
Johnson v. Fliger, No. 24-6008 (9th Cir. Aug. 22, 2025). · cites it 4× “5, §§ 53602 (b), 53605(a), and, to the extent it incorporates those regulations, Cal. Educ. Code § 87732 (f). Johnson has sufficiently alleged “an intention to engage in a course of conduct arguably affected with a constitutional interest” under the First Amendment.”
Wassmann v. South Orange Cnty. Cmty. Coll. Dist., 24 Cal. App. 5th 5 (Cal. Ct. App. 2018). · cites it 2× “The Statement of Charges recommended dismissal for unprofessional conduct (Ed. Code, § 87732, subd. (a)), unsatisfactory conduct (id.”
Duke v. San Francisco Cmty. Coll. Dist., No. 4:19-cv-06327 (N.D. Cal. Jan. 31, 2020). · cites it 2× “22 However, Duke has pled violations of duties contained in state statutes, including 23 California Education Code § 87732. That statute allegedly sets out a duty specifying that 24 CCSF can only fire plaintiff based on an enumerated list of reasons.”
Riverside Cmty. Coll. Dist. v. Biersmith, No. E073818 (Cal. Ct. App. Oct. 15, 2021). “) Education Code section 87732 provides, pertinent to this appeal that, “No regular employee or academic employee shall be dismissed except for one or more of the following causes: [¶] (a) Immoral or unprofessional conduct.”
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