The board of trustees may decide by vote or inaction not to offer any employee further employment with the college district beyond the term of the contract for any reason or no reason. Perry v. Sindermann, 408 U.S. 593 (1972); Board of Regents of State Colleges v. Roth, 408 U.S. 564 (1972)

Grievance Rights of

Faculty Members

A faculty member at an institution of higher education, including a college district, has a right to present a grievance, in person, to a member of the institution’s administration designated by the governing board of the institution on an issue related to the nonrenewal or termination of the faculty member’s employment at the institution.

An institution may not by contract, policy, or procedure, restrict a faculty member’s right to present a grievance under this section.

An institution may adopt a method for presenting, reviewing, and acting on a grievance filed under this section.

“Faculty member” means a person employed full time by an institution of higher education as a member of the institution’s faculty, including professional librarians, whose duties include teaching, research, administration, or the performance of professional services. The term does not include a person who holds faculty rank but who spends the majority of the person’s time for the institution engaged in managerial or supervisory activities, including a chancellor, vice chancellor, president, vice president, provost, associate or assistant provost, dean, or associate or assistant dean.

Education Code 51.960