California School Employees Assn. v. Governing Board

Classified employees of the states community colleges are entitled to the paid holidays enumerated in Education Code section 88203, including "every day appointed by the President, or the Governor of this state . . . for a public fast, thanksgiving or holiday . . . ." We must decide whether President George Bush "appointed" days of thanksgiving, within the meaning of the Education Code when, at the Conclusion of the Persian Gulf War, he proclaimed April 5, 6, and 7, 1991, as "National Days of Thanksgiving." As we explain, we conclude that the Presidents proclamation did not entitle community college classified employees to holiday compensation for those days. We therefore reverse the judgment of the Court of Appeal.