3/ 13/ 13 CA Code (edc :88000-- 88040) 88016. A notice of disciplinary action shall contain a statement in ordinary and concise language of the specific acts and omissions upon which the disciplinary action is based, a statement of the cause for the action taken and, if it is claimed that an employee has violated a rule or regulation of the public school employer, such rule or regulation shall be set forth in said notice. A notice of disciplinary action stating one or more causes or grounds for disciplinary action established by any rule, regulation, or statute in the language of the rule, regulation, or statute, is insufficient for any purpose. A proceeding may be brought by, or on behalf of, the employee to restrain any further proceedings under any notice of disciplinary action violative of this provision. This section shall apply to proceedings conducted under the provisions of Article 3 (commencing with Section 88060) of this chapter. 88017. When, as a result of the expiration of a specially funded program, classified positions must be eliminated at the end of any school year, and classified employees will be subject to layoff for lack of funds, the employees to be laid off at the end of the school year shall be given written notice on or before April 29 informing them of their layoff effective at the end of the school year and of their displacement rights, if any, and reemployment rights. However, if the termination date of any specially funded program is other than June 30, the notice shall be given not less than 60 days prior to the effective date of their layoff. When, as a result of a bona fide reduction or elimination of the service being performed by any department, classified employees shall be subject to layoff for lack of work, affected employees shall be given notice of layoff not less than 60 days prior to the effective date of layoff, and informed of their displacement rights, if any, and reemployment rights. (1) A classified employee may not be laid off if a short--term employee is retained to render a service that the classified employee is qualified to render. This subdivision does not create a 60-day layoff notice requirement for any individual hired as a short--term employee, as defined in Section 88003, for a period not exceeding 60 days. (2) This subdivision does not apply to the retention of a short--term employee, as defined in Section 88003, who is hired for a period not exceeding 60 days after which the short--term service may not be extended or renewed. This section does not preclude the governing board of a community college district from implementing either of the following without providing the notice required by subdivision or (1) A layoff for a lack of funds in the event of an actual and existing financial inability to pay the salaries of classified employees. (2) A layoff for a lack of work resulting from causes not foreseeable or preventable by the governing board. This section shall apply to districts that have adopted the merit system in the same manner and effect as if it were a part of Article 3 (commencing with Section 88060) of this chapter. 88018. Any division, uniting, unionization, annexation, merger, or change of community college district boundaries shall not affect the rights of persons employed in nonacademic positions to continue in 12/21 3/ 13/ 13 CA Code (edc :88000-- 88040) employment for not less than two years and to retain the salary, leaves and other benefits which they would have had had the reorganization not occurred, and in the manner provided in this article: All employees of every community college district which is included in any other district, or all districts included in a new district, shall become employees of the new district. When a portion of the territory of any district becomes part of another district employees regularly assigned to perform their duties in the territory affected shall become employees of the acquiring district. Employees whose assignments pertained to the affected territory, but whose employment situs was not in such territory, may elect to remain with the original district or become employees of the acquiring district. When the territory of any district is divided between or among two or more districts and the original district ceases to exist, employees of the original district regularly assigned to perform their duties in any specific territory of such district shall become employees of the district acquiring the territory. Employees not assigned to specific territory within the original district shall become employees of any acquiring district at their election. Employees regularly assigned by the original district to any school in said district shall be an employee of the district in which said school is located. Except as herein provided, nothing herein shall deprive the governing board of the acquiring district from making reasonable reassignments of duties. 88019. Whenever, by reason of any reorganization, other than the unification of districts, all or part of the territory of any community college district which has adopted the merit system is included within any district, or in any new district, the governing board of the acquiring or new district shall adopt such merit system. In the event that any district simultaneously acquires all or part of the territory of two or more districts which have previously adopted the merit system the governing board of the acquiring or new district shall adopt a merit system containing such provisions as are necessary to afford to all employees the rights guaranteed by this section. The employees of the reorganized or new district shall retain all rights and privileges as if they had been employed under the provisions of Article 3 (commencing with Section 88060) of this chapter, with seniority commencing as of the date of original employment in their original district. Where there are more than a sufficient number of employees for a given classification under the provisions of Article 3 (commencing with Section 88060) of this chapter, such personnel shall be retained in employment for a period of not less than two years as if the reorganization had not occurred but without prejudice to the powers of the personnel commission and governing board of the reorganized district to reasonably reassign such persons. If at the expiration of such period, upon a finding made by the personnel commission that there are excess personnel in any given classification, such personnel shall, if the governing board so directs, be placed upon appropriate reemployment lists for 39 months and, if so placed, shall be offered and may accept positions of lower rank in their line of promotion in the order of seniority as established by this section in accordance with rules drawn in compliance with the provisions of Article 3 (commencing with Section 88060) of this chapter. The acceptance of a position in lower rank in accordance herewith shall not be deemed to constitute a waiver of the right to reemployment at the original level should a 13/21