Notwithstanding Section 87468, a contract employee employed by a community college district who, in any college year consisting of two semesters or three quarters, has served more than 75 percent of the number of hours considered as a full-time assignment for regular employees having similar duties in the community colleges of the district in which he or she is employed, shall be deemed to have served a complete college year.

(Amended by Stats. 1995, Ch. 758, Sec. 152. Effective January 1, 1996.)