Article 2 (commencing with

Section 10340) of

Chapter of

Part 7, Articles to 5, inclusive (commencing with

Section 45100),

Article 7 (commencing with

Section 45340), and the applicable provisions of Sections 44047, 44048,

Article 1 (commencing with

Section 7000) of

Chapter 1,

Article 1 (commencing with

Section 7100) of

Chapter of

Part 5,

Chapter 1 (commencing with

Section 44000) shall apply to all classified employees of a school district, including those authorized in Sections 35025, 35041, and 35045, whether a merit or nonmerit system district as authorized by this

chapter unless the

section specifically limits its application to nonmerit system districts. These provisions shall also apply to all persons who are part of the classified service who are employed by the county superintendent of schools, or any division thereof, and whose salaries are paid out of the county school service fund regardless of the origin of the fund moneys, and to all persons employed by any entity, including a regional occupational center or program, created or established by any two or more school districts pursuant to statute, including

Chapter 14 (commencing with

Section 7450) of Division 6, exercising any joint power pursuant to

Article 1 (commencing with

Section 6500) of

Chapter of Division of Title of the Government Code, or as otherwise conferred by law upon such districts. These provisions shall not apply to employees of a school district lying wholly within a city and county which provides in its charter for a merit system of employment for employees employed in positions not requiring certification qualifications except that, commencing July 1, 1992, the governing board of that district may adopt a resolution to make these provisions applicable to persons employed as paraprofessionals as defined in

Section 44671.5, who have not attained permanent status under the merit system as of that date. The positions authorized in Sections 35025, 35041, and may, by resolution of a governing board, be exempted from the provisions of

Article 6 (commencing with

Section 45240) of this chapter.