The trustees shall adopt rules governing the reemployment of nonacademic employees laid off, pursuant to this section. To the extent the trustees deem practical, such regulations shall include provision that for a period of five years following layoff, an employee shall have a preferential right to reemployment in the same or a comparable position, in the event of a vacancy. This preferential right shall give the employee laid off the right to reemployment in a position comparable to that from which he was laid off over any person not employed at the time the particular employee was laid off.
Ca. Educ. Code § 89543