Notwithstanding the provisions of Sections 45119 and 45120, when any school district involved in any reorganization, annexation, unionization, merger, or unification is not required to adopt the merit system, the classified employees of such district who formerly were employed by a district having the merit system shall retain for a period of two years the salary, benefits, seniority, and other rights which they would have had had the reorganization not occurred.
Source:
Section 45120.1, https://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/codes_displaySection.xhtml?lawCode=EDC§ionNum=45120.1..