Any person employed by a community college district, in an academic position who accepts a professional education position in the chancellor’s office of the California community colleges, the appointment to which is, or is intended to become, permanent, shall have transferred with him or her to the chancellor’s office of the California community colleges his accumulated leave of absence for illness or injury. The amount of leave to be transferred shall be determined in the same manner as provided in Section 87782, except in no case may the transferred accumulated sick leave exceed that amount of accumulated sick leave that the person would have earned as an employee in the system to which he or she is transferring. All other provisions of Section 87782 shall also apply to the employees and employers described in this section.