Bill Text: CA AB1893 | 2021-2022 | Regular Session | Enrolled
Bill Title: Teacher credentialing: emergency teaching permits.
Spectrum: Partisan Bill (Republican 1-0)
Status: (Vetoed) 2022-08-01 - Consideration of Governor's veto pending. [AB1893 Detail]
Download: California-2021-AB1893-Enrolled.html
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Enrolled
June 29, 2022 |
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Passed
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Senate
June 27, 2022 |
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Passed
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Assembly
April 21, 2022 |
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Amended
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Assembly
March 30, 2022 |
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Amended
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Assembly
February 18, 2022 |
CALIFORNIA LEGISLATURE—
2021–2022 REGULAR SESSION
Assembly Bill
No. 1893
| Introduced by Assembly Member Cunningham |
February 09, 2022 |
An act to amend Section 44300 of the Education Code, relating to teacher credentialing.
LEGISLATIVE COUNSEL'S DIGEST
AB 1893, Cunningham.
Teacher credentialing: emergency teaching permits.
Existing law requires the Commission on Teacher Credentialing to, among other duties, establish standards for the issuance and renewal of credentials, certificates, and permits. Existing law authorizes the commission to issue or renew emergency teaching and specialist permits if certain conditions are met, including that the applicant passes the state basic skills proficiency test.
This bill would require the commission to waive the basic skills proficiency requirement for the issuance of an emergency 30-day substitute permit until July 1, 2024. The bill would also delete obsolete references, update cross-references, and make nonsubstantive changes.
Digest Key
Vote: MAJORITY Appropriation: NO Fiscal Committee: YES Local Program: NOBill Text
The people of the State of California do enact as follows:
SECTION 1.
Section 44300 of the Education Code is amended to read:44300.
(a) Commencing January 1, 1990, the commission may issue or renew emergency teaching or specialist permits in accordance with regulations adopted by the commission corresponding to the credential types specified in subparagraphs (A), (B), and (C) of paragraph (1) of subdivision (b) of Section 44225, provided that all of the following conditions are met:(1) The applicant possesses a baccalaureate degree conferred by a regionally accredited institution of higher education and has fulfilled the subject matter requirements of Section 44301.
(2) (A) The applicant passes the
state basic skills proficiency test as provided for in Section 44252.
(B) Until July 1, 2024, the commission shall waive the basic skills proficiency requirement set forth in subparagraph (A) for the issuance of an emergency 30-day substitute teaching permit issued pursuant to Section 80025 of Title 5 of the California Code of Regulations. A waiver that is issued pursuant to this subparagraph may not be used to satisfy an applicable basic skills proficiency requirement for any other teaching credential, permit, or certificate.
(3) The commission approves the justification for the emergency permit submitted by the school district in which the applicant is to be employed. The justification shall include
all of the following:
(A) Annual documentation that the district has implemented in policy and practices a process for conducting a diligent search that shall include, but is not limited to, distributing job announcements, contacting college and university placement centers, advertising in local newspapers, and participating in job fairs in this state, but has been unable to recruit a sufficient number of certificated teachers, including teacher candidates pursuing full certification through internship, district internship, or other alternative routes established by the commission.
(B) A declaration of need for fully qualified educators based on the documentation set forth in subparagraph (A) and made in the form of a motion adopted by the governing board of the district or the
county board of education at a regularly scheduled meeting of the governing board or the county board of education. The motion may not be part of the consent agenda and shall be entered in the minutes of the meeting.
(b) The commission may deny a request for an emergency permit that does not meet the justification set forth in subparagraph (A) of paragraph (3) of subdivision (a).
(c) It is the intent of the Legislature that the commission continue to issue emergency teaching permits to individuals employed by school districts defined in regulations as remote from regionally accredited institutions of higher education.
(d) The commission may issue and reissue emergency permits corresponding to the credential types
specified in subparagraph (D) of paragraph (1) of subdivision (b) of Section 44225. The commission shall establish appropriate standards for each type of emergency permit specified in subparagraph (D) of paragraph (1) of subdivision (b) of Section 44225.
(e) The exclusive representative of certificated employees, if any, as provided under Chapter 10.7 (commencing with Section 3540) of Division 4 of Title 1 of the Government Code, may submit a written statement to the commission agreeing or disagreeing with the justification submitted to the commission pursuant to paragraph (3) of subdivision (a).
(f) A person holding an emergency teaching or specialist permit shall attend an orientation to the curriculum and to techniques of instruction and classroom management, and shall teach only
with the assistance and guidance of a certificated employee of the district who has completed at least three years of full-time teaching experience, or the equivalent thereof. It is the intent of the Legislature to encourage districts to provide directed teaching experience to new emergency permitholders with no prior teaching experience.
(g) The holder of an emergency permit shall participate in ongoing training, coursework, or seminars designed to prepare the individual to become a fully credentialed teacher or other educator in the subject area or areas in which the individual is assigned to teach or serve. The employing agency shall verify that employees applying to renew their emergency permits are meeting these ongoing training requirements.
(h) Emergency permits
for pupil personnel services shall not be valid for the purpose of determining pupil eligibility for placement in a special education class or program.
(i) This section shall not apply to the issuance of an emergency substitute teaching permit, or of an emergency permit to a teacher who has consented to teach temporarily outside of their field of certification, for which the commission shall establish minimum requirements.
