Bill Text: CA AB2652 | 2025-2026 | Regular Session | Amended
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Bill Title: Teacher credentialing: world languages: subject matter examinations: language proficiency assessments.
Sponsorship: Partisan Bill (Democrat 2)
Status: (Passed) 2026-07-13 - Chaptered by Secretary of State - Chapter 77, Statutes of 2026. [AB2652 Detail]
Download: California-2025-AB2652-Amended.html
An act to amend Section 5 of the Government Code, relating to state government. An act to amend Section 44282 of the Education Code, relating to teacher credentialing.
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SECTION 1. Section 5 of the Government Code is amended to read: 5.
Bill Title: Teacher credentialing: world languages: subject matter examinations: language proficiency assessments.
Sponsorship: Partisan Bill (Democrat 2)
Status: (Passed) 2026-07-13 - Chaptered by Secretary of State - Chapter 77, Statutes of 2026. [AB2652 Detail]
Download: California-2025-AB2652-Amended.html
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Amended
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Assembly
March 19, 2026 |
CALIFORNIA LEGISLATURE—
2025–2026 REGULAR SESSION
Assembly Bill
No. 2652
| Introduced by Assembly Member Sharp-Collins |
February 20, 2026 |
LEGISLATIVE COUNSEL'S DIGEST
AB 2652, as amended, Sharp-Collins.
State government. Teacher credentialing: world languages: subject matter examinations: language proficiency assessments.
Existing law requires the Commission on Teacher Credentialing to establish standards for the issuance and renewal of credentials, certificates, and permits. Existing law requires the commission to issue a single subject teaching credential only in specified subjects, including in world language. Existing law requires the commission to adopt examinations and assessments to verify the subject matter knowledge and competence of candidates for those specified single subject teaching credentials, as provided.
Existing law requires the commission to issue authorizations for a teacher to provide specific services to limited-English-proficient pupils, if certain
minimum requirements are met, including the passage of one or more examinations that the commission determines is necessary for demonstrating the knowledge, skills, and language proficiency required for effective delivery of the services included in the authorization. Existing law authorizes the commission to issue an authorization for bilingual-cross-cultural competence for specified persons who will be serving English language learners and requires candidates for that authorization to demonstrate, by oral and written examination or by completing an approved program, among other things, that the person is competent in both the oral and written skills of a language other than English.
This bill would authorize a candidate for any of the above-described credentials or authorizations to fulfill the applicable subject matter examination or language requirement in
a world language for which the commission does not administer a subject matter examination by successfully completing a comparable postsecondary language proficiency assessment maintained by a specified organization.
Existing law establishes specific rules of construction and defines various terms for purposes of interpreting provisions of the Government Code.
This bill would make a nonsubstantive change in those general provisions.
Digest Key
Vote: MAJORITY Appropriation: NO Fiscal Committee:Bill Text
The people of the State of California do enact as follows:
SECTION 1.
Section 44282 of the Education Code is amended to read:44282.
(a) The commission shall adopt examinations and assessments to verify the subject matter knowledge and competence of candidates for the single subject teaching credentials described in Section 44257 and the concentrations described in Section 44257.2.(b) A general subject matter examination authorizing teaching multiple subjects shall include an examination of the candidate’s knowledge of the following areas: language studies, literature, mathematics, science, social studies, history, the arts, physical education, and human development.
(c) In a world language for which the commission does not administer a subject
matter examination, a candidate may fulfill, through the successful completion of a comparable postsecondary language proficiency assessment maintained by the ACTFL, either of the following:
(1) The subject matter requirement of subparagraph (A) of paragraph (5) of subdivision (b) of Section 44259 for a preliminary single subject teaching credential in world language pursuant to Section 44257.
(2) The language requirement for an authorization pursuant to Section 44253.3, 44253.4, or 44253.7.
Unless the provision or context otherwise requires, these general provisions, rules of construction, and definitions shall govern the construction of this code.
