Bill Text: CA SB5 | 2013-2014 | Regular Session | Chaptered
Bill Title: Teacher credentialing.
Spectrum: Partisan Bill (Democrat 2-0)
Status: (Passed) 2013-08-27 - Chaptered by Secretary of State. Chapter 171, Statutes of 2013. [SB5 Detail]
Download: California-2013-SB5-Chaptered.html
BILL NUMBER: SB 5 CHAPTERED
BILL TEXT
CHAPTER 171
FILED WITH SECRETARY OF STATE AUGUST 27, 2013
APPROVED BY GOVERNOR AUGUST 27, 2013
PASSED THE SENATE AUGUST 15, 2013
PASSED THE ASSEMBLY AUGUST 12, 2013
AMENDED IN ASSEMBLY AUGUST 8, 2013
AMENDED IN SENATE APRIL 24, 2013
INTRODUCED BY Senator Padilla
(Coauthor: Senator Block)
DECEMBER 3, 2012
An act to amend Section 44259 of the Education Code, relating to
teacher credentialing.
LEGISLATIVE COUNSEL'S DIGEST
SB 5, Padilla. Teacher credentialing.
Existing law establishes minimum requirements for the issuance of
a preliminary multiple or single subject teaching credential by the
Commission on Teacher Credentialing. Among other requirements,
existing law requires satisfactory completion of a program of
professional preparation accredited by the Committee on
Accreditation, but specifies that the program shall not include more
than one year, or the equivalent of 1/5 of a 5-year program, of
professional preparation.
This bill would instead provide that a program of professional
preparation shall not include more than 2 years of full-time study of
professional preparation. The bill would update cross-references and
would make other technical, nonsubstantive changes.
THE PEOPLE OF THE STATE OF CALIFORNIA DO ENACT AS FOLLOWS:
SECTION 1. Section 44259 of the Education Code is amended to read:
44259. (a) Except as provided in subparagraphs (A) and (C) of
paragraph (3) of subdivision (b), each program of professional
preparation for multiple or single subject teaching credentials shall
not include more than two years of full-time study of professional
preparation.
(b) The minimum requirements for the preliminary multiple or
single subject teaching credential are all of the following:
(1) A baccalaureate degree or higher degree from a regionally
accredited institution of postsecondary education. Except as provided
in subdivision (c) of Section 44227, the baccalaureate degree shall
not be in professional education. The commission shall encourage
accredited institutions to offer undergraduate minors in education
and special education to students who intend to become teachers.
(2) Passage of the state basic skills proficiency test that is
developed and administered by the commission pursuant to Section
44252.5.
(3) Satisfactory completion of a program of professional
preparation that has been accredited by the Committee on
Accreditation on the basis of standards of program quality and
effectiveness that have been adopted by the commission. In accordance
with the commission's assessment and performance standards, each
program shall include a teaching performance assessment as set forth
in Section 44320.2 that is aligned with the California Standards for
the Teaching Profession. The commission shall ensure that each
candidate recommended for a credential or certificate has
demonstrated satisfactory ability to assist pupils to meet or exceed
academic content and performance standards for pupils adopted by the
state board pursuant to Section 60605. Programs that meet this
requirement for professional preparation shall include any of the
following:
(A) Integrated programs of subject matter preparation and
professional preparation pursuant to subdivision (a) of Section
44259.1.
(B) Postbaccalaureate programs of professional preparation,
pursuant to subdivision (d) of Section 44259.1.
(C) Internship programs of professional preparation, pursuant to
Section 44321, Article 7.5 (commencing with Section 44325), Article
11 (commencing with Section 44380), and Article 3 (commencing with
Section 44450) of Chapter 3.
(4) Study of alternative methods of developing English language
skills, including the study of reading as described in subparagraphs
(A) and (B), among all pupils, including those for whom English is a
second language, in accordance with the commission's standards of
program quality and effectiveness. The study of reading shall meet
the following requirements:
(A) Commencing January 1, 1997, satisfactory completion of
comprehensive reading instruction that is research based and includes
all of the following:
(i) The study of organized, systematic, explicit skills including
phonemic awareness, direct, systematic, explicit phonics, and
decoding skills.
(ii) A strong literature, language, and comprehension component
with a balance of oral and written language.
(iii) Ongoing diagnostic techniques that inform teaching and
assessment.
(iv) Early intervention techniques.
(v) Guided practice in a clinical setting.
(B) For purposes of this section, "direct, systematic, explicit
phonics" means phonemic awareness, spelling patterns, the direct
instruction of sound/symbol codes and practice in connected text, and
the relationship of direct, systematic, explicit phonics to the
components set forth in clauses (i) to (v), inclusive, of
subparagraph (A).
A program for the multiple subjects credential also shall include
the study of integrated methods of teaching language arts.
(5) Completion of a subject matter program that has been approved
by the commission on the basis of standards of program quality and
effectiveness pursuant to Article 6 (commencing with Section 44310)
or passage of a subject matter examination pursuant to Article 5
(commencing with Section 44280). The commission shall ensure that
subject matter standards and examinations are aligned with the
academic content and performance standards for pupils adopted by the
state board pursuant to Section 60605.
(6) Demonstration of a knowledge of the principles and provisions
of the Constitution of the United States pursuant to Section 44335.
(7) Commencing January 1, 2000, demonstration, in accordance with
the commission's standards of program quality and effectiveness, of
basic competency in the use of computers in the classroom as
determined by one of the following:
(A) Successful completion of a commission-approved program or
course.
(B) Successful passage of an assessment that is developed,
approved, and administered by the commission.
(c) The minimum requirements for the clear multiple or single
subject teaching credential shall include all of the following
requirements:
(1) Possession of a valid preliminary teaching credential, as
prescribed in subdivision (b), possession of a valid equivalent
credential or certificate, or completion of equivalent requirements
as determined by the commission.
(2) Except as provided in paragraph (3), completion of a program
of beginning teacher induction, including one of the following:
(A) A program of beginning teacher support and assessment approved
by the commission and the Superintendent pursuant to Section
44279.1, a provision of the Marian Bergeson Beginning Teacher Support
and Assessment System.
(B) An alternative program of beginning teacher induction that is
provided by one or more local educational agencies and has been
approved by the commission and the Superintendent on the basis of
initial review and periodic evaluations of the program in relation to
appropriate standards of credential program quality and
effectiveness that have been adopted by the commission, the
Superintendent, and the state board pursuant to this subdivision. The
standards for alternative programs shall encourage innovation and
experimentation in the continuous preparation and induction of
beginning teachers. An alternative program of beginning teacher
induction that has met state standards pursuant to this subdivision
may apply for state funding pursuant to Sections 44279.1 and 44279.2.
(C) An alternative program of beginning teacher induction that is
sponsored by a regionally accredited college or university, in
cooperation with one or more local school districts, that addresses
the individual professional needs of beginning teachers and meets the
commission's standards of induction. The commission shall ensure
that preparation and induction programs that qualify candidates for
professional credentials extend and refine each beginning teacher's
professional skills in relation to the California Standards for the
Teaching Profession and the academic content and performance
standards for pupils adopted by the state board pursuant to Section
60605.
(3) (A) If a candidate satisfies the requirements of subdivision
(b), including completion of an accredited internship program of
professional preparation, and if that internship program fulfills
induction standards and is approved as set forth in this subdivision,
the commission shall determine that the candidate has fulfilled the
requirements of paragraph (2).
(B) If an approved induction program is verified as unavailable to
a beginning teacher, or if the beginning teacher is required under
the federal No Child Left Behind Act of 2001 (20 U.S.C. Sec. 6301 et
seq.) to complete subject matter coursework to be qualified for a
teaching assignment, the commission shall accept completion of an
approved clear credential program after completion of a baccalaureate
degree at a regionally accredited institution as fulfilling the
requirements of paragraph (2). The commission shall adopt regulations
to implement this subparagraph.
(4) Experience that includes the application of knowledge and
skills previously acquired in a preliminary credential program, in
accordance with commission standards, that addresses the following:
(A) Health education, including study of nutrition,
cardiopulmonary resuscitation, and the physiological and sociological
effects of abuse of alcohol, narcotics, and drugs and the use of
tobacco. Training in cardiopulmonary resuscitation shall also meet
the standards established by the American Heart Association or the
American Red Cross.
(B) Field experience in methods of delivering appropriate
educational services to pupils with exceptional needs in regular
education programs.
(C) Advanced computer-based technology, including the uses of
technology in educational settings.
(d) The commission shall develop and implement standards of
program quality and effectiveness that provide for the areas of
application listed in subparagraphs (A) to (C), inclusive, of
paragraph (4) of subdivision (c), starting in professional
preparation and continuing through induction.
(e) A credential that was issued before January 1, 1993, shall
remain in force as long as it is valid under the laws and regulations
that were in effect on the date it was issued. The commission shall
not, by regulation, invalidate an otherwise valid credential, unless
it issues to the holder of the credential, in substitution, a new
credential authorized by another provision in this chapter that is no
more restrictive than the credential for which it was substituted
with respect to the kind of service authorized and the grades,
classes, or types of schools in which it authorizes service.
(f) A credential program that is approved by the commission shall
not deny an individual access to that program solely on the grounds
that the individual obtained a teaching credential through completion
of an internship program when that internship program has been
accredited by the commission.
(g) Notwithstanding this section, persons who were performing
teaching services as of January 1, 1999, pursuant to the language of
this section that was in effect before that date, may continue to
perform those services without complying with any requirements that
may be added by the amendments adding this subdivision.
(h) Subparagraphs (A) and (B) of paragraph (4) of subdivision (b)
do not apply to any person who, as of January 1, 1997, holds a
multiple or single subject teaching credential, or to any person
enrolled in a program of professional preparation for a multiple or
single subject teaching credential as of January 1, 1997, who
subsequently completes that program. It is the intent of the
Legislature that the requirements of subparagraphs (A) and (B) of
paragraph (4) of subdivision (b) be applied only to persons who enter
a program of professional preparation on or after January 1, 1997.
