BILL NUMBER: AB 1241	CHAPTERED  10/11/01

	CHAPTER  714
	FILED WITH SECRETARY OF STATE  OCTOBER 11, 2001
	APPROVED BY GOVERNOR  OCTOBER 10, 2001
	PASSED THE ASSEMBLY  SEPTEMBER 13, 2001
	PASSED THE SENATE  SEPTEMBER 10, 2001
	AMENDED IN SENATE  AUGUST 22, 2001
	AMENDED IN SENATE  JULY 18, 2001
	AMENDED IN ASSEMBLY  MAY 31, 2001
	AMENDED IN ASSEMBLY  APRIL 5, 2001

INTRODUCED BY   Assembly Member Robert Pacheco
   (Coauthors:  Assembly Members Bates, Chavez, Dickerson, Harman,
Leach, and Pavley)
   (Coauthor:  Senator Soto)

                        FEBRUARY 23, 2001

   An act to add Article 4.5 (commencing with Section 78275) to
Chapter 2 of Part 48 of the Education Code, relating to community
colleges.



	LEGISLATIVE COUNSEL'S DIGEST


   AB 1241, Robert Pacheco.  Community colleges:  teacher preparation
programs.
   Existing law establishes the California Community Colleges under
the administration of the Board of Governors of the California
Community Colleges.  Existing law authorizes the establishment of
community college districts under the administration of community
college governing boards, and authorizes these districts to provide
instruction at community college campuses throughout the state.
   This bill would require the Chancellor of the California Community
Colleges, in consultation with the Chancellor of the California
State University, the President of the University of California, the
Association of Independent California Colleges and Universities, and
with representatives of accredited colleges and universities in other
states, to submit, on or before  January 1, 2003, a written report
to the Legislature on the feasibility of the development of a model
teacher preparation curriculum that would be available to qualified
students in each community college district, the establishment of
financial incentives for community college students who wish to
become teachers, the offering of community college teacher
preparation courses that would provide academic credits that are
fully transferable to the California State University, and the
guaranteeing of the transfer of students who successfully complete
the community college teacher preparation curriculum to appropriate
status in teacher preparation programs of the California State
University.  The bill would require the Chancellor of the California
Community Colleges to report on the fiscal implication of
implementing any or all of the recommendations of the feasibility
study, as prescribed.


THE PEOPLE OF THE STATE OF CALIFORNIA DO ENACT AS FOLLOWS:


  SECTION 1.  Article 4.5 (commencing with Section 78275) is added to
Chapter 2 of Part 48 of the Education Code, to read:

      Article 4.5.  Teacher Preparation Programs

   78275.  (a) The Legislature finds and declares all of the
following:
   (1) There is a significant teacher shortage in California and the
nation.
   (2) The teacher shortage is exacerbated by the lack of minority
teacher candidates.
   (3) In California, it is estimated that there will be a shortfall
of between 260,000 and 300,000 teachers during the first decade of
the 21st century.  Nationwide, the teacher shortfall is estimated to
be between 2,000,000 and 2,200,000 during that same timeframe.
   (b) It is, therefore, the intent of the Legislature to create a
larger pool of potential teachers in California by establishing a
teacher preparation curriculum in the California Community Colleges,
expanding financial incentives for community college students who
wish to become teachers, and guaranteeing the transfer of students
who successfully complete the community college teacher preparation
curriculum to appropriate status in teacher preparation programs of
the California State University.
   78275.5.  (a) On or before January 1, 2003, the Chancellor of the
California Community Colleges, in consultation with the Chancellor of
the California State University, the President of the University of
California, the Association of Independent California Colleges and
Universities, and with representatives of accredited colleges and
universities in other states, shall submit a written report to the
Legislature on the feasibility of the development of all of the
following for operation commencing with the 2004-05 academic year:
   (1) The establishment of a model teacher preparation curriculum
that would be available to qualified students in each community
college district in the state.
   (2) The establishment of financial incentives, including, but not
necessarily limited to, grant, loan, and loan forgiveness programs,
for community college students who wish to become teachers.
   (3) The offering of community college teacher preparation courses
that will provide academic credits that are fully transferable to the
California State University.
   (4) The guaranteeing of the transfer of students who successfully
complete the community college teacher preparation curriculum to
appropriate status in teacher preparation programs of the California
State University.
   (b) Prior to the implementation or funding of any recommendations
of the feasibility study pursuant to subdivision (a), the Chancellor
of the California Community Colleges shall report during the 2003-04
legislative budget hearings on the fiscal implications of
implementing any or all recommendations of the feasibility study.