BILL NUMBER: AB 2444	CHAPTERED  09/28/02

	CHAPTER  1043
	FILED WITH SECRETARY OF STATE  SEPTEMBER 28, 2002
	APPROVED BY GOVERNOR  SEPTEMBER 28, 2002
	PASSED THE ASSEMBLY  AUGUST 29, 2002
	PASSED THE SENATE  AUGUST 27, 2002
	AMENDED IN SENATE  AUGUST 12, 2002
	AMENDED IN SENATE  JUNE 18, 2002
	AMENDED IN ASSEMBLY  APRIL 18, 2002

INTRODUCED BY   Assembly Member Dutra
   (Principal coauthor:  Senator Figueroa)

                        FEBRUARY 21, 2002

   An act to add Sections 59008, 59104, and 59205 to the Education
Code, relating to the state special schools and diagnostic centers.


	LEGISLATIVE COUNSEL'S DIGEST


   AB 2444, Dutra.  State special schools and diagnostic centers:
salaries.
   Existing law requires the State Department of Education to fix the
compensation of officers, teachers, and employees of the state
special schools and diagnostic centers.
   This bill would require the State Personnel Administration to
consider making salaries for teachers, specialists, and
administrators of the state special schools and diagnostic centers
competitive with the salaries of similarly qualified school teachers,
specialists, and administrators who are employed by the encompassing
school districts.


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


  SECTION 1.  Section 59008 is added to the Education Code, to read:

   59008.  (a) The Department of Personnel Administration shall
consider making salaries for teachers, specialists, and
administrators of the California School for the Deaf competitive with
the salaries of similarly qualified school teachers, specialists,
and administrators who are employed by the encompassing school
districts.
   (b) For purposes of this section, "teachers," "teacher
specialists," and "administrators" means those individuals who hold
the appropriate teaching, service, or teaching and administrative
credential, as appropriate, as issued by the Commission on Teacher
Credentialing, as determined by the employing state agency.
  SEC. 2.  Section 59104 is added to the Education Code, to read:
   59104.  (a) The Department of Personnel Administration shall
consider making salaries for teachers, specialists, and
administrators of the California School for the Blind competitive
with the salaries of similarly qualified school teachers,
specialists, and administrators who are employed by the encompassing
school districts.
   (b) For purposes of this section, "teachers," "teacher
specialists," and "administrators" means those individuals who hold
the appropriate teaching, service, or teaching and administrative
credential, as appropriate, as issued by the Commission on Teacher
Credentialing, as determined by the employing state agency.
  SEC. 3.  Section 59205 is added to the Education Code, to read:
   59205.  (a) The Department of Personnel Administration shall
consider making salaries for teachers, specialists, and
administrators of the Diagnostic Center, Southern California, the
Diagnostic Center, Central California, and the Diagnostic Center,
Northern California, competitive with the salaries of similarly
qualified school teachers, specialists, and administrators who are
employed by the encompassing school districts.
   (b) For purposes of this section, "teachers," "teacher
specialists," and "administrators" means those individuals who hold
the appropriate teaching, service, or teaching and administrative
credential, as appropriate, as issued by the Commission on Teacher
Credentialing, as determined by the employing state agency.