BILL NUMBER: SB 1658	CHAPTERED  06/22/04

	CHAPTER  55
	FILED WITH SECRETARY OF STATE  JUNE 22, 2004
	APPROVED BY GOVERNOR  JUNE 21, 2004
	PASSED THE ASSEMBLY  JUNE 10, 2004
	PASSED THE SENATE  MAY 6, 2004
	AMENDED IN SENATE  MARCH 31, 2004

INTRODUCED BY   Senator Karnette

                        FEBRUARY 20, 2004

   An act to amend Section 44251 of the Education Code, relating to
school credentials.


	LEGISLATIVE COUNSEL'S DIGEST


   SB 1658, Karnette.  School credentials:  emergency permits.
   Existing law requires the Commission on Teacher Credentialing to
establish procedures for the initial issuance and renewal of teacher
credentials and permits, including, among others, emergency permits.
Existing law provides that on or after January 1, 1998, an emergency
permit issued prior to January 1, 1998, may be reissued for
additional one-year periods, as the commission may determine, not to
exceed a total of 5 one-year reissue periods.  Existing law provides
that an emergency permit issued on or after January 1, 1998, may be
reissued, as the commission may determine, for additional one-year
periods, not to exceed a total of 4 one-year reissue periods.
   This bill, instead, would permit the issuance or reissuance of
emergency permits for validity periods not to exceed one year as
determined by the Commission on Teacher Credentialing.


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


  SECTION 1.  Section 44251 of the Education Code is amended to read:

   44251.  (a) The period for which a credential, as authorized under
Section 44250 issued prior to September 1, 1985, is valid shall be
as follows:
   (1) For an internship credential: two years.
   (2) For a preliminary credential, pending completion of the fifth
year of study: five years.
   (3) For a life credential: the life of the holder.
   (b) The period for which a credential issued on or after September
1, 1985, as authorized under Section 44250 is valid, shall be as
follows:
   (1) For an internship credential, two years.
   (2) For a preliminary credential, pending completion of the fifth
year of study:  five years.
   (3) For an applicant's first clear multiple or single subject
teaching credential:  the life of the holder, if the holder meets the
requirements of Section 44277.
   (4) For any clear multiple or single subject teaching credential
other than those to which paragraph (3) applies, the life of the
holder.
   (c) An emergency permit authorized in Section 44300 may be issued
or reissued for validity periods not to exceed one year as determined
by the commission.