BILL NUMBER: SB 1621	CHAPTERED  08/24/04

	CHAPTER  287
	FILED WITH SECRETARY OF STATE  AUGUST 24, 2004
	APPROVED BY GOVERNOR  AUGUST 24, 2004
	PASSED THE ASSEMBLY  AUGUST 9, 2004
	PASSED THE SENATE  MAY 3, 2004
	AMENDED IN SENATE  APRIL 28, 2004
	AMENDED IN SENATE  APRIL 13, 2004

INTRODUCED BY   Senator Machado

                        FEBRUARY 20, 2004

   An act to amend Sections 44325 and 44329 of the Education Code,
relating to credentialing.


	LEGISLATIVE COUNSEL'S DIGEST


   SB 1621, Machado.  Teacher credentialing:  district interns.
   Existing law authorizes the Commission on Teacher Credentialing,
until January 1, 2008, to issue district intern credentials
authorizing persons employed by any school district to provide
classroom instruction to pupils with mild and moderate disabilities
in special education classes.
   This bill would require the commission to participate in a pilot
program, which may include the San Joaquin County Office of Education
and up to 5 school districts or consortia, to provide teacher
preparation programs for teachers of pupils with disabilities in
special education classes and would authorize the commission to issue
district intern credentials authorizing participants in the programs
to provide classroom instruction to pupils with disabilities in
special education classes.


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


  SECTION 1.  Section 44325 of the Education Code is amended to read:

   44325.  (a) The Commission on Teacher Credentialing shall issue
district intern credentials authorizing persons employed by a school
district that maintains kindergarten and grades 1 to 12, inclusive,
or that maintains classes in bilingual education to provide classroom
instruction to pupils in those grades and classes in accordance with
the requirements of Section 44830.3.  The commission, until January
1, 2008, also shall issue district intern credentials authorizing
persons employed by a school district to provide classroom
instruction to pupils with mild and moderate disabilities in special
education classes, in accordance with the requirements of Section
44830.3.
   (b) Each district intern credential is valid for a period of two
years.  However, a credential may be valid for three years if the
intern is participating in a program that leads to the attainment of
a specialist credential to teach pupils with mild and moderate
disabilities, or four years if the intern is participating in a
program that leads to the attainment of both a multiple subject or
single subject teaching credential and a specialist credential to
teach pupils with mild and moderate disabilities.  Upon the
recommendation of the school district, the commission may grant a
one-year extension of the district intern credential.
   (c) The commission shall require each applicant for a district
intern credential to demonstrate that he or she meets all of the
following minimum qualifications for that credential:
   (1) The possession of a baccalaureate degree conferred by a
regionally accredited institution of postsecondary education.
   (2) The successful passage of the state basic skills proficiency
test administered under Sections 44252 and 44252.5.
   (3) The successful completion of the appropriate subject matter
examination administered by the commission, or a commission-approved
subject matter preparation program for the subject areas in which the
district intern is authorized to teach.
   (4) The oral language component of the assessment program leading
to the bilingual-crosscultural language and academic development
certificate for persons seeking a district intern credential to teach
bilingual education classes.
   (d) The commission shall apply the requirements of Sections 44339,
44340, and 44341 to each applicant for a district intern credential.

   (e) The commission shall, until January 1, 2008, participate in a
pilot program, which may include the San Joaquin County Office of
Education and up to five school districts or consortia approved by
the commission, to provide teacher preparation programs for teachers
of pupils with disabilities in special education classes.
Notwithstanding subdivision (a), the commission shall issue district
intern credentials authorizing participants in the approved programs
to provide classroom instruction to pupils with disabilities in
special education classes, in accordance with the requirements of
Section 44830.3.
  SEC. 2.  Section 44329 of the Education Code is amended to read:
   44329.  On or before January 1, 2007, the commission shall prepare
and submit a report to the Legislature that summarizes the
regulations adopted by the commission to expand statewide the
issuance of district intern certificates that authorize classroom
instruction to pupils with mild and moderate disabilities and the
pilot program established by subdivision (e) of Section 44325.  The
report shall also analyze the effectiveness of persons who hold those
certificates.