BILL NUMBER: SB 933	CHAPTERED  09/18/06

	CHAPTER  304
	FILED WITH SECRETARY OF STATE  SEPTEMBER 18, 2006
	APPROVED BY GOVERNOR  SEPTEMBER 18, 2006
	PASSED THE SENATE  AUGUST 16, 2006
	PASSED THE ASSEMBLY  AUGUST 10, 2006
	AMENDED IN ASSEMBLY  JUNE 8, 2006
	AMENDED IN SENATE  JANUARY 17, 2006
	AMENDED IN SENATE  JANUARY 4, 2006

INTRODUCED BY   Senator Machado

                        FEBRUARY 22, 2005

   An act to amend Sections 44325 and 44329 of, and to add Section
44329.5 to, the Education Code, relating to teacher credentialing.


	LEGISLATIVE COUNSEL'S DIGEST


   SB 933, 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, until January 1, 2010, 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.
   This bill would require the commission to prepare and submit a
report to the Legislature on or before January 1, 2009, on the
effectiveness of the pilot program.


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 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. 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, 2010, 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.
   (f) The commission shall ensure that each district internship
program in California provides program elements to its interns as
required by the federal No Child Left Behind Act of 2001 (20 U.S.C.
Sec. 6301 et seq.) and its implementing regulations.
  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. The report
shall also analyze the effectiveness of persons who hold those
certificates.
  SEC. 3.  Section 44329.5 is added to the Education Code, to read:
   44329.5.  On or before January 1, 2009, the commission shall
prepare and submit a report to the Legislature on the effectiveness
of the pilot program established by subdivision (e) of Section 44325.