BILL NUMBER: SB 196	CHAPTERED  07/17/07

	CHAPTER  73
	FILED WITH SECRETARY OF STATE  JULY 17, 2007
	APPROVED BY GOVERNOR  JULY 17, 2007
	PASSED THE SENATE  APRIL 23, 2007
	PASSED THE ASSEMBLY  JULY 3, 2007

INTRODUCED BY   Senator Machado

                        FEBRUARY 7, 2007

   An act to amend Section 44325 of the Education Code, relating to
teacher credentialing.


	LEGISLATIVE COUNSEL'S DIGEST


   SB 196, 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 a school district to provide
classroom instruction to pupils with mild and moderate disabilities
in special education classes.
   This bill would delete that termination date, thereby authorizing
the commission to issue those district intern credentials
indefinitely.


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 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.