BILL NUMBER: AB 469	CHAPTERED  07/27/07

	CHAPTER  133
	FILED WITH SECRETARY OF STATE  JULY 27, 2007
	APPROVED BY GOVERNOR  JULY 27, 2007
	PASSED THE SENATE  JULY 16, 2007
	PASSED THE ASSEMBLY  JULY 20, 2007
	AMENDED IN SENATE  JUNE 6, 2007
	AMENDED IN ASSEMBLY  APRIL 17, 2007

INTRODUCED BY   Assembly Member Horton

                        FEBRUARY 20, 2007

   An act to amend Section 44350 of the Education Code, relating to
teacher credentialing.


	LEGISLATIVE COUNSEL'S DIGEST


   AB 469, Horton. Teacher credentialing: applications.
   Existing law establishes in state government the Commission on
Teacher Credentialing and requires the commission, among other
things, to review and approve applications for, and issue, teaching
and services credentials. A credential is required to contain its
date of expiration, be issued on a form prescribed by the commission,
and bear the signatures of the secretary and the chairman of the
commission or their facsimile signatures.
   This bill would instead require the credential to bear the
signatures of the executive director and the chair of the commission
or their facsimile signatures. The commission would be required to
process an application for a credential within 50 business days of
receipt, subject to specified exceptions. A specific timeframe would
be established for the submission of certain applications to the
commission by specified educational entities.


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

  SECTION 1.  Section 44350 of the Education Code is amended to read:

   44350.  (a) Each credential issued shall contain its date of
expiration, be issued on a form prescribed by the commission, and
bear the signatures of the executive director and the chair of the
commission or their facsimile signatures.
   (b) In order to ensure the timely processing of an application for
a credential, either electronically or by printed copy, the
commission shall process an application within 50 business days of
receipt.
   (c) A school district, county office of education, nonpublic
school, charter school, or institution of higher education submitting
an application for a credential, certificate, permit, or other
document shall submit the application to the commission not more than
three months after the issuance date of the document requested.
   (d) The processing time set forth in subdivision (b) does not
apply to an application subject to a fitness review by the commission
pursuant to Article 3 (commencing with Section 44240) of Chapter 2,
or an application subject to a fitness review based on allegations of
unfitness pursuant to Article 1 (commencing with Section 44420) of
Chapter 3.