BILL NUMBER: SB 1104 CHAPTERED 09/29/08 CHAPTER 576 FILED WITH SECRETARY OF STATE SEPTEMBER 29, 2008 APPROVED BY GOVERNOR SEPTEMBER 29, 2008 PASSED THE SENATE AUGUST 7, 2008 PASSED THE ASSEMBLY JULY 15, 2008 AMENDED IN ASSEMBLY MAY 20, 2008 AMENDED IN SENATE MARCH 13, 2008 INTRODUCED BY Senator Scott JANUARY 15, 2008 An act to amend Sections 44260, 44260.1, and 44260.8 of, and to repeal Section 44253 of, the Education Code, relating to teacher credentials. LEGISLATIVE COUNSEL'S DIGEST SB 1104, Scott. Teacher credentialing. (1) Existing law authorizes the Commission on Teacher Credentialing to issue a 2-year preliminary designated subjects teaching credential upon the completion by an applicant of certain specified requirements. This bill would repeal that authority. (2) Existing law specifies the requirements for a designated subjects preliminary career technical education teaching credential and for a 5-year renewal of that preliminary credential. This bill instead would provide that the preliminary credential is valid for a period of 3 years, revise the requirements to receive the credential, and rename it the 3-year preliminary designated subjects career technical education teaching credential. The bill also would revise the renewal requirements and instead apply those requirements to the receipt of a 5-year clear designated subjects career technical education teaching credential. The holder of either a preliminary or clear designated subjects career technical education credential would be required to satisfy the minimum experience requirements established by the local educational agency for each course the credential holder is assigned to teach. (3) Existing law specifies the requirements to receive a clear designated subjects teaching credential for vocational education or adult education. This bill instead would rename that teaching credential the clear designated subjects adult education teaching credential and make it applicable only to adult education. THE PEOPLE OF THE STATE OF CALIFORNIA DO ENACT AS FOLLOWS: SECTION 1. Section 44253 of the Education Code is repealed. SEC. 2. Section 44260 of the Education Code is amended to read: 44260. The minimum requirements for the three-year preliminary designated subjects career technical education teaching credential shall be all of the following: (a) Three years or the equivalent of adequate, successful, and recent experience in, or experience and education in, the subject named on the credential. (b) Possession of a high school diploma or the passage of an equivalency examination as designated by the commission. (c) Satisfaction of the requirements for teacher fitness pursuant to Sections 44339, 44340, and 44341. (d) Notwithstanding subdivision (a), the holder of a credential described in this section shall satisfy the minimum experience requirements established by the local educational agency for each course he or she is assigned to teach. SEC. 3. Section 44260.1 of the Education Code is amended to read: 44260.1. The minimum requirements for the five-year clear designated subjects career technical education teaching credential shall be all of the following: (a) A valid three-year preliminary designated subjects career technical education teaching credential. (b) Two years of successful teaching, or the equivalent, as authorized by the designated subjects preliminary career technical education teaching credential. (c) Completion of a program of personalized preparation as approved by the commission. It is the intent of the Legislature that the program of personalized preparation be consistent with whether the credential holder performs full-time or part-time service. (d) The study of health education as specified in subparagraph (A) of paragraph (4) of subdivision (c) of Section 44259. (e) Completion of two semester units or passage of an examination on the principles and provisions of the United States Constitution, as specified in Section 44335. (f) The study of computer-based technology, including the uses of technology in educational settings. (g) Notwithstanding subdivision (b), the holder of a credential described in this section shall satisfy the minimum experience requirements established by the local educational agency for each course he or she is assigned to teach. SEC. 4. Section 44260.8 of the Education Code is amended to read: 44260.8. (a) The minimum requirements for the clear designated subjects adult education teaching credential shall include the study of health education as specified in subparagraph (A) of paragraph (4) of subdivision (c) of Section 44259. (b) The minimum requirements for the clear designated subjects adult education teaching credential shall include study of computer-based technology, including the uses of technology in educational settings.