BILL NUMBER: AB 1374	ENROLLED
	BILL TEXT

	PASSED THE SENATE  MAY 13, 2010
	PASSED THE ASSEMBLY  JUNE 17, 2010
	AMENDED IN SENATE  MARCH 8, 2010
	AMENDED IN ASSEMBLY  JANUARY 15, 2010
	AMENDED IN ASSEMBLY  JANUARY 4, 2010

INTRODUCED BY   Assembly Member Brownley

                        FEBRUARY 27, 2009

   An act to amend Sections 44260.2 and 44260.3 of, to add Section
44251.2 to, and to repeal Section 44260.8 of, the Education Code,
relating to adult education.


	LEGISLATIVE COUNSEL'S DIGEST


   AB 1374, Brownley. Adult education: teaching credentials.
   (1) Existing law establishes the Commission on Teacher
Credentialing to, among other things, establish professional
standards, assessments, and examinations for entry and advancement in
the education profession. Existing law provides that a credential,
certificate, or permit shall remain in force as long as it is valid
and continues to be valid under the laws and regulations that were in
effect when it was issued.
   The bill would provide that a credential, permit, certificate, or
other document that is lawfully issued by the commission would remain
in force in accordance with existing laws and regulations, and would
be exempt from new laws and regulations, except as specified.
   (2) Existing law contains minimum specified requirements for the
designated subjects preliminary adult education teaching credential.
   This bill would recast the adult credential for nonacademic and
academic subjects and specify different requirements for nonacademic
and academic subjects, as specified.
   (3) Existing law contains minimum specified requirements for the
5-year renewal of the preliminary designated subjects adult education
teaching credential.
   This bill would recast the minimum requirements for the 5-year
clear designated subjects adult education teaching credential, as
specified.
   (4) Existing law provides specified minimum requirements for the
clear designated subjects adult education teaching credential.
   This bill would repeal that provision.


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

  SECTION 1.  Section 44251.2 is added to the Education Code, to
read:
   44251.2.  A credential, permit, certificate, or other document
that is lawfully issued by the commission shall remain in force in
accordance with the laws and regulations under which it was issued,
and shall be exempt from new laws and regulations unless sections of
this code are specifically amended to the contrary.
  SEC. 2.  Section 44260.2 of the Education Code is amended to read:
   44260.2.  The minimum requirements for the three-year preliminary
designated subjects adult education teaching credential shall be all
of the following:
   (a) For nonacademic subjects:
   (1) Three years of adequate, successful, and recent experience in,
or a combination of experience and education in, the nonacademic
subject to be named on the credential.
   (2) Possession of a high school diploma or the passage of an
equivalency examination as designated by the commission.
   (b) For academic subjects:
   (1) A baccalaureate or higher degree from a regionally accredited
institution of postsecondary education that includes a minimum of 20
semester units, or the equivalent quarter units, of coursework in the
subject to be named on the credential.
   (2) Passage of the state basic skills requirement pursuant to
Sections 44252 and 44252.5.
   (c) Satisfaction of the requirements for teacher fitness pursuant
to Sections 44339, 44340, and 44341.
  SEC. 3.  Section 44260.3 of the Education Code is amended to read:
   44260.3.  The minimum requirements for the five-year clear
designated subjects adult education teaching credential shall be all
of the following:
   (a)  A valid three-year preliminary designated subjects adult
education teaching credential.
   (b)  Two years of successful teaching, or the equivalent, as
authorized by the preliminary designated subjects adult education
teaching credential.
   (c)  A program of personalized preparation as approved by the
commission.
   (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.
  SEC. 4.  Section 44260.8 of the Education Code is repealed.