BILL NUMBER: AB 1209	INTRODUCED
	BILL TEXT


INTRODUCED BY   Assembly Member Bonilla

                        FEBRUARY 22, 2013

   An act to amend Section 44300.1 of the Education Code, relating to
teacher credentialing.


	LEGISLATIVE COUNSEL'S DIGEST


   AB 1209, as introduced, Bonilla. Teacher credentialing: visiting
faculty permits.
   Existing law authorizes the Commission on Teacher Credentialing to
issue various types of teaching and services credentials. Existing
law authorizes the commission to issue a visiting faculty permit
until July 1, 2013, and to renew a visiting faculty permit until July
1, 2015, authorizing instruction in departmentalized classes to an
individual who satisfies specified requirements. Under existing law,
before issuing a visiting faculty permit, the commission is required
to review and approve the justification for the permit submitted by
the employing school district.
   This bill would instead make these provisions relating to issuing
or renewing a visiting faculty permit inoperative on July 1, 2018,
and would repeal them as of January 1, 2019.
   Vote: majority. Appropriation: no. Fiscal committee: yes.
State-mandated local program: no.


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

  SECTION 1.  Section 44300.1 of the Education Code is amended to
read:
   44300.1.  (a) The commission may issue or renew a visiting faculty
permit authorizing instruction in departmentalized classes to an
individual who satisfies all of the following requirements:
   (1) Has a minimum of three years of full-time teaching experience
or the full-time equivalent of that experience at an accredited
California community college, a campus of the California State
University or the University of California, or a regionally
accredited private, nonprofit postsecondary institution. The three
years of teaching experience shall be within five years of the date
of application for a visiting faculty permit.
   (2) Possesses a master's degree or higher from a regionally
accredited institution of postsecondary education in a subject area
closely related, as determined by the commission, to the subject he
or she proposes to teach.
   (3) Submits evidence of two years of the most recent performance
evaluations, student evaluations, or other evaluations that indicate
teacher effectiveness while teaching in an accredited California
community college, a campus of the California State University or the
University of California, or a regionally accredited private,
nonprofit postsecondary institution in which the applicant received
ratings of satisfactory or higher based on criteria determined by the
commission. An applicant for the renewal of a visiting faculty
permit shall submit evidence of satisfactory or higher performance
evaluations while serving on a current, valid visiting faculty
permit.
   (4) Satisfies the requirements for teacher fitness pursuant to
Sections 44339 to 44341, inclusive.
   (5) Completes, within the first year of serving on the visiting
faculty permit, a three-semester unit course or a four-quarter unit
course in methodology directly related to teaching in a
departmentalized setting offered by a teacher preparation program
that is accredited by the commission.
   (b) To the extent that a school district chooses to employ an
individual who possesses a visiting faculty permit, prior to issuing
a visiting faculty permit, the commission shall review and approve
the justification for the permit submitted by the employing school
district. The justification shall include both of the following:
   (1) Annual documentation that the school district has implemented
a process for conducting a diligent search that includes, but is not
limited to, distributing job announcements, contacting college and
university placement centers, advertising in local newspapers, and
participating in job fairs in this state, but has been unable to
recruit a sufficient number of certificated teachers to teach the
subject matter that the visiting faculty member proposes to teach.
   (2) A declaration of need for fully qualified certificated
teachers based on the documentation set forth in paragraph (1) and
made in the form of a motion adopted by the governing board of the
school district or the county board of education at a regularly
scheduled meeting of the governing board or county board. The motion
shall not be part of the consent agenda and shall be entered in the
minutes of the meeting.
   (c) The commission may deny a request for a visiting faculty
permit that does not include a justification as set forth in
subdivision (b).
   (d) A visiting faculty permit is valid for one year. The
commission shall not renew the visiting faculty permit of an
individual more than two times.
   (e) Notwithstanding any other provision of law, the commission
shall not issue a visiting faculty permit pursuant to this section on
or after July 1,  2013   2018  .
   (f) The commission shall incorporate data on visiting faculty
permits into the report required pursuant to Section 44225.6. It is
the intent of the Legislature that this data be used to determine if
participation rates warrant extending the authority of the commission
to issue visiting faculty permits.
   (g) This section shall become inoperative on July 1,  2015
  2018  , and, as of January 1,  2016
  2019  , is repealed, unless a later enacted
statute, that becomes operative on or before January 1,  2016
  2019  , deletes or extends the dates on which it
becomes inoperative and is repealed.