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          Bill No:  SB 5
          Author:   Padilla (D), et al.
          Amended:  8/8/13
          Vote:     21

           
           SENATE EDUCATION COMMITTEE  :  9-0, 5/1/13
          AYES:  Liu, Wyland, Block, Correa, Hancock, Hueso, Huff,  
            Jackson, Monning

           SENATE APPROPRIATIONS COMMITTEE  :  Senate Rule 28.8

           SENATE FLOOR  :  37-0, 5/16/13 (Consent)
          AYES:  Anderson, Beall, Berryhill, Block, Calderon, Cannella,  
            Corbett, Correa, De León, DeSaulnier, Emmerson, Evans, Fuller,  
            Gaines, Galgiani, Hancock, Hernandez, Hill, Hueso, Huff,  
            Jackson, Knight, Lara, Leno, Lieu, Liu, Monning, Nielsen,  
            Padilla, Pavley, Roth, Steinberg, Walters, Wolk, Wright,  
            Wyland, Yee
          NO VOTE RECORDED:  Price, Vacancy, Vacancy

           ASSEMBLY FLOOR  :  77-0, 8/12/13 - See last page for vote


           SUBJECT  :    Teacher Preparation Programs

           SOURCE  :     Author


           DIGEST  :    This bill allows teacher preparation programs to  
          include up to two years of professional preparation which is  
          double the current cap of one year of professional preparation.   
          This bill updates cross-references and makes other technical  
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          changes.

           Assembly Amendments  make clarifying and technical changes.

           ANALYSIS :    Existing law authorizes the Commission on Teacher  
          Credentialing to issue credentials for teaching specialties,  
          including bilingual education, early childhood education, and  
          special education.  Education specialist teaching credentials  
          are to be based upon a baccalaureate degree from an accredited  
          institution, completion of a program of professional  
          preparation, and standards that the commission may establish.  

          Existing law prohibits multiple and single subject teacher  
          credential programs from including more than one year of  
          professional preparation, including student teaching.  

          This bill allows teacher preparation programs to include up to  
          two years of professional preparation which is double the  
          current cap of one year of professional preparation.  This bill  
          updates cross-references and makes other technical changes.

           Comments
           
          According to the Senate Education Committee analysis, the  
          original intent of the current time restriction on programs of  
          professional teacher preparation of one year was to limit the  
          ability of higher education institutions to increase revenue by  
          loading programs with unnecessary coursework.  However,  
          according to the author's office, the effect of this cap has  
          been to limit the ability of programs to adequately prepare  
          candidates to work in schools, particularly English learners and  
          special populations.  Since the cap was put into place in the  
          1979 Ryan Act, the Legislature has added new requirements for  
          credential programs to prepare all candidates to teach reading,  
          use instructional strategies to help English learners access  
          curriculum, and teach special needs pupils who are not in  
          special day classes.  Many argue that as these new requirements  
          are added, the credentialing programs are not able to provide  
          candidates with sufficient theoretical or practical knowledge to  
          be successful.  

          The Superintendent of Public Instruction's Task Force on  
          Educator Excellence has recommended lifting the cap on credits  
          for preparation in order to support preparation models that will  

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          provide candidates with more robust training, particularly to  
          teach culturally and linguistically diverse learners.  Lifting  
          the cap would also enable programs to provide candidates with a  
          longer period of supervised student teaching.  No other state  
          has a time restriction on the amount of time or units that  
          comprise professional teacher preparation programs.

           FISCAL EFFECT  :    Appropriation:  No   Fiscal Com.:  Yes    
          Local:  No

           SUPPORT  :   (Verified  8/12/13)

          Superintendent of Public Instruction Tom Torlakson
          Alliance for a Better Community 
          Association of California School Administrators
          California State University 
          Public Advocates
          United Ways of California

           ASSEMBLY FLOOR  :  77-0, 8/12/13
          AYES:  Achadjian, Alejo, Allen, Ammiano, Atkins, Bigelow, Bloom,  
            Bocanegra, Bonilla, Bonta, Bradford, Brown, Buchanan, Ian  
            Calderon, Campos, Chau, Chávez, Chesbro, Conway, Cooley,  
            Dahle, Daly, Dickinson, Donnelly, Eggman, Fong, Fox, Frazier,  
            Beth Gaines, Garcia, Gatto, Gomez, Gonzalez, Gordon, Gorell,  
            Gray, Grove, Hagman, Hall, Harkey, Roger Hernández, Holden,  
            Jones, Jones-Sawyer, Levine, Linder, Logue, Lowenthal,  
            Maienschein, Mansoor, Medina, Melendez, Mitchell, Morrell,  
            Mullin, Muratsuchi, Nazarian, Nestande, Olsen, Pan, Perea, V.  
            Manuel Pérez, Quirk, Quirk-Silva, Rendon, Salas, Skinner,  
            Stone, Ting, Wagner, Waldron, Weber, Wieckowski, Wilk,  
            Williams, Yamada, John A. Pérez
          NO VOTE RECORDED:  Patterson, Vacancy, Vacancy


          PQ:k  8/13/13   Senate Floor Analyses 

                           SUPPORT/OPPOSITION:  SEE ABOVE

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