BILL ANALYSIS Ó ----------------------------------------------------------------- |SENATE RULES COMMITTEE | SB 5| |Office of Senate Floor Analyses | | |1020 N Street, Suite 524 | | |(916) 651-1520 Fax: (916) | | |327-4478 | | ----------------------------------------------------------------- UNFINISHED BUSINESS 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 CONTINUED SB 5 Page 2 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 CONTINUED SB 5 Page 3 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 **** END **** CONTINUED SB 5 Page 4 CONTINUED