BILL NUMBER: SB 368 AMENDED
BILL TEXT
AMENDED IN SENATE MAY 8, 2013
AMENDED IN SENATE APRIL 15, 2013
AMENDED IN SENATE APRIL 1, 2013
INTRODUCED BY Senator Pavley
FEBRUARY 20, 2013
An act to add Section 44265.2 to the Education Code, relating to
teacher credentialing.
LEGISLATIVE COUNSEL'S DIGEST
SB 368, as amended, Pavley. Teachers: added authorization in
special education.
Existing law establishes the Commission on Teacher Credentialing,
and authorizes the commission to issue teaching and service
credentials, including a special education credential. Existing law
also authorizes the commission to grant an added or supplementary
authorization to a credentialholder who has met the requirements and
standards of the commission for the added or supplementary
authorization.
This bill would authorize program sponsors, as defined, to offer
comparability and equivalency, as those terms are defined, for
credentialholders a special education
credentialholder seeking added authorizations for
to add a special education credentials
authorization to his or her special education
credential in accordance with specified guidelines and
criteria.
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 44265.2 is added to the Education Code, to
read:
44265.2. (a) Program sponsors A program
sponsor may offer comparability and equivalency for
credentialholders a special education credentialholder
seeking added authorizations for special education
credentials, which shall be determined in accordance with the
following guidelines to add a special education
authorization to his or her credential. The following are guidelines
for offering comparability and equivalency, subject to criteria and
guidelines issued by the commission :
(1) Decisions regarding comparability are at the discretion of the
program sponsor.
(2) Program sponsors have A program
sponsor has a broad range of possibilities for
possible data in considering
that may be considered as evidence for comparability.
(3) Evaluations of evidence for comparability are not required to
be based on a course-credit model. Evaluations shall be
evidence-based, and reflect the current commission-approved standards
for education specialist credentials.
(4)
(3) For candidates a candidate
simultaneously pursuing a degree in addition to earning a
credential, approved program sponsors a
program sponsor may use their its
own institutional processes and procedures
process and procedure for course credit evaluations.
(5) The evaluation process shall be guided by the principles of
candidate friendliness and candidate responsibility.
(6) The burden of retrieving, organizing, and reflecting on
evidence provided for evaluation is on the candidate.
(7) The comparability evaluation process shall be rigorous and
labor intensive.
(b) Options Evidence used to verify
competency shall include, but are not limited to,
may include the following , subject to
criteria and guidelines issued by the commission :
(1) Examination results.
(2) Portfolio.
(3) Performance narrative.
(4) Field experience.
(5) Video.
(6) Transcript.
(7) Prior learning assessment.
(8) A review board process.
(c) When a candidate presents A program
sponsor may use the following to evaluate evidence to
a program sponsor for comparability, the following
shall be evaluated comparability presented by a
candidate, subject to criteria and guidelines issued by the
commission :
(1) Whether the information is based on current,
adopted California credential standards, as appropriate to the
specific credential authorization
sought.
(2) Whether a written agreements formulated
agreement between the candidate and program
sponsor are evidence-based is evidence based
, as appropriate to the specific credential
authorization sought.
(3) Whether evaluative the
information presented by the candidate is aligned
with the California Standards for the Teaching Profession.
(d) Flexible enrollment may be considered for candidates
who need a candidate who needs minimal work to
complete a credential program. Program sponsors
A program sponsor may explore alternatives for candidate
enrollment in the program, including, but not limited to, visitor
status, concurrent enrollment, open university, county or district
programs, university extension programs, and professional development
activities.
(e) Program sponsors A program sponsor
may take advantage of frequent collaborations to formalize
a written agreements agreement
concerning comparability of coursework or fieldwork. The
agreements agreement may be created to meet the
needs of the individual programs
program or the individual candidates
candidate .
(f) Prospective candidates A candidate
may be granted recognition and credit for their
his or her life and learning
experiences experience through a
prior learning assessment , in which
candidates have the candidate has the
opportunity to demonstrate how their experiences
his or her experience and learning are comparable to
what is required by the standards
commission program standard .
(g) For purposes of this section, the following definitions apply:
(1) "Equivalency" means the determination , through an
evaluation process, that a given set of
knowledge, skills, and abilities as reflected in standards
have required by a commission program standard has
been met through coursework, fieldwork, or prior learning
experience, as determined by an evaluation process
experience .
(2) "Comparability" means the determination that a candidate has
demonstrated the essence of a set of knowledge, skills, or
and abilities required by a particular
commission program standard through another route.
(3) "Prior learning assessment" means a process through which a
person develops a portfolio of life experiences, training, or
preparation experience that establish
establishes the basis for meeting the appropriate
standards commission program standard .
(4) "Program sponsor" means any university-based or local
educational agency-based program approved by the commission.