BILL NUMBER: SB 576	INTRODUCED
	BILL TEXT


INTRODUCED BY   Senator Block

                        FEBRUARY 22, 2013

   An act to amend Section 44212 of the Education Code, relating to
teacher credentialing.


	LEGISLATIVE COUNSEL'S DIGEST


   SB 576, as introduced, Block. Teacher credentialing: Commission on
Teacher Credentialing.
   Existing law establishes the Commission on Teacher Credentialing
in state government and requires the commission to consist of 15
voting members. Existing law requires the appointment of 4 nonvoting
ex officio members, one each by the Regents of the University of
California, the Trustees of the California State University, the
California Postsecondary Education Commission, and the Association of
Independent California Colleges and Universities.
   This bill would require the Board of Governors of the California
Community Colleges to appoint an ex officio member to the commission
instead of the California Postsecondary Education Commission.
   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 44212 of the Education Code is amended to read:

   44212.  The Regents of the University of California, the Trustees
of the California State University, the  California
Postsecondary Education Commission   Board of Governors
of the California Community Colleges  , and the Association of
Independent California Colleges and Universities shall each appoint a
representative to serve as member ex officio without vote in
proceedings of the commission.
   The ex officio members shall not vote in  any 
 the  proceedings of the commission nor in any of its
committees or subcommittees, except, by a majority vote of the
commission, ex officio members may be permitted to vote in committees
or subcommittees in order to establish a quorum or as otherwise
determined by majority vote of the commission.