BILL ANALYSIS Ó
AB 2122
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ASSEMBLY THIRD READING
AB
2122 (McCarty)
As Amended May 27, 2016
Majority vote
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|Committee |Votes|Ayes |Noes |
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|Education |7-0 |O'Donnell, Olsen, | |
| | |Kim, McCarty, | |
| | |Santiago, Thurmond, | |
| | |Weber | |
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|Appropriations |20-0 |Gonzalez, Bigelow, | |
| | |Bloom, Bonilla, | |
| | |Bonta, Calderon, | |
| | |Chang, Daly, Eggman, | |
| | |Gallagher, Eduardo | |
| | |Garcia, Roger | |
| | |Hernández, Holden, | |
| | |Jones, Obernolte, | |
| | |Quirk, Santiago, | |
| | |Wagner, Weber, Wood | |
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AB 2122
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SUMMARY: Re-establishes the Paraprofessional Teacher Training
Program (PTTP) as the California Classified School Employee
Teacher Credentialing Program (CCSETCP) and expands authorized
grant recipients beyond paraprofessionals to also to include all
non-certificated school employees currently working in a public
school. Specifically, this bill:
1)Makes private not-for-profit institutions of higher education
(IHEs) that offer a Commission on Teacher Credentialing (CTC)
approved teacher preparation program eligible for
participation in the program.
2)Removes certain criteria for participation, including program
emphasis on bilingual cross-cultural teacher development, K-3
teacher development and special education teacher development.
Instead, more broadly requires program applicants to address
teacher shortage demands and requires the employee to have
completed at least two years of undergraduate college or
university coursework with a demonstrated interest in
obtaining a multiple or single subject credential.
3)Requires the CTC, subject to an appropriation for this purpose
in the annual Budget Act, to issue a request for proposals to
all school districts and county offices of education in the
state in order to solicit applications for funding.
4)Requires the CTC to contract with an independent evaluator to
conduct an evaluation once every five years, with the first
evaluation being completed on or before July 1, 2021. Requires
the CTC to submit the completed evaluation to the Governor and
Legislature.
5)Increases the authorized grant amount per applicant from
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$3,500 to $4,000 per participant per year. Expresses
Legislative intent that funding for the program be allocated
to support up to 1,000 new participants per year. Makes
funding contingent upon an appropriation in the annual budget
act.
FISCAL EFFECT: According to the Assembly Appropriations
Committee:
1)Ongoing Proposition 98/General Fund cost pressure of at least
$4 million to support the provision of $4,000 grant awards to
1,000 new participants each year.
2)Unknown ongoing administrative costs to the CTC to administer
the grant program. Administrative costs will depend on the
total amount of funding provided for the program. Generally,
administrative costs are approximately 3% of the total grant
program. The bill also requires an independent study. Although
the exact cost of the study will be contingent upon the size
and complexity of the program, given the goals of the bill, it
is likely the study would be in the $250,000 range. The fund
source for administrative support is unclear; though CCTC
indicates they could fund these activities from the Teacher
Credentialing Fund (special funds) if authorized by the
Legislature.
COMMENTS:
Background. The PTTP was established in 1990 by SB 1690
(Roberti), Chapter 1444, Statutes of 1990) and has been
reauthorized several times since. The first reauthorization, AB
352 (Keeley), Chapter 737, Statutes of 1997 and AB 353 (Wildman)
Chapter 831, Statutes of 1997, also named the program the
Wildman-Keeley-Solis Exemplary Teacher Training Act of 1997.
The program provided academic scholarships and other related
academic support services to individuals recruited from
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paraprofessional job classifications seeking a preliminary
California teaching credential as a K-12 teacher. PTTP programs
were sponsored by local school districts, county offices of
education, and/or consortia that applied to the CTC for program
funding based on a competitive grant application process.
History of funding. Although the PTTP was established in 1990,
funding was not provided until 1994-95, at which time $1.5
million was provided to fund up to 600 paraprofessional
participants at the rate of $3,000 per participant. An
additional $10 million was provided in the 1999-2000 budget, but
that was later reduced to $5.1 million in 2002 due to fiscal
challenges faced by the state. In 2007, funding was increased
another $1.2 million and the amount per participant was
increased to $3,500 in recognition of higher tuition costs.
In 2008-09, the Legislature and Governor agreed to mid-year
budget cuts in response to a recession-related decline in state
revenues. Among the actions taken, funding for PTTP, along with
many other categorical programs, was reduced and "flexed,"
meaning that school districts could spend the funds for other
priorities. As a result of continued flexibility and the
uncertainty of continued program funding, the CTC discontinued
enrolling new participants in March 2011. With the enactment of
the Local Control Funding Formula in 2013, all funding for PTTP
was eliminated. Between the time the PTTP was first funded in
1994 and the time the CTC stopped enrolling new participants in
2011, the program resulted in more than 2,200 graduates.
This bill differs from the PTTP in two primary ways. First, it
increases the grant amount for participants from $3,500 to
$4,000. Second, any classified employee, not just
paraprofessionals, is eligible to participate.
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Analysis Prepared by:
Rick Pratt / ED. / (916) 319-2087 FN: 0003354