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          ASSEMBLY THIRD READING


          AB  
          2122 (McCarty)


          As Amended  May 27, 2016


          Majority vote


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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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          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