BILL NUMBER: AB 2815	INTRODUCED
	BILL TEXT


INTRODUCED BY   Assembly Member O'Donnell

                        FEBRUARY 19, 2016

   An act to amend Section 44382 of the Education Code, relating to
teacher credentialing.


	LEGISLATIVE COUNSEL'S DIGEST


   AB 2815, as introduced, O'Donnell. Teacher credentialing:
alternative certification programs: special education.
   Existing law establishes an alternative certification program to
address the shortage of qualified teachers in specified subject
matters, of teachers who work with limited-English-proficient pupils,
of minority teachers, and of special education teachers. Existing
law requires alternative certification programs to address geographic
and subject matter shortage areas and be targeted toward people with
work experience and others who already have a bachelor's degree in
the field in which they plan to teach.
   This bill would additionally require alternative certification
programs to address the shortage area of special education.
   Vote: majority. Appropriation: no. Fiscal committee: no.
State-mandated local program: no.


THE PEOPLE OF THE STATE OF CALIFORNIA DO ENACT AS FOLLOWS:

  SECTION 1.  Section 44382 of the Education Code is amended to read:

   44382.  Alternative certification programs shall address 
geographic and   geographic,  subject 
matter   matter, and special education  shortage
areas, and shall be targeted toward people with work experience and
others who already have a bachelor's degree in the field in which
they plan to teach.