BILL ANALYSIS Ó
SENATE COMMITTEE ON APPROPRIATIONS
Senator Ricardo Lara, Chair
2015 - 2016 Regular Session
SB 915 (Liu) - Teacher recruitment: California Center on
Teaching Careers
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|Version: March 14, 2016 |Policy Vote: ED. 8 - 0 |
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|Urgency: No |Mandate: No |
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|Hearing Date: May 27, 2016 |Consultant: Jillian Kissee |
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Bill
Summary: This bill reestablishes the California Center on
Teaching Careers (Center) to recruit individuals into the
teaching profession. Specifically, this bill requires the
Superintendent of Public Instruction, subject to an
appropriation, to contract with a local educational agency to
administer the program with the concurrence of various
institutions of higher education, as specified.
*********** ANALYSIS ADDENDUM - SUSPENSE FILE ***********
The following information is revised to reflect amendments
adopted by the committee on May 27, 2016
Fiscal
Impact:
Program operation: Unknown cost pressure, but could be in the
low millions to low tens of millions based on historical
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funding levels of the former program. (Proposition 98)
Administrative costs: Unknown one-time costs, potentially in
the tens of thousands for the Commission on Teacher
Credentialing to provide a multiyear grant to a local
educational agency through a competitive process. (General
Fund)
Concurrence requirement: The California State University (CSU)
cites costs of about $2,000 per campus in staff time to
provide teacher education program information to the Center.
Assuming this estimate for all University of California and
CSU campuses that offer teacher preparation programs, costs
would be about $60,000 General Fund. The California Community
Colleges Chancellor's Office and the Commission on Teacher
Credentialing indicate minor and absorbable costs related to
this requirement.
Author
Amendments: Require the Commission on Teacher Credentialing,
instead of the Superintendent, to provide a multiyear grant to,
instead of contract with, a local educational agency to
establish and administer the Center. Require the Center to
focus its duties on chronic teacher shortage areas, including
special education and bilingual teachers, and make other
clarifying changes. Require the Center to consider developing
and distributing statewide public service announcements in other
languages, as specified.
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