BILL NUMBER: SB 824 CHAPTERED
BILL TEXT
CHAPTER 864
FILED WITH SECRETARY OF STATE OCTOBER 10, 1997
APPROVED BY GOVERNOR OCTOBER 10, 1997
PASSED THE SENATE SEPTEMBER 12, 1997
PASSED THE ASSEMBLY SEPTEMBER 9, 1997
AMENDED IN ASSEMBLY SEPTEMBER 5, 1997
AMENDED IN SENATE MAY 23, 1997
AMENDED IN SENATE MAY 13, 1997
AMENDED IN SENATE APRIL 15, 1997
INTRODUCED BY Senator Greene
FEBRUARY 26, 1997
An act to add and repeal Article 4 (commencing with Section 90530)
of Chapter 11 of Part 55 of the Education Code, relating to teacher
recruitment, making an appropriation therefor, and declaring the
urgency thereof, to take effect immediately.
LEGISLATIVE COUNSEL'S DIGEST
SB 824, Greene. California Center on Teaching Careers.
Existing law establishes various programs for the recruitment of
teachers.
This bill would establish the California Center on Teaching
Careers for the purposes of recruiting qualified and capable
individuals into the teaching profession. From funds appropriated
for that purpose, the California State University would be required
to establish and administer the center, in concurrence, as defined,
with representatives of the Commission on Teacher Credentialing, the
State Department of Education, the University of California, and
independent institutions of higher education, as defined. The
California Center on Teaching Careers would be required to perform
specified duties, including, among others, creating or expanding a
referral data base for qualified teachers seeking employment in the
public schools.
This bill would require the Commission on Teacher Credentialing,
in consultation with the Legislative Analyst, to conduct an
evaluation of the program on or before March 1, 2002, and would
authorize the inclusion of that evaluation in the analysis of the
2002-03 Budget Bill prepared by the Legislative Analyst.
This bill would repeal those provisions as of January 1, 2008.
This bill would appropriate $500,000 from the unappropriated
balance of federal funds received by the state pursuant to the
federal Goals 2000: Educate America Act to the California State
University, without regard to fiscal year, for the support of the
California Center on Teaching Careers.
This bill would declare that it is to take effect immediately as
an urgency statute.
Appropriation: yes.
THE PEOPLE OF THE STATE OF CALIFORNIA DO ENACT AS FOLLOWS:
SECTION 1. Article 4 (commencing with Section 90530) is added to
Chapter 11 of Part 55 of the Education Code, to read:
Article 4. Teacher Recruitment Program
90530. (a) The California Center on Teaching Careers is hereby
established for the purpose of recruiting qualified and capable
individuals into the teaching profession. From funds appropriated
for that purpose, the California State University shall establish and
administer the center, with the concurrence of representatives of
the Commission on Teacher Credentialing, the State Department of
Education, the University of California, and independent institutions
of higher education as defined in subdivision (b) of Section 66010.
For the purposes of this subdivision, "concurrence" means agreement
on all of the following:
(1) The priorities, goals, and general objectives of the duties
set forth in Section 90531.
(2) The order in which the duties specified in this chapter are
undertaken.
(b) It is the intent of the Legislature that activities of the
California Center on Teaching Careers be implemented with the active
involvement of local education agencies whenever appropriate.
90531. The duties of the California Center on Teaching Careers
shall include, but not be limited to, all of the following:
(a) Developing and distributing statewide public services
announcements.
(b) Developing and modifying and distributing effective
recruitment publications.
(c) Providing information to prospective teachers regarding
requirements for obtaining a teaching credential.
(d) Providing specific information to prospective teachers
regarding admission to and enrollment into conventional and
alternative teacher preparation programs.
(e) Creating or expanding a referral data base for qualified
teachers seeking employment in the public schools.
(f) Developing and conducting outreach activities to high school
pupils as well as to college students.
90532. It is the intent of the Legislature that the funds
appropriated by the state in this bill for the purposes of this
article be matched dollar-for-dollar by funds from other sources,
including, but not limited to, federal programs, local sources,
private sector sources, and other state programs.
90533. The Commission on Teacher Credentialing, in consultation
with the Legislative Analyst, shall conduct an evaluation of the
program established by this article on or before March 1, 2002, and
the Legislative Analyst may include that evaluation in the analysis
of the 2002-03 Budget Bill prepared by the Legislative Analyst.
90534. This article shall remain in effect only until January 1,
2008, and as of that date is repealed, unless a later enacted
statute, that is enacted before January 1, 2008, deletes or extends
that date.
SEC. 2. (a) The sum of five hundred thousand dollars ($500,000) is
hereby appropriated from the unappropriated balance of federal funds
received by the state pursuant to the federal Goals 2000: Educate
America Act (P.L. 103-227) to the California State University,
without regard to fiscal year, for the support of the California
Center on Teaching Careers established pursuant to Article 4
(commencing with Section 90530) of Chapter 11 of Part 55 of the
Education Code.
(b) It is the intent of the Legislature that ongoing support for
the California Center on Teaching Careers established pursuant to
Article 4 (commencing with Section 90530) of Chapter 11 of Part 55 of
the Education Code be appropriated in the annual Budget Act.
SEC. 3. This act is an urgency statute necessary for the immediate
preservation of the public peace, health, or safety within the
meaning of Article IV of the Constitution and shall go into immediate
effect. The facts constituting the necessity are:
In order to begin recruiting qualified individuals into the
teaching profession, at the earliest possible time in an effort to
alleviate the shortage of credentialed teachers that California will
be experiencing over the next several years, it is necessary for this
act to take effect immediately.