BILL NUMBER: AB 1415	INTRODUCED
	BILL TEXT


INTRODUCED BY   Assembly Member Brownley

                        FEBRUARY 23, 2007

   An act to add Section 44270.6 to the Education Code, relating to
teacher credentialing.


	LEGISLATIVE COUNSEL'S DIGEST


   AB 1415, as introduced, Brownley. Teacher credentialing: services
credential: programs of professional preparation.
   Existing law sets forth the minimum requirements for the
preliminary services credential with a specialization in
administrative services. One of the requirements is completion of an
entry level program of specialized and professional preparation in
administrative services approved by the commission or a one-year
internship in a program of supervised training in administrative
services, approved by the commission as satisfying the requirements
for the preliminary services credential with a specialization in
administrative services.
   This bill would require, on or before January 1, 2010, the State
Department of Education, in consultation with the Commission on
Teacher Credentialing, to recommend and the State Board of Education
to adopt an accountability report card capable of assessing the
effectiveness of each accredited program of professional preparation.
The bill would require the effectiveness of programs to be assessed
on multiple measures, including the ability to prepare candidates
showing the greatest improvements in student learning, passage rates
on certification examinations, and program completion, placement, and
retention rates.
   Vote: majority. Appropriation: no. Fiscal committee: yes.
State-mandated local program: no.


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

  SECTION 1.  Section 44270.6 is added to the Education Code, to
read:
   44270.6.  On or before January 1, 2010, the department, in
consultation with the commission, shall recommend and the State Board
shall adopt, an accountability report card capable of assessing the
effectiveness of each accredited program of professional preparation.
The effectiveness of programs shall be assessed on multiple
measures, including the ability to prepare candidates showing the
greatest improvements in student learning, passage rates on
certification examinations, and program completion, placement, and
retention rates.