BILL NUMBER: AB 1415	AMENDED
	BILL TEXT

	AMENDED IN ASSEMBLY  APRIL 12, 2007

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 amended, 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 
 2009,  the Commission on Teacher Credentialing  ,
to recommend and the State Board of Education  to adopt
 an accountability report card   a data
evaluation report  capable of assessing the effectiveness of
each accredited program of professional preparation  that
provides preparation for the administrative services credential 
. 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   as
specified, and would also   require the commission to
convene a group of stakeholders to recommend outcome-based
performance measures and to measure the effectiveness of the various
routes for earning the administrati   ve services
credential. The bill would require each program of administrator
preparation to submit data in the data evaluation report when
submitting the biennial accreditation report required by the
commission  .
   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.   (a)    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   2009, the commission shall
adopt a data evaluation report capable of  assessing the
effectiveness of each accredited program of professional preparation
 that provides preparation for the administrative service 
 s credential  . 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.   , but not
limited to, the following:  
   (1) The ability to prepare candidates who improve student
learning.  
   (2) Program completion rates.  
   (3) Placement of program graduates in administrative positions.
 
   (4) Employment retention rates of program graduates.  
   (b) The commission shall convene a group of stakeholders including
representatives from the department, teachers, administrators,
county office and district personnel, deans of education, and
institutions of higher education, including the University of
California, the California State University, and private
postsecondary institutions, to recommend other outcome-based
performance measures for inclusion in the data evaluation report, and
to measure the effectiveness of the various routes for earning the
administrative services credential.  
   (c) It is the intent of the Legislature that the data evaluation
report adopted pursuant to subdivision (a) be used to further the
purpose of the new accreditation process and that it be embedded
within the biennial accreditation report required by the commission
so that the candidate assessment and performance data used for
accreditation purposes maintains some consistency across all of the
programs of professional preparation that offer the administrative
services credential.  
   (d) When submitting the biennial accreditation report required by
the commission, each program of administrator preparation shall
electronically submit all data in the data evaluation report adopted
pursuant to subdivision (a).  
   (e) The commission shall review regularly the performance of
accredited programs of administrator preparation, as provided for in
Article 10 (commencing with Section 44370). For programs that are
deemed to be struggling, the commission shall either revoke their
accreditation or provide assistance necessary to improve the quality
of the program.