BILL NUMBER: AB 1415	AMENDED
	BILL TEXT

	AMENDED IN SENATE  JULY 5, 2007
	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, 2009, the
Commission on Teacher Credentialing to adopt a data evaluation
 report   system  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, as specified, and  also  would
 also  require the commission to convene a group of
stakeholders to recommend  appropriate ways to measure how the
required measures of program effectiveness can be met and to
recommend other  outcome-based performance measures  and
  for inclusion in the system. 
    The bill would state the intent of the Legislature that the
system be used to further the purpose of the new accreditation
process and  to measure the effectiveness of the various routes
for earning the administrative 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, 2009, the commission shall
adopt a data evaluation  report   system 
capable of assessing the effectiveness of each accredited program of
professional preparation that provides preparation for the
administrative services credential. The effectiveness of programs
shall be assessed on multiple measures, including, but not limited
to, the following:
   (1) The ability to prepare candidates who improve  student
  pupil  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  appropriate ways to
measure how the required measures set forth in paragraphs (1) to (4),
inclusive, of subdivision (a) can be met and 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.   evaluation system. 
   (c) It is the intent of the Legislature that the data evaluation
 report   system  adopted pursuant to
subdivision (a) be used to further the purpose of the new
accreditation process and  that it   to measure
the effectiveness of the various routes for earning the
administrative services credential. It is also the intent of the
Legislature that the data required by the system adopted pursuant to
subdivision (a)  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   submit electronically
 all data in the data evaluation  report  
system  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   receive
accreditation with stipulations  , the commission  shall
either   either shall  revoke their accreditation
or provide assistance necessary to improve the quality of the
program.