BILL NUMBER: AB 794	ENROLLED
	BILL TEXT

	PASSED THE SENATE  JULY 9, 2009
	PASSED THE ASSEMBLY  MAY 4, 2009
	AMENDED IN ASSEMBLY  APRIL 14, 2009

INTRODUCED BY   Assembly Member Hagman
   (Coauthors: Assembly Members Blumenfield, DeVore, and Nestande)

                        FEBRUARY 26, 2009

   An act to add Section 44235.5 to the Education Code, relating to
teacher credentialing.


	LEGISLATIVE COUNSEL'S DIGEST


   AB 794, Hagman. Teacher credentialing: fees.
   Existing law establishes the Commission on Teacher Credentialing
to review and approve applications for and issue teaching and
services credentials, and authorizes the commission to levy fees for
the issuance and renewal of teaching and services credentials, to be
deposited into the Teacher Credentials Fund in the State Treasury.
   This bill would require the commission to waive all application
and processing fees for the initial issuance of a teaching credential
to an out-of-state applicant who relocates to California due to
orders received from a branch of the United States Armed Forces that
require the applicant's spouse to relocate to California.


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

  SECTION 1.  Section 44235.5 is added to the Education Code, to
read:
   44235.5.  Notwithstanding any other provision of law, the
commission shall waive all application and processing fees for the
initial issuance of a teaching credential to an out-of-state prepared
applicant who relocates to California due to orders received from a
branch of the United States Armed Forces that require the applicant's
spouse to relocate to California.