BILL NUMBER: AB 1374	AMENDED
	BILL TEXT

	AMENDED IN ASSEMBLY  JANUARY 15, 2010
	AMENDED IN ASSEMBLY  JANUARY 4, 2010

INTRODUCED BY   Assembly Member Brownley

                        FEBRUARY 27, 2009

   An act to amend Sections 44260.2 and 44260.3 of, and to repeal
Section 44260.8 of, the Education Code, relating to adult education.


	LEGISLATIVE COUNSEL'S DIGEST


   AB 1374, as amended, Brownley. Adult education: teaching
credentials.
   (1) Existing law contains minimum specified requirements for the
designated subjects preliminary adult education teaching credential.
   This bill would recast the adult credential for nonacademic and
academic subjects and specify different requirements for nonacademic
and academic subjects, as specified.
   (2) Existing law contains minimum specified requirements for the 5
year renewal of the preliminary designated subjects adult education
teaching credential.
   This bill would recast the minimum requirements for the 5 year
clear designated subjects adult education teaching credential, as
specified.
   (3) Existing law provides specified minimum requirements for the
clear designated subjects adult education teaching credential.
   This bill would repeal that provision.
   Vote: majority. Appropriation: no. Fiscal committee: no.
State-mandated local program: no.


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

  SECTION 1.  Section 44260.2 of the Education Code is amended to
read:
   44260.2.  The minimum requirements for the three-year 
primary   preliminary designated subjects adult
education teaching credential shall be all of the following:
   (a) For nonacademic subjects:
   (1) Three years of adequate, successful, and recent experience in,
or a combination of experience and education in, the nonacademic
subject to be named on the credential.
   (2) Possession of a high school diploma or the passage of an
equivalency examination as designated by the commission.
   (b) For academic subjects:
   (1) A baccalaureate or higher degree from a regionally accredited
institution of postsecondary education that includes a minimum of 20
semester units, or the equivalent quarter units, of coursework in the
subject to be named on the credential.
   (2) Passage of the state basic skills requirement pursuant to
Sections 44252 and 44252.5.
   (c) Satisfaction of the requirements for teacher fitness pursuant
to Sections 44339, 44340, and 44341.
  SEC. 2.  Section 44260.3 of the Education Code is amended to read:
   44260.3.  The minimum requirements for the five-year clear
designated subjects adult education teaching credential shall be all
of the following:
   (a)  A valid three-year preliminary designated subjects adult
education teaching credential.
   (b)  Two years of successful teaching, or the equivalent, as
authorized by the preliminary designated subjects adult education
teaching credential.
   (c)  A program of personalized preparation as approved by the
commission.
   (d) The study of health education as specified in subparagraph (A)
of paragraph (4) of subdivision (c) of Section 44259.
   (e) Completion of two semester units or passage of an examination
on the principles and provisions of the United States Constitution,
as specified in Section 44335.
   (f) The study of computer-based technology, including the uses of
technology in educational settings.
  SEC. 3.  Section 44260.8 of the Education Code is repealed.