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          Bill No:  AB 1374
          Author:   Brownley (D)
          Amended:  3/8/10 in Senate
          Vote:     21

           
           SENATE EDUCATION COMMITTEE  : 7-0, 05/05/10
          AYES: Romero, Alquist, Hancock, Liu, Price, Simitian,  
            Wyland
          NO VOTE RECORDED: Huff, Vacancy  

          ASSEMBLY FLOOR  :  67-0, 1/21/10 - See last page for vote


           SUBJECT  :    Adult education:  teaching credentials

           SOURCE  :     Author


           DIGEST  :    This bill recasts and streamlines requirements  
          for the preliminary and clear Designated Subjects Adult  
          Education teaching credentials and clarifies that the  
          changes imposed by this bill do not apply to individuals  
          who have already earned those credentials.

           ANALYSIS  :    

           Existing Law

           1.Authorizes the Commission on Teacher Credentialing (CTC)  
            to issue credentials for teaching adult education classes  
            and vocational education classes.  The Designated  
            Subjects Adult Education (DSAE) teaching credential  
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            authorizes an individual to teach the subject(s) named on  
            the credential in courses organized primarily for adults  
            and in adult education programs administered by  
            elementary and secondary school districts.

          2.Establishes the period of validity for "clear" teaching  
            and services credentials as the life of the holder  
            provided the holder submits an application and renewal  
            fee every five years and meets all professional fitness  
            (i.e., passes the criminal background check).

          3.Establishes the following requirements for the DSEA  
            teaching credential:

             A.    Five years or the equivalent of appropriate  
                experience or education in the subject named on the  
                credential.

             B.    Possession of a high school diploma or passage of  
                an equivalency examination designated by the CTC.

             C.    The completion of two semester units or passage of  
                an examination on the principles and provisions of  
                the United States Constitution.

             D.    Passage of the state basic skills requirement  
                (applies only to DSAE credential holders authorized  
                to teach academic subjects).

          4.Requires candidates who wish to renew the DSAE to meet  
            the following requirements:

             A.    A valid DSAE teaching credential.

             B.    Two years of successful teaching as authorized by  
                the credential.

             C.    Completion of a program of personalized  
                preparation as approved by the CTC.

             D.    The study of health education, as specified.

          5.Specifies that the minimum requirements for the clear  
            designated subjects adult education teaching credential  







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            shall include the use of computers in an instructional  
            setting and the study of health education.  

           This bill:
           
           1.Establishes a two-tiered credential structure for the  
            DSAE that parallels other teaching and service  
            credentials issued by the CTC.

          2.Established the preliminary DSAE credential as a  
            three-year credential and specifies different  
            requirements for the credential on the basis of the  
            subjects to be taught:

             A.    For nonacademic subjects:

                (1)      Three years of adequate, successful, and  
                   recent experience in the subject to be named on  
                   the credential.

                (2)      Possession of a high school diploma or  
                   passage of an equivalency examination designated  
                   by the CTC.

             B.    For academic subjects:

                (1)      A baccalaureate or higher degree from an  
                   accredited institution of higher education that  
                   includes a minimum of 20 semester units, or the  
                   equivalent quarter units, of coursework in the  
                   subject named on the credential.

                (2)      Passage of the state basic skills  
                   requirement (i.e., passage of the California Basic  
                   Educational Skills Test).

          3.Clarifies that DSAE candidates must satisfy the  
            requirements for teacher fitness, which includes  
            fingerprinting and passing a criminal background check.

          4.Moves the U.S. Constitution requirement to the "clear"  
            credential and consolidates the requirements for renewing  
            and clearing the DSAE credential into a single "clear"  
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             A.    A valid three-year preliminary DSAE teaching  
                credential.

             B.    Two years of successful teaching that is  
                authorized by the preliminary DSAE credential.

             C.    Completion of a program of personalized  
                preparation approved by the CTC.

             D.    Completion of two semester units or passage of an  
                examination on the principles and provisions of the  
                U.S. Constitution.

             E.    Completion of a program of study in health  
                education and computer technology.

          5.Clarifies that a credential, permit, certificate, or  
            other document issued by the CTC remains in force in  
            accordance with the laws and regulations under which it  
            was issued and is exempt from new laws and regulations  
            unless the code is specifically amended to the contrary.

          6.Makes conforming changes by repealing a code section that  
            contains duplicative language.  

          Comments

          Need for the Bill  ?  SB 52 (Scott), Chapter 520, Statutes of  
          2007, required the CTC to align career technical education  
          teaching credentials to the sectors identified in the  
          state's Career Technical Education Model Curriculum  
          Standards and to convene an advisory committee to review  
          the requirements for those credentials and make  
          recommendations for consolidating requirements for  
          full-time and part-time CTE teachers.  Subsequent  
          legislation, SB 1104 (Scott), Chapter 576, Statutes of  
          2008, implemented the CTC's recommendations for  
          streamlining the requirements for the preliminary and clear  
          Designated Subjects Career Technical Education (DSCTE)  
          credentials.  During that time, the CTC convened a separate  
          advisory committee to review requirements for adult  
          education teaching credentials and to make recommendations  
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          proposed in this bill reflect the recommendations of the  
          DSAE advisory committee and will establish continuity  
          between the two types of designated subjects credentials.

           FISCAL EFFECT  :    Appropriation:  No   Fiscal Com.:  No    
          Local:  No

           SUPPORT  :   (Verified  5/6/10)

          California Council for Adult Education
          California School Boards Association
          Commission on Teacher Credentialing

           ARGUMENTS IN SUPPORT  :    According to the Senate Education  
          Committee analysis, by reducing the experience requirement  
          for the preliminary DSAE from five years to three years and  
          by moving the U.S. Constitution requirement into the clear  
          credential, this bill will streamline the process by which  
          candidates may become adult education teachers.  The  
          consolidation of the renewal and clear requirements will  
          create a two-tiered credential structure for DSAE that  
          parallels the structure of other credentials.  This bill  
          makes technical changes that conform the basic skills,  
          health education, technology, and professional fitness  
          requirements for the DSAE to recent reforms established for  
          the DSCTE credential.


           ASSEMBLY FLOOR : 
          AYES:  Adams, Ammiano, Anderson, Arambula, Beall, Bill  
            Berryhill, Tom Berryhill, Block, Blumenfield, Bradford,  
            Brownley, Buchanan, Caballero, Charles Calderon, Chesbro,  
            Conway, Cook, Coto, Davis, De La Torre, De Leon, DeVore,  
            Emmerson, Eng, Feuer, Fletcher, Fong, Fuentes, Fuller,  
            Furutani, Gaines, Garrick, Gilmore, Hagman, Hall, Harkey,  
            Hernandez, Hill, Huber, Huffman, Jeffries, Jones, Knight,  
            Lieu, Logue, Bonnie Lowenthal, Ma, Mendoza, Monning,  
            Nava, Nestande, Niello, Nielsen, V. Manuel Perez,  
            Portantino, Salas, Silva, Skinner, Smyth, Audra  
            Strickland, Swanson, Torlakson, Torres, Torrico, Tran,  
            Villines, Yamada
          NO VOTE RECORDED:  Blakeslee, Carter, Evans, Galgiani,  
            Hayashi, Miller, John A. Perez, Ruskin, Saldana, Solorio,  
            Bass







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          CPM:cm  5/6/10   Senate Floor Analyses 

                         SUPPORT/OPPOSITION:  SEE ABOVE

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