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                                                                  SB 941
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          Date of Hearing:   August 17, 2011

                        ASSEMBLY COMMITTEE ON APPROPRIATIONS
                                Felipe Fuentes, Chair

            SB 941 (Committee on Education) - As Amended:  June 30, 2011 

          Policy Committee:                             Education 
          Vote:10-0

          Urgency:     No                   State Mandated Local Program: 
          No     Reimbursable:              No

           SUMMARY  

          This bill is one of two annual education omnibus bills to codify 
          existing practice, correct technical errors in statute, update 
          cross references and delete obsolete references related to 
          teacher credentialing.  

           FISCAL EFFECT  

          Negligible state fiscal effects to Commission on Teacher 
          Credentialing (CTC) to implement this measure.  

           COMMENTS  

           Purpose  .  In the past, there has always been one education 
          omnibus bill to clean-up issues in K-12 education, including 
          teaching issues.  This year, however, the CTC decided to 
          introduce a separate bill that makes changes exclusively to 
          teacher credentialing issues.  

          This bill, sponsored by CTC, is the teacher education omnibus 
          bill to correct errors, resolve conflicts, delete obsolete 
          references, and make other non-controversial changes. By 
          tradition, objection to a provision from the CTC, State 
          Department of Education, Department of Finance, or any of the 
          four legislative caucuses prevents that provision from being 
          included in the bill. The provisions contained in this bill meet 
          the requirements set forth for an omnibus bill. 


           Analysis Prepared by  :    Kimberly Rodriguez / APPR. / (916) 
          319-2081 








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