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                   Senate Appropriations Committee Fiscal Summary
                           Senator Christine Kehoe, Chair


          SB 1245 (Alquist) - Teacher Credentialing: Alternative 
          Certification Programs.
          
          Amended: May 2, 2012            Policy Vote: Education 9-0
          Urgency: No                     Mandate: No
          Hearing Date: May 14, 2012      Consultant: Jacqueline 
          Wong-Hernandez
          
          This bill does not meet the criteria for referral to the 
          Suspense File. 

          
          Bill Summary: SB 1245 requires the Commission on Teacher 
          Credentialing (CTC), by January 1, 2015, to submit a report to 
          the Governor and Legislature on alternative certification 
          programs, as specified. 

          Fiscal Impact: Approximately $60,000 in CTC workload, over the 
          course of 2 years, to complete the required report.

          Background: Existing law establishes alternative credential 
          options, either a District Intern Credential or a University 
          Intern Credential, for individuals who wish to be the teacher of 
          record while they complete a program of professional preparation 
          leading to a multiple subject, single subject, or education 
          specialist credential. 

          Existing law also establishes the Alternative Certification 
          program, which is a program operated by a school district, 
          county office of education, college or university, or other 
          public education entity, individually or in collaboration with 
          other public education entities in the region, to provide a 
          concentrated program leading to a permanent teaching credential 
          and provides that school districts and county offices of 
          education that propose to operate an alternative certification 
          program can apply to the CTC for incentive grant funding.   
          Individuals who participate in an Alternative Certification 
          program hold either a District or University Intern credential.  
          (EC � 44380 et seq.)
          
          Proposed Law: This bill requires the CTC to conduct a study of 
          alternative certification programs and submit a report to the 








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          Governor and the Legislature on or before January 1, 2015, that 
          includes the study, recommendations for the appropriate goals of 
          alternative certification programs in the state, and an 
          assessment of whether California's current alternative 
          certification programs meet those goals.  

          Staff Comments: The CTC has indicated that, given the timeline 
          for the report, it could build on the outcomes of work completed 
          by the Superintendent of Public Instruction's Educator Excellent 
          Task Force and the Teacher Preparation Advisory panel, both of 
          which are currently underway. The CTC estimates that this study 
          and report will drive $60,000 in workload costs between the 
          bill's enactment and January 1, 2015.