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Bill No: SB 368
Author: Pavley (D), et al.
Amended: 8/15/13
Vote: 21
SENATE EDUCATION COMMITTEE : 9-0, 5/1/13
AYES: Liu, Wyland, Block, Correa, Hancock, Hueso, Huff,
Jackson, Monning
SENATE APPROPRIATIONS COMMITTEE : Senate Rule 28.8
SENATE FLOOR : 36-0, 5/24/13 (Consent)
AYES: Anderson, Beall, Block, Calderon, Cannella, Corbett,
Correa, De Le�n, DeSaulnier, Emmerson, Fuller, Gaines,
Galgiani, Hancock, Hernandez, Hill, Hueso, Huff, Jackson,
Knight, Lara, Leno, Lieu, Monning, Nielsen, Padilla, Pavley,
Price, Roth, Steinberg, Torres, Walters, Wolk, Wright, Wyland,
Yee
NO VOTE RECORDED: Berryhill, Evans, Liu, Vacancy
ASSEMBLY FLOOR : 78-0, 8/26/13 - See last page for vote
SUBJECT : Added Authorization for Special Education
Credentials
SOURCE : California Federation of Teachers
DIGEST : This bill allows special education credentialing
programs to offer comparability and equivalency for coursework
taken across multiple Commission on Teacher Credentialing (CTC)
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approved institutions, as defined, and only applies to special
education credential holders seeking added authorizations.
Assembly Amendments add coauthors and make technical changes.
ANALYSIS :
Existing law:
1.Authorizes the CTC to issue credentials for teaching
specialties, including, bilingual education, early childhood
education, and special education.
2.Requires education specialist teaching credentials to be based
upon a baccalaureate degree from an accredited institution,
completion of a program of professional preparation, and
standards that the CTC may establish. Additionally,
candidates for an education specialist credential must also
obtain a disability specific authorization prior to teaching.
The CTC currently offers seven different types of
authorizations, ranging from mild-to-moderate disabilities to
sever physical, emotional, or mental conditions.
This bill:
1.Allows teacher preparation programs to offer comparability and
equivalency for a special education credential holder seeking
to add authorization for special education credentials which
shall be determined in accordance with the following
guidelines issued by the CTC:
A. Decisions regarding comparability are at the discretion
of the program sponsor.
B. A program sponsor has a broad range of possible data
that may be considered as evidence for comparability.
C. For a candidate simultaneously pursuing a degree in
addition to earning a credential, a program sponsor may use
his/her own institutional process and procedure for course
credit evaluations.
1.Requires that the evidence used to verify competency may
include, the following subject to criteria and guidelines
issued by the CTC:
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A. Examination results.
B. A portfolio.
C. A performance narrative.
D. Field experience.
E. Video.
F. Transcripts.
G. Prior learning assessment.
H. A review board process.
1.Provides a program sponsor may use the following to evaluate
evidence to a program sponsor for comparability presented by a
candidate, subject to criteria and guidelines issued by the
CTC:
A. Whether the information is based on current, adopted
California credential standards, as appropriate to the
authorization sought.
B. Whether a written agreement between the candidate and
program sponsor is evidence based, as appropriate to the
authorization sought.
C. Whether the information is aligned with the California
Standards for the Teaching Profession.
1.Provides that flexible enrollment may be considered for a
candidate who needs minimal work to complete a credential
program, as specified.
2.Provides that program sponsors may take advantage of frequent
collaborations to formalize written agreement concerning
comparability of coursework or field work, as specified.
3.Provides a candidate may be granted recognition and credit for
his/her learning experience through a prior learning
assessment, in which a candidate has the opportunity to
demonstrate how his/her experience and learning are comparable
to the CTC Program Standards.
4.Makes various definitions, as specified.
Comments
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According to the Senate Education Committee analysis, teacher
preparation programs are accredited based upon standards adopted
by the CTC. While all CTC accredited programs meet program
standards, programs may look different from program to program
because program sponsors work with local school districts,
community members, and educational organizations to design
programs that meet local needs. When credential candidates
transfer from one program to another to be closer to their
families, they must submit already completed coursework for
approval by the new program. Candidates must sometimes repeat
coursework or field work if the receiving institution cannot
determine that those experiences will meet CTC program standards
within the context of the receiving program. The CTC encourages
programs to accept previously completed coursework and field
experience if they are found to be comparable.
AB 2226 (Ruskin, Chapter 233, Statutes of 2008), required the
CTC to convene a workgroup to develop guidelines for determining
comparability of coursework or field work completed across
multiple CTC approved programs. In January 2010, the CTC
published the guidelines and helped facilitate the acceptance of
coursework from multiple approved programs. However, according
to the author's office there is no standard way to credit
coursework and experience earned across multiple CTC approved
programs, which has resulted in well qualified candidates being
required to take redundant and unnecessary classes. This bill
codifies the guidelines developed pursuant to AB 2226 (Ruskin)
regarding the acceptance of coursework and experience earned
across multiple approved CTC programs.
FISCAL EFFECT : Appropriation: No Fiscal Com.: Yes
Local: No
SUPPORT : (Verified 8/27/13)
California Federation of Teachers (source)
California Association of School Administrators
California State PTA
California Teachers Association
Special Education Local Plan Area Administrators
ASSEMBLY FLOOR : 78-0, 8/26/13
AYES: Achadjian, Alejo, Allen, Ammiano, Atkins, Bigelow, Bloom,
Bocanegra, Bonilla, Bonta, Bradford, Brown, Buchanan, Ian
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Calderon, Campos, Chau, Ch�vez, Chesbro, Conway, Cooley,
Dahle, Daly, Dickinson, Donnelly, Eggman, Fong, Fox, Frazier,
Beth Gaines, Garcia, Gatto, Gomez, Gonzalez, Gordon, Gorell,
Gray, Grove, Hagman, Hall, Harkey, Roger Hern�ndez, Holden,
Jones, Jones-Sawyer, Levine, Linder, Logue, Lowenthal,
Maienschein, Mansoor, Medina, Melendez, Mitchell, Morrell,
Mullin, Muratsuchi, Nazarian, Nestande, Olsen, Pan, Patterson,
Perea, V. Manuel P�rez, Quirk, Quirk-Silva, Rendon, Salas,
Skinner, Stone, Ting, Wagner, Waldron, Weber, Wieckowski,
Wilk, Williams, Yamada, John A. P�rez
NO VOTE RECORDED: Vacancy, Vacancy
PQ:ej 8/27/13 Senate Floor Analyses
SUPPORT/OPPOSITION: SEE ABOVE
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