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          Date of Hearing:   July 3, 2013

                        ASSEMBLY COMMITTEE ON APPROPRIATIONS
                                  Mike Gatto, Chair

                    SB 576 (Block) - As Amended:  April 30, 2013 

          Policy Committee:                             Higher  
          EducationVote:12-0

          Urgency:     No                   State Mandated Local Program:  
          No     Reimbursable:               

           SUMMARY  

          This bill authorizes the Board of Governors of the California  
          Community Colleges (CCC) to appoint an ex-officio member to the  
          Commission on Teacher Credentialing (CTC) in the absence of an  
          ex-officio member from the California Postsecondary Education  
          Commission (CPEC).

           FISCAL EFFECT  

          Negligible fiscal impact.

           COMMENTS  

           1)CTC  . The CTC develops professional standards for preparation,  
            certification, and assignment monitoring of K-12 public school  
            teachers, as well as for administration and service  
            professionals. The CTC implements these programs through the  
            issuance and renewal of teaching and service credentials,  
            accreditation of teacher preparation programs, and monitoring  
            of teacher conduct.

            The CTC is comprised of 15 voting members and four ex-officio,  
            non-voting members. The voting members are the Superintendent  
            of Public Instruction and 14 members appointed by the Governor  
            for four-year terms. The four ex-officio members represent the  
            Association of Independent California Colleges and  
            Universities, the Regents of the University of California, the  
            Trustees of the California State University, and CPEC. 

           2)CPEC  . As part of the 2011-12 budget, Governor Brown exercised  
            his line item veto authority to remove all General Fund  








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            support for CPEC, describing the commission as "ineffective."  
            On November 18, 2011, CPEC closed its office and ceased  
            operations. 

           3)Purpose  . According to the author, the CCC is currently the  
            only segment of the California higher education not  
            represented on the CTC. The state's educator preparation  
            programs intersect with the CCC in several ways.  First, many  
            teacher candidates begin their undergraduate education in the  
            CCC. Second, specific teacher pipeline programs, such as the  
            Paraprofessional Teacher Training Program are dependent on  
            articulated partnerships with 50 CCC campuses.  Third,  
            community colleges are a major provider of Child Development  
            Permit candidates. (Child Development Permits constitute 20%  
            of the documents issued by the CTC.  

           Analysis Prepared by  :    Chuck Nicol / APPR. / (916) 319-2081