Title EDC — California Educ. Code

(a) Notwithstanding Section 44421, the commission shall take an appropriate adverse action on any credential holder who knowingly and willfully uses school records of pupil data in connection with, or implicitly or explicitly attempts to recruit a pupil to be a customer for, any …

(a) Notwithstanding Section 44421, the commission shall take an appropriate adverse action on any credential holder who knowingly and willfully reports false fiscal expenditure data relative to the conduct of any educational program. (b) The commission shall investigate allegatio…

Whenever the holder of a credential issued by the State Board of Education or the Commission on Teacher Credentialing is charged with immoral or unprofessional conduct or evident unfitness for service or persistent defiance of, and refusal to obey, the laws regulating the duties …

(a) Whenever the holder of any credential issued by the commission requests in writing that the credential held by him or her be revoked, the commission shall revoke the credential. (b) Notwithstanding a revocation pursuant to subdivision (a), the commission shall retain its auth…

(a) The commission shall suspend the credential of a holder when it receives notice that another state has taken final action to revoke a credential or license authorizing the holder of the credential to perform any duty in the public schools of another state. The suspension shal…

(a) (1) The commission shall revoke the credential of a holder when it receives notice that the ability of the holder of the credential to associate with minors has been limited as a term or condition of probation or sentencing resulting from a criminal conviction in this state, …

(a) Upon the conviction of the holder of any credential issued by the State Board of Education or the Commission on Teacher Credentialing of a violation, or attempted violation, of a violent or serious felony as described in Section 44346.1, or any one or more of Penal Code Secti…

(a) Whenever the holder of a credential issued by the state board or the Commission on Teacher Credentialing has been convicted of a sex offense, as defined in Section 44010, or controlled substance offense, as defined in Section 44011, the commission immediately shall suspend th…

Whenever the holder of any credential issued by the State Board of Education or the Commission on Teacher Credentialing is found to be insane, by a federal court or a court in this or any other state, the commission shall immediately revoke all credentials held by the person. Not…

Whenever the holder of a credential issued by the State Board of Education or the Commission on Teacher Credentialing has been determined to be a sexual psychopath under the provisions of Article 1 (commencing with Section 6300) of Chapter 2 of Part 2 of Division 6 of the Welfare…

County boards of education may revoke or suspend, for immoral or unprofessional conduct, evident unfitness for teaching, or persistent defiance of, and refusal to obey the laws regulating the duties of, teachers, the certificates granted by them. (Enacted by Stats. 1976, Ch. 1010…

No certificate shall be revoked or suspended, except upon the written request of its holder, until after a hearing before the county board of education, and then only upon the affirmative vote of at least four members of the board. (Enacted by Stats. 1976, Ch. 1010.)

All charges of immoral or unprofessional conduct, of evident unfitness for teaching, or persistent defiance of, and refusal to obey the laws regulating the duties of teachers, shall be presented to the board in writing and shall be verified under oath. (Enacted by Stats. 1976, Ch…

Notice of the time of hearing and a full and complete copy of the charges shall be furnished to the accused at least 10 days before the hearing. (Enacted by Stats. 1976, Ch. 1010.)

The accused shall be given a fair and impartial hearing and shall have the right to be represented by counsel. (Enacted by Stats. 1976, Ch. 1010.)

The hearing shall be governed by and conducted under the rules of the board. (Enacted by Stats. 1976, Ch. 1010.)

If any teacher employed by a board of school trustees for a specified time, leaves the school before the expiration of the time, without the consent of the trustees, in writing, the teacher is guilty of unprofessional conduct, and the board of education of the county, upon receiv…

Each city or city and county board of examination may for immoral and unprofessional conduct, profanity, intemperance, or evident unfitness for teaching, recommend to the city or city and county board of education, the revocation of any certificate previously granted by the board…

Upon the becoming final of the conviction of the holder of a certificate issued by a county board of education of a violation or attempted violation of any one or more of Penal Code Sections 187 to 191, 192 insofar as that section relates to voluntary manslaughter, 193, 194 to 23…

Whenever the holder of a certificate issued by a county board of education has been convicted of any sex offense as defined in Section 44010 or controlled substance offense as defined in Section 44011, the county board of education shall forthwith suspend the certificate. If the …

Whenever the holder of a certificate issued by a county board of education has been determined to be a sexual psychopath under the provisions of Article 1 (commencing with Section 6300), Chapter 2, Part 2, Division 6 of the Welfare and Institutions Code or under similar provision…

(a) “Private admonition,” as used in this article and in Article 3 (commencing with Section 44240) of Chapter 2, is a warning, in writing, to the applicant or credentialholder that states in ordinary and concise language the act or omission of the applicant or credentialholder an…

The commission may take an adverse action on the ground that an applicant or credential holder has subverted or attempted to subvert any licensing examination or the administration of an examination, including, but not limited to: (a) Conduct that violates the security of the exa…

(a) No applicant who is under review by the commission shall be allowed to withdraw his or her application for a credential without the written consent of the commission. The commission shall retain its authority over those applicants to proceed with the denial of the credential …

This article shall be known and may be cited as the Teacher Education Internship Act of 1967. (Enacted by Stats. 1976, Ch. 1010.)

The intent of the Legislature in enacting this article is to increase the effectiveness of teachers and other professional school service personnel in the public schools of California by placing theory and practice as closely together as possible in college and university program…

Any school district may, in cooperation with an approved college or university, establish a teacher education internship program as provided in Section 44321, and meeting the provisions of the statutes and of the regulations of the Commission on Teacher Credentialing.

(a) For admission to all teaching internship programs authorized by this article, an applicant shall have a baccalaureate or higher degree from a regionally accredited institution of higher education and shall pass a subject matter examination as provided in Section 44280 or comp…

An internship credential authorizes the same service at the same levels as the regular credential authorizes.

An internship credential shall be issued initially for a two-year period and may be renewed by the commission. (Enacted by Stats. 1976, Ch. 1010.)

Notwithstanding Section 44455, an internship credential may be renewed by the Commission on Teacher Credentialing if in its judgment an applicant is unable to complete renewal requirements because of illness or other circumstances judged to be extenuating and not within the contr…

Prior to enrollment in any college or university preparation program to renew the internship credential, appropriate personnel in the employing school district shall counsel with the intern and a total program for the first and subsequent renewals shall be planned. The county sup…

The program shall meet the instructional or service needs of the district with the primary objective being to increase the effectiveness of the intern in the district. Both the district and the intern shall concur in the program planned. (Enacted by Stats. 1976, Ch. 1010.)

The full cooperation of colleges and universities is essential if teaching and service internship programs are to be successful. A school district establishing an internship program shall seek the cooperation of public and private colleges and universities, especially those withi…

The intern shall have the right to attend any regionally accredited institution of higher education of the intern’s choice for the completion of renewal requirements. The success of internship programs will lie in the development of integrated, well-organized, and sequential prog…

The supervisory help and guidance of interns as they pursue their school district responsibilities are important for the success of such programs. The utilization of competent and qualified college and university staff members for this purpose is encouraged. To help achieve this …

Salary payments for supervision of interns may be made out of district funds and may be met by reducing proportionately the salaries paid interns. Under this authorization no more than eight interns may be supervised by one staff member and the normal district salary paid each in…

An intern shall have the right to change school districts upon completion of a school contract year and become an intern in a new school district if recommended by the new school district. A new application recommending issuance of a new internship credential shall be submitted b…

An internship credential shall be valid only as long as the holder is in good standing in the teacher internship program of the district that makes the request, notwithstanding any provision of Section 44463, and the rights provided by Sections 44948 and 44949 shall not be afford…

A school district shall give special supervision and assistance to each intern above and beyond that given to other newly certificated and newly employed school personnel. A school district shall seek the assistance of the college or university in coordinating the program for the…

An intern shall not acquire tenure while serving on an internship credential. A person who, after completing a teaching internship program authorized pursuant to this article, is employed for at least one complete school year in a position requiring certification qualifications b…

Colleges and universities may continue the development and maintenance of internship credential programs under their own auspices seeking the cooperation of school districts in their full implementation. (Enacted by Stats. 1976, Ch. 1010.)

(a) An internship program, established pursuant to Article 7.5 (commencing with Section 44325) of Chapter 2 or this article, that is accredited by the commission shall provide interns who meet entrance criteria and are accepted to a multiple subject teaching credential program, a…

(a) (1) The State Department of Education shall issue a request for proposals to contract for the development of standards for professional development for educators and instructional leaders. (2) The standards shall present a vision of ongoing, high quality professional developm…

The entity with which the State Department of Education contracts shall convene a committee of experts in teacher development, professional development, and instructional leadership to develop the standards and disseminate them for field review. The Superintendent of Public Instr…

The standards developed pursuant to this article shall meet all of the following characteristics: (a) Describe core concepts of high quality professional development and differentiate, where necessary or appropriate, program qualities for high need schools. (b) Support respect fo…

(a) There is hereby established the California Peer Assistance and Review Program for Teachers. The governing board of a school district and the exclusive representative of the certificated employees in the school district may develop and implement a program authorized by this ar…

A consulting teacher participating in a program operated pursuant to this article shall meet locally determined criteria and each of the following qualifications: (a) The consulting teacher shall be a credentialed classroom teacher with permanent status or, in a school district w…

(a) The governance structure of a program designed pursuant to this article shall include a joint teacher administrator peer review panel that shall select consulting teachers, review peer review reports prepared by consulting teachers, and make recommendations to the governing b…

(a) The governing board of a school district that accepts state funds for purposes of this article agrees to negotiate the development and implementation of the program with the exclusive representative of the certificated employees in the school district, if the certificated emp…