Title EDC, California Educ. Code

No person shall be employed as principal of a school of six or more certificated employees unless he or she holds a valid school administration credential and at least one of the following: a teaching credential, or a services credential with a specialization in pupil personnel, …

A substitute principal holding a valid teacher’s credential of the same grade as the school to be administered may be employed without meeting the requirements of Section 44860 to meet an emergency for not more than five months of any school year. (Enacted by Stats. 1976, Ch. 101…

No person is eligible to teach in any public school in the state, or to receive a certificate to teach who has not attained the age of 18 years. (Enacted by Stats. 1976, Ch. 1010.)

No teacher holding a special certificate shall be employed to teach any subject not authorized in the certificate. (Enacted by Stats. 1976, Ch. 1010.)

Each teacher in a joint elementary district shall hold a valid certificate in the county in which the schoolhouse is located. (Enacted by Stats. 1976, Ch. 1010.)

A valid teaching credential issued by the State Board or the Commission on Teacher Credentialing, based on a bachelor’s degree, student teaching, and special fitness to perform, shall be deemed qualifying for assignment as a teacher in the following assignments, provided that the…

The qualifications of a home instructor of pupils with physical disabilities shall be a valid teaching credential or a credential authorizing the teaching of exceptional children in an area of specialized preparation issued by the state board, or the Commission on Teacher Credent…

Except as provided in Section 44865, teachers in opportunity schools, classes, or programs shall have the same qualifications and shall be employed in the same manner as in other elementary and secondary schools of the school district in which the opportunity schools, classes, or…

No person shall be employed as a teacher librarian in an elementary or secondary school, unless he or she holds a valid credential of proper grade authorizing service as a teacher librarian or a valid teaching credential issued by the Commission on Teacher Credentialing if he or …

A teacher librarian, when employed full time as a teacher librarian or serving full time, partly as a teacher librarian and partly as a teacher, shall rank as a teacher. (Amended by Stats. 2007, Ch. 730, Sec. 24. Effective January 1, 2008.)

No one shall be employed to supervise the work of teachers for more than half time during any school week unless he is the holder of a valid teacher’s certificate authorizing him to teach in the schools and classes in which he is to supervise instruction and a valid supervision c…

The qualifications of supervisors of health shall be as provided in Sections 44873 to 44878, inclusive. (Enacted by Stats. 1976, Ch. 1010.)

For the purposes of Sections 44873 to 44878, inclusive, “standard designated services credential with a specialization in health” and “services credential with a specialization in health” includes a community college health services credential when the service is provided in grad…

The qualifications for a physician and surgeon employed to serve on a half-time or greater than half-time basis shall be a valid certificate to practice medicine and surgery issued by the Medical Board of California or Osteopathic Medical Board of California and either a services…

The qualifications for a psychologist or social worker are a valid certificate issued by the appropriate California agency authorized by law to certify such persons and a services credential with a specialization in health. Any school district may employ and compensate psychologi…

The qualifications for a dentist are a valid certificate issued by the Board of Dental Examiners and a services credential with a specialization in health or a valid credential issued prior to November 23, 1970. Any school district may employ and compensate dentists meeting the f…

The qualifications for a dental hygienist, dental hygienist in alternative practice, or dental hygienist in extended functions shall be a valid license issued by the Dental Hygiene Board of California or by the Dental Board of California and either a health and development creden…

The qualifications for a nurse shall be a valid certificate of registration issued by the Board of Nurse Examiners of the State of California or the California Board of Nursing Education and Nurse Registration and a health and development credential, a standard designated service…

The qualifications for an optometrist are a valid certificate issued by the State Board of Optometry and a services credential with a specialization in health or a credential issued prior to November 23, 1970. Any school district may employ and compensate optometrists meeting the…

The qualifications for an audiometrist working under the direction of health services personnel pursuant to Section 49420 shall be a valid certificate or license issued by, or valid registration with, the California state agency authorized by law to issue the certificate or licen…

(a) Any school district shall classify as a probationary employee of the district any person who is employed as a district intern pursuant to Section 44830.3 and any person who has completed service in the district as a district intern pursuant to subdivision (b) of Section 44325…

A permanent employee when advanced from a teaching position to an administrative or supervisory position, or assigned any special or other type of work, or given special classification or designation requiring certification qualifications, shall retain his permanent classificatio…

(a) A permanent employee not qualified to render service as a classroom teacher, when advanced to an administrative or supervisory position, or assigned any special or other type of work, or given special classification or designation requiring certification qualifications, shall…

A permanent employee, as specified in Section 44894, when advanced to an administrative or supervisory position requiring certification qualifications, or assigned any special or other type of work requiring certification qualifications, or given special classification or designa…

Whenever a person employed in an administrative or supervisory position requiring certification qualifications is transferred to a teaching position, the governing board of the school district shall give such employee, when requested by him, a written statement of the reasons for…

(a) A person employed in an administrative or supervisory position requiring certification qualifications upon completing a probationary period, including any time served as a classroom teacher, in the same district, shall, in a district having an average daily attendance of 250 …

Notwithstanding the provisions of Section 44897 to the contrary, the governing board of any school district shall, with respect to each person who is employed in an administrative or supervisory position requiring certification qualifications under a contract of employment provid…

A person employed in an administrative or supervisory position by more than one district shall be given permanent classification in whichever district he may select for the permanent classification. Other permanent classification shall be given to such an employee in a district s…

Any certificated employee having permanent classification in a district, who is granted a leave of absence and transfers to another district which is under the supervision of the same chief administrative officer or district superintendent as the district from which the employee …

(a) A certificated employee who has served in a position or positions requiring certification qualifications in two or more districts, each having an average daily attendance of 250 or more and governed by governing boards of identical personnel, for a total of three complete con…

In a district which becomes unified, effective for all purposes on July 1, 1980, certificated employees employed for the school year 1980–81, who were employed for the school year 1979–80 by a union high school district included in the territory within the newly organized unified…

In a school district which becomes unified, effective for all purposes, on July 1, 1980, certificated employees who are employed for the school year 1979–80 by a union high school district included in part in the territory within the newly organized unified school district shall …

On the unionization, unification, uniting, or consolidation of one or more school districts in which the average daily attendance for the preceding school year was less than 250 pupils, with a district or districts in which the average daily attendance was or, as a result of the …

When a local plan for the education of individuals with exceptional needs is developed or revised pursuant to Chapter 2.5 (commencing with Section 56195) of Part 30, the following provisions shall apply: (a) Whenever any certificated employee, who is performing service for one em…

The retirement of any employee of a school district under the provisions of any retirement law, except for employees retiring for disability under the Teachers’ Retirement Law, shall automatically effect the dismissal of the employee from the employ of the district at the end of …

(a) (1) A probationary employee who, in any one school year, has served for at least 75 percent of the number of days the regular schools of the school district in which the employee is employed are maintained shall be deemed to have served a complete school year. (2) In the case…

(a) (1) The governing board of a school district may employ persons possessing an appropriate credential as certificated employees in programs and projects to perform services conducted under contract with public or private agencies, or categorically funded projects that are not …

(a) (1) Service by a person as an instructor in classes conducted at regional occupational centers or programs, as authorized pursuant to Section 52301, shall not be included in computing the service required as a prerequisite to attainment of, or eligibility for, classification …

Service by a person under a provisional credential shall not be included in computing the service required as a prerequisite to attainment of, or eligibility to, classification as a permanent employee of a school district. This section shall not be applicable to teachers granted …

Service under a credential authorizing service only as a teacher of basic military drill in high school cadet companies established under Chapter 1 of Part 2 of Division 2 of the Military and Veterans Code shall not be included in computing the service required as a prerequisite …

Nothing in Sections 44882 to 44887, inclusive, Sections 44890, 44891, Sections 44893 to 44906, inclusive, and Sections 44908 to 44919, inclusive, shall be construed as permitting a certificated employee to acquire permanent classification with respect to employment in a summer sc…

If an employee of a school district has served as a probationary employee of the district in a position requiring certification qualifications, for one complete school year, and in the year immediately preceding the service as probationary employee has served as a substitute empl…

Governing boards of school districts shall classify as probationary employees, those persons employed in positions requiring certification qualifications for the school year, who have not been classified as permanent employees or as substitute employees. (Enacted by Stats. 1976, …

The classification shall be made at the time of employment and thereafter in the month of July of each school year. At the time of initial employment during each academic year, each new certificated employee of the school district shall receive a written statement indicating his …

Except as provided in Sections 44888 and 44920, governing boards of school districts shall classify as substitute employees those persons employed in positions requiring certification qualifications, to fill positions of regularly employed persons absent from service. After Septe…

(a) Any employee classified as a substitute or temporary employee, who serves during one school year for at least 75 percent of the number of days the regular schools of the district were maintained in that school year and has performed the duties normally required of a certifica…