Title EDC — California Educ. Code

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…

(a) Except as provided in Section 44505, the California Peer Assistance and Review Program for Teachers shall become fully operational on July 1, 2001, on which date it shall completely replace the California Mentor Teacher Program established pursuant to Chapter 1302 of the Stat…

(a) Between July 1, 1999, and June 30, 2000, a school district may notify the Superintendent of Public Instruction that it plans to implement, commencing July 1, 2000, a Peer Assistance and Review Program for Teachers pursuant to this article. Upon receipt of the notification by …

(a) The state funding for this article subsequent to the 1999–2000 fiscal year is subject to an appropriation in the annual Budget Act. (b) A school district that receives funds for purposes of this article also may expend those funds for any of the following purposes: (1) The Ma…

Subject to the availability of funding in the annual Budget Act, the Superintendent of Public Instruction shall contract with an independent evaluator on or before December 15, 2002, to prepare a comprehensive evaluation of the implementation, impact, cost, and benefit of the Cal…

For purposes of this article, “school district” includes a county office of education.

This article shall be known as the “World Language Teacher Exchange and Recruitment Law of 1963.”

The purposes of this article are to encourage and promote the temporary exchange of teachers between school districts in California and schools in foreign countries and to make available to California schools as teachers foreign-born persons and others who are especially qualifie…

The State Board of Education shall adopt rules and regulations under which teachers employed by California school districts may exchange positions with teachers in schools in other countries for a period of one year or less. The arrangements for such exchanges shall be made throu…

Teachers employed by California school districts desiring to participate in an exchange of positions under this article shall file with the Department of Education an application setting forth a plan of study to be completed during the year of service in a foreign country and sha…

(a) The exchange of teachers with a foreign country pursuant to this article shall be conditioned upon the fact that the employing school district in California shall not be required to pay the salary of the teacher from the foreign country. Teachers employed by California school…

The commission shall adopt rules and regulations providing for the recruitment of, and issuance of special credentials in the teaching of a world language to, foreign-born persons or others having native fluency in a modern world language to teach world languages in the public sc…

(a) The department may contract with universities and colleges in this state approved by the commission as a teacher education institution for furnishing refresher courses in which applicants for a special credential in the teaching of a world language issued under Section 44615 …

Section 44854 applies to exchange teachers. (Enacted by Stats. 1976, Ch. 1010.)

(a) The Legislature hereby finds and declares that the use of anabolic steroids to expedite the physical development and enhance the performance level of secondary school athletes presents a serious health hazard to these pupil athletes. Therefore it is the intent of the Legislat…

It is the intent of the Legislature that governing boards establish a uniform system of evaluation and assessment of the performance of all certificated personnel within each school district of the state, including schools conducted or maintained by county superintendents of educ…

In the development and adoption of guidelines and procedures pursuant to this article, the governing board shall avail itself of the advice of the certificated instructional personnel in the district’s organization of certificated personnel; provided, however, that the developmen…

When developing and adopting objective evaluation and assessment guidelines pursuant to Section 44660, a school district may, by mutual agreement between the exclusive representative of the certificated employees of the school district and the governing board of the school distri…

(a) The governing board of each school district shall establish standards of expected pupil achievement at each grade level in each area of study. (b) The governing board of each school district shall evaluate and assess certificated employee performance as it reasonably relates …

(a) Evaluation and assessment made pursuant to this article shall be reduced to writing and a copy thereof shall be transmitted to the certificated employee not later than 30 days before the last schoolday scheduled on the school calendar adopted by the governing board for the sc…