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2023 California Code › Education Code - EDC › TITLE 2 - ELEMENTARY AND SECONDARY EDUCATION › DIVISION 3 - LOCAL ADMINISTRATION › PART 25 - EMPLOYEES › CHAPTER 1 - Employees › ARTICLE 2 - Rights and Duties › Section 44048.

44048. A classified school employee currently employed by any school district or a county superintendent of schools which decides to maintain classes on Saturday or Sunday, or both, shall not, without his or her written consent, be required to change his or her workweek to include Saturday or Sunday, or both. No such classified employee shall be assigned to perform services on a Saturday or Sunday if such classified employee objects in writing that such assignment would conflict with his or her religious beliefs or practices. Enactment of this section shall cause no change or disruption in existing work schedules which may already include Saturday or Sunday as regular workdays.
This section shall not be construed as limiting the power of any governing board of a school district, or a county superintendent of schools, to govern the schools of the district, including the assignment of classified employees employed by such district or county superintendent of schools.
This section shall not be construed as modifying or otherwise affecting in any way the provisions of Sections 45127, 45128, or 45131, or any other provisions of this code relating to employment of classified employees.
(Enacted by Stats. 1976, Ch. 1010.)
2023 California Code › Education Code - EDC › TITLE 2 - ELEMENTARY AND SECONDARY EDUCATION › DIVISION 3 - LOCAL ADMINISTRATION › PART 25 - EMPLOYEES › CHAPTER 1 - Employees › ARTICLE 2 - Rights and Duties › Section 44049.

44049. (a) Except as provided in subdivision (c), any principal or person designated by the principal who, in his or her professional capacity or within the scope of his or her employment, has knowledge of or observes a pupil whom he or she knows, or reasonably suspects as evidenced by the pupil’s apparent intoxication, has consumed an alcoholic beverage or abused a controlled substance, as listed in Chapter 2 (commencing with Section 11053) of the Health and Safety Code, may report the known or suspected instance of alcohol or controlled substance abuse to the parent or parents, or other person having legal custody, of the student.
(b) No principal or his or her designee who reports a known or suspected instance of alcohol or controlled substance abuse by a pupil to the parent or parents, or other person having legal custody, of the pupil shall be civilly or criminally liable, for any report or as a result of any report, unless it can be proven that a false report was made and the principal or his or her designee knew that the report was false or was made with reckless disregard for the truth or falsity of the report. Any principal or his or her designee who makes a report known to be false or with reckless disregard of the truth or falsity of the report is liable for any damages caused.
(c) No principal or person designated by the principal shall report a known or suspected instance of alcohol or controlled substance abuse by a pupil to the parent or parents, or other person having legal custody, of the pupil if the report would require the disclosure of confidential information in violation of Section 49602 or 72621.
(Amended by Stats. 2002, Ch. 1168, Sec. 29. Effective September 30, 2002.)
2023 California Code › Education Code - EDC › TITLE 2 - ELEMENTARY AND SECONDARY EDUCATION › DIVISION 3 - LOCAL ADMINISTRATION › PART 25 - EMPLOYEES › CHAPTER 1 - Employees › ARTICLE 2 - Rights and Duties › Section 44050.

44050. (a) A local educational agency, or a person, firm, association, partnership, or corporation offering or conducting private school instruction at the elementary or high school level, that maintains a section on employee interactions with pupils in its employee code of conduct shall do both of the following:
(1) Commencing July 1, 2018, provide a written copy of the section on employee interactions with pupils in its code of conduct to the parent or guardian of each enrolled pupil at the beginning of each school year.
(2) Commencing January 1, 2018, post the section on employee interactions with pupils in its code of conduct, or provide a link to it, on each of its schools’ Internet Web sites, or, if a school of a local educational agency does not have its own Internet Web site, on the local educational agency’s Internet Web site, in a manner that is accessible to the public without a password.
(b) A local educational agency may satisfy the requirement to provide a written copy of the section on employee interactions with pupils in its code of conduct to the parent or guardian of each enrolled pupil by including the section on employee interactions with pupils in its code of conduct in the notice required pursuant to Section 48980.
(c) For purposes of this section, a local educational agency includes a school district, county office of education, or charter school.
(d) This section shall not be construed to require a local educational agency, a school within a local educational agency, or a private school to create an Internet Web site if it does not have one.
(e) This section does not apply to a private school composed of parents or guardians working exclusively with their own children.
(Added by Stats. 2017, Ch. 580, Sec. 1. (AB 500) Effective January 1, 2018.)
2023 California Code › Education Code - EDC › TITLE 2 - ELEMENTARY AND SECONDARY EDUCATION › DIVISION 3 - LOCAL ADMINISTRATION › PART 25 - EMPLOYEES › CHAPTER 1 - Employees › ARTICLE 3 - Interchange Between Certificated and Classified Positions › Section 44060.

44060. The purpose of this article is to provide a basis of determination as to what constitutes a supervisory or administrative classified position or a position requiring certification qualifications not clearly defined in other sections of this code; to provide an interchange of qualified personnel between the certificated and classified services of the public school systems; and to secure rights and benefits to employees moving between the two services, all to the end of assuring better educational systems for the students of the public school systems.
The provisions of this article are not intended, nor may they be construed, to invalidate any other sections of this code which were enacted prior to the enactment of this article, relating to positions requiring certification qualifications or the classified service covered in Article 6 (commencing with Section 45240) of Chapter 5 of this part, unless specifically provided herein. This article shall where appropriate apply to districts that have adopted the merit system in the same manner and effect as if it were a part of Article 6 (commencing with Section 45240) of Chapter 5 of this part.
(Enacted by Stats. 1976, Ch. 1010.)
2023 California Code › Education Code - EDC › TITLE 2 - ELEMENTARY AND SECONDARY EDUCATION › DIVISION 3 - LOCAL ADMINISTRATION › PART 25 - EMPLOYEES › CHAPTER 1 - Employees › ARTICLE 3 - Interchange Between Certificated and Classified Positions › Section 44061.

44061. If a person employed by the county superintendent of schools in a position requiring certification qualifications is assigned to a position under the same superintendent not requiring certification qualifications, the employee shall retain all sickness and injury, sabbatical leave, and other rights and benefits. All seniority and tenure rights accumulated by him at the time of assignment to the position not requiring certification qualifications shall be secured to him for a period of 39 months from the time of acceptance of the classified position. His return to certificated service at any time within the 39 months shall be treated as if there had not been an interruption in his certificated service.
(Enacted by Stats. 1976, Ch. 1010.)
2023 California Code › Education Code - EDC › TITLE 2 - ELEMENTARY AND SECONDARY EDUCATION › DIVISION 3 - LOCAL ADMINISTRATION › PART 25 - EMPLOYEES › CHAPTER 1 - Employees › ARTICLE 3 - Interchange Between Certificated and Classified Positions › Section 44062.

44062. If a person employed by the county superintendent of schools in a position not requiring certification qualifications is assigned to a position under the same superintendent requiring certification qualifications, the employee shall retain all sick leave, vacation, and other rights and benefits accumulated by him at the time of assignment to the position requiring certification qualifications. All seniority and permanency rights shall be secured to such an employee for a period of 39 months from the date of his acceptance of the certificated position. Such an employee shall be eligible to return to and assume the duties of his prior classified position at any time during the 39 months and his return shall be treated as if there had not been an interruption in his classified service.
(Enacted by Stats. 1976, Ch. 1010.)
2023 California Code › Education Code - EDC › TITLE 2 - ELEMENTARY AND SECONDARY EDUCATION › DIVISION 3 - LOCAL ADMINISTRATION › PART 25 - EMPLOYEES › CHAPTER 1 - Employees › ARTICLE 3 - Interchange Between Certificated and Classified Positions › Section 44063.

44063. If an employee of a school district, including a district having the merit system as outlined in Article 6 (commencing with Section 45240) of Chapter 5, employed in a position requiring certification qualifications is assigned to a position in the classified service of the same district, the employee shall retain all sickness and injury, sabbatical leave, and other rights and benefits. All seniority and tenure rights accumulated by the employee at the time of assignment to the position in the classified service shall be secured to the employee during the period of time he or she occupies a position in the classified service. The employee’s return to certificated service at any time shall be treated as if there had not been an interruption in his or her certificated service.
(Amended by Stats. 1985, Ch. 1038, Sec. 1.)
2023 California Code › Education Code - EDC › TITLE 2 - ELEMENTARY AND SECONDARY EDUCATION › DIVISION 3 - LOCAL ADMINISTRATION › PART 25 - EMPLOYEES › CHAPTER 1 - Employees › ARTICLE 3 - Interchange Between Certificated and Classified Positions › Section 44064.

44064. If an employee of a school district, including a district having the merit system as outlined in Article 6 (commencing with Section 45240) of Chapter 5, employed in a position in the classified service is assigned to a position in the same district requiring certification qualifications, the employee shall retain all sick leave, vacation, and other rights and benefits accumulated by the employee at the time he or she is assigned to a position requiring certification qualifications. All seniority and permanency rights shall be secured to the employee during the period of time he or she occupies a position in the certificated service. The employee’s return to the classified service at any time shall be treated as if there had not been an interruption in his or her classified service.
(Amended by Stats. 1985, Ch. 1038, Sec. 2.)
2023 California Code › Education Code - EDC › TITLE 2 - ELEMENTARY AND SECONDARY EDUCATION › DIVISION 3 - LOCAL ADMINISTRATION › PART 25 - EMPLOYEES › CHAPTER 1 - Employees › ARTICLE 3 - Interchange Between Certificated and Classified Positions › Section 44066.

44066. A governing board of any school district or a county board of education or a county superintendent of schools or other appointing authority shall not require an employee or applicant to possess any certification, license, or other credential unless the possession of such a certification, license, or other credential is required by statute or is based upon a bona fide occupational qualification.
It is the intent of the Legislature that any person who had served in a position for which certification, license, or other credential not necessitated by statute or bona fide occupational qualification, had been required, and in a position which was designated by the governing board as a position requiring certification qualifications, shall be deemed to be an employee in a position requiring certification qualifications for as long as he or she holds such position and it is further the intent of the Legislature that such position shall be deemed to be a certificated position for as long as such person holds such position.
(Amended by Stats. 1977, Ch. 699.)
2023 California Code › Education Code - EDC › TITLE 2 - ELEMENTARY AND SECONDARY EDUCATION › DIVISION 3 - LOCAL ADMINISTRATION › PART 25 - EMPLOYEES › CHAPTER 1 - Employees › ARTICLE 3 - Interchange Between Certificated and Classified Positions › Section 44067.

44067. Any person who, on September 15, 1961, is serving in a position for which a credential was issued or certification qualifications required pursuant to Section 44286 prior to the repeal of such sections, shall be deemed to be an employee in a position requiring such credential or certification qualifications for as long as he holds such position after September 15, 1961.
(Enacted by Stats. 1976, Ch. 1010.)
2023 California Code › Education Code - EDC › TITLE 2 - ELEMENTARY AND SECONDARY EDUCATION › DIVISION 3 - LOCAL ADMINISTRATION › PART 25 - EMPLOYEES › CHAPTER 1 - Employees › ARTICLE 3 - Interchange Between Certificated and Classified Positions › Section 44068.

44068. Any person who, on June 30, 1965, was serving in a position requiring certification qualifications pursuant to the provisions of subdivisions (m), (n), and (o) of Section 13055 as amended by Chapter 840 of the Statutes of 1963, shall be deemed to be an employee in a position requiring certification qualifications for as long as he or she holds that position after January 1, 1987, and that position shall be deemed to be a certificated position for as long as this person holds that position.
(Amended by Stats. 1986, Ch. 916, Sec. 2.)
2023 California Code › Education Code - EDC › TITLE 2 - ELEMENTARY AND SECONDARY EDUCATION › DIVISION 3 - LOCAL ADMINISTRATION › PART 25 - EMPLOYEES › CHAPTER 1 - Employees › ARTICLE 3 - Interchange Between Certificated and Classified Positions › Section 44068.5.

44068.5. Any person who, on July 1, 1986, was serving in a position requiring certification qualifications pursuant to the provisions of paragraph (6) of subdivision (a) of Section 44065 as amended by Chapter 905 of the Statutes of 1985, shall be deemed to be an employee in a position requiring certification qualifications for as long as he or she holds that position after January 1, 1987, and that position shall be deemed to be a certificated position for as long as this person holds that position.
(Added by Stats. 1986, Ch. 916, Sec. 3.)
2023 California Code › Education Code - EDC › TITLE 2 - ELEMENTARY AND SECONDARY EDUCATION › DIVISION 3 - LOCAL ADMINISTRATION › PART 25 - EMPLOYEES › CHAPTER 1 - Employees › ARTICLE 3 - Interchange Between Certificated and Classified Positions › Section 44069.

44069. (a) Any person who, on September 17, 1965, was serving in a position as business manager and had been assigned a title listed in Section 35028 shall be deemed to be an employee in a position requiring certification qualifications for so long as he holds such position in the same district.
(b) Any person who, on March 4, 1972, was serving in a position of business manager and that position had been declared, by the governing board, to be one requiring certification qualifications in accordance with the authority extended in this section prior to March 4, 1972, shall be deemed to be an employee in a position requiring certification qualifications for so long as he holds such position in the same district.
(c) Except as provided in subdivision (d), on and after March 4, 1972, no person employed in a position of business manager shall be required to be credentialed and no title assignment, work, duty statement or other device, including but not limited to educational or other requirements of applicants, which may be established by the governing board, may be construed to require certification qualifications for any such position or reasonably related position.
(d) The governing board of any school district with less than 3,000 units of average daily attendance in the prior fiscal year may require any person employed in a position of business manager to be credentialed.
(Enacted by Stats. 1976, Ch. 1010.)
2023 California Code › Education Code - EDC › TITLE 2 - ELEMENTARY AND SECONDARY EDUCATION › DIVISION 3 - LOCAL ADMINISTRATION › PART 25 - EMPLOYEES › CHAPTER 1 - Employees › ARTICLE 4 - Affirmative Action Employment › Section 44100.

44100. (a) The Legislature finds and declares the following:
(1) Generally, California school districts employ a disproportionately low number of racial and ethnic minority classified and certificated employees and a disproportionately low number of women and members of racial and ethnic minorities in administrative positions.
(2) It is educationally sound for the minority student attending a racially impacted school to have available to him or her the positive image provided by minority classified and certificated employees. It is likewise educationally sound for the child from the majority group to have positive experiences with minority people, that can be provided, in part, by having minority classified and certificated employees at schools where the enrollment is largely made up of majority group students. It is also educationally important for students to observe that women as well as men can assume responsible and diverse roles in society.
(3) Past employment practices created artificial barriers and past efforts to promote additional action in the recruitment, employment, and promotion of women and minorities did not result in a substantial increase in employment opportunities for these persons.
(4) Lessons concerning democratic principles and the richness that racial diversity brings to our national heritage can be best taught by staffs composed of mixed races and ethnic groups working toward a common goal.
(b) It is the intent of the Legislature to do all of the following:
(1) Establish and maintain a policy of equal opportunity in employment for all persons.
(2) Prohibit discrimination on any basis listed in subdivision (a) of Section 12940 of the Government Code, as those bases are defined in Sections 12926 and 12926.1 of the Government Code, except as otherwise provided in Section 12940 of the Government Code, in every aspect of personnel policy and practice in the employment, development, advancement, and treatment of persons employed in the public school system.
(3) Promote the total realization of equal employment opportunity through a continuing affirmative action employment program.
(c) The Legislature recognizes that it is not enough to proclaim that public employers do not discriminate in employment, but that effort must also be made to build a community in which opportunity is equalized. It is the intent of the Legislature to require educational agencies to adopt and implement plans for increasing the numbers of women and minority persons at all levels of responsibility.
(Amended by Stats. 2004, Ch. 788, Sec. 1. Effective January 1, 2005.)
2023 California Code › Education Code - EDC › TITLE 2 - ELEMENTARY AND SECONDARY EDUCATION › DIVISION 3 - LOCAL ADMINISTRATION › PART 25 - EMPLOYEES › CHAPTER 1 - Employees › ARTICLE 4 - Affirmative Action Employment › Section 44101.

44101. For the purposes of this article the following definitions apply:
(a) (1) “Affirmative action employment program” means planned activities designed to seek, hire, and promote persons who are underrepresented in the work force compared to their numbers in the population, including individuals with disabilities, women, and persons of minority racial and ethnic backgrounds. It is a conscious, deliberate step taken by a hiring authority to assure equal employment opportunity for all staff, both certificated and classified. These programs require the employer to make additional efforts to recruit, employ, and promote members of groups formerly excluded at the various levels of responsibility who are qualified or may become qualified through appropriate training or experience within a reasonable length of time. These programs should be designed to remedy the exclusion, whatever its cause.
(2) Affirmative action requires imaginative, energetic, and sustained action by each employer to devise recruiting, training, and career advancement opportunities that will result in an equitable representation of women and minorities in relation to all employees of the employer.
(b) “Goals and timetables” means projected new levels of employment of women and minority racial and ethnic groups to be attained on an annual schedule, given the expected turnover in the work force and the availability of persons who are qualified or may become qualified through appropriate training or experience within a reasonable length of time. Goals are not quotas or rigid proportions. They should relate both to the qualitative and quantitative needs of the employer.
(c) “Public education agency” means the Department of Education, each office of the county superintendent of schools, and the governing board of each school district in California.
(Amended by Stats. 2004, Ch. 788, Sec. 2. Effective January 1, 2005.)
2023 California Code › Education Code - EDC › TITLE 2 - ELEMENTARY AND SECONDARY EDUCATION › DIVISION 3 - LOCAL ADMINISTRATION › PART 25 - EMPLOYEES › CHAPTER 1 - Employees › ARTICLE 4 - Affirmative Action Employment › Section 44103.

44103. Each county superintendent of schools shall render assistance in developing and implementing affirmative action employment programs to elementary school districts under his jurisdiction which had fewer than 901 units of average daily attendance during the preceding fiscal year, and to high school districts under his jurisdiction which had fewer than 301 units of average daily attendance during the preceding fiscal year, and to unified school districts under his jurisdiction which had fewer than 1,501 units of average daily attendance during the preceding fiscal year.
(Added by Stats. 1977, Ch. 1090.)
2023 California Code › Education Code - EDC › TITLE 2 - ELEMENTARY AND SECONDARY EDUCATION › DIVISION 3 - LOCAL ADMINISTRATION › PART 25 - EMPLOYEES › CHAPTER 1 - Employees › ARTICLE 4 - Affirmative Action Employment › Section 44104.

44104. The department, out of funds appropriated for such purposes, (1) shall provide assistance to local educational agencies in adopting and maintaining high-quality affirmative action programs and (2) develop and disseminate to public education agencies guidelines to assist the agencies in developing and implementing affirmative action employment programs.
(Amended by Stats. 1994, Ch. 922, Sec. 75. Effective January 1, 1995.)
2023 California Code › Education Code - EDC › TITLE 2 - ELEMENTARY AND SECONDARY EDUCATION › DIVISION 3 - LOCAL ADMINISTRATION › PART 25 - EMPLOYEES › CHAPTER 1 - Employees › ARTICLE 4 - Affirmative Action Employment › Section 44105.

44105. The State Board of Education shall adopt all necessary rules and regulations to carry out the intent of this article.
(Added by Stats. 1977, Ch. 1090.)
2023 California Code › Education Code - EDC › TITLE 2 - ELEMENTARY AND SECONDARY EDUCATION › DIVISION 3 - LOCAL ADMINISTRATION › PART 25 - EMPLOYEES › CHAPTER 1 - Employees › ARTICLE 5 - Reporting by School Employees of Improper Governmental Activities › Section 44110.

44110. This article shall be known and may be referred to as the Reporting by School Employees of Improper Governmental Activities Act.
(Added by Stats. 2000, Ch. 531, Sec. 1. Effective January 1, 2001.)
2023 California Code › Education Code - EDC › TITLE 2 - ELEMENTARY AND SECONDARY EDUCATION › DIVISION 3 - LOCAL ADMINISTRATION › PART 25 - EMPLOYEES › CHAPTER 1 - Employees › ARTICLE 5 - Reporting by School Employees of Improper Governmental Activities › Section 44111.

44111. It is the intent of the Legislature that school employees and other persons disclose, to the extent not expressly prohibited by law, improper governmental activities.
(Added by Stats. 2000, Ch. 531, Sec. 1. Effective January 1, 2001.)
2023 California Code › Education Code - EDC › TITLE 2 - ELEMENTARY AND SECONDARY EDUCATION › DIVISION 3 - LOCAL ADMINISTRATION › PART 25 - EMPLOYEES › CHAPTER 1 - Employees › ARTICLE 5 - Reporting by School Employees of Improper Governmental Activities › Section 44112.

44112. For the purposes of this article, the following terms have the following meanings:
(a) “Employee” means a public school employee as defined in subdivision (j) of Section 3540.1 of the Government Code.
(b) “Illegal order” means any directive to violate or assist in violating a federal, state, or local law, rule, or regulation or an order to work or cause others to work in conditions outside of their line of duty that would unreasonably threaten the health or safety of employees or the public.
(c) “Improper governmental activity” means an activity by a public school agency or by an employee that is undertaken in the performance of the employee’s official duties, whether or not that activity is within the scope of his or her employment, and that meets either of the following descriptions:
(1) The activity violates a state or federal law or regulation, including, but not limited to, corruption, malfeasance, bribery, theft of government property, fraudulent claims, fraud, coercion, conversion, malicious prosecution, misuse of government property, or willful omission to perform duty.
(2) The activity is economically wasteful or involves gross misconduct, incompetency, or inefficiency.
(d) “Person” means any individual, corporation, trust, association, any state or local government, or any agency or instrumentality of any of the foregoing.
(e) “Protected disclosure” means a good faith communication that discloses or demonstrates an intention to disclose information that may evidence either of the following:
(1) An improper governmental activity.
(2) Any condition that may significantly threaten the health or safety of employees or the public if the disclosure or intention to disclose was made for the purpose of remedying that condition.
(f) “Public school employer” has the same meaning as in subdivision (k) of Section 3540.1 of the Government Code.
(Added by Stats. 2000, Ch. 531, Sec. 1. Effective January 1, 2001.)
2023 California Code › Education Code - EDC › TITLE 2 - ELEMENTARY AND SECONDARY EDUCATION › DIVISION 3 - LOCAL ADMINISTRATION › PART 25 - EMPLOYEES › CHAPTER 1 - Employees › ARTICLE 5 - Reporting by School Employees of Improper Governmental Activities › Section 44113.

44113. (a) An employee may not directly or indirectly use or attempt to use the official authority or influence of the employee for the purpose of intimidating, threatening, coercing, commanding, or attempting to intimidate, threaten, coerce, or command any person for the purpose of interfering with the right of that person to disclose to an official agent matters within the scope of this article.
(b) For the purpose of subdivision (a), “use of official authority or influence” includes promising to confer or conferring any benefit; affecting or threatening to affect any reprisal; or taking, directing others to take, recommending, processing, or approving any personnel action, including, but not limited to appointment, promotion, transfer, assignment, performance evaluation, suspension, or other disciplinary action.
(c) For the purpose of subdivision (a), “official agent” includes a school administrator, member of the governing board of a school district or county board of education, county superintendent of schools, or the Superintendent of Public Instruction.
(d) An employee who violates subdivision (a) may be liable in an action for civil damages brought against the employee by the offended party.
(e) Nothing in this section shall be construed to authorize an individual to disclose information otherwise prohibited by or under law.
(Added by Stats. 2000, Ch. 531, Sec. 1. Effective January 1, 2001.)
2023 California Code › Education Code - EDC › TITLE 2 - ELEMENTARY AND SECONDARY EDUCATION › DIVISION 3 - LOCAL ADMINISTRATION › PART 25 - EMPLOYEES › CHAPTER 2 - Teacher Credentialing › ARTICLE 1 - General Provisions › Section 44200.

44200. This chapter shall be known and may be cited as the “Teacher Credentialing Law of 1988” or “The Bergeson Act.”
(Amended by Stats. 1989, Ch. 1360, Sec. 24.)
2023 California Code › Education Code - EDC › TITLE 2 - ELEMENTARY AND SECONDARY EDUCATION › DIVISION 3 - LOCAL ADMINISTRATION › PART 25 - EMPLOYEES › CHAPTER 2 - Teacher Credentialing › ARTICLE 1 - General Provisions › Section 44202.

44202. It is the intent of the Legislature that the Commission for Teacher Preparation and Licensing shall exercise authority over all services provided to pupils in grade 12 or below. It is not the intent of the Legislature to authorize the commission to issue credentials authorizing service in grades 13 and 14, or in any institution of higher education.
(Enacted by Stats. 1976, Ch. 1010.)
2023 California Code › Education Code - EDC › TITLE 2 - ELEMENTARY AND SECONDARY EDUCATION › DIVISION 3 - LOCAL ADMINISTRATION › PART 25 - EMPLOYEES › CHAPTER 2 - Teacher Credentialing › ARTICLE 2 - Commission on Teacher Credentialing › Section 44210.

44210. (a) There is hereby established in the state government the Commission on Teacher Credentialing, to consist of 15 voting members, 14 of whom shall be appointed by the Governor with the advice and consent of the Senate, as specified in paragraphs (2) to (8), inclusive. The commission shall consist of the following members:
(1) The Superintendent or the Superintendent’s designee.
(2) Six practicing teachers from public elementary and secondary schools in California.
(3) One person who is employed on the basis of a services credential other than an administrative services credential.
(4) One member of the governing board of a school district.
(5)  Three representatives of the public. None of these persons shall have been employed by an elementary or secondary school district in a position requiring certification, or shall have served as a school district governing board member in the five-year period immediately before the public member’s appointment to the commission.
(6) One school administrator in a public elementary or secondary school in California.
(7) One certificated human resources administrator in a public elementary or secondary school in California.
(8) One faculty member from a college or university that grants baccalaureate degrees.
(b) With the exception of the three representatives of the public and the Superintendent, the appointment of a member shall terminate if the member is no longer a practicing teacher in a public elementary or secondary school, a person who is employed on the basis of a valid services credential, a school administrator, a certificated human resources administrator, a faculty member of a college or university that grants baccalaureate degrees, or a member of the governing board of a school district, as may be the case, in California.
(c) Not more than one member of the commission is to be appointed from the same school district or college or university campus.
(d)  Commencing July 1, 1989, four members shall be appointed to the commission for terms of two years, five members for terms of three years, and five members for terms of four years.
(e) Each appointment pursuant to this section shall expire on November 20 of the year of expiration of the applicable term. All appointments made pursuant to this section are subject to Section 44213.
(Amended by Stats. 2019, Ch. 148, Sec. 1. (SB 478) Effective January 1, 2020.)
2023 California Code › Education Code - EDC › TITLE 2 - ELEMENTARY AND SECONDARY EDUCATION › DIVISION 3 - LOCAL ADMINISTRATION › PART 25 - EMPLOYEES › CHAPTER 2 - Teacher Credentialing › ARTICLE 2 - Commission on Teacher Credentialing › Section 44210.5.

44210.5. It is the intent of the Legislature that appointees to the commission reflect the ethnic and cultural diversity of the California public schools.
(Added by Stats. 1988, Ch. 1355, Sec. 4.6.)
2023 California Code › Education Code - EDC › TITLE 2 - ELEMENTARY AND SECONDARY EDUCATION › DIVISION 3 - LOCAL ADMINISTRATION › PART 25 - EMPLOYEES › CHAPTER 2 - Teacher Credentialing › ARTICLE 2 - Commission on Teacher Credentialing › Section 44211.

44211. Representatives of statewide organizations may submit for the Governor’s consideration the names of distinguished individuals to serve on the commission.
(Enacted by Stats. 1976, Ch. 1010.)
2023 California Code › Education Code - EDC › TITLE 2 - ELEMENTARY AND SECONDARY EDUCATION › DIVISION 3 - LOCAL ADMINISTRATION › PART 25 - EMPLOYEES › CHAPTER 2 - Teacher Credentialing › ARTICLE 2 - Commission on Teacher Credentialing › Section 44212.

44212. (a)  The Regents of the University of California, the Trustees of the California State University, the Board of Governors of the California Community Colleges, and the Association of Independent California Colleges and Universities shall each appoint a representative to serve as an ex officio member without a vote in proceedings of the commission.
(b) The ex officio members shall not vote in the proceedings of the commission or in any of its committees or subcommittees, except, by a majority vote of the commission, ex officio members may be permitted to vote in committees or subcommittees in order to establish a quorum or as otherwise determined by majority vote of the commission.
(Amended by Stats. 2020, Ch. 370, Sec. 59. (SB 1371) Effective January 1, 2021.)
2023 California Code › Education Code - EDC › TITLE 2 - ELEMENTARY AND SECONDARY EDUCATION › DIVISION 3 - LOCAL ADMINISTRATION › PART 25 - EMPLOYEES › CHAPTER 2 - Teacher Credentialing › ARTICLE 2 - Commission on Teacher Credentialing › Section 44213.

44213. Except as otherwise provided pursuant to Section 44210, upon the expiration of the term of office of an appointive member of the commission, the member’s successor shall be appointed for a term of four years. No person shall be appointed by the Governor to serve more than two consecutive full terms. Prior service on the commission for a term of less than three years resulting from an initial appointment or an appointment for the remainder of an unexpired term shall not be counted as a full term.
(Amended by Stats. 1988, Ch. 1355, Sec. 4.8.)
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44214. If a member is absent from any four regularly scheduled meetings in any calendar year, his or her office as a member of the commission shall be deemed vacant. The chairperson of the commission shall forthwith notify the Governor that the vacancy exists.
(Amended by Stats. 1990, Ch. 216, Sec. 15.)
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44215. Except as provided pursuant to Section 44217 with respect to private citizens, the members of the commission shall serve without compensation, but shall be reimbursed for their actual and necessary travel expenses incurred in the performance of their duties.
(Amended by Stats. 1978, Ch. 442.)
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44216. Whenever an employee of any public school district, state college, or other public agency is appointed to membership on the commission, his employer shall grant him sufficient time away from his regular duties, without loss of income or other benefits to which he is entitled by reason of his employment, to attend meetings of the commission and to attend to the duties imposed upon him by reason of his membership on the commission. The employer of any such member may make available such stenographic, secretarial, and staff assistance as is reasonably necessary to enable him to execute the duties imposed upon him by reason of his membership on the commission.
(Enacted by Stats. 1976, Ch. 1010.)
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44217. The compensation of the members of the commission who are public employees shall not be reduced by the agency or body by which they are regularly employed for any absence from service occasioned by attendance upon the business of the commission, its committees or subcommittees.
Each school district which employs a member of the commission and which is required to employ a person to replace such member during his attendance at meetings of the commission or any committee or subcommittee thereof, shall be reimbursed from the Teacher Credentials Fund for the cost incurred by employing a replacement.
A private citizen member may be provided from the Teacher Credentials Fund a stipend of up to fifty dollars ($50) per day, exclusive of per diem, for attendance at a meeting of the commission or any committee or subcommittee thereof, if such attendance results in loss of income.
(Amended by Stats. 1978, Ch. 442.)
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44218. The commission by majority vote of all its members shall elect its own chairman from among its members.
(Enacted by Stats. 1976, Ch. 1010.)
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44219. The commission shall meet as deemed appropriate and necessary by the chairperson and the executive committee to accomplish its duties, but shall meet no fewer than once each quarter of the year.
In order that any allegation of misconduct and the effect thereof, if any, upon the application or credential of a certified employee are determined, as required by subdivision (b) of Section 44244, no later than six months after an investigation is commenced, the commission or the Committee of Credentials shall meet more frequently than once each quarter, if possible.
(Amended by Stats. 2005, Ch. 73, Sec. 6. Effective July 19, 2005.)
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44220. (a) The commission shall appoint an executive director, who shall be exempt from the provisions of the State Civil Service Act, and may in its discretion remove him or her by a majority vote of all its members. He or she shall be the secretary to the commission and its chief executive officer. He or she shall receive the salary that the commission determines, and, subject to appropriation, other prerequisites that the commission determines.
(b) Any power, duty, purpose, function, or jurisdiction that the commission may lawfully delegate is delegated to the executive director, unless the commission specifically has reserved the same for its own action.
(c) Pursuant to subdivision (aa) of Section 11126 of the Government Code, the commission may hold closed sessions when considering matters relating to the recruitment, appointment, employment, or removal of the executive director.
(Amended by Stats. 1992, Ch. 1050, Sec. 1. Effective January 1, 1993.)
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44221. The commission may employ personnel as necessary to carry out its duties and responsibilities. The staff of the commission shall be subject to the provisions of the State Civil Service Act contained in Part 2 (commencing with Section 18500) of Division 5 of Title 2 of the Government Code.
All persons, other than temporary employees, serving in the state civil service and engaged in the performance of a function transferred to the Commission on Teacher Credentialing or engaged in the administration of a law, the administration of which is transferred to the commission, shall remain in the state civil service and may request transfer to the commission or remain with the department on the effective date of this section. The status, position, and rights of any person shall not be affected by his or her transfer and shall continue to be retained pursuant to the State Civil Service Act, except as to positions the duties of which are vested in a position that is exempt from civil service.
(Amended by Stats. 2009, Ch. 53, Sec. 1. (SB 512) Effective January 1, 2010.)
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44222. The Department of Education shall assist the commission in any manner the commission may request in implementing this chapter; provided that the department shall be reimbursed from the Teacher Credentials Fund for any expenses incurred in assisting the commission or the Committee of Credentials.
(Enacted by Stats. 1976, Ch. 1010.)
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44223. (a) (1) The commission and the department shall develop a survey no later than July 1, 2023, for purposes of collecting data from teachers of local educational agencies resigning their positions or electing not to accept a teaching assignment for the upcoming school year, including data on whether or not they are exiting the profession.
(2) In developing the survey pursuant to paragraph (1), the commission and the department shall gather input from education stakeholders.
(b) On and after the commencement of the 2023–24 school year, a local educational agency is encouraged to administer the survey developed by the commission and the department within 15 days of a teacher of the local educational agency resigning their position or electing not to accept a teaching assignment for the upcoming school year.
(c) In developing the survey pursuant to subdivision (a), the commission and the department may use existing resources, including, but not limited to, the California School Climate, Health, and Learning Survey.
(d) A local educational agency is encouraged to report the results of surveys administered pursuant to subdivision (b) to the commission on an annual basis.
(e) (1) The commission shall work with the department to prepare an annual report that compiles the data provided pursuant to subdivision (d), submit the report to the department and the Legislature, and post the report on its internet website.
(2) A report to be submitted to the Legislature pursuant to paragraph (1) shall be submitted in compliance with Section 9795 of the Government Code.
(3) Paragraphs (1) and (2) shall be implemented only upon appropriation of funds for this purpose by the Legislature in the annual Budget Act or in another statute.
(f) It is the intent of the Legislature that the data from the surveys shall be used to examine future statewide investments on teacher recruitment and retention efforts.
(g) For purposes of this section, “local educational agency” means a school district, county office of education, or charter school maintaining kindergarten or any of grades 1 to 12, inclusive.
(Added by Stats. 2022, Ch. 924, Sec. 1. (SB 1487) Effective January 1, 2023.)
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44224. (a) For purposes of this section, “campaign” means the public awareness campaign described in subdivision (b).
(b) The commission shall contract with a public relations organization, or other organization with similar expertise, to develop a public awareness campaign that highlights the value and benefits of educational careers in California’s public schools, spanning from prekindergarten and kindergarten to elementary and secondary schools serving pupils in any of grades 1 to 12, inclusive.
(c) The campaign shall recognize the value of the contributions made by public school teachers and encourage individuals to enter the teaching profession.
(d) The campaign shall include information about available high-quality teacher credentialing pathways and available financial supports.
(e) The campaign may include, but is not limited to, the development and distribution of statewide public service announcements relating to teacher recruitment and outreach to high school pupils and college students.
(f) It is the intent of the Legislature that the cost of the public awareness campaign established by this section not exceed nine hundred thousand dollars ($900,000).
(Added by Stats. 2023, Ch. 671, Sec. 1. (AB 934) Effective January 1, 2024.)
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44225.4. The time of validity of examination scores used to satisfy a requirement for the issuance of a credential, certificate, permit, or waiver pursuant to subdivision (b) of Section 80071 of Title 5 of the California Code of Regulations is extended to 11 years for any score used to satisfy a requirement from March 19, 2020, to June 30, 2021, inclusive.
(Added by Stats. 2020, Ch. 24, Sec. 35. (SB 98) Effective June 29, 2020.)
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44225.5. The Commission on Teacher Credentialing shall adopt standards for the issuance of teaching credentials to persons who received a score equal to or exceeding the minimum acceptable score set by the commission.
(Amended by Stats. 1994, Ch. 922, Sec. 76. Effective January 1, 1995.)