California Code of Regulations › Title 5 - Education › Division 8 - Commission on Teacher Credentialing › Chapter 1 - Credentials Issued Under the Teacher Preparation and Licensing Law of 1970 › Article 2 - Credential Types, Authorizations, and Requirements › Section 80048.9.4 - Special Class Authorization

Current through Register 2024 Notice Reg. No. 28, July 12, 2024
(a) The minimum requirements for the Special
				  Class Authorization include the following:
(1) A valid preliminary, professional clear,
				  clear, or life Clinical or Rehabilitative Services or Speech-Language Pathology
				  Services Credential in Language, Speech, and Hearing, Special Secondary
				  Credential in Correction of Speech Defects, Exceptional Children Credential in
				  Speech Correction and Lip Reading, Standard Teaching Credential with Minor in
				  Speech and Hearing Handicapped, Standard Restricted Special Education in Speech
				  and Hearing Therapy, and Standard Limited Specialized Preparation-Speech and
				  Hearing Handicapped;
(2) One of the
				  following:
(A) a Commission-approved Special
				  Class Authorization program of professional preparation, based on the
Education Specialist Teaching and Other Related Services Credentials
				  Program Standards
(rev. 3/11) available on the Commission's website
				  and hereby incorporated by reference, as provided in Education Code Section
				  44373(c)
				  or;
(B) a professional preparation
				  program in Special Class Authorization or equivalent content, including
				  successful completion of a supervised field work, or the equivalent, taken
				  outside California that is comparable to a program accredited by the Committee
				  on Accreditation. The program must be from a regionally accredited institution
				  of higher education and approved by the appropriate state agency where the
				  course work was completed;
(3) The basic skills requirement as described
				  in Education Code Section
				  44252,
				  unless exempt by statute;
(4) For
				  the individual prepared in California, subject-matter knowledge by either one
				  of the following:
(A) passage of
				  examination(s) as provided in Education Code Sections
				  44280,
				  44281, and
				  44282 as
				  appropriate for the multiple subject credential, or for the single subject
				  credential in the areas of art, English, foreign language, mathematics
				  including foundational-level mathematics, music, social science, or science
				  including foundational-level general science and specialized science;
				  or
(B) completion of a subject
				  matter program as provided in Education Code Section
				  44310 for
				  the single subject credential in the areas of art, English, foreign language,
				  mathematics including foundational-level mathematics, music, social science, or
				  science including foundational-level general science and specialized science;
				  or
(C) holders of a California
				  preliminary, clear, professional clear, or life teaching credential requiring a
				  baccalaureate or higher degree and a program of professional preparation,
				  including student teaching, are exempt from the subject matter knowledge
				  requirement.
(5) For
				  individuals prepared in California, the study of alternative methods of
				  developing English language skills, including the study of reading, as
				  described in Education Code Section
				  44259(b)(4)
				  and passage of the reading instruction competence assessment as provided in
				  Education Code Section
				  44283;
(6) The study of English learners as
				  described in Education Code Section
				  44259.5(c);