California Code of Regulations › Title 5 - Education › Division 8 - Commission on Teacher Credentialing › Chapter 4 - Procedure for Application for, Adding Authorization to, and Renewal of Credentials › Article 2 - Direct Application to the Commission › Section 80457 - Acceptance of College or University Work for Purposes of Certification in California

Current through Register 2024 Notice Reg. No. 28, July 12, 2024
(a) For the purposes of certification, a
				  degree must be completed in a regionally accredited institution of higher
				  education, unless otherwise stated in statutes or regulations. Course work
				  taken at an institution of higher education that is not regionally accredited,
				  may be used towards certification if it is accepted by a regionally accredited
				  institution of higher education for degree granting purposes, unless otherwise
				  stated in statutes or regulations. A degree taken at an institution of higher
				  education that is not regionally accredited but that was accepted towards
				  certification under prior regulations, may be used towards future
				  certification. An individual holding a degree taken at an institution of higher
				  education that is not regionally accredited but who is given unconditional
				  graduate standing by a regionally accredited institution and is admitted to a
				  Commission-approved credential program by July 1, 1995, may use the degree
				  toward certification only if the individual qualifies and applies for the
				  credential by July 1, 1997.
(b)
				  Course work requirements completed through the California campus or center of
				  an out-of-state institution of higher education will meet credential
				  requirements only if a satisfactory evaluation of the program by the regional
				  accrediting agency of the out-of-state institution has been submitted to the
				  Commission, and the Commission has approved the program.
(c) Course work, programs, or degrees
				  completed in an institution of higher education outside of the United States
				  are acceptable toward certification when the Commission or an evaluating agency
				  approved by the Commission, based on the standards contained in
The
				  Criteria for Agencies Seeking Approval to Review Foreign Academic Programs for
				  Equivalency to United States Standards
, January 1, 1996 edition, has
				  determined that such institution's course work, programs, or degrees are
				  equivalent to those offered by a regionally accredited institution in the
				  United States. The Commission reserves the right to accept or reject an
				  approved evaluating agency's determination.
(d) For certification purposes, an accredited
				  institution, accredited college, or accredited university is defined as a
				  regionally accredited institution of higher education, unless otherwise defined
				  in statutes or regulations.
1. Amendment
					 filed 9-23-82; effective thirtieth day thereafter (Register 82, No.
					 39).
2. Amendment of subsections (a)-(b), repealer of subsections
					 (c)-(d), new subsection (d) and amendment of NOTE filed 5-30-95; operative
					 6-29-95 (Register 95, No. 22).
3. Amendment of subsection (c) filed
					 2-8-96; operative 3-9-96 (Register 96, No. 6).
4. Amendment of
					 subsection (b) filed 1-31-2005; operative 3-2-2005 (Register 2005, No.
					 5).
Note: Authority cited: Section
						44225(q),
						Education Code. Reference: Sections
						44227 and
						44252,
						Education Code.