California Code of Regulations › Title 5 - Education › Division 4 - California Student Aid Commission › Chapter 1 - California Student Aid Commission › Article 14 - Assumption Program of Loans for Education › Section 30704 - The APLE Institutional Agreement, Nominations by an Eligible Institution, Participating District Intern Program Office, Eligible School District, and County Offices of Education and the Renewal Verification Report

Current through Register 2024 Notice Reg. No. 28, July 12, 2024
(a) Each eligible institution, participating
				  district intern program office, eligible school district, and California County
				  Office of Education shall sign an Institutional Agreement (Attachment D) with the
				  Commission. The Institutional Agreement shall include the printed name and title of
				  the institutional representative, the signature of the institutional representative,
				  phone number, date, and Signature of the Chief of the Program Administrative and
				  Services Division. The eligible institution, eligible school district, County Office
				  of Education, the participating district intern program office, and the Commission
				  agree to the following:
(1) The Commission shall
				  distribute APLE program information, student applications, and loan assumption
				  agreements to eligible postsecondary institutions. Eligible institutions must
				  participate in state and federal financial aid programs and have a qualifying
				  program of professional preparation that has been approved by the Commission on
				  Teacher Credentialing. Each eligible institution shall receive at least one
				  allocation, and the remainder shall be distributed proportionate to the number of
				  teaching candidates from each institution that were fully credentialed based on the
				  most recent data available. Each eligible institution is responsible for submission
				  of completed nominated applications and loan assumption agreements to the
				  Commission.
(2) The Commission shall
				  distribute APLE program information, credentialed teacher applications and loan
				  assumption agreements to participating California County Offices of Education. Each
				  County Office of Education shall make applications available to eligible school
				  districts that employ credentialed teachers who are authorized to teach and teach in
				  a school ranked in the bottom 2 deciles of the Academic Performance Index. Each
				  County Office of Education is responsible for submission of completed nominated
				  applications and loan assumption agreements to the Commission.
(3) The Commission shall distribute APLE program
				  information, district intern applications, and loan assumption agreements to
				  participating district intern program offices having a program of professional
				  preparation that has been approved by the Commission on Teacher Credentialing. Each
				  eligible office shall receive at least one allocation, and the remainder shall be
				  distributed to eligible offices proportionate to the number of teaching candidates
				  from each office that were fully credentialed based on the most recent data
				  available. Each District Intern Program Office is responsible for submission of
				  completed nominated applications and loan assumption agreements to the
				  Commission.
(4) The Postsecondary
				  Institution, or the County Office of Education, or the District Intern Program
				  Office shall distribute these APLE applications and loan assumption agreements as
				  follows:
(A) For postsecondary institutions and
				  district intern programs, applications and loan assumption agreements shall be
				  provided to applicants who agree to teach for at least four consecutive full-time
				  school years, or on a part-time basis for the equivalent of four full-time school
				  years after obtaining a teaching credential. Qualified teaching shall be in an
				  eligible school, in a subject area(s) that is designated as current or projected
				  shortage area(s) by the Superintendent of Public Instruction.
(B) For postsecondary institutions and district
				  intern program applications shall be provided to applicants who agree to obtain
				  teaching credentials and to provide classroom instruction in schools that serve
				  large populations of students from low-income families, schools in a rural area,
				  schools with a high percentage of teachers holding emergency-type permits, or
				  schools ranked in the lowest two deciles on the Academic Performance Index.
				  Applicants shall agree to teach for at least four consecutive full-time school
				  years, or on a part-time basis for the equivalent of four full-time school
				  years.
(C) For the county offices of
				  education, applications and loan assumption agreements shall be provided to
				  credentialed teachers in eligible school districts, that are currently teaching in
				  schools that are ranked in the lowest 20% of the Academic Performance Index.
				  Applicants shall agree to teach for at least four consecutive full-time school
				  years, or on a part-time basis for the equivalent of four full-time school
				  years.
(5) The Postsecondary
				  Institution further agrees to:
(A) Administer the
				  loan assumption program according to all applicable published rules, regulations,
				  and guidelines; and
(B) Make special
				  efforts to notify students regarding the availability of the program, particularly
				  those students who are members of populations underrepresented in the teaching
				  profession; and
(C) Coordinate the loan
				  assumption program with other existing programs designed to recruit or encourage
				  students to enter the teaching profession; and
(D) Provide financial aid information, including
				  student loan information, on APLE applicants and program participants; and
(E) Provide other information necessary to
				  establish eligibility for APLE applicants and program participants; and
(F) Report on the selection criteria and selection
				  procedures used to allocate applications for APLE program applicants; and
(G) Verify that each APLE applicant and program
				  participant has maintained satisfactory academic progress half-time enrollment;
				  and
(H) Verify that the program
				  participant's student does not owe a refund on any state or federal educational
				  grant or defaulted on any student loan.
(6) The County Office of Education further agrees
				  to:
(A) Administer the loan assumption program
				  according to all applicable published rules, regulations, and guidelines;
				  and
(B) Make special efforts to notify
				  credentialed teachers regarding the availability of the program, through eligible
				  school districts, particularly those credentialed teachers who are teaching in
				  schools that are ranked in the lowest 2 deciles of the Academic Performance Index;
				  and
(C) Provide other information
				  necessary to establish eligibility for APLE applicants and program
				  participants.
(7) The District
				  Intern Program Office further agrees to:
(A)
				  Administer the loan assumption program according to all applicable published rules,
				  regulations, and guidelines; and
(B)
				  Make special efforts to notify students regarding the availability of the program,
				  particularly those students who are members of populations underrepresented in the
				  teaching profession; and
(C) Coordinate
				  the loan assumption program with other existing programs designed to recruit or
				  encourage students to enter the teaching profession; and
(D) Provide other information necessary to
				  establish eligibility for APLE applicants and program participants; and
(E) Report on the selection criteria and selection
				  procedures used to allocate applications for APLE program
				  applicants.