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 3 - Examinations and Subject Matter Programs › Section 80071 - Qualification by Examination for Issuance of Credential

Current through Register 2024 Notice Reg. No. 28, July 12, 2024
(a) Every applicant who seeks to satisfy a
				  credential, certificate, permit, or waiver requirement by examination must meet
				  the passing score requirement(s) established by the Commission that were in
				  effect at the time the examination was taken. A list of the adopted
				  examinations and passing score requirements will be made available upon request
				  to the Commission.
(b) For each
				  examination score used to satisfy a requirement for the issuance of a
				  credential, certificate, permit, or waiver, there can be no more than ten years
				  between (1) the date the score was earned and (2) the issuance date of the
				  credential, certificate, permit, or waiver for which the examination score is
				  used.
(c) For purposes of this
				  section, the Video Performance Assessment of the Reading Instruction Competence
				  Assessment, described in Education Code §
										44283, is
				  considered an examination.
(d) Once
				  an examination score has been used to satisfy a California certification
				  requirement, it may be used to satisfy a requirement of another certification
				  document regardless of the ten-year limit described in subsection (b) if the
				  score satisfies the passing score requirement for the new document.
(e) The ten-year limit described in
				  subsection (b) shall not apply to scores on examinations used to 1) verify
				  knowledge of the Constitution of the United States, as specified in Education
				  Code §
										44335; 2)
				  grant credit by an institution of higher education; or 3) verify experience
				  learning a second language required for the Crosscultural, Language and
				  Academic Development Certificate, as specified in Section
				  80015 of the Title 5 Regulations.
				  The ten-year limit on scores described in subsection (b) shall not apply to any
				  examination that is exempt from this requirement by statute or regulation. The
				  ten-year limit on scores described in subsection (b) shall not apply to any
				  examination that was discontinued for certification use and no longer
				  administered prior to January 1, 2017.
1. Amendment
					 and renumbering of Part I, Division 7, Subchapter 17, Article 3 (Sections
					 5941-5957) to Part VIII, Chapter 1,
					 Article 3 (Sections
					 80071-80094), filed 12-16-77;
					 effective thirtieth day thereafter (Register 77, No. 51). For prior history see
					 Registers 77, No. 33 and No. 9; Register 76, No. 17; Register 75, No. 44; and
					 Register 73, No. 26.
2. Amendment filed 6-5-79; effective thirtieth
					 day thereafter (Register 79, No. 23).
3. Amendment filed 4-17-81;
					 effective thirtieth day thereafter (Register 81, No. 16).
4.
					 Amendment of article heading, section and NOTE filed 1-10-2000; operative
					 2-9-2000 (Register 2000, No. 2).
5. Amendment of subsections (b),
					 (d) and (e) filed 12-5-2016; operative 4-1-2017 (Register 2016, No.
					 50).
Note: Authority cited: Section
						44225(q),
						Education Code. Reference: Sections
						44225(d),
						44252,
						44253.3,
						44280,
						44283,
						44289 and
						44335,
						Education Code.