California Code of Regulations › Title 4 - Business Regulations › Division 9.5 - California Debt Limit Allocation Committee › Chapter 4 - Extra Credit Teacher Home Purchase Program › Article 1 - Definitions › Section 5300 - Definitions

Current through Register 2024 Notice Reg. No. 28, July 12, 2024
In addition to the definitions set forth in Government Code
					 sections
					 8869.82
					 and
					 8869.84(g);
					 and unless otherwise required by the context, the following terms as used in
					 this chapter are defined as follows:
"Academic Performance Index" or "API" means the index
					 created by the Public Schools Accountability Act of 1999 to measure the
					 performance of schools, especially the academic performance of pupils, and to
					 demonstrate comparable improvement in academic achievement by all numerically
					 significant ethnic and socio-economically disadvantaged subgroups within
					 schools (Education Code 52052).
"Eligible Administrator" means any person who holds one of
					 the following credentials issued by the California Commission on Teacher
					 Credentialing:
. Administrative Services Credential Administrative
					 Services Credential (Examination)
. Standard Supervision Credential Standard Administration
					 Credential
. General Elementary School Administration Credential
					 General Elementary School Supervision Credential
. General Secondary School Administration Credential
					 General Secondary School Supervision Credential
. General Administration Credential General Supervision
					 Credential
. The Supervision Credential General School Principal or
					 Supervisor Credential
"Eligible Classified Employee" means an employee of a
					 school district employed in a position not requiring certification
					 qualifications and who provides administration or service at a High Priority
					 School.
"Eligible Staff Member" means any person who holds one of
					 the following credentials issued by the California Commission on Teaching
					 Credentialing:
. School Nurse Credential
. Clinical or Rehabilitation Service Credential
. Pupil Personnel Services Credential (e.g. School
					 Counseling, School Social Work, School Psychology and Child Welfare and
					 Attendance)
. Library Media Teacher Service Credential
. Designated Subjects Vocational Education Teaching
					 Credential
"Eligible Teacher" means any person who holds one of the
					 following credentials issued by the California Commission on Teacher
					 Credentialing:
. Single Subject Teaching Credential
. Multiple Subject Teaching Credential
. Specialist Instruction Credential in Special
					 Education
. Education Specialist Instruction Credential
. Standard Elementary Teaching Credential
. Standard Secondary Teaching Credential
. Standard Early Childhood Education Teaching
					 Credential
. Standard Restricted Special Education Teaching
					 Credential
. General Kindergarten-Primary Teaching Credential
. General Junior High Teaching Credential
. General Elementary Teaching Credential
. Special Secondary Teaching Credential in Art
. General Secondary Teaching Credential
. Special Secondary Teaching Credential in Business
					 Ed
. Special Credential for Teaching Exceptional
					 Children
. Special Secondary Teaching Credential in
					 Homemaking
. Special Secondary Credential for Teaching Lip
					 Reading
. Special Secondary Credential for Teaching the
					 Blind
. Special Secondary Limited Teaching Credential in
					 Music
. Special Secondary Credential for Teaching the Partially
					 Sighted Child
. Special Secondary Credential for Teaching Industrial
					 Arts
. Special Secondary Teaching Credential in Speech
					 Arts
. Special Secondary Teaching Credential in Music
. Special Secondary Credential for Teaching the Mentally
					 Retarded
. Special Secondary Credential for Teaching Credential
					 Limited in Agriculture
. Special Secondary Teaching Credential in Correction of
					 Speech Defects
. Special Secondary Teaching Credential in Physical
					 Ed.
"ETCHP Application" means the Application titled
					 "Application for an Allocation of the State Ceiling on Qualified Private
					 Activity Bonds for an Extra Teacher Credit Home Purchase Program" (revised
					 11-16-16), which is hereby incorporated by reference.
"Extra Credit Teacher Home Purchase Program Eligibility
					 Certificate" means the certification to be completed and submitted by the
					 employing school district, County Office of Education or local Board of
					 Education that certifies to all of the following: The Program Participant is an
					 Eligible Teacher, Eligible Administrator, Eligible Classified Employee, or
					 Eligible Staff Member; the Program Participant is not currently under
					 suspension, and there is not currently pending any disciplinary inquiry,
					 investigation, action or proceeding that could result in the suspension or
					 dismissal of the Program Participant; the entity completing the certificate has
					 verified with the California Commission on Teacher Credentialing that the
					 credential of the Program Participant is not currently under suspension, and
					 there is not currently pending any disciplinary inquiry, investigation, action
					 or proceeding that could result in the suspension or revocation of the
					 credential of the Program Participant; and the personnel file of the Program
					 Participant reflects that he or she has not been dismissed from employment with
					 any school or school district for any reason, and that he or she has not been
					 the subject of a disciplinary suspension that has been upheld.
"High Priority School" means a California K-12 public
					 school ranked in the bottom 50% of all schools based on the most recent
					 Academic Performance Index, i.e. schools receiving an API Statewide Ranking of
					 1, 2, 3, 4 or 5.
"Homeownership Assistance" means financial assistance,
					 including down-payment assistance, closing cost assistance, soft-second
					 financing for the purchase of a home, or such alternative homeownership
					 assistance as proposed by the Applicant in the Application and approved by the
					 Committee. The Homeownership Assistance must: Be in a minimum amount of $7,500
					 or 3% of the purchase price of the home, whichever is greater; be structured in
					 the form of either a grant or a deferred payment loan where the payment of
					 principal and interest is deferred until such time as the home is sold or
					 re-financed; and include an incentive, to be proposed by the Applicant, for
					 Program Participants to fully perform the three (3) year service commitment.
					 Applicants will not be required to establish a distinct and separate
					 homeownership program; existing programs may be used. The Committee may
					 delegate to the Chair or to the Executive Director of the Committee the
					 authority to accept and consider homeownership assistance of different types or
					 characteristics than those specifically enumerated or required by this
					 definition. The Committee may establish, or concur with the establishment of,
					 higher assistance limits to ensure program participation in high cost
					 areas.
"National Board Certification" means certification from the
					 National Board for Professional Teaching Standards based upon successful
					 completion of a voluntary assessment program covering a variety of subject
					 areas and student developmental levels.
"Program Participant" means an Eligible Teacher, Eligible
					 Administrator, Eligible Classified Employee, or Eligible Staff Member who
					 receives a Mortgage Credit Certificate or a loan funded by Mortgage Revenue
					 Bonds from an Issuer receiving an Allocation from the Extra Credit Teacher Home
					 Purchase Program Pool.
1. New
					 chapter 4 (articles 1-5, sections
					 5300-5340), article 1 (section
					 5300) and section filed 7-29-2010
					 as an emergency; operative 7-29-2010 (Register 2010, No. 31). A Certificate of
					 Compliance must be transmitted to OAL by 1-25-2011 or emergency language will
					 be repealed by operation of law on the following day.
2. New chapter
					 4 (articles 1-5, sections
					 5300-5340), article 1 (section
					 5300) and section refiled 1-6-2011
					 as an emergency; operative 1-6-2011 (Register 2011, No. 1). A Certificate of
					 Compliance must be transmitted to OAL by 4-6-2011 or emergency language will be
					 repealed by operation of law on the following day.
3. New chapter 4
					 (articles 1-5, sections
					 5300-5340), article 1 (section
					 5300) and section refiled 4-1-2011
					 as an emergency; operative 4-6-2011 (Register 2011, No. 13). A Certificate of
					 Compliance must be transmitted to OAL by 7-5-2011 or emergency language will be
					 repealed by operation of law on the following day.
4. Certificate of
					 Compliance as to 4-1-2011 order, including amendment of section and NOTE,
					 transmitted to OAL 6-2-2011 and filed 7-1-2011 (Register 2011, No.
					 26).
5. Amendment of definition of "ETCHP Application" filed
					 12-15-2016 as an emergency pursuant to Government Code section
					 8869.94;
					 operative 12-15-2016 (Register 2016, No. 51). A Certificate of Compliance must
					 be transmitted to OAL by 6-13-2017 or emergency language will be repealed by
					 operation of law on the following day.
6. Amendment of definition of
					 "ETCHP Application" refiled 5-30-2017 as an emergency pursuant to Government
					 Code section
					 8869.94;
					 operative 6-14-2017 (Register 2017, No. 22). A Certificate of Compliance must
					 be transmitted to OAL by 9-12-2017 or emergency language will be repealed by
					 operation of law on the following day.
7. Reinstatement of section
					 as it existed prior to 12-15-2016 emergency amendment by operation of
					 Government Code section
					 11346.1(f)
					 (Register 2017, No. 38).
8. Amendment of definition of "ETCHP
					 Application" filed 10-13-2017; operative 10-13-2017 pursuant to Government Code
					 section
					 11343.4(b)(3)
					 (Register 2017, No. 41).
Note: Authority cited: Section
						8869.94,
						Government Code. Reference: Sections
						8869.84(c)
						and
						8869.84(g),
						Government Code.