California 2015 2015-2016 Regular Session

California Assembly Bill AB2124 Introduced / Bill

Filed 02/17/2016

 BILL NUMBER: AB 2124INTRODUCED BILL TEXT INTRODUCED BY Assembly Member Eduardo Garcia FEBRUARY 17, 2016 An act to amend Section 44260 of the Education Code, relating to teacher credentialing. LEGISLATIVE COUNSEL'S DIGEST AB 2124, as introduced, Eduardo Garcia. Teacher credentialing: career technical education. Existing law specifies the requirements for the 3-year preliminary designated subjects career technical education teaching credential. This bill would make a nonsubstantive change to that provision. Vote: majority. Appropriation: no. Fiscal committee: no. State-mandated local program: no. THE PEOPLE OF THE STATE OF CALIFORNIA DO ENACT AS FOLLOWS: SECTION 1. Section 44260 of the Education Code is amended to read: 44260. The minimum requirements for the three-year preliminary designated subjects career technical education teaching credential shall be all of the following: (a) Three years or the equivalent of adequate, successful, and recent experience in, or experience and education in, the subject named on the credential. (b) Possession of a high school diploma or the passage of an equivalency examination as designated by the commission. (c) Satisfaction of the requirements for teacher  fitness pursuant to   . fitness, as specified in  Sections 44339, 44340, and 44341. (d) Notwithstanding subdivision (a), the holder of a credential described in this section shall satisfy the minimum experience requirements established by the local educational agency for each course he or she is assigned to teach.