California Assembly Bill AB2336 Amended / Bill

 BILL NUMBER: AB 2336AMENDED BILL TEXT AMENDED IN ASSEMBLY MARCH 29, 2016 INTRODUCED BY Assembly Member Olsen (Coauthors: Assembly Members Baker, Bonilla, and Lackey) FEBRUARY 18, 2016 An act to add and repeal Section 44300.5 of the Education Code, relating to teacher credentialing. LEGISLATIVE COUNSEL'S DIGEST AB 2336, as amended, Olsen. Teacher credentialing: emergency substitute teaching  permits.   permits: special education.  Existing law authorizes the Commission on Teacher Credentialing to issue various types of teaching and services credentials, including preliminary and clear multiple and single subject teaching credentials. The commission is also authorized to issue emergency teaching and specialist permits that correspond to specified credential types. Statutory provisions specify the requirements with which applicants for those credentials and permits are required to comply. Existing regulations provide for procedures by which the commission may issue a permit authorizing the holder to substitute teach, limited each school year to up to  30 days for any one teacher in a general education classroom or  20 days for any one teacher in a special education  substitute  classroom. This bill would, until January 1, 2022, require the commission to issue Emergency  Special Education  Substitute Teaching Permits authorizing the holder to substitute  teach,   teach in any special education classsroom,  limited each school year to  serve as a special education substitute teacher for  up to  60 days for any one teacher in a general education classroom or  40 days for any one  teacher in a special education classroom.   teacher.  Vote: majority. Appropriation: no. Fiscal committee: yes. State-mandated local program: no. THE PEOPLE OF THE STATE OF CALIFORNIA DO ENACT AS FOLLOWS: SECTION 1. Section 44300.5 is added to the Education Code, to read: 44300.5. (a) The commission shall issue Emergency  Special Education  Substitute Teaching Permits authorizing the holder to serve in any  special education  classroom,  whether in  preschool, kindergarten,  and   or  any of grades 1 to 12, inclusive, or in classes organized primarily for adults within each county in which the permit is registered, provided the employing agency has a completed Statement of Need on file for the school year as provided for in Section 80025 of Title 5 of the California Code of Regulations or any successor regulation. The permit shall authorize the holder to  serve as a substitute teacher for up to 60 days for any one teacher during the school year or  serve as a special education substitute teacher for up to 40 days for any one teacher during the school year. (b) This section shall remain in effect only until January 1, 2022, and as of that date is repealed, unless a later enacted statute, that is enacted before January 1, 2022, deletes or extends that date.