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| 1 | + | Amended IN Assembly April 19, 2022 Amended IN Assembly March 24, 2022 CALIFORNIA LEGISLATURE 20212022 REGULAR SESSION Assembly Bill No. 2694Introduced by Assembly Member Blanca RubioFebruary 18, 2022 An act to add Section 44259.4 to the Education Code, relating to teacher credentialing, and making an appropriation therefor.LEGISLATIVE COUNSEL'S DIGESTAB 2694, as amended, Blanca Rubio. Teacher credentialing: teacher induction programs: Beginning Teacher Retention and Support Grant.Existing law requires the Commission on Teacher Credentialing to, among other duties, establish standards for the issuance and renewal of credentials, certificates, and permits. Existing law prescribes the minimum requirements for a clear multiple or single subject teaching credential, including, among other things, the completion of a program of beginning teacher induction.This bill would appropriate, for the 202223 fiscal year, $150,000,000 to the Commission on Teacher Credentialing for purposes of the Beginning Teacher Retention and Support Grant Program, which the bill would establish. The bill would require the commission to allocate grants to beginning teacher induction programs for up to 45,000 participants, programs, not to exceed $3,500 per participating teacher, as provided. The bill would require a beginning teacher induction program receiving a grant to use those funds on behalf of a participating teacher for mentor training, stipends for mentor teachers, other beginning teacher induction costs following initial preparation, or for the examination or assessment fee for one administration of the reading instruction competence assessment or a teaching performance assessment. Notwithstanding those uses, the bill would require an institution of higher education to first use the grant funds to waive tuition fees for the candidate. The bill would prohibit a participating school district, county office of education, or charter school charter school, or institution of higher education from charging a fee to a beginning teacher to participate in a beginning teacher induction program.Digest Key Vote: MAJORITY Appropriation: YES Fiscal Committee: YES Local Program: NO Bill TextThe people of the State of California do enact as follows:SECTION 1. Section 44259.4 is added to the Education Code, to read:44259.4. (a) For the 202223 fiscal year, the sum of one hundred fifty million dollars ($150,000,000) is hereby appropriated from the General Fund to the Commission on Teacher Credentialing for purposes of the Beginning Teacher Retention and Support Grant Program pursuant to this section. This funding shall be available for encumbrance until June 30, 2027.(b) (1) A grant to a beginning teacher induction program shall not exceed three thousand five hundred dollars ($3,500) per participating teacher.(2) A beginning teacher induction program receiving a grant shall use these funds on behalf of a participating teacher for mentor training, stipends for mentor teachers, other beginning teacher induction costs following initial preparation, or for the examination or assessment fee for one administration of the reading instruction competence assessment or a teaching performance assessment.(3) A beginning teacher induction program may use these funds to contract with commission-approved preliminary teacher preparation programs to provide mentoring support for the completion of required assessments.(4) A participating school district, county office of education, or charter school charter school, or institution of higher education shall not charge a fee to a beginning teacher to participate in a beginning teacher induction program.(5) Notwithstanding paragraphs (2) and (3), an institution of higher education that is awarded grant funds shall first use the grant funds to waive tuition fees for the candidate.(c) A grant recipient shall not use more than 5 percent of a grant award for program administration costs.(d) The commission shall award grants according to the following priorities:(1) Programs with a large number of candidates who have not yet completed the teaching performance assessment or the reading instruction competence assessment. Programs awarded grant funds based on this priority shall first apply the funds to assist its candidates in completing one or both of those requirements. That assistance includes, but is not limited to, training mentors to support candidates in completing a performance assessment or reading instruction competence assessment, or contracting with commission-approved preliminary teacher preparation programs to provide mentoring support for the completion of required assessments.(2) Programs with a large number of candidates who pay induction program costs personally.(d)The Commission on Teacher Credentialing(e) The commission shall do both of the following:(1)Allocate grants for up to 45,000 participants.(1) Enable grant recipients to reallocate unused funding to support existing candidates when a candidate does not complete, or otherwise leaves, an induction program.(2) Ensure the beginning teacher induction program is approved by the commission and either meets the commissions standards for the support of teachers completing teaching performance assessments or is able to contract with a preliminary teacher preparation program to provide that support.(e)(f) For purposes of making the computations required by Section 8 of Article XVI of the California Constitution, the appropriation made by subdivision (a) shall be deemed to be General Fund revenues appropriated for school districts, as defined in subdivision (c) of Section 41202, for the 202223 fiscal year, and included within the total allocations to school districts and community college districts from General Fund proceeds of taxes appropriated pursuant to Article XIIIB, as defined in subdivision (e) of Section 41202, for the 202223 fiscal year. | |
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| 3 | + | Amended IN Assembly April 19, 2022 Amended IN Assembly March 24, 2022 CALIFORNIA LEGISLATURE 20212022 REGULAR SESSION Assembly Bill No. 2694Introduced by Assembly Member Blanca RubioFebruary 18, 2022 An act to add Section 44259.4 to the Education Code, relating to teacher credentialing, and making an appropriation therefor.LEGISLATIVE COUNSEL'S DIGESTAB 2694, as amended, Blanca Rubio. Teacher credentialing: teacher induction programs: Beginning Teacher Retention and Support Grant.Existing law requires the Commission on Teacher Credentialing to, among other duties, establish standards for the issuance and renewal of credentials, certificates, and permits. Existing law prescribes the minimum requirements for a clear multiple or single subject teaching credential, including, among other things, the completion of a program of beginning teacher induction.This bill would appropriate, for the 202223 fiscal year, $150,000,000 to the Commission on Teacher Credentialing for purposes of the Beginning Teacher Retention and Support Grant Program, which the bill would establish. The bill would require the commission to allocate grants to beginning teacher induction programs for up to 45,000 participants, programs, not to exceed $3,500 per participating teacher, as provided. The bill would require a beginning teacher induction program receiving a grant to use those funds on behalf of a participating teacher for mentor training, stipends for mentor teachers, other beginning teacher induction costs following initial preparation, or for the examination or assessment fee for one administration of the reading instruction competence assessment or a teaching performance assessment. Notwithstanding those uses, the bill would require an institution of higher education to first use the grant funds to waive tuition fees for the candidate. The bill would prohibit a participating school district, county office of education, or charter school charter school, or institution of higher education from charging a fee to a beginning teacher to participate in a beginning teacher induction program.Digest Key Vote: MAJORITY Appropriation: YES Fiscal Committee: YES Local Program: NO | |
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| 5 | + | Amended IN Assembly April 19, 2022 Amended IN Assembly March 24, 2022 | |
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| 8 | 7 | Amended IN Assembly April 19, 2022 | |
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| 11 | 10 | CALIFORNIA LEGISLATURE 20212022 REGULAR SESSION | |
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| 15 | 14 | No. 2694 | |
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| 17 | 16 | Introduced by Assembly Member Blanca RubioFebruary 18, 2022 | |
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| 19 | 18 | Introduced by Assembly Member Blanca Rubio | |
| 20 | 19 | February 18, 2022 | |
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| 22 | - | An act to add Section 44259.4 to the Education Code, relating to teacher credentialing, and making an appropriation therefor. | |
| 21 | + | An act to add Section 44259.4 to the Education Code, relating to teacher credentialing, and making an appropriation therefor. | |
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| 24 | 23 | LEGISLATIVE COUNSEL'S DIGEST | |
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| 26 | 25 | ## LEGISLATIVE COUNSEL'S DIGEST | |
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| 28 | 27 | AB 2694, as amended, Blanca Rubio. Teacher credentialing: teacher induction programs: Beginning Teacher Retention and Support Grant. | |
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| 30 | - | Existing law requires the Commission on Teacher Credentialing to, among other duties, establish standards for the issuance and renewal of credentials, certificates, and permits. Existing law prescribes the minimum requirements for a clear multiple or single subject teaching credential, including, among other things, the completion of a program of beginning teacher induction.This bill would appropriate, for the 202223 fiscal year, $150,000,000 to | |
| 29 | + | Existing law requires the Commission on Teacher Credentialing to, among other duties, establish standards for the issuance and renewal of credentials, certificates, and permits. Existing law prescribes the minimum requirements for a clear multiple or single subject teaching credential, including, among other things, the completion of a program of beginning teacher induction.This bill would appropriate, for the 202223 fiscal year, $150,000,000 to the Commission on Teacher Credentialing for purposes of the Beginning Teacher Retention and Support Grant Program, which the bill would establish. The bill would require the commission to allocate grants to beginning teacher induction programs for up to 45,000 participants, programs, not to exceed $3,500 per participating teacher, as provided. The bill would require a beginning teacher induction program receiving a grant to use those funds on behalf of a participating teacher for mentor training, stipends for mentor teachers, other beginning teacher induction costs following initial preparation, or for the examination or assessment fee for one administration of the reading instruction competence assessment or a teaching performance assessment. Notwithstanding those uses, the bill would require an institution of higher education to first use the grant funds to waive tuition fees for the candidate. The bill would prohibit a participating school district, county office of education, or charter school charter school, or institution of higher education from charging a fee to a beginning teacher to participate in a beginning teacher induction program. | |
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| 32 | 31 | Existing law requires the Commission on Teacher Credentialing to, among other duties, establish standards for the issuance and renewal of credentials, certificates, and permits. Existing law prescribes the minimum requirements for a clear multiple or single subject teaching credential, including, among other things, the completion of a program of beginning teacher induction. | |
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| 34 | - | This bill would appropriate, for the 202223 fiscal year, $150,000,000 to | |
| 33 | + | This bill would appropriate, for the 202223 fiscal year, $150,000,000 to the Commission on Teacher Credentialing for purposes of the Beginning Teacher Retention and Support Grant Program, which the bill would establish. The bill would require the commission to allocate grants to beginning teacher induction programs for up to 45,000 participants, programs, not to exceed $3,500 per participating teacher, as provided. The bill would require a beginning teacher induction program receiving a grant to use those funds on behalf of a participating teacher for mentor training, stipends for mentor teachers, other beginning teacher induction costs following initial preparation, or for the examination or assessment fee for one administration of the reading instruction competence assessment or a teaching performance assessment. Notwithstanding those uses, the bill would require an institution of higher education to first use the grant funds to waive tuition fees for the candidate. The bill would prohibit a participating school district, county office of education, or charter school charter school, or institution of higher education from charging a fee to a beginning teacher to participate in a beginning teacher induction program. | |
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| 36 | 35 | ## Digest Key | |
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| 38 | 37 | ## Bill Text | |
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| 40 | - | The people of the State of California do enact as follows:SECTION 1. Section 44259.4 is added to the Education Code, to read:44259.4. (a) For the 202223 fiscal year, the sum of one hundred fifty million dollars ($150,000,000) | |
| 39 | + | The people of the State of California do enact as follows:SECTION 1. Section 44259.4 is added to the Education Code, to read:44259.4. (a) For the 202223 fiscal year, the sum of one hundred fifty million dollars ($150,000,000) is hereby appropriated from the General Fund to the Commission on Teacher Credentialing for purposes of the Beginning Teacher Retention and Support Grant Program pursuant to this section. This funding shall be available for encumbrance until June 30, 2027.(b) (1) A grant to a beginning teacher induction program shall not exceed three thousand five hundred dollars ($3,500) per participating teacher.(2) A beginning teacher induction program receiving a grant shall use these funds on behalf of a participating teacher for mentor training, stipends for mentor teachers, other beginning teacher induction costs following initial preparation, or for the examination or assessment fee for one administration of the reading instruction competence assessment or a teaching performance assessment.(3) A beginning teacher induction program may use these funds to contract with commission-approved preliminary teacher preparation programs to provide mentoring support for the completion of required assessments.(4) A participating school district, county office of education, or charter school charter school, or institution of higher education shall not charge a fee to a beginning teacher to participate in a beginning teacher induction program.(5) Notwithstanding paragraphs (2) and (3), an institution of higher education that is awarded grant funds shall first use the grant funds to waive tuition fees for the candidate.(c) A grant recipient shall not use more than 5 percent of a grant award for program administration costs.(d) The commission shall award grants according to the following priorities:(1) Programs with a large number of candidates who have not yet completed the teaching performance assessment or the reading instruction competence assessment. Programs awarded grant funds based on this priority shall first apply the funds to assist its candidates in completing one or both of those requirements. That assistance includes, but is not limited to, training mentors to support candidates in completing a performance assessment or reading instruction competence assessment, or contracting with commission-approved preliminary teacher preparation programs to provide mentoring support for the completion of required assessments.(2) Programs with a large number of candidates who pay induction program costs personally.(d)The Commission on Teacher Credentialing(e) The commission shall do both of the following:(1)Allocate grants for up to 45,000 participants.(1) Enable grant recipients to reallocate unused funding to support existing candidates when a candidate does not complete, or otherwise leaves, an induction program.(2) Ensure the beginning teacher induction program is approved by the commission and either meets the commissions standards for the support of teachers completing teaching performance assessments or is able to contract with a preliminary teacher preparation program to provide that support.(e)(f) For purposes of making the computations required by Section 8 of Article XVI of the California Constitution, the appropriation made by subdivision (a) shall be deemed to be General Fund revenues appropriated for school districts, as defined in subdivision (c) of Section 41202, for the 202223 fiscal year, and included within the total allocations to school districts and community college districts from General Fund proceeds of taxes appropriated pursuant to Article XIIIB, as defined in subdivision (e) of Section 41202, for the 202223 fiscal year. | |
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| 42 | 41 | The people of the State of California do enact as follows: | |
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| 44 | 43 | ## The people of the State of California do enact as follows: | |
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| 46 | - | SECTION 1. Section 44259.4 is added to the Education Code, to read:44259.4. (a) For the 202223 fiscal year, the sum of one hundred fifty million dollars ($150,000,000) | |
| 45 | + | SECTION 1. Section 44259.4 is added to the Education Code, to read:44259.4. (a) For the 202223 fiscal year, the sum of one hundred fifty million dollars ($150,000,000) is hereby appropriated from the General Fund to the Commission on Teacher Credentialing for purposes of the Beginning Teacher Retention and Support Grant Program pursuant to this section. This funding shall be available for encumbrance until June 30, 2027.(b) (1) A grant to a beginning teacher induction program shall not exceed three thousand five hundred dollars ($3,500) per participating teacher.(2) A beginning teacher induction program receiving a grant shall use these funds on behalf of a participating teacher for mentor training, stipends for mentor teachers, other beginning teacher induction costs following initial preparation, or for the examination or assessment fee for one administration of the reading instruction competence assessment or a teaching performance assessment.(3) A beginning teacher induction program may use these funds to contract with commission-approved preliminary teacher preparation programs to provide mentoring support for the completion of required assessments.(4) A participating school district, county office of education, or charter school charter school, or institution of higher education shall not charge a fee to a beginning teacher to participate in a beginning teacher induction program.(5) Notwithstanding paragraphs (2) and (3), an institution of higher education that is awarded grant funds shall first use the grant funds to waive tuition fees for the candidate.(c) A grant recipient shall not use more than 5 percent of a grant award for program administration costs.(d) The commission shall award grants according to the following priorities:(1) Programs with a large number of candidates who have not yet completed the teaching performance assessment or the reading instruction competence assessment. Programs awarded grant funds based on this priority shall first apply the funds to assist its candidates in completing one or both of those requirements. That assistance includes, but is not limited to, training mentors to support candidates in completing a performance assessment or reading instruction competence assessment, or contracting with commission-approved preliminary teacher preparation programs to provide mentoring support for the completion of required assessments.(2) Programs with a large number of candidates who pay induction program costs personally.(d)The Commission on Teacher Credentialing(e) The commission shall do both of the following:(1)Allocate grants for up to 45,000 participants.(1) Enable grant recipients to reallocate unused funding to support existing candidates when a candidate does not complete, or otherwise leaves, an induction program.(2) Ensure the beginning teacher induction program is approved by the commission and either meets the commissions standards for the support of teachers completing teaching performance assessments or is able to contract with a preliminary teacher preparation program to provide that support.(e)(f) For purposes of making the computations required by Section 8 of Article XVI of the California Constitution, the appropriation made by subdivision (a) shall be deemed to be General Fund revenues appropriated for school districts, as defined in subdivision (c) of Section 41202, for the 202223 fiscal year, and included within the total allocations to school districts and community college districts from General Fund proceeds of taxes appropriated pursuant to Article XIIIB, as defined in subdivision (e) of Section 41202, for the 202223 fiscal year. | |
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| 48 | 47 | SECTION 1. Section 44259.4 is added to the Education Code, to read: | |
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| 50 | 49 | ### SECTION 1. | |
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| 52 | - | 44259.4. (a) For the 202223 fiscal year, the sum of one hundred fifty million dollars ($150,000,000) | |
| 51 | + | 44259.4. (a) For the 202223 fiscal year, the sum of one hundred fifty million dollars ($150,000,000) is hereby appropriated from the General Fund to the Commission on Teacher Credentialing for purposes of the Beginning Teacher Retention and Support Grant Program pursuant to this section. This funding shall be available for encumbrance until June 30, 2027.(b) (1) A grant to a beginning teacher induction program shall not exceed three thousand five hundred dollars ($3,500) per participating teacher.(2) A beginning teacher induction program receiving a grant shall use these funds on behalf of a participating teacher for mentor training, stipends for mentor teachers, other beginning teacher induction costs following initial preparation, or for the examination or assessment fee for one administration of the reading instruction competence assessment or a teaching performance assessment.(3) A beginning teacher induction program may use these funds to contract with commission-approved preliminary teacher preparation programs to provide mentoring support for the completion of required assessments.(4) A participating school district, county office of education, or charter school charter school, or institution of higher education shall not charge a fee to a beginning teacher to participate in a beginning teacher induction program.(5) Notwithstanding paragraphs (2) and (3), an institution of higher education that is awarded grant funds shall first use the grant funds to waive tuition fees for the candidate.(c) A grant recipient shall not use more than 5 percent of a grant award for program administration costs.(d) The commission shall award grants according to the following priorities:(1) Programs with a large number of candidates who have not yet completed the teaching performance assessment or the reading instruction competence assessment. Programs awarded grant funds based on this priority shall first apply the funds to assist its candidates in completing one or both of those requirements. That assistance includes, but is not limited to, training mentors to support candidates in completing a performance assessment or reading instruction competence assessment, or contracting with commission-approved preliminary teacher preparation programs to provide mentoring support for the completion of required assessments.(2) Programs with a large number of candidates who pay induction program costs personally.(d)The Commission on Teacher Credentialing(e) The commission shall do both of the following:(1)Allocate grants for up to 45,000 participants.(1) Enable grant recipients to reallocate unused funding to support existing candidates when a candidate does not complete, or otherwise leaves, an induction program.(2) Ensure the beginning teacher induction program is approved by the commission and either meets the commissions standards for the support of teachers completing teaching performance assessments or is able to contract with a preliminary teacher preparation program to provide that support.(e)(f) For purposes of making the computations required by Section 8 of Article XVI of the California Constitution, the appropriation made by subdivision (a) shall be deemed to be General Fund revenues appropriated for school districts, as defined in subdivision (c) of Section 41202, for the 202223 fiscal year, and included within the total allocations to school districts and community college districts from General Fund proceeds of taxes appropriated pursuant to Article XIIIB, as defined in subdivision (e) of Section 41202, for the 202223 fiscal year. | |
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| 54 | - | 44259.4. (a) For the 202223 fiscal year, the sum of one hundred fifty million dollars ($150,000,000) | |
| 53 | + | 44259.4. (a) For the 202223 fiscal year, the sum of one hundred fifty million dollars ($150,000,000) is hereby appropriated from the General Fund to the Commission on Teacher Credentialing for purposes of the Beginning Teacher Retention and Support Grant Program pursuant to this section. This funding shall be available for encumbrance until June 30, 2027.(b) (1) A grant to a beginning teacher induction program shall not exceed three thousand five hundred dollars ($3,500) per participating teacher.(2) A beginning teacher induction program receiving a grant shall use these funds on behalf of a participating teacher for mentor training, stipends for mentor teachers, other beginning teacher induction costs following initial preparation, or for the examination or assessment fee for one administration of the reading instruction competence assessment or a teaching performance assessment.(3) A beginning teacher induction program may use these funds to contract with commission-approved preliminary teacher preparation programs to provide mentoring support for the completion of required assessments.(4) A participating school district, county office of education, or charter school charter school, or institution of higher education shall not charge a fee to a beginning teacher to participate in a beginning teacher induction program.(5) Notwithstanding paragraphs (2) and (3), an institution of higher education that is awarded grant funds shall first use the grant funds to waive tuition fees for the candidate.(c) A grant recipient shall not use more than 5 percent of a grant award for program administration costs.(d) The commission shall award grants according to the following priorities:(1) Programs with a large number of candidates who have not yet completed the teaching performance assessment or the reading instruction competence assessment. Programs awarded grant funds based on this priority shall first apply the funds to assist its candidates in completing one or both of those requirements. That assistance includes, but is not limited to, training mentors to support candidates in completing a performance assessment or reading instruction competence assessment, or contracting with commission-approved preliminary teacher preparation programs to provide mentoring support for the completion of required assessments.(2) Programs with a large number of candidates who pay induction program costs personally.(d)The Commission on Teacher Credentialing(e) The commission shall do both of the following:(1)Allocate grants for up to 45,000 participants.(1) Enable grant recipients to reallocate unused funding to support existing candidates when a candidate does not complete, or otherwise leaves, an induction program.(2) Ensure the beginning teacher induction program is approved by the commission and either meets the commissions standards for the support of teachers completing teaching performance assessments or is able to contract with a preliminary teacher preparation program to provide that support.(e)(f) For purposes of making the computations required by Section 8 of Article XVI of the California Constitution, the appropriation made by subdivision (a) shall be deemed to be General Fund revenues appropriated for school districts, as defined in subdivision (c) of Section 41202, for the 202223 fiscal year, and included within the total allocations to school districts and community college districts from General Fund proceeds of taxes appropriated pursuant to Article XIIIB, as defined in subdivision (e) of Section 41202, for the 202223 fiscal year. | |
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| 56 | - | 44259.4. (a) For the 202223 fiscal year, the sum of one hundred fifty million dollars ($150,000,000) | |
| 55 | + | 44259.4. (a) For the 202223 fiscal year, the sum of one hundred fifty million dollars ($150,000,000) is hereby appropriated from the General Fund to the Commission on Teacher Credentialing for purposes of the Beginning Teacher Retention and Support Grant Program pursuant to this section. This funding shall be available for encumbrance until June 30, 2027.(b) (1) A grant to a beginning teacher induction program shall not exceed three thousand five hundred dollars ($3,500) per participating teacher.(2) A beginning teacher induction program receiving a grant shall use these funds on behalf of a participating teacher for mentor training, stipends for mentor teachers, other beginning teacher induction costs following initial preparation, or for the examination or assessment fee for one administration of the reading instruction competence assessment or a teaching performance assessment.(3) A beginning teacher induction program may use these funds to contract with commission-approved preliminary teacher preparation programs to provide mentoring support for the completion of required assessments.(4) A participating school district, county office of education, or charter school charter school, or institution of higher education shall not charge a fee to a beginning teacher to participate in a beginning teacher induction program.(5) Notwithstanding paragraphs (2) and (3), an institution of higher education that is awarded grant funds shall first use the grant funds to waive tuition fees for the candidate.(c) A grant recipient shall not use more than 5 percent of a grant award for program administration costs.(d) The commission shall award grants according to the following priorities:(1) Programs with a large number of candidates who have not yet completed the teaching performance assessment or the reading instruction competence assessment. Programs awarded grant funds based on this priority shall first apply the funds to assist its candidates in completing one or both of those requirements. That assistance includes, but is not limited to, training mentors to support candidates in completing a performance assessment or reading instruction competence assessment, or contracting with commission-approved preliminary teacher preparation programs to provide mentoring support for the completion of required assessments.(2) Programs with a large number of candidates who pay induction program costs personally.(d)The Commission on Teacher Credentialing(e) The commission shall do both of the following:(1)Allocate grants for up to 45,000 participants.(1) Enable grant recipients to reallocate unused funding to support existing candidates when a candidate does not complete, or otherwise leaves, an induction program.(2) Ensure the beginning teacher induction program is approved by the commission and either meets the commissions standards for the support of teachers completing teaching performance assessments or is able to contract with a preliminary teacher preparation program to provide that support.(e)(f) For purposes of making the computations required by Section 8 of Article XVI of the California Constitution, the appropriation made by subdivision (a) shall be deemed to be General Fund revenues appropriated for school districts, as defined in subdivision (c) of Section 41202, for the 202223 fiscal year, and included within the total allocations to school districts and community college districts from General Fund proceeds of taxes appropriated pursuant to Article XIIIB, as defined in subdivision (e) of Section 41202, for the 202223 fiscal year. | |
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| 60 | - | 44259.4. (a) For the 202223 fiscal year, the sum of one hundred fifty million dollars ($150,000,000) | |
| 59 | + | 44259.4. (a) For the 202223 fiscal year, the sum of one hundred fifty million dollars ($150,000,000) is hereby appropriated from the General Fund to the Commission on Teacher Credentialing for purposes of the Beginning Teacher Retention and Support Grant Program pursuant to this section. This funding shall be available for encumbrance until June 30, 2027. | |
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| 62 | 61 | (b) (1) A grant to a beginning teacher induction program shall not exceed three thousand five hundred dollars ($3,500) per participating teacher. | |
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| 64 | 63 | (2) A beginning teacher induction program receiving a grant shall use these funds on behalf of a participating teacher for mentor training, stipends for mentor teachers, other beginning teacher induction costs following initial preparation, or for the examination or assessment fee for one administration of the reading instruction competence assessment or a teaching performance assessment. | |
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| 66 | 65 | (3) A beginning teacher induction program may use these funds to contract with commission-approved preliminary teacher preparation programs to provide mentoring support for the completion of required assessments. | |
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| 68 | - | (4) A participating school district, county office of education, charter school, or institution of higher education shall not charge a fee to a beginning teacher to participate in a beginning teacher induction program. | |
| 67 | + | (4) A participating school district, county office of education, or charter school charter school, or institution of higher education shall not charge a fee to a beginning teacher to participate in a beginning teacher induction program. | |
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| 70 | 69 | (5) Notwithstanding paragraphs (2) and (3), an institution of higher education that is awarded grant funds shall first use the grant funds to waive tuition fees for the candidate. | |
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| 72 | 71 | (c) A grant recipient shall not use more than 5 percent of a grant award for program administration costs. | |
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| 74 | 73 | (d) The commission shall award grants according to the following priorities: | |
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| 76 | 75 | (1) Programs with a large number of candidates who have not yet completed the teaching performance assessment or the reading instruction competence assessment. Programs awarded grant funds based on this priority shall first apply the funds to assist its candidates in completing one or both of those requirements. That assistance includes, but is not limited to, training mentors to support candidates in completing a performance assessment or reading instruction competence assessment, or contracting with commission-approved preliminary teacher preparation programs to provide mentoring support for the completion of required assessments. | |
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| 78 | 77 | (2) Programs with a large number of candidates who pay induction program costs personally. | |
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| 79 | + | (d)The Commission on Teacher Credentialing | |
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| 80 | 83 | (e) The commission shall do both of the following: | |
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| 85 | + | (1)Allocate grants for up to 45,000 participants. | |
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| 82 | 89 | (1) Enable grant recipients to reallocate unused funding to support existing candidates when a candidate does not complete, or otherwise leaves, an induction program. | |
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| 84 | 91 | (2) Ensure the beginning teacher induction program is approved by the commission and either meets the commissions standards for the support of teachers completing teaching performance assessments or is able to contract with a preliminary teacher preparation program to provide that support. | |
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| 86 | - | (f)For purposes of making the computations required by Section 8 of Article XVI of the California Constitution, the appropriation made by subdivision (a) shall be deemed to be General Fund revenues appropriated for school districts, as defined in subdivision (c) of Section 41202, for the 202223 fiscal year, and included within the total allocations to school districts and community college districts from General Fund proceeds of taxes appropriated pursuant to Article XIII B, as defined in subdivision (e) of Section 41202, for the 202223 fiscal year. | |
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| 97 | + | (f) For purposes of making the computations required by Section 8 of Article XVI of the California Constitution, the appropriation made by subdivision (a) shall be deemed to be General Fund revenues appropriated for school districts, as defined in subdivision (c) of Section 41202, for the 202223 fiscal year, and included within the total allocations to school districts and community college districts from General Fund proceeds of taxes appropriated pursuant to Article XIIIB, as defined in subdivision (e) of Section 41202, for the 202223 fiscal year. |