CALIFORNIA LEGISLATURE 20232024 REGULAR SESSION Assembly Bill No. 238Introduced by Assembly Member MuratsuchiJanuary 13, 2023 An act to add Article 5.3 (commencing with Section 69617.5) to Chapter 2 of Part 42 of Division 5 of Title 3 of the Education Code, relating to teachers. LEGISLATIVE COUNSEL'S DIGESTAB 238, as introduced, Muratsuchi. California Student Teacher Support Grant Program.Existing law requires the Commission on Teacher Credentialing to establish standards for the issuance and renewal of credentials, certificates, and permits. Existing law requires the commission to adopt standards for the accreditation of postsecondary teacher preparation programs. Existing law prescribes clinical practice as one of the commission-adopted standards and requires that teaching credential candidates perform 600 hours of clinical practice throughout the candidates teacher preparation program, including, as a component of those hours, unpaid student teaching.This bill would express the intent of the Legislature, to improve teacher retention and recruitment in Californias public school system, to create a grant program to compensate student teachers to help alleviate financial stress at an important time in the teacher preparation process. The bill would, contingent upon an appropriation of one-time funding, establish the California Student Teacher Support Grant Program, under the administration of the Student Aid Commission, to award grants of an unspecified amount to teaching credential candidates to compensate the candidates while they perform the required student teaching.Digest Key Vote: MAJORITY Appropriation: NO Fiscal Committee: YES Local Program: NO Bill TextThe people of the State of California do enact as follows:SECTION 1. Article 5.3 (commencing with Section 69617.5) is added to Chapter 2 of Part 42 of Division 5 of Title 3 of the Education Code, to read: Article 5.3. California Student Teacher Support Grant Program69617.5. (a) To improve both teacher retention and recruitment in Californias public school system, it is the intent of the Legislature to create a grant program to compensate student teachers in order to help alleviate financial stress at an important time in the teacher preparation process.(b) Subject to an appropriation of one-time funds for this purpose in the annual Budget Act or another statute, the California Student Teacher Support Grant Program is hereby established under the administration of the commission to compensate teaching credential candidates during the student teaching component of the 600 hours of clinical practice that is required as part of the candidates teacher preparation program.
CALIFORNIA LEGISLATURE 20232024 REGULAR SESSION Assembly Bill No. 238Introduced by Assembly Member MuratsuchiJanuary 13, 2023 An act to add Article 5.3 (commencing with Section 69617.5) to Chapter 2 of Part 42 of Division 5 of Title 3 of the Education Code, relating to teachers. LEGISLATIVE COUNSEL'S DIGESTAB 238, as introduced, Muratsuchi. California Student Teacher Support Grant Program.Existing law requires the Commission on Teacher Credentialing to establish standards for the issuance and renewal of credentials, certificates, and permits. Existing law requires the commission to adopt standards for the accreditation of postsecondary teacher preparation programs. Existing law prescribes clinical practice as one of the commission-adopted standards and requires that teaching credential candidates perform 600 hours of clinical practice throughout the candidates teacher preparation program, including, as a component of those hours, unpaid student teaching.This bill would express the intent of the Legislature, to improve teacher retention and recruitment in Californias public school system, to create a grant program to compensate student teachers to help alleviate financial stress at an important time in the teacher preparation process. The bill would, contingent upon an appropriation of one-time funding, establish the California Student Teacher Support Grant Program, under the administration of the Student Aid Commission, to award grants of an unspecified amount to teaching credential candidates to compensate the candidates while they perform the required student teaching.Digest Key Vote: MAJORITY Appropriation: NO Fiscal Committee: YES Local Program: NO
CALIFORNIA LEGISLATURE 20232024 REGULAR SESSION
Assembly Bill
No. 238
Introduced by Assembly Member MuratsuchiJanuary 13, 2023
Introduced by Assembly Member Muratsuchi
January 13, 2023
An act to add Article 5.3 (commencing with Section 69617.5) to Chapter 2 of Part 42 of Division 5 of Title 3 of the Education Code, relating to teachers.
LEGISLATIVE COUNSEL'S DIGEST
## LEGISLATIVE COUNSEL'S DIGEST
AB 238, as introduced, Muratsuchi. California Student Teacher Support Grant Program.
Existing law requires the Commission on Teacher Credentialing to establish standards for the issuance and renewal of credentials, certificates, and permits. Existing law requires the commission to adopt standards for the accreditation of postsecondary teacher preparation programs. Existing law prescribes clinical practice as one of the commission-adopted standards and requires that teaching credential candidates perform 600 hours of clinical practice throughout the candidates teacher preparation program, including, as a component of those hours, unpaid student teaching.This bill would express the intent of the Legislature, to improve teacher retention and recruitment in Californias public school system, to create a grant program to compensate student teachers to help alleviate financial stress at an important time in the teacher preparation process. The bill would, contingent upon an appropriation of one-time funding, establish the California Student Teacher Support Grant Program, under the administration of the Student Aid Commission, to award grants of an unspecified amount to teaching credential candidates to compensate the candidates while they perform the required student teaching.
Existing law requires the Commission on Teacher Credentialing to establish standards for the issuance and renewal of credentials, certificates, and permits. Existing law requires the commission to adopt standards for the accreditation of postsecondary teacher preparation programs. Existing law prescribes clinical practice as one of the commission-adopted standards and requires that teaching credential candidates perform 600 hours of clinical practice throughout the candidates teacher preparation program, including, as a component of those hours, unpaid student teaching.
This bill would express the intent of the Legislature, to improve teacher retention and recruitment in Californias public school system, to create a grant program to compensate student teachers to help alleviate financial stress at an important time in the teacher preparation process. The bill would, contingent upon an appropriation of one-time funding, establish the California Student Teacher Support Grant Program, under the administration of the Student Aid Commission, to award grants of an unspecified amount to teaching credential candidates to compensate the candidates while they perform the required student teaching.
## Digest Key
## Bill Text
The people of the State of California do enact as follows:SECTION 1. Article 5.3 (commencing with Section 69617.5) is added to Chapter 2 of Part 42 of Division 5 of Title 3 of the Education Code, to read: Article 5.3. California Student Teacher Support Grant Program69617.5. (a) To improve both teacher retention and recruitment in Californias public school system, it is the intent of the Legislature to create a grant program to compensate student teachers in order to help alleviate financial stress at an important time in the teacher preparation process.(b) Subject to an appropriation of one-time funds for this purpose in the annual Budget Act or another statute, the California Student Teacher Support Grant Program is hereby established under the administration of the commission to compensate teaching credential candidates during the student teaching component of the 600 hours of clinical practice that is required as part of the candidates teacher preparation program.
The people of the State of California do enact as follows:
## The people of the State of California do enact as follows:
SECTION 1. Article 5.3 (commencing with Section 69617.5) is added to Chapter 2 of Part 42 of Division 5 of Title 3 of the Education Code, to read: Article 5.3. California Student Teacher Support Grant Program69617.5. (a) To improve both teacher retention and recruitment in Californias public school system, it is the intent of the Legislature to create a grant program to compensate student teachers in order to help alleviate financial stress at an important time in the teacher preparation process.(b) Subject to an appropriation of one-time funds for this purpose in the annual Budget Act or another statute, the California Student Teacher Support Grant Program is hereby established under the administration of the commission to compensate teaching credential candidates during the student teaching component of the 600 hours of clinical practice that is required as part of the candidates teacher preparation program.
SECTION 1. Article 5.3 (commencing with Section 69617.5) is added to Chapter 2 of Part 42 of Division 5 of Title 3 of the Education Code, to read:
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Article 5.3. California Student Teacher Support Grant Program69617.5. (a) To improve both teacher retention and recruitment in Californias public school system, it is the intent of the Legislature to create a grant program to compensate student teachers in order to help alleviate financial stress at an important time in the teacher preparation process.(b) Subject to an appropriation of one-time funds for this purpose in the annual Budget Act or another statute, the California Student Teacher Support Grant Program is hereby established under the administration of the commission to compensate teaching credential candidates during the student teaching component of the 600 hours of clinical practice that is required as part of the candidates teacher preparation program.
Article 5.3. California Student Teacher Support Grant Program69617.5. (a) To improve both teacher retention and recruitment in Californias public school system, it is the intent of the Legislature to create a grant program to compensate student teachers in order to help alleviate financial stress at an important time in the teacher preparation process.(b) Subject to an appropriation of one-time funds for this purpose in the annual Budget Act or another statute, the California Student Teacher Support Grant Program is hereby established under the administration of the commission to compensate teaching credential candidates during the student teaching component of the 600 hours of clinical practice that is required as part of the candidates teacher preparation program.
Article 5.3. California Student Teacher Support Grant Program
Article 5.3. California Student Teacher Support Grant Program
69617.5. (a) To improve both teacher retention and recruitment in Californias public school system, it is the intent of the Legislature to create a grant program to compensate student teachers in order to help alleviate financial stress at an important time in the teacher preparation process.(b) Subject to an appropriation of one-time funds for this purpose in the annual Budget Act or another statute, the California Student Teacher Support Grant Program is hereby established under the administration of the commission to compensate teaching credential candidates during the student teaching component of the 600 hours of clinical practice that is required as part of the candidates teacher preparation program.
69617.5. (a) To improve both teacher retention and recruitment in Californias public school system, it is the intent of the Legislature to create a grant program to compensate student teachers in order to help alleviate financial stress at an important time in the teacher preparation process.
(b) Subject to an appropriation of one-time funds for this purpose in the annual Budget Act or another statute, the California Student Teacher Support Grant Program is hereby established under the administration of the commission to compensate teaching credential candidates during the student teaching component of the 600 hours of clinical practice that is required as part of the candidates teacher preparation program.