2005 California Education Code Sections 44305-44308 Article 5.6. California Pre-Internship Teaching Program ...

44305.  (a) As resources are available to school districts to
provide services to any preintern pursuant to this article, the
commission may issue a preintern teaching certificate instead of an
emergency multiple subject permit to an individual employed by a
school district approved by the commission who meets the minimum
requirements set by the commission.  When resources remain after
funding preinterns pursuing multiple subject emergency permits, the
commission may issue a preintern teaching certificate instead of an
emergency single subject permit or an emergency education specialist
instruction permit to an individual employed by a school district
approved by the commission who meets the minimum requirements set by
the commission.  In implementing the Pre-Internship Teaching Program,
the commission shall consult with representatives of the State
Department of Education, classroom teachers, school administrators,
other school employees, parents, school board members, and
institutions of higher education.
   (b) The preintern teaching certificate issued by the commission
shall be valid for one year, but may be renewed for one additional
year if the holder takes the appropriate subject matter examination
required under Section 44282 or is enrolled in a subject matter
program approved by the commission on the basis of standards of
program quality and effectiveness pursuant to Article 6 (commencing
with Section 44310).  A preintern teacher who passes the subject
matter examination or completes a subject matter program in the first
or second year of his or her preintern teaching shall enroll in a
district or university teaching internship or other approved
university teaching credential program.  A preintern teaching
certificate may be renewed for a third year if the employing school
district, the cooperating college or university, and the preintern
support the application for renewal.
   (c) The minimum requirements for the preintern teaching
certificate established by the commission shall include all of the
following:
   (1) A baccalaureate or higher degree conferred by a regionally
accredited institution of higher education.
   (2) Passage of the basic skills proficiency test as provided for
in Section 44252.
   (3) The number of units, as set by the commission, for the
multiple subject or single subject preintern teaching certificate.
   (4) The number of units in education or the number of years of
experience in special education, as set by the commission, for the
education specialist instruction preintern teaching certificate.
   (d) The commission shall establish criteria for the approval of
preintern teaching programs.  The criteria shall include, but is not
limited to, all of the following:
   (1) Demonstrated need, as indicated by the percentage of teachers
in the district that have not completed basic credential requirements
pursuant to state law.
   (2) The quality of the preparation, support, and assistance to be
provided to teaching preinterns.
   (3) Cost-effectiveness, including the number of preinterns to be
served.
   (4) Collaboration between district administrators and experienced
teachers with permanent status in the development of the plan.
   (5) District and college or university collaboration to ensure
availability of courses needed by preintern teachers.
   (6) Preintern preparation content, including lesson planning,
classroom management and organization, and a schedule for delivering
the preparation, with a focus on beginning the preparation before or
during the first semester of the preinternship.
   (7) The role of personnel, including experienced teachers with
permanent status, in the delivery of preintern preparation and
support.
   (8) That no later than the second year of employment the program
for each preintern shall reflect the California Standards for the
Teaching Profession jointly developed by the commission and the State
Department of Education.
   (9) Approval of the district plan by the governing board of the
school district.
   (e) In establishing criteria for review of preintern teaching
programs pursuant to subdivision (d), the commission shall make every
effort to recognize effective district programs for the support and
development of emergency permit teachers in operation before July 1,
1998, as meeting the preintern teaching program criteria.
   (f) A school district may apply to the commission for funding
under this article.  Based on the criteria in subdivision (d),
developed pursuant to the consultation process required by
subdivision (a), the commission shall determine which applicants are
approved for funding.  If funds are provided for this act from the
federal Goals 2000:  Educate America Act (P.L. 103-227), the
commission shall transmit a list of approved applicants to the State
Department of Education which shall award grants in a timely manner
exclusively to those school districts that the commission has
approved for funding, in the amounts listed, with no school district
receiving more than two thousand dollars ($2,000) per preintern
employed by the school district.
44306.  The commission shall submit  an interim report to the
Legislature and the Legislative Analyst no later than October 1,
2000, and a final report no later than October 1, 2001, to include
the following information regarding the Pre-Internship Teaching
Program:
   (a) The number of participating school districts and pre-intern
teachers served.
   (b) The impact of the program on decreasing the number of
emergency permits issued.
   (c) The retention rates of pre-intern teachers, as compared to the
retention rates of emergency permitholders.
   (d) The success rates of pre-intern teachers, by year of
participation in the program, in meeting requirements for subject
matter knowledge required by law.
   (e) Assessments by pre-interns of the effectiveness of the
pre-intern preparation, support and assistance provided.
   (f) A description of in-kind contributions to the pre-intern
teaching program provided by participating school districts.
   (g) Recommendations regarding whether the Pre-Internship Teaching
Program should be continued, modified, or discontinued, including
reasons for those recommendations.
44307.  This article shall be known and may be cited as the
Pre-Internship Teaching Program.
44307.5.  The commission shall not require any school district to
provide pre-internship services to any individual holding an
emergency substitute teaching permit, any teacher who has completed
most of the requirements for a preliminary teaching credential, or
any teacher who holds a limited assignment emergency permit as a
result of consenting to teach temporarily outside of his or her field
of certification.
44308.  (a) Funding for the purposes of administering the program
established pursuant to this article is contingent upon an
appropriation in the Budget Act or other act.
   (b) It is the intent of the Legislature that federal funding
provided to the State Department of Education and the Commission on
Teacher Credentialing in Item 6110-001-0890 and Item 6360-001-0407 be
adjusted to provide direct funding for the Commission on Teacher
Credentialing for the purposes of the Pre-Internship Teaching Program
and the California Paraprofessional Teacher Training Program.  The
Department of Finance shall make those adjustments using authority of
Section 1.50 of the Budget Act of 1997.
   (c) If funds are provided for this act from the federal Goals
2000:  Educate America Act (P.L. 103-227) and if the provisions of
this article do not meet the requirements of that federal act, the
State Department of Education shall be held harmless for any fiscal
penalty exacted by the federal government for the expenditures made
by local education agencies or for state operations.