CHAPTER 3. Certificated Employees [44420. - 44671.]
Chapter 3 enacted by Stats. 1976, Ch. 1010.
§§ 44420–44671 · 82 sections
ARTICLE 1. Revocation and Suspension of Certification Documents §§ 44420–44440 · 27 sections
- § 44420 (a) If any person employed by a school district in a position requiring certification qualifications refuses, without good cause, to fulfill a valid contract…
- § 44420.5 As used in this chapter, the following definitions apply: (a) “Institution of higher education” has the same meaning as used in Section 44203. (b) “Regionally…
- § 44421 The Commission on Teacher Credentialing shall privately admonish, publicly reprove, revoke or suspend for immoral or unprofessional conduct, or for persistent…
- § 44421.1 (a) Notwithstanding Section 44421, the commission shall take an appropriate adverse action on any credential holder who knowingly and willfully uses school…
- § 44421.5 (a) Notwithstanding Section 44421, the commission shall take an appropriate adverse action on any credential holder who knowingly and willfully reports false…
- § 44422 Whenever the holder of a credential issued by the State Board of Education or the Commission on Teacher Credentialing is charged with immoral or unprofessional…
- § 44423 (a) Whenever the holder of any credential issued by the commission requests in writing that the credential held by him or her be revoked, the commission shall…
- § 44423.5 (a) The commission shall suspend the credential of a holder when it receives notice that another state has taken final action to revoke a credential or license…
- § 44423.6 (a) (1) The commission shall revoke the credential of a holder when it receives notice that the ability of the holder of the credential to associate with…
- § 44424 (a) Upon the conviction of the holder of any credential issued by the State Board of Education or the Commission on Teacher Credentialing of a violation, or…
- § 44425 (a) Whenever the holder of a credential issued by the state board or the Commission on Teacher Credentialing has been convicted of a sex offense, as defined in…
- § 44425.5 Whenever the holder of any credential issued by the State Board of Education or the Commission on Teacher Credentialing is found to be insane, by a federal…
- § 44426 Whenever the holder of a credential issued by the State Board of Education or the Commission on Teacher Credentialing has been determined to be a sexual…
- § 44427 County boards of education may revoke or suspend, for immoral or unprofessional conduct, evident unfitness for teaching, or persistent defiance of, and refusal…
- § 44428 No certificate shall be revoked or suspended, except upon the written request of its holder, until after a hearing before the county board of education, and…
- § 44429 All charges of immoral or unprofessional conduct, of evident unfitness for teaching, or persistent defiance of, and refusal to obey the laws regulating the…
- § 44430 Notice of the time of hearing and a full and complete copy of the charges shall be furnished to the accused at least 10 days before the hearing.
- § 44431 The accused shall be given a fair and impartial hearing and shall have the right to be represented by counsel.
- § 44432 The hearing shall be governed by and conducted under the rules of the board.
- § 44433 If any teacher employed by a board of school trustees for a specified time, leaves the school before the expiration of the time, without the consent of the…
- § 44434 Each city or city and county board of examination may for immoral and unprofessional conduct, profanity, intemperance, or evident unfitness for teaching,…
- § 44435 Upon the becoming final of the conviction of the holder of a certificate issued by a county board of education of a violation or attempted violation of any one…
- § 44436 Whenever the holder of a certificate issued by a county board of education has been convicted of any sex offense as defined in Section 44010 or controlled…
- § 44437 Whenever the holder of a certificate issued by a county board of education has been determined to be a sexual psychopath under the provisions of Article 1…
- § 44438 (a) “Private admonition,” as used in this article and in Article 3 (commencing with Section 44240) of Chapter 2, is a warning, in writing, to the applicant or…
- § 44439 The commission may take an adverse action on the ground that an applicant or credential holder has subverted or attempted to subvert any licensing examination…
- § 44440 (a) No applicant who is under review by the commission shall be allowed to withdraw his or her application for a credential without the written consent of the…
ARTICLE 3. Teacher Education Internship Act of 1967 §§ 44450–44468 · 19 sections
- § 44450 This article shall be known and may be cited as the Teacher Education Internship Act of 1967.
- § 44451 The intent of the Legislature in enacting this article is to increase the effectiveness of teachers and other professional school service personnel in the…
- § 44452 Any school district may, in cooperation with an approved college or university, establish a teacher education internship program as provided in Section 44321,…
- § 44453 (a) For admission to all teaching internship programs authorized by this article, an applicant shall have a baccalaureate or higher degree from a regionally…
- § 44454 An internship credential authorizes the same service at the same levels as the regular credential authorizes.
- § 44455 An internship credential shall be issued initially for a two-year period and may be renewed by the commission.
- § 44456 Notwithstanding Section 44455, an internship credential may be renewed by the Commission on Teacher Credentialing if in its judgment an applicant is unable to…
- § 44457 Prior to enrollment in any college or university preparation program to renew the internship credential, appropriate personnel in the employing school district…
- § 44458 The program shall meet the instructional or service needs of the district with the primary objective being to increase the effectiveness of the intern in the…
- § 44459 The full cooperation of colleges and universities is essential if teaching and service internship programs are to be successful. A school district establishing…
- § 44460 The intern shall have the right to attend any regionally accredited institution of higher education of the intern’s choice for the completion of renewal…
- § 44461 The supervisory help and guidance of interns as they pursue their school district responsibilities are important for the success of such programs. The…
- § 44462 Salary payments for supervision of interns may be made out of district funds and may be met by reducing proportionately the salaries paid interns. Under this…
- § 44463 An intern shall have the right to change school districts upon completion of a school contract year and become an intern in a new school district if…
- § 44464 An internship credential shall be valid only as long as the holder is in good standing in the teacher internship program of the district that makes the…
- § 44465 A school district shall give special supervision and assistance to each intern above and beyond that given to other newly certificated and newly employed…
- § 44466 An intern shall not acquire tenure while serving on an internship credential. A person who, after completing a teaching internship program authorized pursuant…
- § 44467 Colleges and universities may continue the development and maintenance of internship credential programs under their own auspices seeking the cooperation of…
- § 44468 (a) An internship program, established pursuant to Article 7.5 (commencing with Section 44325) of Chapter 2 or this article, that is accredited by the…
ARTICLE 3.1. Standards for Professional Development §§ 44470–44472 · 3 sections
- § 44470 (a) (1) The State Department of Education shall issue a request for proposals to contract for the development of standards for professional development for…
- § 44471 The entity with which the State Department of Education contracts shall convene a committee of experts in teacher development, professional development, and…
- § 44472 The standards developed pursuant to this article shall meet all of the following characteristics: (a) Describe core concepts of high quality professional…
ARTICLE 4. Student Support and Professional Development Block Grant § 44475 · 1 section
- § 44475 (a) For the 2026–27 fiscal year, the sum of four billion four hundred million one hundred sixty-three thousand dollars ($4,400,163,000) is hereby appropriated…
ARTICLE 4.5. California Peer Assistance and Review Program for Teachers §§ 44500–44508 · 9 sections
- § 44500 (a) There is hereby established the California Peer Assistance and Review Program for Teachers. The governing board of a school district and the exclusive…
- § 44501 A consulting teacher participating in a program operated pursuant to this article shall meet locally determined criteria and each of the following…
- § 44502 (a) The governance structure of a program designed pursuant to this article shall include a joint teacher administrator peer review panel that shall select…
- § 44503 (a) The governing board of a school district that accepts state funds for purposes of this article agrees to negotiate the development and implementation of…
- § 44504 (a) Except as provided in Section 44505, the California Peer Assistance and Review Program for Teachers shall become fully operational on July 1, 2001, on…
- § 44505 (a) Between July 1, 1999, and June 30, 2000, a school district may notify the Superintendent of Public Instruction that it plans to implement, commencing July…
- § 44506 (a) The state funding for this article subsequent to the 1999–2000 fiscal year is subject to an appropriation in the annual Budget Act. (b) A school district…
- § 44507 Subject to the availability of funding in the annual Budget Act, the Superintendent of Public Instruction shall contract with an independent evaluator on or…
- § 44508 For purposes of this article, “school district” includes a county office of education.
ARTICLE 9. Exchange and Recruitment §§ 44610–44617 · 8 sections
- § 44610 This article shall be known as the “World Language Teacher Exchange and Recruitment Law of 1963.”
- § 44611 The purposes of this article are to encourage and promote the temporary exchange of teachers between school districts in California and schools in foreign…
- § 44612 The State Board of Education shall adopt rules and regulations under which teachers employed by California school districts may exchange positions with…
- § 44613 Teachers employed by California school districts desiring to participate in an exchange of positions under this article shall file with the Department of…
- § 44614 (a) The exchange of teachers with a foreign country pursuant to this article shall be conditioned upon the fact that the employing school district in…
- § 44615 The commission shall adopt rules and regulations providing for the recruitment of, and issuance of special credentials in the teaching of a world language to,…
- § 44616 (a) The department may contract with universities and colleges in this state approved by the commission as a teacher education institution for furnishing…
- § 44617 Section 44854 applies to exchange teachers.
ARTICLE 10.5. In-Service Training: Anabolic Steroids § 44645 · 1 section
- § 44645 (a) The Legislature hereby finds and declares that the use of anabolic steroids to expedite the physical development and enhance the performance level of…
ARTICLE 11. Evaluation and Assessment of Performance of Certificated Employees §§ 44660–44665 · 7 sections
- § 44660 It is the intent of the Legislature that governing boards establish a uniform system of evaluation and assessment of the performance of all certificated…
- § 44661 In the development and adoption of guidelines and procedures pursuant to this article, the governing board shall avail itself of the advice of the certificated…
- § 44661.5 When developing and adopting objective evaluation and assessment guidelines pursuant to Section 44660, a school district may, by mutual agreement between the…
- § 44662 (a) The governing board of each school district shall establish standards of expected pupil achievement at each grade level in each area of study. (b) The…
- § 44663 (a) Evaluation and assessment made pursuant to this article shall be reduced to writing and a copy thereof shall be transmitted to the certificated employee…
- § 44664 (a) Evaluation and assessment of the performance of each certificated employee shall be made on a continuing basis as follows: (1) At least once each school…
- § 44665 For purposes of this article, “employing authority” means the superintendent of the school district in which the employee is employed, or his designee, or in…
ARTICLE 12. School-Based Management and Advanced Career Opportunities for Classroom Teachers Programs §§ 44666–44669 · 5 sections
- § 44666 (a) The Legislature finds that a primary goal of every public school should be the creation of effective and productive learning environments for pupils.…
- § 44667 (a) It is the intent of the Legislature to encourage school districts to plan and implement alternative models of school-based management projects, or advanced…
- § 44667.2 It is the intent of the Legislature that each school district’s school-based management proposal shall include the following: (a) A plan for involving parents…
- § 44668 (a) “Advanced career opportunities for classroom teachers” means a compensation system developed jointly by the governing board of a school district and the…
- § 44669 (a) Notwithstanding any other provision of law, for the purposes of implementing a program established pursuant to this article, the State Board of Education…
ARTICLE 13. Principal Evaluation System §§ 44670–44671 · 2 sections
- § 44670 (a) The governing board of a school district may identify who will conduct the evaluation of each school principal. (b) A school principal may be evaluated…
- § 44671 (a) Criteria for effective school principal evaluations may be based upon the California Professional Standards for Educational Leaders. These standards…