ARTICLE 4. Credential Types

Article 4 enacted by Stats. 1976, Ch. 1010.

§§ 44250–44277 · 95 sections

§ 44250 The commission shall issue only the following two types of credentials, with authorizations as hereinafter defined: (a) A teaching credential. (b) A services…
§ 44251 (a) The period for which a credential, as authorized under Section 44250 issued prior to September 1, 1985, is valid shall be as follows: (1) For an internship…
§ 44251.2 A credential, permit, certificate, or other document that is lawfully issued by the commission shall remain in force in accordance with the laws and…
§ 44252 (a) (1) The commission shall establish standards and procedures for the initial issuance and renewal of credentials. (2) (A) The commission shall require an…
§ 44252.1 (a) It is the intent of the Legislature that a credential candidate enrolled in a credential preparation program receive reasonable time to complete the…
§ 44252.2 Coursework completed at a community or junior college that is regionally accredited by an accrediting agency listed in subparagraph (A) of paragraph (1) of…
§ 44252.5 (a) The commission shall administer the state basic skills proficiency test pursuant to Sections 44227, 44252, and 44830 in accordance with rules and…
§ 44252.6 (a) The commission, no later than July 1, 2007, shall ensure that the California Subject Examinations for Teachers (CSET): Multiple Subjects be modified to add…
§ 44252.8 (a) The commission may defer the state basic skills proficiency test requirement in any case when illness, a family death, or another similar and justifiable…
§ 44252.9 (a) The Legislature finds and declares that the effective education of pupils in kindergarten and grades 1 to 12, inclusive, depends substantially on the…
§ 44253.1 The Legislature finds and declares that almost one million, or one of every five, pupils in California’s public schools are of limited English proficiency, and…
§ 44253.2 For purposes of this chapter, the following terms shall have the following meanings, unless the context otherwise requires: (a) “Instruction for English…
§ 44253.3 (a) The commission shall issue an authorization for a teacher to provide all of the following services to limited-English-proficient pupils: (1) Instruction…
§ 44253.4 (a) The commission shall issue an authorization for a teacher to provide all of the following services to limited-English-proficient pupils: (1) Instruction…
§ 44253.45 (a) Notwithstanding any other law, the commission may approve a teacher education program offered by a school district or county office of education…
§ 44253.5 (a) The commission shall develop and administer examinations on which a teacher can demonstrate his or her competence in the knowledge and skills necessary for…
§ 44253.6 (a) Until the commission begins the administration of Section 44253.5, as added by Chapter 1050 of the Statutes of 1992, the commission shall continue to…
§ 44253.7 (a) The Commission on Teacher Credentialing, based upon the availability of funds, shall develop objective and verifiable standards for an authorization for…
§ 44253.8 (a) For the examinations required by Sections 44253.5 and 44253.7, the commission shall charge examination fees that are sufficient to recover the costs of…
§ 44253.9 The commission shall promulgate regulations to clarify and make specific the requirements and authorizations of credentials, certificates, and permits…
§ 44253.10 (a) A teacher with a basic teaching credential may be assigned to provide specially designed content instruction delivered in English, as defined in…
§ 44253.11 (a) A teacher with a designated subjects teaching credential or a service credential with a special class authorization may enroll in a course that meets the…
§ 44254 (a) The commission shall establish standards for a restricted reading certificate to enable holders of a teaching credential to provide the early development… see note
§ 44256 Authorization for teaching credentials shall be of four basic kinds, as defined below: (a) (1) “Single subject instruction” means the practice of assignment of…
§ 44257 (a) The commission shall issue single subject teaching credentials only in the following subjects: (1) Agriculture. (2) Art. (3) Business. (4) Dance. (5)…
§ 44257.2 (a) In order to ensure excellence in teaching in specific subjects, the commission may issue a multiple or single subject teaching credential with a specified…
§ 44257.3 (a) For purposes of this section, the following definitions apply: (1) “Recognition of study in linked learning” is a statement added to a single subject…
§ 44257.4 The commission shall periodically review and assess the adequacy and relevance of the subjects of teaching credentials set forth in Section 44257, and shall…
§ 44257.5 (a) On or before July 1, 2024, the commission shall convene a workgroup on credentialing for instruction in computer science to do all of the following: (1)…
§ 44258 A teacher who is authorized for single subject instruction may be assigned, with his consent, to teach any subject in his authorized fields at any grade level;…
§ 44258.1 The holder of a credential authorizing instruction in a self-contained classroom may teach in any of grades 5 to 8, inclusive, in a middle school, provided…
§ 44258.15 Notwithstanding Section 44258.1, the holder of a credential authorizing instruction in a self-contained classroom may provide instruction in a team teaching…
§ 44258.2 The holder of a single subject teaching credential or a standard secondary teaching credential may, with the credentialholder’s consent, be assigned by action…
§ 44258.3 (a) The governing board of a school district may assign the holder of a credential, other than an emergency permit, to teach any subjects in departmentalized…
§ 44258.7 (a) The holder of a standard secondary credential who, before September 1, 1989, has taught successfully in a subject within the department of the…
§ 44258.9 (a) (1) The Legislature finds and declares both of the following: (A) That continued monitoring of educator assignments by the commission and the county…
§ 44259 (a) Except as provided in clauses (i) and (iii) of subparagraph (A) of paragraph (3) of subdivision (b), a program of professional preparation for multiple or…
§ 44259.1 (a) (1) An integrated program of professional preparation shall enable candidates for teaching credentials to engage in professional preparation, concurrently…
§ 44259.2 (a) Notwithstanding any other provision of this chapter, including, but not limited to, paragraph (3) of subdivision (b) of Section 44259, the commission shall…
§ 44259.3 The commission shall review the minimum requirements set forth in Section 44259 for the preliminary and professional multiple subject teaching credential and…
§ 44259.4 (a) (1) There is hereby established the Pathways to Bilingual Teaching Program, to be administered by the commission, for the purpose of increasing the number…
§ 44259.5 (a) By July 1, 2002, the commission shall ensure that an accredited program of professional preparation offered pursuant to paragraph (3) of subdivision (b) of…
§ 44259.6 By September 1, 2022, the commission shall ensure that its standards of program quality and effectiveness for the preparation of candidates for the preliminary…
§ 44259.7 By September 1, 2024, the commission shall ensure that, in addition to the requirements of Section 44259.6, its standards of program quality and effectiveness…
§ 44259.8 (a) For the 2026–27 fiscal year, the commission shall use the funding appropriated in Item 6100–488 of the Budget Act of 2026 to enter into an agreement with a…
§ 44260 The minimum requirements for the three-year preliminary designated subjects career technical education teaching credential shall be all of the following: (a)…
§ 44260.1 The minimum requirements for the five-year clear designated subjects career technical education teaching credential shall be all of the following: (a) A valid…
§ 44260.2 The minimum requirements for the three-year preliminary designated subjects adult education teaching credential shall be all of the following: (a) For…
§ 44260.3 The minimum requirements for the five-year clear designated subjects adult education teaching credential shall be all of the following: (a) A valid three-year…
§ 44260.4 The minimum requirements for the designated subjects special subjects teaching credential shall be appropriate to the special subject named on the credential,…
§ 44260.5 The commission shall establish minimum requirements for the issuance and renewal of the designated subjects teaching credentials for part-time service.…
§ 44260.6 The minimum requirements for the designated subjects supervision and coordination credential shall include all of the following: (a) Possession of a designated…
§ 44260.7 The commission may develop alternative routes to the subject matter coursework requirements for the preliminary designated subjects credential in driver…
§ 44260.9 (a) The commission shall establish a list of authorized subjects for the designated subjects preliminary career technical education teaching credential issued…
§ 44261 The minimum requirements for the multiple or single subject teaching credential with a designated emphasis shall be as specified in Section 44259.
§ 44261.2 (a) The Legislature finds and declares the following: (1) The role of parents and guardians in the education of pupils and the development of children and…
§ 44262 Upon the recommendation of the governing board of a school district, the commission may issue an eminence credential to any person who has achieved eminence in…
§ 44262.5 (a) Upon recommendation of the tribal government of a federally recognized Indian tribe in California, the commission shall issue an American Indian…
§ 44263 A teacher licensed pursuant to the provisions of this article may be assigned, with his or her consent, to teach a single subject class in which he or she has…
§ 44264 Notwithstanding any other provision of law, a person holding a credential issued under the laws and regulations in effect on or before December 31, 1971,…
§ 44265 (a) Credentials for teaching specialties, including, but not limited to, bilingual education, early childhood education, and special education, shall be based…
§ 44265.1 (a) No later than January 1, 2028, the commission shall ensure that its standards of program quality and effectiveness for the preparation of candidates for…
§ 44265.2 (a) A program sponsor may offer comparability and equivalency to a special education credentialholder seeking to add a special education authorization to his…
§ 44265.3 (a) Commencing January 1, 2007, the Commission on Teacher Credentialing shall issue the following credentials: (1) A preliminary credential in speech-language…
§ 44265.5 (a) Pupils who are visually impaired shall be taught by teachers whose professional preparation and credential authorization are specific to that impairment.…
§ 44265.6 (a) Upon the request of an employing school district, county office of education, or state special school, the Commission on Teacher Credentialing shall…
§ 44265.8 (a) Upon the recommendation of a preliminary credential preparation program sponsor approved by the Commission on Teacher Credentialing, the commission shall…
§ 44265.9 (a) The Commission on Teacher Credentialing shall develop criteria to verify the proficiency of a holder of a credential issued under Section 44265.8 in…
§ 44266 (a) The minimum requirements for the services credential with a specialization in pupil personnel services are a baccalaureate degree or higher degree from a…
§ 44266.5 (a) (1) Notwithstanding any provision of this chapter, the commission shall issue a preliminary professional services credential with a specialization in pupil…
§ 44267 The minimum requirements for a services credential with a specialization in health are: (a) Five years, or its equivalent, of college or university education,…
§ 44267.5 (a) The minimum requirements for a services credential with a specialization in health for a school nurse are all of the following: (1) A baccalaureate or…
§ 44268 The minimum requirements for a services credential in a specialization in clinical or rehabilitative services are: (a) A baccalaureate degree or higher degree…
§ 44269 The commission may issue a services credential authorizing service as a library media teacher upon completion of specialized preparation as required by the…
§ 44270 (a) The minimum requirements for the preliminary services credential with a specialization in administrative services are all of the following: (1) Possession…
§ 44270.1 (a) The minimum requirements for the professional services credential with a specialization in administrative services are all of the following: (1) Possession…
§ 44270.2 The services credential with a specialization in administrative services shall authorize the holder to perform administrative services at all grade levels. Any…
§ 44270.3 Notwithstanding any provision of this chapter, the commission shall issue a preliminary services credential with a specialization in administrative services to…
§ 44270.4 Notwithstanding any provision of this chapter, the commission shall issue a professional services credential with a specialization in administrative services…
§ 44270.5 (a) Notwithstanding any provision of this chapter and as an expedited alternative to Section 44270, the commission may issue a preliminary services credential…
§ 44270.6 (a) No later than September 1, 2028, the commission shall ensure that the program standards for the professional preparation of candidates for a preliminary…
§ 44271 The designated subjects teaching credential with a specialization in vocational trade and technical teaching shall authorize the holder, who also meets the…
§ 44272 The commission may issue limited services credentials authorizing administrative service in schools which are not part of the public school system but which…
§ 44273 Notwithstanding any other provisions of this code, any credential described in Section 44250 shall be issued to an applicant under the following circumstances:…
§ 44274.2 (a) Notwithstanding any provision of this chapter, the commission shall issue a five-year preliminary multiple subject teaching credential authorizing…
§ 44274.3 (a) Notwithstanding any other provision of this chapter, the commission shall issue a five-year preliminary single subject teaching credential authorizing…
§ 44274.4 Unless the commission determines that substantial evidence exists that the individual is unqualified to teach, upon the recommendation of the governing board…
§ 44274.5 Notwithstanding Section 44227, Section 44259, or any other provision of this chapter, an applicant who holds a valid teaching credential from a state other…
§ 44275.4 Notwithstanding any other law: (a) It is the intent of the Legislature that both of the following occur: (1) That this section provide flexibility to enable…
§ 44275.5 (a) In addition to the authority granted to the commission under Section 44275.4, the commission may determine that the national standards for coursework,…
§ 44275.6 (a) A school district, county office of education, and charter school shall annually report to the department, in a manner prescribed by the department, the…
§ 44276 (a) The Legislature hereby finds and declares that California’s public school pupils need quality instruction and support in the areas of computer education in…
§ 44276.1 (a) The Legislature finds and declares all of the following: (1) The educational mission of schools may be thwarted when school campuses are not safe, secure,…
§ 44276.6 It is the intent of the Legislature that the Commission on Teacher Credentialing not duplicate the efforts of the State Department of Education, Office of…
§ 44277 (a) The Legislature recognizes that effective professional growth must continue to occur throughout the careers of all teachers, in order that teachers remain…