ARTICLE 8. Certificates and Credentials

Article 8 enacted by Stats. 1976, Ch. 1010.

§§ 44330–44355 · 34 sections

§ 44330 Except where such service is provided by a school district pursuant to Section 44332.5, each county or city and county board of education may provide for the…
§ 44331 County boards of education may renew any certificate legally issued by them prior to October 1, 1945, and now in force; provided, that no certificate granted…
§ 44332 (a) Except where that service is provided by a school district authorized to register certification documents pursuant to Section 44332.5, each county board of…
§ 44332.5 (a) (1) A school district that may issue warrants pursuant to Section 42647 may, at its discretion, provide for the registration of a valid certification or…
§ 44332.6 (a) (1) Before issuing a temporary certificate pursuant to Section 44332, a county board of education or city and county board of education shall obtain proof…
§ 44333 The standard for the exchange credential shall be as prescribed by the commission pursuant to Section 44853. This credential shall authorize service in a…
§ 44334 Except as provided in this code, no certification document shall be granted to any person unless and until he has subscribed to the following oath or…
§ 44335 The issuance of any teaching credential requires (1) the passing of a satisfactory examination on the provisions and principles of the Constitution of the…
§ 44336 When required by the commission, the application for a certification document or the renewal thereof shall be accompanied by a certificate in such form as…
§ 44337 No person otherwise qualified shall be denied the right to receive credentials from the commission, to receive training for the purpose of becoming a teacher,…
§ 44338 No person otherwise qualified shall be denied the right to receive credentials issued by the commission, to receive training for the purpose of becoming a…
§ 44339 (a) The commission shall adopt, in addition to any other regulations authorized by law, regulations requiring every applicant for a credential, or for the…
§ 44339.5 (a) The commission, by July 1, 2019, shall authorize the use of an individual tax identification number in lieu of a social security number for purposes of…
§ 44340 Each applicant for a credential, or for the renewal of a credential, shall submit with his application duplicate personal identification cards provided by the…
§ 44341 (a) (1) For the purpose of ascertaining the moral character and true identity of the holder of a credential or an applicant for a credential or the renewal of…
§ 44342 Teachers, principals, supervisors, school librarians, superintendents and assistant superintendents, and other certified personnel who are presently employed…
§ 44343 A credential which was issued prior to July 1, 1973, shall remain in force as long as it is valid and continues to be valid under the law and regulations of…
§ 44343.4 (a) The commission shall issue a comparable credential at the preliminary level to an eligible applicant for the purpose of providing instruction or services…
§ 44343.5 (a) The commission shall grant or deny a completed application for a credential within seven days of the date that the commission received the application if…
§ 44344 (a) The commission shall issue the appropriate credentials authorized by the law operative, and the rules and regulations of the commission in effect on…
§ 44345 The commission may deny any application for the issuance of a credential or for the renewal of a credential made by any applicant who falls under any of the…
§ 44346 (a) The commission shall deny an application for the issuance of a credential or for the renewal of a credential made by any applicant who comes within any of…
§ 44346.1 (a) The commission shall deny any application for the issuance of a credential made by an applicant who has been convicted of a violent or serious felony or a…
§ 44346.5 (a) The Commission on Teacher Credentialing shall submit to the Department of Justice fingerprint images and related information required by the Department of…
§ 44346.6 (a) Pursuant to subdivision (u) of Section 11105 of the Penal Code, the commission shall submit to the Department of Justice fingerprint images and related…
§ 44347 The terms of credentials shall be as specified in this article.
§ 44348 Except as otherwise specifically required in this chapter, the commission shall establish regulations pertaining to the expiration dates of initially issued…
§ 44349 Each credential issued by the commission shall clearly state the kind of service that it authorizes, the grades or classes, or the types of schools in which it…
§ 44350 (a) Each credential issued shall contain its date of expiration, be issued on a form prescribed by the commission, and bear the signatures of the executive…
§ 44351 Whenever the date of expiration of any credential occurs while the person holding the credential is in the active military service of the United States of…
§ 44352 Whenever satisfactory proof is presented to the commission by any person to whom the commission has granted a credential that has been lost or destroyed, the…
§ 44353 Satisfactory proof shall consist of an affidavit by the person, giving the kind of the credential, the date of issue, if possible, and the basis upon which it…
§ 44354 Any oath required of an applicant for a credential may be administered by any of the persons enumerated in Section 60, by such employees of the Department of…
§ 44355 (a) Except as provided in subdivision (b), all credentials regularly issued are valid until revoked, suspended, or expired as provided by law. (b) A credential…