California Education Code ARTICLE 4 - Credential Types

  • Section 44250.
    The commission shall issue only the following two types of credentials, with authorizations as hereinafter defined:(a) A teaching credential.(b) A services credential.The commission may issue an internship...
  • Section 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...
  • Section 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 regulations...
  • Section 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 initial or renewal applicant who submits...
  • Section 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 program without...
  • Section 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 regulations adopted by...
  • Section 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 an...
  • Section 44252.7.
    (a) Commencing on September 1, 1984, applicants for an initial regular children’s center instructional permit, and applicants for the renewal of an emergency children’s center permit...
  • Section 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 personal...
  • Section 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 academic skills,...
  • Section 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...
  • Section 44253.2.
    For purposes of this chapter, the following terms shall have the following meanings, unless the context otherwise requires:(a) “Instruction for English language development” means instruction designed...
  • Section 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 for English language development in preschool,...
  • Section 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 for English language development in preschool,...
  • Section 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 effective...
  • Section 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 administer...
  • Section 44253.7.
    (a) The Commission on Teacher Credentialing, based upon the availability of funds, shall develop objective and verifiable standards for an authorization for bilingual-cross-cultural competence for holders...
  • Section 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 developing and...
  • Section 44253.9.
    The commission shall promulgate regulations to clarify and make specific the requirements and authorizations of credentials, certificates, and permits established pursuant to this article.(Added by...
  • Section 44253.10.a.
    (a) A teacher with a basic teaching credential may be assigned to provide specially designed content instruction delivered in English, as defined in subdivision (b) of...
  • Section 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...
  • Section 44254.
    (a) The commission shall establish standards for a restricted reading certificate to enable holders of a teaching credential to provide the early development of reading and...
  • Section 44254.a.
    (a) The commission shall establish standards for a restricted reading certificate to enable holders of a teaching credential to provide the early and continuing development of...
  • Section 44256.
    Authorization for teaching credentials shall be of four basic kinds, as defined below:(a) “Single subject instruction” means the practice of assignment of teachers and students to...
  • Section 44257.
    (a) The commission shall issue single subject teaching credentials only in the following subjects:(1) Agriculture.(2) Art.(3) Business.(4) Dance.(5) English.(6) Foreign Language.(7) Health Science.(8) Home Economics.(9) Industrial and Technology Education.(10) Mathematics.(11) Music.(12) Physical Education.(13) Science.(14) Social Science.(15) Theatre.(b) The commission shall issue the...
  • Section 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 concentration...
  • Section 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 teaching credential that...
  • Section 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 report...
  • Section 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...
  • Section 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,...
  • Section 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 setting or may regroup...
  • Section 44258.2.
    The holder of a single subject teaching credential or a standard secondary teaching credential may, with his or her consent, be assigned by action of...
  • Section 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...
  • Section 44258.7.
    (a) The holder of a standard secondary credential who, prior to September 1, 1989, has taught successfully in a subject within the department of his or...
  • Section 44258.9.
    (a) The Legislature finds that continued monitoring of teacher assignments by county superintendents of schools will ensure that the rate of teacher misassignment remains low. To...
  • Section 44259.
    (a) Except as provided in subparagraphs (A) and (C) of paragraph (3) of subdivision (b), each program of professional preparation for multiple or single subject teaching...
  • Section 44259.1.
    (a) (1) An integrated program of professional preparation shall enable candidates for teaching credentials to engage in professional preparation, concurrently with subject matter preparation, while completing baccalaureate...
  • Section 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 waive the...
  • Section 44259.3.
    The commission shall review the minimum requirements set forth in Section 44259 for the preliminary and professional multiple subject teaching credential and shall recommend their...
  • Section 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 Section...
  • Section 44260.
    The minimum requirements for the three-year preliminary designated subjects career technical education teaching credential shall be all of the following:(a) Three years or the equivalent of...
  • Section 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 three-year preliminary designated subjects...
  • Section 44260.2.
    The minimum requirements for the three-year preliminary designated subjects adult education teaching credential shall be all of the following:(a) For nonacademic subjects:(1) Three years of adequate, successful,...
  • Section 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 preliminary designated subjects...
  • Section 44260.4.
    The minimum requirements for the designated subjects special subjects teaching credential shall be appropriate to the special subject named on the credential, in accordance with...
  • Section 44260.5.
    The commission shall establish minimum requirements for the issuance and renewal of the designated subjects teaching credentials for part-time service. Designated subjects teaching credentials issued...
  • Section 44260.6.
    The minimum requirements for the designated subjects supervision and coordination credential shall include all of the following:(a) Possession of a designated subjects teaching credential, other than...
  • Section 44260.7.
    The commission may develop alternative routes to the subject matter coursework requirements for the preliminary designated subjects credential in driver education and training, including approved...
  • Section 44260.9.
    (a) The commission shall establish a list of authorized subjects for the designated subjects preliminary career technical education teaching credential issued pursuant to Section 44260. The...
  • Section 44261.
    The minimum requirements for the multiple or single subject teaching credential with a designated emphasis shall be as specified in Section 44259.(Repealed and added by...
  • Section 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 youth is...
  • Section 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...
  • Section 44262.5.
    (a) Upon recommendation of the tribal government of a federally recognized Indian tribe in California, the commission shall issue an American Indian language-culture credential to a...
  • Section 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...
  • Section 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,...
  • Section 44265.
    Credentials for teaching specialties, including, but not limited to, bilingual education, early childhood education, and special education, shall be based upon a baccalaureate degree from...
  • Section 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 or her credential....
  • Section 44265.3.
    (a) Commencing January 1, 2007, the Commission on Teacher Credentialing shall issue the following credentials:(1) A preliminary credential in speech-language pathology, to an individual who has been...
  • Section 44265.5.
    (a) Pupils who are visually impaired shall be taught by teachers whose professional preparation and credential authorization are specific to that impairment.(b) Pupils who are deaf or...
  • Section 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 determine specific requirements...
  • Section 44265.8.
    (a) Upon the recommendation of a preliminary credential preparation program sponsor approved by the Commission on Teacher Credentialing, the commission shall issue a two-year nonrenewable preliminary...
  • Section 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 performing the...
  • Section 44266.
    The minimum requirements for the services credential with a specialization in pupil personnel services are a baccalaureate degree or higher degree, except in professional education,...
  • Section 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, or five years...
  • Section 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 higher degree...
  • Section 44268.
    The minimum requirements for a services credential in a specialization in clinical or rehabilitative services are:(a) A baccalaureate degree or higher degree from an institution approved...
  • Section 44268.5.
    (a) A teacher who does not hold a specialist credential to teach pupils with mild to moderate disabilities in a special day class setting may teach...
  • Section 44269.
    The commission may issue a services credential authorizing service as a library media teacher upon completion of specialized preparation as required by the commission.The standards...
  • Section 44270.
    (a) The minimum requirements for the preliminary services credential with a specialization in administrative services are all of the following:(1) Possession of one of the following:(A) A valid...
  • Section 44270.1.
    (a) The minimum requirements for the professional services credential with a specialization in administrative services are all of the following:(1) Possession of a valid preliminary administrative services...
  • Section 44270.2.
    The services credential with a specialization in administrative services shall authorize the holder to perform administrative services at all grade levels.Any person who administers a...
  • Section 44270.3.
    Notwithstanding any provision of this chapter, the commission shall issue a preliminary services credential with a specialization in administrative services to an out-of-state trained administrator...
  • Section 44270.4.
    Notwithstanding any provision of this chapter, the commission shall issue a professional services credential with a specialization in administrative services to an out-of-state trained administrator...
  • Section 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 with a specialization...
  • Section 44271.
    The designated subjects teaching credential with a specialization in vocational trade and technical teaching shall authorize the holder, who also meets the requirements for administrative...
  • Section 44272.
    The commission may issue limited services credentials authorizing administrative service in schools which are not part of the public school system but which are administered...
  • Section 44273.
    Notwithstanding any other provisions of this code, any credential described in Section 44250 shall be issued to an applicant under the following circumstances:(a) The commission has...
  • Section 44274.2.
    (a) Notwithstanding any provision of this chapter, the commission shall issue a five-year preliminary multiple subject teaching credential authorizing instruction in a self-contained classroom, a five-year...
  • Section 44274.3.
    (a) Notwithstanding any other provision of this chapter, the commission shall issue a five-year preliminary single subject teaching credential authorizing instruction in departmentalized classes to an...
  • Section 44274.4.
    Unless the commission determines that substantial evidence exists that the individual is unqualified to teach, upon the recommendation of the governing board of the school...
  • Section 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 than...
  • Section 44275.4.
    Notwithstanding any other provision of law:(a) It is the intent of the Legislature that both of the following occur:(1) That this section provide flexibility to enable school...
  • Section 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, programs, or degrees...
  • Section 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 number...
  • Section 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 order to...
  • Section 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, and peaceful.(2) Effective...
  • Section 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...
  • Section 44277.
    (a) The Legislature recognizes that effective professional growth must continue to occur throughout the careers of all teachers, in order that teachers remain informed of changes...

Last modified: October 22, 2018