Bill Text: CA AB1930 | 2023-2024 | Regular Session | Chaptered

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Bill Title: Teaching credentials: Child Development Associate Teacher Permit: renewal.

Spectrum: Slight Partisan Bill (Democrat 4-2)

Status: (Passed) 2024-09-27 - Chaptered by Secretary of State - Chapter 687, Statutes of 2024. [AB1930 Detail]

Download: California-2023-AB1930-Chaptered.html

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Assembly Bill No. 1930

CHAPTER 687

An act to add Section 8301.5 to the Education Code, and to add Section 10383.5 to the Welfare and Institutions Code, relating to teaching credentials.

[ Approved by Governor  September 27, 2024. Filed with Secretary of State  September 27, 2024. ]

LEGISLATIVE COUNSEL'S DIGEST

AB 1930, Reyes. Teaching credentials: Child Development Associate Teacher Permit: renewal.

Existing law, the Early Education Act, among other things, requires the Superintendent of Public Instruction to administer all California state preschool programs. Existing law, the Child Care and Development Services Act, administered by the State Department of Social Services, establishes a system of childcare and development services for children up to 13 years of age. Existing law requires the Commission on Teacher Credentialing to, by rule or regulation, establish requirements for the issuance and the renewal of permits authorizing, among other things, service in the care, development, and instruction of children in childcare and development programs, as specified. Existing law additionally requires the commission to, by rule or regulation, establish requirements for the periods of duration of the above-mentioned permit.

This bill would, on or before April 30, 2025, require the commission to, by rule or regulation, authorize a holder of a Child Development Associate Teacher Permit to renew their permit without a limitation on the number of renewals if the permitholder completes specified hours of professional growth activities, as provided.

Digest Key

Vote: MAJORITY   Appropriation: NO   Fiscal Committee: YES   Local Program: NO  

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Bill Text

The people of the State of California do enact as follows:

SECTION 1.

 Section 8301.5 is added to the Education Code, to read:

8301.5.

 Notwithstanding Section 8301 of this code or Section 80111 of Title 5 of the California Code of Regulations, on or before April 30, 2025, the Commission on Teacher Credentialing shall, by rule or regulation, authorize a holder of a Child Development Associate Teacher Permit to renew their permit without a limitation on the number of renewals if the permitholder completes specified hours of professional growth activities, as determined by the commission.

SEC. 2.

 Section 10383.5 is added to the Welfare and Institutions Code, to read:

10383.5.

 Notwithstanding Section 10383 of this code or Section 80111 of Title 5 of the California Code of Regulations, on or before April 30, 2025, the Commission on Teacher Credentialing shall, by rule or regulation, authorize a holder of a Child Development Associate Teacher Permit to renew their permit without a limitation on the number of renewals if the permitholder completes specified hours of professional growth activities, as determined by the commission.