Bill Text: CA AB934 | 2023-2024 | Regular Session | Amended
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Bill Title: Commission on Teacher Credentialing: public awareness campaign.
Spectrum: Partisan Bill (Democrat 1-0)
Status: (Passed) 2023-10-10 - Chaptered by Secretary of State - Chapter 671, Statutes of 2023. [AB934 Detail]
Download: California-2023-AB934-Amended.html
Bill Title: Commission on Teacher Credentialing: public awareness campaign.
Spectrum: Partisan Bill (Democrat 1-0)
Status: (Passed) 2023-10-10 - Chaptered by Secretary of State - Chapter 671, Statutes of 2023. [AB934 Detail]
Download: California-2023-AB934-Amended.html
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May 01, 2023 |
Amended
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April 05, 2023 |
CALIFORNIA LEGISLATURE—
2023–2024 REGULAR SESSION
Assembly Bill
No. 934
Introduced by Assembly Member Muratsuchi |
February 14, 2023 |
An act to add Section 44224 to the Education Code, relating to teacher credentialing.
LEGISLATIVE COUNSEL'S DIGEST
AB 934, as amended, Muratsuchi.
Commission on Teacher Credentialing: public awareness campaign.
Existing law requires the Commission on Teacher Credentialing to, among other duties, establish standards for the issuance and renewal of credentials, certificates, and permits, and collect, compile, and disseminate information regarding exemplary practices in supporting and assessing beginning teachers. Existing law establishes the Teacher Residency Grant Program and appropriates funds from the General Fund to the commission to make grants to develop new, or expand, strengthen, or improve access to existing, teacher residency programs that support, among other things, a list of designated shortage fields.
This bill would require the commission to contract with a public relations organization
organization, or other organization with similar expertise, to develop a public awareness campaign that highlights the value and benefits of educational careers in California’s public schools, spanning from prekindergarten and kindergarten to elementary and secondary schools serving pupils in any of grades 1 to 12, inclusive. The bill would require the campaign to recognize the value of the contributions made by public school teachers, encourage individuals to enter the teaching profession, and include information about available high-quality teacher credentialing pathways and financial supports. The bill would authorize the campaign to include the development and distribution of public service announcements related to teacher recruitment and outreach to high school pupils and college students. The bill would make the implementation of these provisions contingent upon appropriation by the Legislature.
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The people of the State of California do enact as follows:
SECTION 1.
Section 44224 is added to the Education Code, to read:44224.
(a) For purposes of this section, “campaign” means the public awareness campaign described in subdivision (b).(b) The commission shall contract with a public relations organization organization, or other organization with similar expertise, to develop a public awareness campaign that highlights the value and benefits of educational careers in California’s public schools, spanning from prekindergarten and kindergarten to elementary and secondary schools serving pupils in any of grades 1 to 12,
inclusive.
(c) The campaign shall recognize the value of the contributions made by public school teachers and encourage individuals to enter the teaching profession.
(d) The campaign shall include information about available high-quality teacher credentialing pathways and available financial supports.
(e) The campaign may include, but is not limited to, the development and distribution of statewide public service announcements relating to teacher recruitment and outreach to high school pupils and college students.
(f) (1) The implementation of this section shall be contingent upon an appropriation for these purposes in the annual Budget
Act or another statute.
(2) It is the intent of the Legislature that the appropriation described in paragraph (1) not exceed nine hundred thousand dollars ($900,000).