Teacher credentialing: instruction to pupils with autism.
The Commission on Teacher Credentialing is authorized to issue teaching and services credentials, and is required to establish standards and procedures for the issuance and renewal of credentials. Existing law authorizes a local educational agency or school to assign a teacher who holds a level 1 education specialist credential to provide instruction to pupils with autism, subject to specified requirements. Existing law makes those provisions inoperative 2 years after the commission adopts regulations relating to the requirements for obtaining a specialist credential in special education, or on August 31, 2011, whichever occurs first, and repeals those provisions on January 1, 2012.
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California Legislature
20092010
AB 2160
California AB 2160 (20092010)
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Teacher credentialing: instruction to pupils with autism.
California AB 2160 (20092010) — Teacher credentialing: instruction to pupils with autism.
The Commission on Teacher Credentialing is authorized to issue teaching and services credentials, and is required to establish standards and procedures for the issuance and renewal of credentials. Existing law authorizes a local educational agency or school to assign a teacher who holds a level 1 education specialist credential to provide instruction to pupils with autism, subject to specified requirements. Existing law makes those provisions inoperative 2 years after the commission adopts regulations relating to the requirements for obtaining a specialist credential in special education, or on August 31, 2011, whichever occurs first, and repeals those provisions on January 1, 2012.
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The bill's text revisions, in order — the diff chain from filing to enrollment.
AB 2160 BASS Consent Calendar Second Day Regular Session — pass (pass) · lower
Sponsors
Bass — primary (person)
Timeline
The legislative action history — every referral, reading, and vote.
2010-02-18 Read first time. To print. reading-1
2010-02-19 From printer. May be heard in committee March 21.
2010-03-04 Referred to Com. on ED. referral-committee
2010-04-05 From committee: Amend, and do pass as amended, and re-refer to Com. on APPR. with recommendation: To Consent Calendar. (Ayes 9. Noes 0.) (March 24). amendment-introduction, amendment-passage, committee-passage
2010-04-06 Read second time and amended. amendment-passage, reading-2, reading-1
2010-04-07 Re-referred to Com. on APPR. referral-committee
2010-04-14 From committee: Do pass. To Consent Calendar. (April 14). committee-passage-favorable, committee-passage
2010-04-15 Read second time. To Consent Calendar. reading-2, reading-1
2010-04-22 Read third time, passed, and to Senate. (Ayes 74. Noes 0. Page 4819.) reading-3, passage, reading-1
2010-04-22 In Senate. Read first time. To Com. on RLS. for assignment. reading-1
2010-05-06 Referred to Com. on ED. referral-committee
2010-06-16 From committee: Do pass, and re-refer to Com. on APPR with recommendation: To Consent Calendar. Re-referred. (Ayes 6. Noes 0.) (June 16). committee-passage-favorable, committee-passage
2010-06-29 From committee: Be placed on second reading file pursuant to Senate Rule 28.8 and to Consent Calendar. committee-passage
2010-06-30 Read second time. To Consent Calendar. reading-2, reading-1
2010-08-02 Read third time, passed, and to Assembly. (Ayes 33. Noes 0. Page 4309.) reading-3, passage, reading-1
2010-08-02 In Assembly. To enrollment.
2010-08-06 Enrolled and to the Governor at 4:15 p.m.
2010-08-13 Approved by the Governor. executive-signature
2010-08-13 Chaptered by Secretary of State - Chapter 134, Statutes of 2010.
Source
OpenStates / OpenCivicData bulk snapshot 2026-07-01; origin ocd-bill/02d03fc6-793a-4276-9595-0c9b51f10891. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official California legislature records).