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Bill Teacher credentialing: out-of-state prepared teachers: education specialist credential. Existing law requires the Commission on Teacher Credentialing to, among other duties, establish standards for the issuance and renewal of credentials, certificates, and permits. Existing law requires the commission to issue a clear multiple subject, single subject, or education specialist teaching credential to an out-of-state applicant who satisfies specified requirements. One of the specified requirements is that the applicant has earned a valid corresponding elementary, secondary, or special education teaching credential based upon the out-of-state teacher preparation program. With respect to an education specialist credential, the commission is required to determine the area of concentration based on the special education program completed out of state. us/states/ca California Legislature 20192020 AB 988 California AB 988 (20192020)
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California AB 988 (20192020) — Teacher credentialing: out-of-state prepared teachers: education specialist credential.

Existing law requires the Commission on Teacher Credentialing to, among other duties, establish standards for the issuance and renewal of credentials, certificates, and permits. Existing law requires the commission to issue a clear multiple subject, single subject, or education specialist teaching credential to an out-of-state applicant who satisfies specified requirements. One of the specified requirements is that the applicant has earned a valid corresponding elementary, secondary, or special education teaching credential based upon the out-of-state teacher preparation program. With respect to an education specialist credential, the commission is required to determine the area of concentration based on the special education program completed out of state.

Version chain

The bill's text revisions, in order — the diff chain from filing to enrollment.

  1. 02/21/19 - Introduced (filed) — source
  2. 04/04/19 - Amended Assembly (committee substitute) — source
  3. 07/12/19 - Chaptered (committee substitute) — source
  4. AB988 (committee substitute) — source
  5. 07/03/19 - Enrolled (enrolled) — source

Votes

  • Consent Calendar AB988 — 390 (pass) · upper
  • Do pass as amended, and be re-referred to the Committee on [Appropriations] with recommendation: To Consent Calendar — 60 (pass) · lower
  • Do pass. To Consent Calendar. — 180 (pass) · lower
  • Do pass, but first be re-referred to the Committee on [Appropriations] with the recommendation: To Consent Calendar — 70 (pass) · upper
  • AB 988 Berman Consent Calendar Second Day — 760 (pass) · lower

Sponsors

  • Berman — primary (person)
  • O'Donnell — coauthor (person)

Timeline

The legislative action history — every referral, reading, and vote.

  • 2019-02-21 Read first time. To print. reading-1
  • 2019-02-22 From printer. May be heard in committee March 24.
  • 2019-03-07 Referred to Com. on ED. referral-committee
  • 2019-04-03 From committee: Amend, and do pass as amended and re-refer to Com. on APPR. with recommendation: To Consent Calendar. (Ayes 6. Noes 0.) (March 27). amendment-passage, committee-passage, amendment-introduction
  • 2019-04-04 Read second time and amended. amendment-passage, reading-1, reading-2
  • 2019-04-08 Re-referred to Com. on APPR. referral-committee
  • 2019-04-24 From committee: Do pass. To Consent Calendar. (Ayes 18. Noes 0.) (April 24). committee-passage-favorable, committee-passage
  • 2019-04-25 Read second time. Ordered to Consent Calendar. reading-1, reading-2
  • 2019-05-02 Read third time. Passed. Ordered to the Senate. (Ayes 76. Noes 0. Page 1477.) passage, reading-3, reading-1
  • 2019-05-02 In Senate. Read first time. To Com. on RLS. for assignment. reading-1
  • 2019-05-16 Referred to Com. on ED. referral-committee
  • 2019-06-05 From committee: Do pass and re-refer to Com. on APPR. with recommendation: To Consent Calendar. (Ayes 7. Noes 0.) (June 5). Re-referred to Com. on APPR. committee-passage-favorable, committee-passage, referral-committee
  • 2019-06-24 From committee: Be ordered to second reading file pursuant to Senate Rule 28.8 and ordered to Consent Calendar. committee-passage, reading-2
  • 2019-06-25 Read second time. Ordered to Consent Calendar. reading-1, reading-2
  • 2019-07-01 Read third time. Passed. Ordered to the Assembly. (Ayes 39. Noes 0. Page 1878.). passage, reading-3, reading-1
  • 2019-07-01 In Assembly. Ordered to Engrossing and Enrolling. committee-passage
  • 2019-07-08 Enrolled and presented to the Governor at 3:30 p.m.
  • 2019-07-12 Approved by the Governor. executive-signature
  • 2019-07-12 Chaptered by Secretary of State - Chapter 103, Statutes of 2019.

Source

OpenStates / OpenCivicData bulk snapshot 2026-07-01; origin ocd-bill/77d2ef1c-3d27-4306-94b1-400dd8e453b9. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official California legislature records).