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Authors Patel  
Subject Teacher credentialing: dual credentialing.
Relating To relating to teacher credentialing.
Title An act to add Section 44238.5 to the Education Code, relating to teacher credentialing.
Last Action Dt 2025-10-06
State Chaptered
Status Chaptered
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Bill Actions
2025-10-06     Chaptered by Secretary of State - Chapter 390, Statutes of 2025.
2025-10-06     Approved by the Governor.
2025-09-04     Enrolled and presented to the Governor at 4 p.m.
2025-08-29     Senate amendments concurred in. To Engrossing and Enrolling. (Ayes 70. Noes 0. Page 2792.).
2025-08-26     In Assembly. Concurrence in Senate amendments pending.
2025-08-25     Read third time. Passed. Ordered to the Assembly. (Ayes 37. Noes 0. Page 2251.).
2025-08-20     Read second time. Ordered to Consent Calendar.
2025-08-19     From committee: Be ordered to second reading file pursuant to Senate Rule 28.8 and ordered to Consent Calendar.
2025-07-09     From committee: Do pass and re-refer to Com. on APPR. with recommendation: To Consent Calendar. (Ayes 7. Noes 0.) (July 9). Re-referred to Com. on APPR.
2025-06-27     From committee chair, with author's amendments: Amend, and re-refer to committee. Read second time, amended, and re-referred to Com. on ED.
2025-06-18     Referred to Com. on ED.
2025-06-05     In Senate. Read first time. To Com. on RLS. for assignment.
2025-06-04     Read third time. Passed. Ordered to the Senate. (Ayes 79. Noes 0. Page 2058.)
2025-05-27     Read second time. Ordered to third reading.
2025-05-23     From committee: Do pass. (Ayes 14. Noes 0.) (May 23).
2025-04-30     In committee: Set, first hearing. Referred to suspense file.
2025-04-01     Re-referred to Com. on APPR.
2025-03-28     Read second time and amended.
2025-03-27     From committee: Amend, and do pass as amended and re-refer to Com. on APPR. (Ayes 9. Noes 0.) (March 26).
2025-03-10     Referred to Com. on ED.
2025-02-21     From printer. May be heard in committee March 23.
2025-02-20     Read first time. To print.
Versions
Chaptered     2025-10-06
Enrolled     2025-09-03
Amended Senate     2025-06-27
Amended Assembly     2025-03-28
Introduced     2025-02-20
Analyses TBD
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Existing law requires the Commission on Teacher Credentialing to establish standards for the issuance and renewal of credentials, certificates, and permits. Existing law requires, as a minimum requirement for a preliminary multiple subject, single subject, or education specialist teaching credential, the satisfactory completion of a program of professional preparation, as specified. Existing law also authorizes the commission to issue a PK–3 early childhood education specialist instruction credential, as provided.

This bill would require the commission, on or before March 1, 2027, to develop, establish, and promulgate through the regulatory process efficient routes for (1) teacher candidates to obtain (A) a multiple subject credential, a single subject credential, or a PK–3 early childhood education specialist instruction credential, and (B) an education specialist credential, known as dual credentialing, as provided, (2) existing teachers who hold a multiple subject credential, a single subject credential, or a PK–3 early childhood education specialist instruction credential to obtain an education specialist credential, and (3) existing teachers who hold an education specialist credential to obtain a multiple subject credential, a single subject credential, or a PK–3 early childhood education specialist instruction credential, as provided.