Sharon Quirk-Silva
- Democratic
- Assemblymember
- District 67
Author
Existing law authorizes a school district or charter school to maintain a transitional kindergarten program. Existing law requires a school district or charter school, as a condition of receipt of apportionment for pupils in a transitional kindergarten program, to ensure that credentialed teachers who are first assigned to a transitional kindergarten classroom after July 1, 2015, have, by August 1, 2023, met one of the following 3 designated criteria establishing qualification for the position: (1) at least 24 units in early childhood education, or childhood development, or both, (2) professional experience in a classroom setting with preschool age children meeting the criteria established by the governing board or body of the local educational agency that is comparable to the 24 units of education, as determined by the local educational agency, or (3) a child development teacher permit, or an early childhood education specialist credential, issued by the Commission on Teacher Credentialing. Existing law requires the Superintendent of Public Instruction, commencing with the 2022–23 school year, to withhold a school district's or charter school's entitlements if a school district or charter school fails to comply with certain requirements, including, among others, the above-described qualification requirements, as specified. This bill would delay until August 1, 2025, the deadline for a credentialed teacher first assigned to a transitional kindergarten classroom on or after July 1, 2015, to meet one of the designated criteria referenced above, and would make a conforming change to the above-described withholding provision.
In Senate. Held at Desk.
Read third time. Passed. Ordered to the Assembly. (Ayes 39. Noes 0. Page 1829.).
Ordered to the Senate.
Withdrawn from Engrossing and Enrolling.
In Assembly. Ordered to Engrossing and Enrolling.
Read second time. Ordered to Consent Calendar.
From committee: Be ordered to second reading file pursuant to Senate Rule 28.8 and ordered to Consent Calendar.
From committee: Do pass and re-refer to Com. on APPR with recommendation: To Consent Calendar. (Ayes 7. Noes 0.) (June 7). Re-referred to Com. on APPR.
In Senate. Read first time. To Com. on RLS. for assignment.
Read third time. Passed. Ordered to the Senate. (Ayes 79. Noes 0. Page 1366.)
Read second time. Ordered to Consent Calendar.
From committee: Do pass. To Consent Calendar. (Ayes 14. Noes 0.) (April 19).
Read second time and amended.
From committee: Amend, and do pass as amended and re-refer to Com. on APPR. (Ayes 6. Noes 0.) (March 29).
From committee chair, with author's amendments: Amend, and re-refer to Com. on ED. Read second time and amended.
From printer. May be heard in committee March 20.
Read first time. To print.
| Bill Text Versions | Format |
|---|---|
| AB1555 | HTML |
| 02/17/23 - Introduced | |
| 03/09/23 - Amended Assembly | |
| 03/30/23 - Amended Assembly |
| Document | Format |
|---|---|
| 03/27/23- Assembly Education | |
| 04/18/23- Assembly Appropriations | |
| 06/05/23- Senate Education | |
| 06/28/23- Sen. Floor Analyses |
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