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California Code, Education Code - EDC § 44301

Current as of January 01, 2025 | Updated by Findlaw Staff

(a) A person who does not hold a valid California teaching credential that requires a baccalaureate degree shall be required to pass the appropriate subject matter competency examination or examinations, as determined by the commission, before that person may be initially issued an emergency multiple or single subject teaching permit, except an emergency substitute teaching permit, authorizing that person to teach a subject that is specified by the commission.

(b) The commission may issue an emergency multiple or single subject teaching permit to an applicant who has not taken the appropriate subject matter competency test, provided the employing agency certifies all of the following to the commission:

(1) The applicant has not had the opportunity to take the test.

(2) The applicant shall take the appropriate subject matter competency test at its next regularly scheduled administration.

(3) The employing agency shall discontinue employment of the person eight weeks after the date on which the test is administered if that person does not give the employing agency evidence of having passed the required subject matter competency test on that date.

(c) The emergency teaching permit issued pursuant to subdivision (b) shall expire on the next regular expiration date for emergency permits, or on a date that is eight weeks after the date on which the required subject matter competency test was administered, whichever date comes first.

(d) The commission shall waive the requirements of this section for each applicant for each of the following:

(1) An emergency single subject teaching permit, if the applicant has successfully completed at least 18 semester units, or nine semester units of upper division or graduate coursework, at a regionally accredited institution of higher education, in the subject area to be taught.

(2) An emergency multiple subjects permit, if the applicant has successfully completed at least 40 semester units, or the equivalent, at a regionally accredited institution of higher education, in the subjects that are commonly taught in elementary schools, as determined by the commission.

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