44401

EDUCATION CODE
SECTION 44401




44401.  (a) A school district, county office of education, or
charter school that provides intensive examination preparation
courses for the purpose of preparing multiple or single subject
credential holders or education specialist credential holders to
demonstrate subject matter knowledge by a subject matter examination
approved by the Commission on Teacher Credentialing shall do both of
the following:
   (1) Ensure that the program meets the domains for subject matter
understanding and skill adopted by the commission in the content
area.
   (2) Provide general information to teacher participants on the
requirements for adding a new credential type that may include, but
need not be limited to, credential information available on the
Internet Web site of the commission.
   (b) A school district, county office of education, or charter
school may contract with other entities, including the California
subject matter projects administered by the University of California,
for services to provide intensive examination preparation courses to
assist teacher participants to prepare for taking
commission-approved subject matter examinations.