AB 1251: Teacher credentialing: computer science instruction: workgroup.

Existing law requires the Commission on Teacher Credentialing, among other duties, to establish standards for the issuance and renewal of credentials, certificates, and permits. Existing law requires the commission to issue a single subject teaching credential only in specified subjects and authorizes the commission to issue an authorization to teach a subject other than the one authorized by a single subject teaching credential if the holder of the credential meets certain requirements. Existing regulations of the commission authorize the holder of a single subject teaching credential who meets those requirements to add a supplementary authorization to teach specified subjects, including computer science.

This bill would, upon appropriation by the Legislature for this purpose, require the commission, on or before July 1, 2024, to convene a workgroup on credentialing for instruction in computer science, as provided, to determine, among other things, which credentials should also authorize teaching computer science, as specified. The bill would require the commission, on or before July 1, 2025, to provide a report of the workgroups findings and recommendations, as provided. The bill would repeal these provisions as of January 1, 2028.