CCTC COMPOSITION (Calderon)
AB 2541
Would convert the California Commission on Teacher Credentialing into a more independent standards board by increasing its teacher membership and by requiring a majority of its members to be classroom teachers.
Status: Sent to Assembly Education
TEACHER RECRUITMENT (Solis)
SB 1976
Would create a comprehensive teacher recruitment program, including minority recruitment, with an emphasis on career ladders for preschool teachers, teacher aides and child development aides, and paraprofessionals.
Status: Sent to Senate Education
CREDENTIAL RENEWAL
Would mandate that teaching credentials issued by the CCTC be renewed from the credential's expiration date and not the date of receipt.
Status: Could be resolved through regulatory process
LOAN FORGIVENESS (Zettel)
AB 2563
Would create a loan forgiveness program of $8,000 per year for economically disadvantaged students in their last two years of college or a fifth-year credential program if they will teach for a designated number of years.
Status: Sent to Assembly Education
COUNSELORS (Shelley)
AB 1031
Requires incoming counselors to receive coursework on helping students with nonacademic, personal problems, including sexuality, crisis and substance abuse counseling.
Status: Sent to Senate Appropriations
GROUP HOME REQUIREMENTS (Shelley)
AB 2012
Would require group home owners who act as guardians of school-aged children to meet the following requirements in order to maintain a license: a minimum of nine semester units of coursework in child and adolescent development and pertinent education courses for specified staff/professionals; and 40 hours of parenting education workshops.
Status: Sent to Assembly Human Services
EARNINGS LIMITATION (Wildman)
AB 1733
Would increase the STRS earnings limitation for retired teachers who return to work in public schools to $36,000 or more.
Status: Sent to Assembly PER&SS
RULE OF 85 (Strom-Martin/Shelley)
AB 1933
Would create "Rule of 85" and double the career bonus.
Status: 3/29 hearing in Assembly PER&SS
RETROACTIVE BENEFITS (Ortiz)
SB 1692
Would provide retroactivity for eligible STRS retirees who received their initial STRS allowance in 1998 to reflect the increased age and career factor levels that became available to STRS members who retired on or after Jan. 1, 1999. Would allow retirees to rescind their retirement and work a year in order to receive the benefits.
Status: Sent to Senate PE&R
TOTAL COMPENSATION (Lempert)
AB 2700
Would include all compensation in computing STRS service credit.
Status: Sent to Assembly PER&SS
TEACHERS' PENSION EQUITY ACT (Honda)
AB 2201
Would provide for an elected STRS Board and other possible benefits like highest year compensation and 80 percent purchasing power.
Status: Sent to Assembly PER&SS
REDUCED WORKLOAD (Correa)
AB 816
Would clarify current law to specify that the Willie Brown Reduced Workload Program can be bargained for less than 10 years.
Status: Sent to Assembly PER&SS
STRS SERVICE CREDIT BUY-BACK (Correa)
AB 820
Would authorize STRS members to redeposit a portion, rather than 100 percent, of their refunded accumulated retirement contributions when buying back service credit for prior teaching.
Status: Passed Assembly; Sent to Senate PE&R
HIGHEST YEAR COMPENSATION (Correa)
AB 821
Would provide for using the highest year compensation to compute STRS retirement. Would eliminate the requirement that it be negotiated.
Status: Passed Assembly; Sent to Senate Appropriations
CRIME REPORTING (Vincent)
AB 661
Would change Ed. Code Section 49079 to require that school officials or designees send written notice directly to teachers about violent crimes committed by students off-campus. Sent to Senate Public Safety
COMMUNITY COLLEGE COMPENSATION (Cardoza)
AB 383
Would provide for a uniform salary schedule for community colleges within a district.
Status: Passed Assembly; Sent to Senate Education
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