Teacher credentialing: computer science: workgroup.

Existing law requires the Commission on Teacher Credentialing to, among other duties, establish standards for the issuance and renewal of credentials, certificates, and permits. Existing law authorizes the commission to issue single subject teaching credentials only in specified subjects. Existing regulations promulgated by the commission authorize a person issued a single subject teaching credential in business, industrial and technology education, or mathematics to teach computer science. Existing regulations authorize the holder of a single subject teaching credential to add a supplementary authorization to teach computer science, as provided. This bill would require the commission to establish a workgroup, comprised of certain members, to determine if the development of a single subject computer science credential is warranted and, if so, to consider requirements for that credential, as specified. The bill would require the commission, on or before January 31, 2021, to provide a report of the workgroup's findings to the appropriate policy and fiscal committees of the Legislature, the Governor, and the Superintendent of Public Instruction. The bill would condition the implementation of these provisions upon an appropriation for these purposes in the annual Budget Act or another statute. The bill would repeal these provisions as of January 1, 2025.