AB-1306 • 2026

Teacher preparation programs: school districts and county offices of education: English learners.

Education

Enacted

This bill passed the Legislature and reached final enactment based on the latest official action.

Sponsor: Muratsuchi
Last action: 2025-10-13
Official status: Chaptered by Secretary of State - Chapter 727, Statutes of 2025.
Effective date: Not listed

Plain English Breakdown

The bill does not explicitly mention issuing certificates to teachers in training; it only mentions approving programs by school districts and county offices of education.

Teacher Training for English Learners

This law allows school districts and county offices to offer teacher training programs that prepare teachers to work with students who are learning English.

What This Bill Does

Authorizes the Commission on Teacher Credentialing to approve teacher education programs offered by school districts or county offices of education for purposes such as earning a cross-cultural language and academic development certificate or bilingual authorization certificate, including a California Teacher of English Learners program.
Requires these approved programs to meet the same standards as those at regionally accredited higher education institutions.

Who It Names or Affects

School districts
County offices of education

Terms To Know

Commission on Teacher Credentialing: The state agency that sets standards and issues teaching credentials.
Cross-cultural language and academic development certificate: A certification for teachers who can help students from diverse cultural backgrounds learn English and other subjects.

Limits and Unknowns

The bill does not specify the exact standards that school districts or county offices must meet.
It is unclear how many school districts or county offices will offer these programs.

Bill History

2025-10-13 California Legislative Information
Chaptered by Secretary of State - Chapter 727, Statutes of 2025.
2025-10-13 California Legislative Information
Approved by the Governor.
2025-09-15 California Legislative Information
Enrolled and presented to the Governor at 4:30 p.m.
2025-09-04 California Legislative Information
In Assembly. Ordered to Engrossing and Enrolling.
2025-09-04 California Legislative Information
Read third time. Passed. Ordered to the Assembly. (Ayes 39. Noes 0. Page 2524.).
2025-09-02 California Legislative Information
Ordered to special consent calendar.
2025-08-29 California Legislative Information
Read second time. Ordered to third reading.
2025-08-29 California Legislative Information
From committee: Do pass. (Ayes 7. Noes 0.) (August 29).
2025-06-23 California Legislative Information
In committee: Referred to suspense file.
2025-06-11 California Legislative Information
From committee: Do pass and re-refer to Com. on APPR. (Ayes 6. Noes 0.) (June 11). Re-referred to Com. on APPR.
2025-05-21 California Legislative Information
Referred to Com. on ED.
2025-05-08 California Legislative Information
In Senate. Read first time. To Com. on RLS. for assignment.
2025-05-08 California Legislative Information
Read third time. Passed. Ordered to the Senate. (Ayes 69. Noes 0. Page 1487.)
2025-05-01 California Legislative Information
Read second time. Ordered to Consent Calendar.
2025-04-30 California Legislative Information
From committee: Do pass. To Consent Calendar. (Ayes 14. Noes 0.) (April 30).
2025-04-22 California Legislative Information
Re-referred to Com. on APPR.
2025-04-21 California Legislative Information
Read second time and amended.
2025-04-10 California Legislative Information
From committee: Amend, and do pass as amended and re-refer to Com. on APPR. with recommendation: To Consent Calendar. (Ayes 9. Noes 0.) (April 9).
2025-03-25 California Legislative Information
Re-referred to Com. on ED.
2025-03-24 California Legislative Information
From committee chair, with author's amendments: Amend, and re-refer to Com. on ED. Read second time and amended.
2025-03-24 California Legislative Information
Referred to Com. on ED.
2025-02-24 California Legislative Information
Read first time.
2025-02-22 California Legislative Information
From printer. May be heard in committee March 24.
2025-02-21 California Legislative Information
Introduced. To print.

Official Summary Text

AB 1306, Muratsuchi.
Teacher preparation programs: school districts and county offices of education: English learners.
Existing law requires the Commission on Teacher Credentialing to issue a clear multiple subject, single subject, or education specialist teaching credential to an applicant who satisfies, among other requirements, the state requirements for teaching English learners. Existing law requires the commission to issue authorizations for a teacher to provide specific services to limited-English-proficient pupils, if certain minimum requirements are met, including, among other requirements, completion of at least 6 semester units, or 9 quarter units, of coursework in a 2nd language at a regionally accredited institution of higher education. Existing law authorizes the commission to approve any regionally accredited institution of higher education to recommend to the commission the issuance of credentials to a person who has successfully completed a teacher education program with the
institution, if the program meets the standards approved by the commission.
This bill would, notwithstanding any other law, authorize the commission to approve a teacher education program offered by a school district or county office of education administered for purposes of earning a cross-cultural language and academic development certificate or a bilingual authorization certificate, including a California Teacher of English Learners program. The bill would require the commission to apply the standards for approval of a program of professional preparation offered by a regionally accredited institution of higher education to a program of professional preparation offered by a school district or county office of education under these
provisions.

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