AB-1904 • 2026

Teachers: credentialed educator apprenticeship programs.

Education

Passed Legislature

This bill passed both chambers and reached final enrollment, even if later executive action is not shown here.

Sponsor: Gipson (A) , Muratsuchi
Last action: 2026-06-03
Official status: Referred to Coms. on ED. and L., P.E. & R.
Effective date: Not listed

Plain English Breakdown

The bill does not provide specific details on how much funding will be allocated or if all local educational agencies will participate.

Teacher Apprenticeship Programs

This law requires partnerships between the Commission on Teacher Credentialing and the Division of Apprenticeship Standards for managing teacher apprenticeships in California.

What This Bill Does

Requires the Commission on Teacher Credentialing and the Division of Apprenticeship Standards to partner in disseminating, approving, and monitoring credentialed educator apprenticeship programs.
Authorizes the Commission to issue certificates or permits to educator candidates without a credential if they are employed by local educational agencies and participating in approved apprenticeship programs.
Allows the Commission and the Division to enter into agreements for information sharing, application review, data collection, and reporting.
Requires applicants for new or expanded credentialed educator apprenticeship programs to submit documentation.

Who It Names or Affects

The Commission on Teacher Credentialing
The Division of Apprenticeship Standards
Local educational agencies that want to start or expand apprenticeship programs

Terms To Know

Credential: A document given by a government agency saying someone is qualified for a job, like teaching.
Apprenticeship: A program where someone learns a skill or trade while working and getting training from an experienced person.

Limits and Unknowns

The bill does not specify funding for these programs.
It is unclear if all local educational agencies will participate in the apprenticeship program.
Details of the apprenticeships are left to be decided by the Commission and Division.

Bill History

2026-06-03 California Legislative Information
Referred to Coms. on ED. and L., P.E. & R.
2026-05-22 California Legislative Information
In Senate. Read first time. To Com. on RLS. for assignment.
2026-05-22 California Legislative Information
Read third time. Passed. Ordered to the Senate. (Ayes 74. Noes 0.)
2026-05-18 California Legislative Information
Read second time. Ordered to third reading.
2026-05-14 California Legislative Information
From committee: Do pass. (Ayes 15. Noes 0.) (May 14).
2026-05-06 California Legislative Information
In committee: Set, first hearing. Referred to APPR. suspense file.
2026-04-23 California Legislative Information
From committee: Do pass and re-refer to Com. on APPR. with recommendation: To Consent Calendar. (Ayes 7. Noes 0.) (April 22). Re-referred to Com. on APPR.
2026-03-19 California Legislative Information
From committee: Do pass and re-refer to Com. on L. & E. with recommendation: To Consent Calendar. (Ayes 8. Noes 0.) (March 18). Re-referred to Com. on L. & E.
2026-03-10 California Legislative Information
Re-referred to Com. on ED.
2026-03-09 California Legislative Information
From committee chair, with author's amendments: Amend, and re-refer to Com. on ED. Read second time and amended.
2026-03-02 California Legislative Information
Referred to Coms. on ED. and L. & E.
2026-02-13 California Legislative Information
From printer. May be heard in committee March 15.
2026-02-12 California Legislative Information
Read first time. To print.

Official Summary Text

AB 1904, as amended, Gipson.
Teachers: credentialed educator apprenticeship programs.
Under existing law, it is the public policy of this state to encourage the utilization of apprenticeship as a form of on-the-job training, when such training is cost effective in developing skills needed to perform public services. Existing law requires state and local public agencies to make a diligent effort to establish apprenticeship programs for apprenticeable occupations in their respective workforces.
Existing law requires the Commission on Teacher Credentialing to, among other duties, establish standards for the issuance and renewal of credentials. Existing law requires, as a minimum requirement for a preliminary multiple subject, single subject, or education specialist teaching credential, the satisfactory completion of a program of professional preparation, as specified.
This bill would
require the commission and the Division of Apprenticeship Standards to partner in the dissemination, approval, and monitoring of credentialed educator apprenticeship programs in California, and to communicate apprenticeship requirements to professional preparation programs, local educational agencies, and other potential sponsors of credentialed educator apprenticeship programs. The bill, notwithstanding any other law, would authorize the commission to issue apprenticeship certificates or permits to educator candidates without a credential who are employed by local educational agencies and participating in
approved
commission-approved
credentialed educator apprenticeship programs, as
specified.
specified, and would authorize the commission to adopt regulations for that purpose.
The bill would authorize the commission and the division to enter into a memorandum of understanding to establish processes and procedures for information sharing, application review, and data collection and reporting, and would authorize the Chief of the Division of Apprenticeship Standards, in consultation with the commission, to issue rules and regulations that govern credentialed educator apprenticeship programs, including the approval and denial of programs, registration of agreements, program administration and procedures, evaluations, working conditions, and minimum standards, as specified. The bill would require an applicant for a new credentialed educator apprenticeship program or for the expansion of an existing credentialed educator apprenticeship program into a new geographic or credential area to submit specified documentation to the
chief. The bill would require the division to present the apprenticeship program application to the commission for its review, as provided, and would require the commission, if it is satisfied that specified conditions have been met, to provide written notice of that fact to the chief.

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