5 CCR s 80023.1

Cal. Admin. Code tit. 5, s 80023.1

CALIFORNIA CODE OF REGULATIONS
TITLE 5. EDUCATION
DIVISION 8. COMMISSION ON TEACHER CREDENTIALING
CHAPTER 1. CREDENTIALS ISSUED UNDER THE TEACHER PREPARATION AND LICENSING
LAW OF 1970
ARTICLE 2. CREDENTIAL TYPES, AUTHORIZATIONS, AND REQUIREMENTS
This database is current through 01/26/07, Register 2007, No. 4
s 80023.1. General Provisions Governing Emergency Permits.

The provisions of this section shall apply to all emergency permits
specified in Section 80023.
(a) Terms that are used in Sections 80023 through 80027, inclusive, are
defined as follows:

(1) The terms "employing agency" and "local education agency" mean
the school district, charter school, county office of education,
nonpublic, nonsectarian school or agency, or school operating under
the direction of a California state agency, which submits an
emergency permit application to the Commission in order to employ
the applicant.

(2) "Applicant" is the individual for whom an emergency permit
application is submitted.

(3) "Regionally accredited college or university" means an
institution of postsecondary education accredited by a regional
accrediting body recognized by the Council on Postsecondary
Accreditation and the United States Department of Education. In
California the regional accrediting body is the Western Association
of Schools and Colleges (WASC).

(4) "Related credential" refers to the credential that provides the
same authorization as a particular emergency permit.

(b) The following entities may submit emergency permit applications. Each
application shall be submitted to the Commission on behalf of the
applicant.

(1) Public school districts in California.

(2) County offices of education or county superintendents of
schools in California.

(3) Schools that operate under the direction of a California state
agency.

(4) Nonpublic, nonsectarian schools and agencies as defined in
Education Code Sections 56365 and 56366.

(5) Charter Schools as defined in Education Code Section 47600.

(c) Emergency permits are valid for the length of time specified as
follows:

(1) An emergency permit is valid for one year.

(2) The expiration date of an emergency permit which is dependent
upon the possession of a valid basic credential will expire with
that credential if it expires before the date explained above. The
emergency permit may be extended, with an application and fee but
without verification of reissuance requirements, to the end of the
specified period when the basic credential is renewed.

(3) An individual who holds an emergency permit that was initially
issued prior to January 1, 1998, and that is in effect on or after
January 1, 1998, may receive one or more reissuances of that permit
for a maximum of five additional one-year periods.

(4) An individual who is issued an initial emergency permit on or
after January 1, 1998, may receive one or more reissuances of that
permit for a maximum of four additional one-year periods.

(d) Teaching or service authorized by an emergency permit shall be
restricted to schools operated by the employing agency that requested the
permit.

(e) A grade of "C" or higher, "Pass", or "Credit" must be earned in each
course required for the initial issuance and reissuance of an emergency
permit. "Non-remedial" coursework for the purposes of this section shall
be defined as coursework that is applicable toward a bachelor's degree or
a higher degree at a regionally accredited college or university.

Note: Authority cited: Section 44225(q), Education Code.
Reference: Sections 44225, subdivisions (d) and (g), 44251(c) and
44300, Education Code.

HISTORY

1. New section filed 4-20-94; operative 5-20-94 (Register 94, No. 16).

2. Amendment of subsections (a)(1) and (b)(3) and new subsections (b)(4)
and
(c)(3) filed 8-8-95; operative 9-7-95 (Register 95, No. 32).

3. Change without regulatory effect amending section and Note filed
1-13-98
pursuant to section 100, title 1, California Code of Regulations (Register
98, No. 3).

4. Amendment of subsection (a)(1), new subsection (b)(5), amendment of
subsection (c)(2) and new subsection (e) filed 11-12-99; operative
11-12-99
pursuant to Government Code section 11343.4(d) (Register 99, No. 46).

5 CCR s 80023.1, 5 CA ADC s 80023.1
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5 CA ADC s 80023.1

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