California Education Code

§ 44400.02

EDC § 44400.02 Effective Jun 27, 2025Div. 3 · Title 2 · Part 25 · Ch. 2 · Art. 13.5

Statute text

(a)The Commission on Teacher Credentialing shall award funding appropriated for this purpose to local educational agencies that host student teachers or teacher residents or that employ teacher apprentices.

(b)(1) Local educational agencies awarded funding pursuant to this article shall provide stipends to prospective educators during their completion of 500 or more hours of student teaching. Stipends for each prospective educator shall be ten thousand dollars ($10,000) and paid during the school year in which the credential applicants are completing their student teaching.

(2)Local educational agencies employing credentialed educator apprentices may use stipend awards to offset the wages paid to those apprentices during the initial phase of the apprenticeship when the apprentice is not yet the educator of record.

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Legislative history

Added by Stats. 2025, Ch. 8, Sec. 36. (AB 121) Effective June 27, 2025.