Teachers: recruitment and retention: computer science.

Existing law establishes the California Educator Development (CalED) Program as a grant program designed to enhance the state's efforts to address teacher recruitment and retention issues throughout the state by assisting local educational agencies with attracting and supporting the preparation and continued learning of teachers, principals, and other school leaders. Existing law requires the Commission on Teacher Credentialing, in conjunction with the California Center on Teaching Careers, to develop a competitive grant program, as provided, and requires the California Center on Teaching Careers, in consultation with the commission, to issue a request for proposals to all school districts, charter schools, and county offices of education in the state to solicit applications for the CalEd Program. Existing law requires a specified amount of funding that is allocated to grant recipients to be used for activities that result in new credentials authorizing teachers to provide instruction in special education, mathematics, science, and bilingual education, pursuant to the federal Every Student Succeeds Act. This bill would specify that the authorized specified amount of funding that is allocated to grant recipients to be used for activities that result in new credentials authorizing teachers to provide instruction in, among other subjects, science includes computer science, as provided.