School employees: internship programs and third-party organizations.

Existing law establishes a system of public elementary and secondary schools in this state and authorizes local educational agencies, including school districts, throughout the state to operate schools and provide instruction to pupils in kindergarten and grades 1 to 12, inclusive. This bill would require a local educational agency to post on its internet website certain information about teachers and paraprofessionals working in a classroom setting who were placed as part of a teacher internship program or by a third-party organization in a school for which the local educational agency receives specified federal funding. By requiring local educational agencies to post specified information on their internet websites, the bill would impose a state-mandated local program. The California Constitution requires the state to reimburse local agencies and school districts for certain costs mandated by the state. Statutory provisions establish procedures for making that reimbursement. This bill would provide that, if the Commission on State Mandates determines that the bill contains costs mandated by the state, reimbursement for those costs shall be made pursuant to the statutory provisions noted above.