Teacher credentialing: ethnic studies task force.

Existing law requires a pupil to complete designated coursework while in grades 9 to 12, inclusive, in order to receive a diploma of graduation from high school. These graduation requirements include, among others, the completion of a one-semester course in ethnic studies, meeting specified requirements, commencing for pupils graduating in the 2029–30 school year. Existing law establishes authorization for 4 basic teaching credentials, one of which is the single-subject credential, and requires the Commission on Teacher Credentialing to, among other duties, establish standards for the issuance and renewal of those credentials, as provided. This bill would require the commission to convene a statewide task force, composed of relevant stakeholders, and would require the task force, on or before September 1, 2024, to provide a report to the commission and the Legislature with recommendations for the criteria that should be required in order to obtain a single-subject credential in ethnic studies. The bill would require the commission, on or before January 1, 2025, to use the task force's recommendations to begin developing the criteria that will be required in order to obtain a single-subject credential in ethnic studies.