§ 44400.01. — 44400.01. (Added by Stats. 2025, Ch. 8, Sec. 36.)

California § 44400.01.

• Jurisdiction: California
• Code EDC: Education Code - EDC
• Div.: 3.
• Title 2.: DIVISION 3. LOCAL ADMINISTRATION
• Part 25.: PART 25. EMPLOYEES
• Ch. 2.: CHAPTER 2. Teacher Credentialing
• Art. 13.5.: ARTICLE 13.5. Educator Recruitment and Retention Initiative

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(a)
The Student Teacher Stipend Program is hereby established to support prospective educators during their completion of 500 or more hours of student teaching as part of their credential program’s clinical practice.
(b)
(1)
To improve both teacher retention and recruitment in California’s public school system, it is the intent of the Legislature to create a grant program to compensate student teachers, support credential attainment via clinically rich credential pathways, and support the prospective educator’s successful transition into local educational agency employment.
(2)
It is further the intent of the Legislature to authorize the Student
Teacher Stipend Program as an ongoing, annual program to support the recruitment and retention of prospective educators.
(3)
It is further the intent of the Legislature to increase stipend amounts available, pursuant to this article, for prospective educators who commit to teaching in a priority school or high need field, in future years, subject to an appropriation for this purpose.
(c)
Funding shall be provided under this article to the extent that funds have been appropriated for this purpose in the annual Budget Act or another statute.

Legislative History

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