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California 20252026

AB 2490

Teacher credentialing: emergency career substitute teaching permit: alternative qualifications.

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Source: Open States / PluralUpdated 2026-09-12 13:12:55 UTC.

Official record

Measure details

Jurisdiction
California
Session
20252026
Chamber
lower
Classification
bill
Subjects
Teachercredentialing, alternativequalifications, emergencycareersubstituteteachingpermit
Introduced / first action
2026-02-20 00:00:00

Alternate titles

  • Teacher credentialing: substitute teachers: days of service.
  • Elementary and secondary education.

Source-supplied abstracts

Existing law requires the Commission on Teacher Credentialing to establish standards and procedures for the issuance and renewal of credentials, certificates, and permits. Under existing regulations, the requirements for the initial issuance of an emergency career substitute teaching permit include, among other requirements, verification by an employer that the applicant has completed at least 90 days of substitute teaching in each of the 3 years immediately preceding the date of the application either in the school district or, if the county office of education assigns substitute teachers, in one or more school districts in the county, as provided. This bill would require the commission to accept, as an alternative to verification of 90 days of substitute teaching described above, verification that the substitute teacher has received at least 5 hours of professional development, an orientation training, and an assigned teaching mentor program, as provided. The bill would authorize a holder of an emergency career substitute teaching permit who was issued the permit based on the alternatives pursuant to these provisions to serve up to 70 cumulative days in a single classroom, including for special education teachers. The bill would require, the first time a permitholder who was issued a permit issued pursuant to these provisions has their permit renewed, the permitholder to provide verification of 30 hours of professional development, as provided. The bill would require a permit issued or renewed pursuant to these provisions to be valid for 12 months. The bill would require a local educational agency to follow specified procedures before assigning a substitute who holds a career substitute permit and to annually report specified information to its governing board or governing body and additional information to the Commission on Teacher Credentialing related to those assignments.

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Actions

  1. Enrolled and presented to the Governor at 4 p.m.

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  2. Senate amendments concurred in. To Engrossing and Enrolling. (Ayes 69. Noes 0.).

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  3. In Assembly. Concurrence in Senate amendments pending.

  4. Read third time. Passed. Ordered to the Assembly. (Ayes 29. Noes 3.).

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  5. Read second time. Ordered to third reading.

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  6. Read third time and amended. Ordered to second reading.

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  7. Read second time. Ordered to third reading.

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  8. From committee: Do pass. (Ayes 7. Noes 0.) (August 13).

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  9. In committee: Referred to APPR. suspense file.

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  10. From committee: Do pass and re-refer to Com. on APPR. (Ayes 7. Noes 0.) (June 24). Re-referred to Com. on APPR.

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  11. From committee chair, with author's amendments: Amend, and re-refer to committee. Read second time, amended, and re-referred to Com. on ED.

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  12. Referred to Com. on ED.

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  13. In Senate. Read first time. To Com. on RLS. for assignment.

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  14. Read third time. Passed. Ordered to the Senate. (Ayes 74. Noes 0.)

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  15. Read second time. Ordered to third reading.

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  16. From committee: Do pass. (Ayes 15. Noes 0.) (May 14).

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  17. Joint Rule 62(a), file notice suspended. (Page 5030.)

  18. In committee: Set, first hearing. Referred to APPR. suspense file.

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  19. Re-referred to Com. on APPR.

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  20. Read second time and amended.

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  21. From committee: Amend, and do pass as amended and re-refer to Com. on APPR. (Ayes 8. Noes 0.) (April 8).

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  22. Re-referred to Com. on ED.

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  23. From committee chair, with author's amendments: Amend, and re-refer to Com. on ED. Read second time and amended.

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  24. Re-referred to Com. on ED.

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  25. From committee chair, with author's amendments: Amend, and re-refer to Com. on ED. Read second time and amended.

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  26. Referred to Com. on ED.

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  27. From printer. May be heard in committee March 23.

  28. Read first time. To print.

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