Questions and Answers for the Teacher Residency Grants for Preparation of Education Specialist Candidates are now available.

The Commission has updated the Commission at a Glance page with 2018-19 fiscal year data.  Additionally, the public can find and explore data on individual Commission-approved institutions that offer educator preparation programs on the new and improved  Approved Institutions and Programs page.

The Golden State Teacher Grant program allows the California Student Aid Commission to provide one-time grants of $20,000 to each student enrolled in a professional preparation program leading to a preliminary teaching credential, if the student commits to working in a high-need field at a priority school for four years after the student receives a teaching credential.  The Commission’s role in the program is furnishing a list of priority schools that have a high rate of emergency-type permit usage.  For more information regarding the program contact CSAC: www.csac.ca.gov.

Coded Correspondence 20-01: Changes to Assignment Monitoring Based on the Provisions of Assembly Bill (AB) 1219 is now available.

Coded Correspondence 20-02: Changes to the Credential Requirements for Charter School Teachers Based on the Provisions of Assembly Bill (AB) 1505 is now available.

Funds remain in the Teacher Recruitment, Retention, and Support Grant Programs, allocated in the 2018 Budget-Ed Code § 44415, for new or expanded Teacher Residency Programs. The original funding provided $50 million for Special Education Teacher Residency Programs and $25 million for STEM or Bilingual Teacher Residency Programs.  The funds for STEM/Bilingual Residency programs have been allocated to the current residency programs but there is additional funding for new or expanded Teacher Residency Programs in Special Education Teacher Preparation. The Request for Proposals (RFP) is now available, and proposals must be received by the Commission by 5:00 PM PDT, on Friday, April 3, 2020. The applying LEA must have a strong collaboration with a student teaching based Special Education teacher preparation program approved by the Commission.