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Educators who do not hold a Commission-issued document authorizing their certificated assignment may be legally authorized via flexibility in statute or regulations, referred to as Local Assignment Options (LAOs). Use of LAO flexibility is at the discretion of the local educational agency (LEA). Education Code (EC) §48800 and §76004 authorize such programs and allow college instructors to serve students participating in dual or concurrent enrollment programs without requiring an appropriate credential issued by the Commission on Teacher Credentialing for the assignment. These sections of statute are specific to local community colleges and do not apply to four-year institutions.
Employers should note that Education Code §76004 requires the school district and community college district partners to comply with state and federal reporting requirements regarding the qualification of the teacher or faculty member teaching the course offered for high school credit. The partnership agreement between the school district and the community college district must specify which district will be the employer of record for assignment monitoring and reporting purposes.
As always, an appropriately credentialed Single Subject teacher may also serve students in these programs, however, LEAs should work with the partnering college to identify the appropriate individual for such assignments based on the provision of the Education Code authorizing the program.
The information provided on this webpage is designed to serve as guidance only. Local educational agencies are responsible to thoroughly review relevant Statutes and Regulations and determine the appropriateness of an assignment at the local level.
Questions concerning ADA funding, apportionment, block grants, or CALPADS reporting of such assignments should be referred to either the California Department of Education (CDE) or the funding source, as the Commission on Teacher Credential does not have purview over these areas.
Assignment Monitoring
To support the assignment monitoring process within the California Statewide Assignment Accountability System (CalSAAS), assignments associated to dual or concurrent enrollment programs should be reported appropriately in the CDE’s California Longitudinal Pupil Achievement Data System (CALPADS).
The following attributes are available in CALPADS to be associated with such assignments. Assignments reported with these attributes may be predetermined in CalSAAS to support the assignment monitoring process.
- Course Non Standard Instructional Level attribute: 23 for College Credit Only or 24 for Dual Credit
- Local Assignment Option: 21 for EC §76004
Assignments reported with EC 76004 and/or 23 College Credit Only may be predetermined as Local Assignment Option: EC 76004 and can be accessed in the Hidden Predetermined Exceptions report in CalSAAS.
Note, a SEID of all 9’s indicates the lack of a certificated educator and therefore an assignment associated to a SEID of all 9’s may be predetermined in CalSAAS as Vacancies. If such an assignment was reported in CALPADS with 24 Dual Credit, then the History: Comments section for the exception will include a note stating that the assignment was reported as dual credit to assist the LEA and it’s monitoring authority in the review of the legality of the assignment. If the educator was assigned on the basis of a Local Assignment Option, then this can be identified during monitoring to indicate that the educator was legally authorized for the assignment.