Section 44252 Of Article 4. Credential Types From California Education Code >> Division 3. >> Title 2. >> Part 25. >> Chapter 2. >> Article 4.
44252
. (a) (1) The commission shall establish standards and
procedures for the initial issuance and renewal of credentials.
(2) (A) The commission shall require an initial or renewal
applicant who submits an initial or renewal application for his or
her credential online, as part of the application process, to read
and attest by electronic signature a statement that the applicant for
the credential understands the duties imposed on a holder of a
teaching credential or a services credential pursuant to the Child
Abuse and Neglect Reporting Act (Article 2.5 (commencing with Section
11164) of Chapter 2 of Title 1 of Part 4 of the Penal Code),
including, but not limited to, the duty of a holder of a teaching
credential or a services credential to report to any police
department, sheriff's department, county probation department
authorized to receive reports, or county welfare department, whenever
he or she, in his or her professional capacity or within the scope
of his or her employment, has knowledge of or observes a child whom
the holder of a teaching credential or a services credential knows or
reasonably suspects has been the victim of child abuse or neglect.
(B) The commission shall require an initial applicant who submits
an application in paper form, as part of the application process, to
read and attest by signature a statement that the applicant
understands the duties imposed on a holder of a teaching credential
or a services credential pursuant to the Child Abuse and Neglect
Reporting Act (Article 2.5 (commencing with Section 11164) of Chapter
2 of Title 1 of Part 4 of the Penal Code), including, but not
limited to, the duty of a holder of a teaching credential or a
services credential to report to any police department, sheriff's
department, county probation department authorized to receive
reports, or county welfare department, whenever he or she, in his or
her professional capacity or within the scope of his or her
employment, has knowledge of or observes a child whom the holder of a
teaching credential or a services credential knows or reasonably
suspects has been the victim of child abuse or neglect.
(C) The statement described in subparagraphs (A) and (B) shall be
substantially in the following form: