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44261.2
. (a) The Legislature finds and declares the following:
(1) The role of parents and guardians in the education of pupils
and the development of children and youth is critically important.
(2) Active partnerships among parents, guardians, and professional
educators are essential features of effective education.
(3) Recent and anticipated changes in the conditions of childhood
and adolescence, including, but not limited to, the changing family
structure and ethnic and cultural diversity, make it more critical
than before that partnerships among parents, guardians, and
professional educators be effective.
It is the intent of the Legislature that prospective teachers and
certificated educators acquire needed perspectives to serve as active
partners with parents and guardians in the education of pupils.
(b) The commission shall adopt standards and requirements pursuant
to paragraphs (3) and (4) of subdivision (b) of Section 44259,
Section 44265, Sections 44266 to 44270.1, inclusive, and Section
44372 that emphasize the preparation of prospective teachers and
other certificated educators to serve as active partners with parents
and guardians in the education of pupils. The standards shall
address, through appropriate instruction and field experiences, the
roles of parents and guardians in the educational process, strategies
for involving and working with parents and guardians, and the
changing conditions of childhood and adolescence, including, but not
limited to, the changing family structure and ethnic and cultural
diversity.
(c) An institution meets the standards set forth in subdivision
(b) with the incorporation of appropriate content within existing
professional preparation courses.
(d) The implementation of subdivision (b) as it applies to
paragraphs (3) and (4) of Section 44259 shall occur in conjunction
with the review of requirements for earning and renewing multiple and
single subject teaching credentials, as required by subdivisions (a)
and (b) of Section 44259.2.
(e) The standards and requirements developed pursuant to
subdivision (b) and the conditions described in subdivision (d) of
this section shall not apply to any person holding a valid credential
on December 31, 1993.
(f) The commission shall not, by regulation, revoke or restrict in
any way a credential that was valid prior to the effective date of
this section unless the commission issues the holder of the
credential a valid substitute credential. The authorization of the
substitute credential shall not be more restrictive than that of the
former credential. The definition of the term "authorization," in
subdivision (d) of Section 44203 of Article 1 of Chapter 2 of Part 25
of the Education Code, applies to this subdivision.