Section 44266 Of Article 4. Credential Types From California Education Code >> Division 3. >> Title 2. >> Part 25. >> Chapter 2. >> Article 4.
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. The minimum requirements for the services credential with a
specialization in pupil personnel services are a baccalaureate degree
or higher degree, except in professional education, from an approved
institution, a fifth year of study, and any specialized and
professional preparation that the commission shall require, including
completion of a commission-approved program of supervised field
experience that includes direct classroom contact, jointly sponsored
by a school district and a college or university.
The services credential with a specialization in pupil personnel
services shall authorize the holder to perform, at all grade levels,
the pupil personnel service approved by the commission as designated
on the credential, which may include, but need not be limited to,
school counseling, school psychology, child welfare and attendance
services, and school social work.
The commission shall continue to issue credentials with a
specialization in pupil personnel services under the law as it read
on December 31, 1986, for a time period of two years from the
effective date of regulations adopted for the issuance of
certificates under the new program required by this section, to any
candidate in the process of obtaining a services credential with a
specialization in pupil personnel services through a previously
approved program of study.