Section 44425 Of Article 1. Revocation And Suspension Of Certification Documents From California Education Code >> Division 3. >> Title 2. >> Part 25. >> Chapter 3. >> Article 1.
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. (a) Whenever the holder of a credential issued by the state
board or the Commission on Teacher Credentialing has been convicted
of a sex offense, as defined in Section 44010, or controlled
substance offense, as defined in Section 44011, the commission
immediately shall suspend the credential. If the conviction is
reversed and the holder is acquitted of the offense in a new trial or
the charges against him or her are dismissed, the commission
immediately shall terminate the suspension of the credential. When
the conviction becomes final or when imposition of sentence is
suspended, the commission immediately shall revoke the credential.
(b) (1) Notwithstanding subdivision (a) and Section 44009, if the
holder of a credential enters a plea of nolo contendere for a
violation of subdivision (d) of Section 647 of the Penal Code, the
commission of a sex offense as defined in Section 44010, all
credentials held by the individual shall be suspended until a final
disposition regarding those credentials is made by the commission.
Any action that the commission is permitted to take following a
conviction may be taken after the time for appeal has elapsed, the
judgment of conviction has been confirmed on appeal, or when an order
granting probation is made suspending the imposition of sentence and
the time of appeal has elapsed or the judgment of conviction has
been affirmed on appeal, irrespective of a subsequent order pursuant
to Section 1203.4 of the Penal Code.
(2) The Legislature shall convene a working group of interested
parties including, but not limited to, the commission, civil rights
organizations, and organizations that represent teachers,
administrators, county offices of education, school districts, school
boards, and parents to study Sections 44010, 44011, and 44424, and
to provide a report on its findings on or before December 1, 2009.
(c) Notwithstanding any other law, revocation shall be final
without possibility of reinstatement of the credential if the
conviction is for a felony sex offense, as defined in Section 44010,
or a felony controlled substance offense, as defined in Section
44011, in which an element of the controlled substance offense is
either the distribution to, or use of a controlled substance by, a
minor.
(d) (1) Notwithstanding any other provision of law, the commission
immediately shall suspend the credential of any holder who is
required to register as a sex offender pursuant to either of the
following:
(A) Section 290 of the Penal Code.
(B) A law of any other state or of the United States when the
underlying offense, if committed in this state, would require
registration as a sex offender pursuant to Section 290 of the Penal
Code.
(2) If the conviction requiring registration as a sex offender is
reversed on appeal and the holder is acquitted at a new trial or if
the charges against the holder are dismissed as a result of the
reversal, upon notice, the commission shall immediately reinstate the
credential.
(3) The commission immediately shall revoke a credential based on
a conviction requiring registration as a sex offender when the time
for appeal has elapsed, the judgment of conviction has been affirmed
on appeal, or an order granting probation is made suspending the
imposition of sentence and the time for appeal has elapsed.
(e) A credential holder whose credential has not been revoked
pursuant to subdivision (a) as a result of a misdemeanor sex offense,
as defined in Section 44010, that does not require registration as a
sex offender as set forth in subdivision (c), may apply for
reinstatement of his or her credential pursuant to Section 11522 of
the Government Code if the accusation or information against the
holder has been dismissed and he or she has been released from all
disabilities and penalties resulting from the offense pursuant to
Section 1203.4 of the Penal Code or the equivalent statute in another
federal or state jurisdiction.