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56362.5
. By July 1982, the Commission on Teacher Credentialing
shall adopt rules and regulations for a resource specialist
certificate of competence. The certificate shall provide all the
following:
(a) Definition of the competencies required of a resource
specialist.
(b) Provision for a system of direct application to the commission
for a certificate of competence for each teacher who holds a valid
special education credential, other than an emergency credential, and
who satisfies any one of the following criteria:
(1) Provided instruction and services as specified in subdivision
(a) of Section 80070.1 of Title 5 of the California Administrative
Code as it read immediately prior to July 28, 1980, for two years
prior to September 1, 1981.
(2) Provided instruction and services as specified in subdivision
(b) of Section 80070.2 of Title 5 of the California Administrative
Code as it read immediately prior to July 28, 1980, for two years
prior to June 30, 1983.
(c) Provision for the issuance, for up to three years, of a
preliminary nonrenewable certificate of competence for the resource
specialist, and adoption of the standards for the issuance and
continuing validity of such a certificate.
(d) Establishment of a system for verification of competencies
through both of the following:
(1) Commission on Teacher Credentialing approved institution of
higher education resource specialist certificate program.
(2) Commission on Teacher Credentialing approved competency
assessment panels for resource specialist certification.
(e) Cooperation with the department in implementing these
provisions.
Notwithstanding any other provision of law, any person who held a
preliminary resource specialist certificate of competence on January
28, 1982, and who met the requirements for a clear resource
specialist certificate of competence as specified in paragraph (1) of
subdivision (b) may be issued a clear resource specialist
certificate of competence upon submission of a completed application,
but without any additional fee.