Teachers: credentialed educator apprenticeship programs.

Assembly Members Gipson and Muratsuchi's legislation establishes a framework for credentialed educator apprenticeship programs in California, creating paid pathways to teacher certification through partnerships between the Commission on Teacher Credentialing and the Division of Apprenticeship Standards.

The bill requires apprenticeship programs to provide at least 300 hours of compensated on-the-job training before participants can serve as educators of record, along with 200 hours of annual mentoring and supervision. Candidates must complete a bachelor's degree from a regionally accredited institution and pass criminal background checks to receive apprenticeship certificates. Programs must partner with accredited teacher preparation or induction programs and maintain oversight through joint apprenticeship committees with equal employer and employee representation.

Under the new provisions, the Division of Apprenticeship Standards will review program applications in consultation with the Commission on Teacher Credentialing, which must verify compliance with training requirements and accreditation standards. The Division can initiate deregistration of programs that lose accreditation and, in partnership with the Commission, will establish procedures for information sharing, application review, and data reporting through memoranda of understanding. The legislation maintains existing apprenticeship programs in early education and teacher aide roles while creating additional pathways specifically for credentialed positions.