Alternative Route to Provide Special Education Services to Students With Autism

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Effective June 30, 2008, Assembly Bill 2302 (Chap. 41, Stats. 2008) establishes an alternate route for assigning holders of specific special education credentials to provide special education instructional services to students with autism in California public schools. The provisions of this statute will become inoperative two years after the Commission adopts regulations to add an autism authorization or on August 31, 2011, whichever is first.

Key Provisions

Education Code Section 44265.1 is amended to provide flexibility to enable employing agencies to more easily employ individuals to serve in the shortage area of autism. The new provisions allow local educational agencies or schools to assign a teacher with a credential authorizing services to students with mild and moderate disabilities to provide instruction to students with autism if the teacher satisfies specific criteria and consents to the assignment.

To qualify for this option, an individual must hold one of the credentials listed below:

General Teaching Credential

Special Secondary Credential–Mentally Retarded
Exceptional Children Credential–Mentally Retarded

Standard Teaching Credential

Teaching Credential with Minor–Mentally Retarded
Restricted Special Education Credential–Educable Mentally Retarded
Limited Specialized Preparation Credential–Mentally Retarded

Ryan Teaching Credential

Specialist Credential in Special Education–Learning Handicapped
Education Specialist Instruction Credential–Mild/Moderate Disabilities

The term of these credentials may be preliminary, level 1, clear, level 2, professional clear or life. Holders of internship credentials may be assigned on the basis of this option if the individual serves sufficient time in the specific authorization of the Mild/Moderate Education Specialist

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