Section 44524.

Any person who has completed at least 60 units of collegiate work and who has lived or worked extensively in areas of high concentrations of low-income families, or is a member of a minority racial or ethnic group who has lived and worked extensively in low-income areas, shall be eligible to be selected to participate in the program prescribed in this article. An intern shall be selected on the basis of high teaching potential and shall meet the personal qualifications for the issuance of a credential prescribed in Section 44258. The intern shall give reasonable evidence that he will teach for at least two years following the training program in a school in a low-income area.

Recruitment of interns for this program shall be primarily from two groups: (1) community college or lower division college students or other persons having completed 60 units of college work and (2) teacher aides already employed under Sections 44833, 54481, or 45360 to 45367, inclusive, and other programs providing training and teacher aide experience in the classroom setting.

(Enacted by Stats. 1976, Ch. 1010.)