Section 44757.1.

(a) The State Board of Education, in consultation with the Commission on Teacher Credentialing, shall develop a list of contract providers of in-service training in reading instruction that have been approved by the board pursuant to this section. The State Department of Education shall provide staff support to the board in carrying out its responsibilities pursuant to this section.

(b) Any person, or public, private, or private nonprofit entity, that seeks to appear on the list of providers of in-service training in reading instruction that may be hired by a school district pursuant to this chapter, shall submit an application to the board that includes the curricula of the program to provide the training described in all components of subdivision (b) of Section 44757, in the time and manner required by the board. The board shall approve or disapprove all applications within 45 working days of receipt of the application. The board shall state the reasons for disapproving any application received pursuant to this paragraph and any decision of the board shall be based exclusively upon the criteria published pursuant to subdivision (c).

(c) The board shall establish criteria for the approval of providers of in-service training in reading instruction that meet the requirements of subdivision (b) of Section 44757.

(d) The board shall maintain, update regularly, and make available to school districts through print and electronic media a list of providers of in-service training in reading instruction that have been approved by the board pursuant to this section.

(e) The board may audit and study the effectiveness of any program of in-service training provided pursuant to this chapter.

(Added by Stats. 1997, Ch. 286, Sec. 5. Effective August 18, 1997.)