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Effective Jan 1, 2004Amended by Stats. 2003, Ch. 91, Sec. 30. Effective January 1, 2004.
(a) The Chancellor’s office of the California State University shall have the following duties:
- (1) Developing an application process that establishes a merit-based fellowship program for graduate students who agree to teach at a high-priority school for four years.
- (2) Establishing a broad and effective outreach effort to promote the availability and the merits of the fellowship program.
- (3) Conducting the selection process for fellowship applicants.
- (4) Collaborating with the Commission on Teacher Credentialing to develop and implement a system for monitoring program participants through the completion of their four-year teaching obligation.
(5) Determining the criteria for selecting teaching fellowship candidates. The criteria shall include, at a minimum, all of the following:
- (A) Previous academic and employment record.
- (B) A demonstrated commitment to serve in a high-priority school.
- (C) Faculty and employer evaluations.
- (D) Interviews.
- (E) Letters of recommendation.
- (b) For the purposes of this article, a “high-priority school” is a school in the bottom half of the Academic Performance Index rankings established pursuant to subdivision (a) of Section 52056. If a school meets this criteria at the time a teacher is hired, continued employment of the teacher at that school fulfills the commitment made by the teacher, even if the school improves its rank on the Academic Performance Index.