SECTIONS 10020 - California Statutes

EDUCATION CODE

SECTION 10020

10020. Nothing in this chapter shall be construed as preventing
school districts from hiring, employing, or otherwise using teacher
aides, instructional aides, or teacher-assistants under the terms of
existing law and financial support formulas. The commission may study
the various roles of such paraprofessionals.
Public and private colleges, universities, and community colleges
may develop cooperative programs with school districts or school
governing boards to place undergraduate and graduate students in
public and private classrooms as teacher aides or assistants. Such
assignment may be, at the discretion of the institution, the basis
for securing college credit.
A certificate to serve as a temporary teacher-assistant shall be
issued, by the county superintendent of schools of the county in
which service is to be rendered, to the holder of a recommendation
from an accredited college, university, or community college. The
certificate shall authorize the holder to serve as a
teacher-assistant. No such certificate shall be granted for a period
exceeding two years.
The teacher-assistant certificate shall not be used in lieu of a
teaching credential. The holder of such a certificate shall work
under the immediate supervision of a credentialed classroom teacher
to whom the teacher-assistant is assigned, who shall be present in
the classroom while the teacher-assistant is performing his or her
classroom duties or who shall be available at all times to provide
guidance and direction to the teacher-assistant.