California Code
ARTICLE 2 - Employment
Section 44856.

44856. (a) The governing board of a school district, for the purposes of providing bilingual instruction, world language instruction, or cultural enrichment, in the schools of the school district, subject to the rules and regulations of the state board, may conclude arrangements with the proper authorities of a foreign country, or of a state, territory, or possession of the United States, for the hiring of bilingual teachers employed in public or private schools of a foreign country, state, territory, or possession. To be eligible for employment, the teacher must speak English fluently. Any persons employed pursuant to this section shall be known as a “sojourn certificated employee.”

(b) A person shall not be hired as a sojourn certificated employee by a school district unless he or she holds the necessary valid credential or credentials issued by the commission authorizing the person to serve in a position requiring certification qualifications in the school district proposing to employ him or her. The person may be employed for a period not to exceed two years, except that thereafter the period of employment may be extended from year to year for a total period of not more than five years upon verification by the employing school district that termination of the employment would adversely affect an existing bilingual or world language program or program of cultural enrichment, and that attempts to secure the employment of a certificated California teacher qualified to fill the position have been unsuccessful. The commission shall establish minimum standards for the credentials for sojourn certificated employees.

(Amended by Stats. 2018, Ch. 865, Sec. 13. (AB 2319) Effective January 1, 2019.)

Structure California Code

California Code

Education Code - EDC

TITLE 2 - ELEMENTARY AND SECONDARY EDUCATION

DIVISION 3 - LOCAL ADMINISTRATION

PART 25 - EMPLOYEES

CHAPTER 4 - Employment Certificated Employees

ARTICLE 2 - Employment

Section 44830.

Section 44830.1.

Section 44830.2.

Section 44830.3.

Section 44830.5.

Section 44830.7.

Section 44831.

Section 44832.

Section 44833.

Section 44834.

Section 44834.1.

Section 44834.2.

Section 44835.

Section 44836.

Section 44837.

Section 44838.

Section 44839.

Section 44839.5.

Section 44840.

Section 44842.

Section 44843.

Section 44844.

Section 44845.

Section 44846.

Section 44847.

Section 44848.

Section 44849.

Section 44850.

Section 44850.1.

Section 44851.

Section 44852.

Section 44853.

Section 44854.

Section 44855.

Section 44856.

Section 44857.

Section 44858.

Section 44859.

Section 44860.

Section 44861.

Section 44862.

Section 44863.

Section 44864.

Section 44865.

Section 44866.

Section 44867.

Section 44868.

Section 44869.

Section 44870.

Section 44871.

Section 44872.

Section 44873.

Section 44874.

Section 44875.

Section 44876.

Section 44877.

Section 44878.

Section 44879.

Section 44885.5.

Section 44893.

Section 44894.

Section 44895.

Section 44896.

Section 44897.

Section 44898.

Section 44899.

Section 44900.

Section 44901.

Section 44902.1.

Section 44902.2.

Section 44903.

Section 44903.7.

Section 44907.

Section 44908.

Section 44909.

Section 44910.

Section 44911.

Section 44912.

Section 44913.

Section 44914.

Section 44915.

Section 44916.

Section 44917.

Section 44918.

Section 44919.

Section 44920.

Section 44921.

Section 44922.

Section 44923.

Section 44924.

Section 44925.

Section 44926.

Section 44927.

Section 44928.

Section 44929.