NCLB Teachers & Paraprofessionals Requirements Data
Schools and districts report No Child Left Behind (NCLB) teacher and paraprofessional data to the California Department of Education (CDE) through the Consolidated Application. More information about the three sets of data, performance indicators needed for the NCLB federal reporting, is located on the Data Source and Description Web site.
2004 & 2006 NCLB Teacher Requirements Resource Guide
- PDF (353KB; 77pp.) | DOC (566KB; 77pp.) Posted 04-Mar-2004
- Teacher
Requirements (PPT; 278KB; 43pp.; 30-Jan-2006)
CDE guidance and presentation materials .
Regulations & Requirements
- California State
Board of Education No Child Left Behind Teacher Regulations (Outside source)
To access the relevant section of the regulations, you'll need to follow these steps:- Click on the hyperlink. This will take you to a table of contents for the California Code of Regulations.
- Click the box in front of Title 5. You'll get a pop-up page. If your browser blocks pop-ups, you should get a warning indicating that you have chosen a pop-up. Click the link that allows you to continue your search.
- Click the box in front of California Department of Education.
- Click the box in front of Certified Personnel.
- Click the box in front of No Child Left Behind Teacher Requirements.
Frequently Asked Questions
- NCLB Frequently Asked Questions for Special Education Teachers
Information on the NCLB and IDEA teacher requirements. Updated March 2007. - NCLB Frequently Asked Questions Updated November 2005
Questions that are frequently submitted to the California Department of Education for clarification regarding NCLB Teacher Requirements. - NCLB Highly Qualified Teacher Frequently Asked Questions
Questions that are frequently submitted to the California Department of Education for clarification regarding NCLB Highly Qualified Teacher Information for Career Technical Education. - NCLB Teacher Requirements Resource
Guide Frequently Asked Questions
Questions that are frequently submitted to the California Department of Education for clarification regarding NCLB Teacher Requirements. New additions, November 2004. - NCLB Teacher Requirements Resource
Guide Frequently Asked Questions
Questions that are frequently submitted to the California Department of Education for clarification regarding NCLB Teacher Requirements. - NCLB Paraprofessional Requirements Frequently
Asked Questions
Questions that are frequently submitted to the California Department of Education for clarification regarding NCLB Paraprofessional Requirements.
NOTICE: NCLB Timelines & Responsibilities Regarding Teacher Requirements
It has come to our attention that there may be
some misunderstanding regarding the timelines for districts to
comply with the No Child Left Behind (NCLB) teacher requirements.
NCLB requires that teachers hired into Title I, Part A,
programs after the first day of the 2002-03 school year
are to have been "highly qualified," and that all
teachers teaching in core academic subjects within the state are
to be "highly qualified" not later than the end of the
2005-06 school year. In June 2003, California requested that the
U.S. Department of Education (USDE) allow a transition period
(until June 2004) for newly hired Title I teachers to meet the
NCLB teacher requirements, but USDE responded that NCLB does not
allow for such a transition period. California will continue to
seek some flexibility regarding this aspect of the federal requirements,
but in the meantime, the state is complying with the federal requirements.
It should be noted that nothing in the No Child Left Behind Act
requires that teachers who have not yet demonstrated that they
meet the NCLB teacher requirements be fired. In fact, the statutory
scheme is that federal funding is made available to enable local
education agencies (LEAs) to assist teachers in their efforts
to meet the requirements. LEAs are responsible for meeting the
teacher requirement goals of NCLB. Title I requires that LEAs
set aside not less than five percent of their Title I funds each
year for professional development activities to ensure that all
teachers are NCLB-compliant by the end of the 2005-06 school year.
Additionally, NCLB Title II, Part A, funds may be used to help
teachers to prepare for and take exams and to provide professional
development in order to meet this goal.
Please also note that it is not appropriate to replace non-NCLB-compliant
teachers with a series of substitutes. Staffing Title I schools
with NCLB-compliant teachers should be a top priority in order
to help ensure that the LEA successfully meets the goal of closing
the achievement gap between students in Title I schools and their
peers in non-Title I schools.
We recognize the many challenges in meeting the NCLB teacher requirements.
The provision that all core academic teachers will meet the requirements
by 2005-06 is an important goal to work towards, and all LEAs
must demonstrate good faith efforts, especially in their Title
I schools. LEAs should document their efforts towards the goal
and comply with the provision to notify parents/guardians if students
in Title I schools are taught for more than four weeks by a teacher
who does not meet the NCLB teacher requirements.
Please continue to check this site for the latest information
on NCLB teacher requirements.
