Report 2010-119 Recommendation 13 Responses

Report 2010-119: Commission on Teacher Credentialing: Despite Delays in Discipline of Teacher Misconduct, the Division of Professional Practices Has Not Developed an Adequate Strategy or Implemented Processes That Will Safeguard Against Future Backlogs (Release Date: April 2011)

Recommendation #13 To: Teacher Credentialing, California Commission on

To adequately address the weaknesses we discuss in its processing of reports of misconduct, the division should revisit management’s reports and processes for overseeing the investigations of misconduct to ensure that the reports and practices provide adequate information to facilitate the adequate tracking of the reviews of reports of misconduct that may require mandatory action by the commission to ensure the timely revocation of the credentials for all individuals whose misconduct renders them unfit for the duties authorized by their credential.

1-Year Agency Response

The commission has developed or enhanced reports to track and monitor the progress of cases involving mandatory offenses and it provided examples of these reports. According to the commission, these reports provide the tools needed by management to monitor the workload involving mandatory offenses and to ensure timely revocation or denial of credentials. (See 2013-406, p. 55)

California State Auditor's Assessment of 1-Year Status: Fully Implemented

All Recommendations in 2010-119

Agency responses received after June 2013 are posted verbatim.