Opinion: Why the shortage of credentialed teachers may force California leaders to think big [Opinion]
has detailed, this prompted the state to spend $1.2 billion since then on programs providing financial support to those pursuing full teacher credentials.
It took several years, but this paid off. In 2015-16, the ratio of teachers with full and interim credentials to those with emergency credentials was 2.6 to 1. By 2020-21, this ratio improved to 3.6 to 1, with a 44 percent increase in fully credentialed teachers.in the school year that ended last June, the most recent period for which data are available. The year saw a 16 percent decline in the number of new fully credentialed teachers, to 16,491 from 19,659 in the previous school year.
The analysis noted that while some educators saw the plunge as a fluke tied to unique COVID-19 pandemic conditions, a consensus around the state was that the cost of housing in California makes life on a teacher’s starting pay close to untenable.
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