California Democrat fails to ban Teach for America — but says the fight isn’t over – By Hannah Wiley (Sacramento Bee) / Jan 30 2020
A proposal to ban organizations like Teach for America from sending young educators to low-income schools in California failed on Thursday.
Assemblywoman Cristina Garcia, D-Bell Gardens, introduced Assembly Bill 221 in 2019 to ban Teach for America educators from working in charter and traditional public schools if at least 40 percent of the students were from low-income families.
Garcia expanded the legislation to include all third-party organizations that don’t require recruited teachers to commit to at least five years in low-income schools. But she postponed an Assembly floor vote on AB 221 last May after it appeared not to have enough votes.
It faced a Jan. 31 deadline to pass the Assembly. Garcia pulled it again, effectively killing AB 221 for the year.
“We need to have qualified teachers in our schools,” Garcia said. “Part of the situation here is not just prioritizing the students but to stop trivializing teaching as a career.”
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