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Using data from the California Department of Education and the Commission on Teacher Credentialing (CTC), this brief analyzes supplyand demand-side factors shaping staffing challenges over time. Despite declining enrollment, teacher demand remains high, driven by persistent turnover, increasing student needs, and efforts to lower class sizes. Turnover is highest among beginning teachers, those on emergency-style permits, teachers of color, and special education teachers and is associated with lack of preparation, heavier workloads, principal turnover, and lower salaries and per-pupil spending. The number of teacher preparation program completers dropped 60% between 2003–04 and 2013–14, but recent state investments have begun to pay off, with new preliminary credentials up 40% from 2022–23 to 2024–25 and greater racial diversity among new teacher candidates. However, most programs have been funded on a one-time basis and will soon expire without continued funding.  \nThe reports on which this brief is based can be found here and here.  \nMelanie Leung-Gagné, Lucy Sorensen, Tara Kini, Susan Kemper Patrick, Desiree Carver-Thomas, Tiffany S. Tan, and Linda Darling-Hammond, Learning Policy Institute; Thomas M. Smith and Yiwang Li, University of California, Davis  \nIs There Still a Teacher Shortage in California?  \nAfter many years of budget and workforce cutbacks, the most recent round of teacher shortages emerged in California in 2015, when funding began to increase with California’s new Local Control Funding Formula (LCFF), stimulating a demand for teachers while there was inadequate supply. The most telling indicator of teacher shortages in California is the prevalence of substandard credentials and permits—temporary authorizations that, by law, are supposed to be issued only when fully credentialed teachers cannot be found. The number of such credentials has more than tripled since 2012–13. The fastest-growing category is emergency-style permits (inclusive of Provisional Internship Permits, or PIPs, and Short-Term Staff Permits, or STSPs) issued to individuals with little or no pedagogical training or demonstrated subject matter expertise in the courses they teach. In 2024–25, close to 8,000 of these permits were granted. Among new teachers entering the California public education system that year, more than one third entered on an emergency-style permit: 32% of Multiple Subject teachers, 27% of Single Subject teachers, and 51% of Education Specialist teachers (see Figure 1) .  \nFigure 1. Distribution of New Teachers by Entry Pathways and Credential Area, 2024–25  \nC redent ia l Area  \nEducation Specialist  \nMultiple Subject  \nSingle Subject  \nTotal  \n\n|  |  |  |  |  |\n| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |\n| 14% 11 | % 24% |  | 51% |  |\n|  | 45% | 12% | 11% | 32% |\n|  |  |  |  |  |\n|  | 48% | 13% | 13% | 27% |\n|  |  |  |  |  |\n| 39 | % | 12% 15% |  | 34% |\n\n0% 20% 40% 60% 80% 100%  \nPercentage of New Teachers  \n Student Teaching or Residency  \n Out-of-State  \nPrepared  \n Intern  \n Emergency-Style Permit  \nSource: Smith, T. M., & Li, Y. (2026) . Who stays, who leaves: Five-year retention patterns by teacher entry pathways. Getting Down to Facts III.  \nUnderprepared teachers are concentrated in schools serving higher proportions of low-income families, English learners, and foster youth (students in any of these groups count toward California’s “unduplicated pupil count,” or UPC) as well as Black students. The state’s highest-need schools (those in the top decile by UPC percentage) were more than twice as likely to fill teaching positions with interns and teachers on emergency-style permits or waivers than the lowest-need schools (11% vs. 4%) .  \nWhile schools rely on underprepared teachers across all subjects, teachers are least likely to be fully credentialed for the follow","cbCaiqs1SrJFbQPa","https://ap.wps.com/l/cbCaiqs1SrJFbQPa","pdf",568165,12,"English","# Summary\n# Is There Still a Teacher Shortage in California?\n## Credential gaps and emergency-style permits\n## Concentration in high-need schools\n## Shortages by subject area\n# What Is Causing California’s Teacher Shortage?\n## Inadequate supply of fully prepared teachers","[{\"question\":\"What indicators show that California still has a teacher shortage?\",\"answer\":\"The prevalence of substandard credentials and emergency-style permits signals ongoing shortages, with the number of such credentials more than tripling since 2012–13. The share of new teachers entering through emergency-style permits remains substantial.\"},{\"question\":\"Which groups experience the highest teacher turnover?\",\"answer\":\"Turnover is highest among beginning teachers, teachers on emergency-style permits, teachers of color, and special education teachers. It is associated with lack of preparation, heavier workloads, principal turnover, and lower salaries and per-pupil spending.\"},{\"question\":\"How do underprepared staffing patterns affect student learning?\",\"answer\":\"Research links limited preservice preparation to lower effectiveness and higher likelihood of leaving the profession. Districts with fewer teachers holding substandard credentials see increases in student achievement, and shortages can also lead to long-term substitutes, canceled courses, or combined classes.\"}]","California’s Teacher Shortages - Trends in Supply, Demand, and Turnover - June 2026 | PDF",1792054422]