1. a. The Commission shall distribute APLE program information, student applications, and loan assumption agreements to to eligible postsecondary institutions. Eligible institutions must participate in state and federal financial aid programs and have a qualifying program of professional preparation that has been approved by the Commission on Teacher Credentialing. Each eligible institution shall receive at least one allocation, and the remainder shall be distributed proportionate to the number of teaching candidates from each institution that were fully credentialed based on the most recent data available. Each eligible institution is responsible for submission of completed nominated applications and loan assumption agreements to the Commission.

b. The Commission shall distribute APLE program information, credentialed teacher applications and loan assumption agreements to participating California County Offices of Education. Each County Office of Education shall make applications available to school districts who employ and to credential teachers who are authorized to teach and teach in a school ranked in the bottom 2 deciles of the Academic Performance Index. Each County Office of Education is responsible for submission of completed nominated applications and loan assumption agreements to the Commission.

c. The Commission shall distribute APLE program information, district intern applications, and loan assumption agreements to participating District Intern Program Offices having a program of professional preparation that has been approved by the Commission on Teacher Credentialing. Each eligible office shall receive at least one allocation, and the remainder shall be distributed to eligible offices proportionate to the number of teaching candidates from each office that were fully credentialed based on the most recent data available. Each District Intern Program Office is responsible for submission of completed nominated applications and loan assumption agreements to the Commission.

a. For postsecondary institutions and district intern programs, applications and loan assumption agreements shall be provided to applicants who agree to teach for at least four consecutive full-time school years, or the equivalent on a part-time basis after obtaining a teaching credential. Qualified teaching shall be in an eligible school, in a subject area(s) that is designated as current or projected shortage area(s) by the Superintendent of Public Instruction.

b. For postsecondary institutions and district intern program applications shall be provided to applicants who agree to obtain teaching credentials and to provide classroom instruction in schools that serve large populations of students from low-income families, schools in a rural area, schools with a high percentage of teachers holding emergency-type permits, or schools ranked in the lowest two deciles on the Academic Performance Index. Applicants shall agree to teach for at least four consecutive full-time school years, or the equivalent on a part-time basis.

c. For the county offices of education and eligible school districts, applications and loan assumption agreements shall be proved to credentialed teachers that are currently teaching in schools that are ranked in the lowest 20% of the Academic Performance Index. Applicants shall agree to teach for at least four consecutive full-time school years, or the equivalent on a part-time basis.

a. Administer the loan assumption program according to all applicable published rules, regulations, and guidelines;

b. Make special efforts to notify students regarding the availability of the program, particularly those students who are members of populations underrepresented in the teaching profession;

c. Coordinate the loan assumption program with other existing programs designed to recruit or encourage students to enter the teaching profession;

d. Provide financial aid information, including student loan information, on APLE applicants and program participants;

e. Provide other information necessary to establish eligibility for APLE applicants and program participants;

f. Report on the selection criteria and selection procedures used to allocate applications for APLE program applicants;

g. Verify that each APLE applicant and program participant has maintained satisfactory academic progress half-time enrollment;

h. Verify that the participant's student does not owe a refund on any state or federal educational grant or defaulted on any student loan.

a. Administer the loan assumption program according to all applicable published rules, regulations, and guidelines;

b. Make special efforts to notify credentialed teachers regarding the availability of the program, particularly those credentialed teachers who are teaching in schools that are ranked in the lowest 2 deciles of the Academic Performance Index;

c. Provide other information necessary to establish eligibility for APLE applicants and program participants.

a. Administer the loan assumption program according to all applicable published rules, regulations, and guidelines;

b. Make special efforts to notify students regarding the availability of the program, particularly those students who are members of populations underrepresented in the teaching profession;

c. Coordinate the loan assumption program with other existing programs designed to recruit or encourage students to enter the teaching profession;

d. Provide other information necessary to establish eligibility for APLE applicants and program participants;

e. Report on the selection criteria and selection procedures used to allocate applications for APLE program applicants.