Nearly 20 Percent of LA Unified Teachers Not Fully Credentialed in 2020–21 School Year: State Report

A teacher teaches a history lesson in Spanish in a Dual Language Academy class at Franklin High School in Los Angeles, on May 25, 2017. Robyn Beck/AFP/Getty Images

Nearly one in five classrooms in the Los Angeles Unified School District (LAUSD) were taught by teachers without full credentials during the 2020–21 school year, according to a June 30 report by the California Department of Education.

While 83 percent of LAUSD teachers are considered “clear,” or fully credentialed to teach in their assigned classrooms, more than 15 percent are considered “ineffective,” “incomplete,” or “out-of-field,” according to the report.