Credits that count
No. Undergraduate credits can count.
“Units for salary credit shall be verified as upper division or graduate level by official transcripts from regionally accredited institutions.”
Source: Eceta Thru June 30 2027 - Final ↗, page 99
Count.
“Credits carry full value for pay purposes and are treated exactly as college credits”
Source: Eceta Thru June 30 2027 - Final ↗, page 95
Only for in-service courses: they must relate to the employee's current assignment or fit the school's staff development or improvement plan; college units have no such requirement.
“shall relate to the certificated employee’s current assignment”
Source: Eceta Thru June 30 2027 - Final ↗, page 95
Regionally accredited institutions.
“official transcripts from regionally accredited institutions”
Source: Eceta Thru June 30 2027 - Final ↗, page 99