Terms Used In California Codes > Education Code > Title 2 > Division 3 > Part 25 > Chapter 2 > Article 4.5 - Marian Bergeson Beginning Teacher Support and Assessment System

• beginning teacher: means a teacher with a valid California credential, as defined in Section 44259. See California Education Code 44279.1
• Contract: A legal written agreement that becomes binding when signed.
• Fiscal year: The fiscal year is the accounting period for the government. For the federal government, this begins on October 1 and ends on September 30. The fiscal year is designated by the calendar year in which it ends; for example, fiscal year 2006 begins on October 1, 2005 and ends on September 30, 2006.
• Jurisdiction: (1) The legal authority of a court to hear and decide a case. Concurrent jurisdiction exists when two courts have simultaneous responsibility for the same case. (2) The geographic area over which the court has authority to decide cases.
• Nolo contendere: No contest-has the same effect as a plea of guilty, as far as the criminal sentence is concerned, but may not be considered as an admission of guilt for any other purpose.
• Person: includes a corporation as well as a natural person. See California Corporations Code 18
• State: means the State of California, unless applied to the different parts of the United States. See California Education Code 77