{"data":{"id":"us-ca/edc-44248","jurisdiction":"us-ca","citation":"EDC § 44248","heading":"","body":"(a) Any member of the commission, commission staff member, member or staff member of the Committee of Credentials, State Department of Education employee who releases or gives out information received at a commission or committee meeting or hearing or through the investigation of a certified employee without authorization of the commission or committee, is guilty of a misdemeanor.\n(b) Any material witness or his or her representative who releases or gives out information received at a commission or committee meeting or hearing, or who releases or gives out information obtained as a result of direct involvement in the investigation of a certified employee, without authorization of the commission or committee, is guilty of a misdemeanor unless this information was known to the material witness or his or her representative prior to that meeting, hearing, or investigation.","path":["Education Code - EDC","TITLE 2. ELEMENTARY AND SECONDARY EDUCATION [33000. - 65001.]","DIVISION 3. LOCAL ADMINISTRATION [35000. - 45500.]","PART 25. EMPLOYEES [44000. - 45500.]","CHAPTER 2. Teacher Credentialing [44200. - 44418.]","ARTICLE 3. Committee of Credentials [44240. - 44248.]"],"source_url":"https://downloads.leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/pubinfo_2025.zip","current_through":"2026-09-13","vintage":"","retrieved_at":"2026-09-14T05:56:33Z","sha256":"e37e827f53b43f6f6e40cf661c0e2227c2fcd167e91da66ad0eef95b62a3c413","source_id":"us-ca","stale":false,"prev":"us-ca/edc-44247","next":"us-ca/edc-44250"},"notice":"GroundRules: Original legal text. Not legal advice."}