The main thrust of California's Ryan Act (1970) has been to terminate credential qualifications by verification of credit received from an institution of higher education and move towards the competency based professional preparation program where institutions are first authorized to offer such programs and then assigned the responsibility to qualify the level of competence of their candidates. Several school administrator credentials were reduced into one--the Administrative Services Credential. Three avenues have been proposed for securing the credential. This article sets out the proposed guidelines and accompanying implementation statements for two avenues, these being the approved program and the internship. (Author/WM)