BILL NUMBER: AB 876	CHAPTERED  10/07/01

	CHAPTER  558
	FILED WITH SECRETARY OF STATE  OCTOBER 7,2001
	PASSED THE ASSEMBLY  SEPTEMBER 14, 2001
	PASSED THE SENATE  SEPTEMBER 12, 2001
	AMENDED IN SENATE  SEPTEMBER 7, 2001
	AMENDED IN SENATE  AUGUST 20, 2001
	AMENDED IN SENATE  JULY 17, 2001
	AMENDED IN SENATE  JUNE 21, 2001
	AMENDED IN ASSEMBLY  APRIL 17, 2001
	AMENDED IN ASSEMBLY  APRIL 2, 2001

INTRODUCED BY   Assembly Member Wyland

                        FEBRUARY 22, 2001

   An act relating to pupil performance, and making an appropriation
therefor.

      (Approved by Governor October 5, 2001.  Filed with
Secretary of State October 7, 2001.)

   I am signing Assembly Bill 876 which would appropriate $100,000 to
the State Department of Education to conduct a study of reading
programs in schools with grades K-6 where at least 75 percent of the
pupils have scored at or above the 80th percentile on the
Standardized Testing and Reporting Program (STAR).
   Ensuring that students learn to read is one of my primary
education priorities.  I am signing this measure but eliminating the
appropriation.  I am asking the Superintendent of Public Instruction
to perform this study within existing resources.
   Further, the state has provided millions of dollars for the
development and adoption of English-Language Arts Academic Content
Standards and Reading/Language Arts Frameworks.  In addition, it is
anticipated that the State Board Education will adopt
reading/language arts materials by early 2002, all of which can be
used to assist schools in developing successful reading programs.

                                                 GRAY DAVIS, Governor


	LEGISLATIVE COUNSEL'S DIGEST


   AB 876, Wyland.  Pupil reading programs.
   Existing law provides for various reading programs for pupils in
specified grades, including the Comprehensive Reading Leadership
Program Act of 1996, the Elementary School Intensive Reading Program,
and the Governor's Reading Award Program.
   This bill would appropriate $100,000 from the General Fund to the
State Department of Education for the purpose of contracting for a
study that identifies reading programs in schools that maintain
kindergarten or any of grades 1 to 6, inclusive, where the
performance of 75% of the pupils was at or above the 80th percentile
on the reading portion of the achievement tests administered pursuant
to the Standardized Testing and Reporting Program.
   Appropriation:   yes.


THE PEOPLE OF THE STATE OF CALIFORNIA DO ENACT AS FOLLOWS:


  SECTION 1.  There is hereby appropriated one hundred thousand
dollars ($100,000) from the General Fund to the State Department of
Education for the purpose of contracting for a study that identifies
reading programs in schools that maintain any kindergarten or grades
1 to 6, inclusive, where the performance of 75 percent of the pupils
was at or above the 80th percentile on the reading portion of the
achievement tests administered pursuant to the Standardized Testing
and Reporting Program, based upon pupil demographics, including, but
not limited to, socioeconomic status and ethnicity.