BILL NUMBER: AB 420	CHAPTERED  09/29/05

	CHAPTER  390
	FILED WITH SECRETARY OF STATE  SEPTEMBER 29, 2005
	APPROVED BY GOVERNOR  SEPTEMBER 29, 2005
	PASSED THE ASSEMBLY  SEPTEMBER 7, 2005
	PASSED THE SENATE  SEPTEMBER 6, 2005
	AMENDED IN SENATE  SEPTEMBER 2, 2005
	AMENDED IN SENATE  AUGUST 15, 2005
	AMENDED IN ASSEMBLY  MAY 26, 2005

INTRODUCED BY   Assembly Member Shirley Horton
   (Coauthors: Assembly Members Chu, Coto, DeVore, Huff, Jerome
Horton, Jones, Plescia, and Vargas)
   (Coauthors: Senators Chesbro, Ducheny, Maldonado, and Torlakson)

                        FEBRUARY 15, 2005

   An act to amend Section 44280 of the Education Code, relating to
subject matter examinations and assessments.


	LEGISLATIVE COUNSEL'S DIGEST


   AB 420, Shirley Horton  Teachers: alternative language
assessments: Filipino language.
   Existing law requires the adequacy of subject matter preparation
and the basis for assignment of certified personnel in public schools
to be determined by the successful passage of a subject matter
examination, as specified.
   Existing law authorizes the commission to establish guidelines for
accepting assessments performed by organizations, as specified, to
determine the adequacy of that preparation in languages for which
there is no adequate examination.
   This bill, instead, would authorize the commission to establish
guidelines for alternative assessments performed by organizations, as
specified, to determine the adequacy of that preparation in
languages for which there is no adequate examination, and would
require the commission to submit an expenditure plan for the
development of a subject matter examination in the Filipino language
to the Department of Finance no later than January 8, 2006. The bill
would require the commission, upon approval of that plan, as
specified, and subject to an appropriation in the Budget Act of 2006
for this purpose, to contract with another entity for that entity to
develop, for certification by the commission, a subject matter
examination in the Filipino language, to be administered no later
than September 1, 2008.


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


  SECTION 1.  Section 44280 of the Education Code is amended to read:

   44280.  The adequacy of subject matter preparation and the basis
for assignment of certified personnel shall be determined by the
successful passage of a subject matter examination as certified by
the commission, except as specifically waived as set forth in Article
6 (commencing with Section 44310) of this chapter. For the purpose
of determining the adequacy of subject matter knowledge of languages
for which there are no adequate examinations, the commission may
establish guidelines for accepting alternative assessments performed
by organizations that are expert in the language and culture
assessed. The commission shall submit an expenditure plan for the
development of a subject matter examination in the Filipino language
to the Department of Finance no later than January 8, 2006. Upon
approval of the expenditure plan by the Department of Finance and the
Secretary for Education, and subject to an appropriation in the
Budget Act of 2006 for this purpose, the commission shall contract
with another entity for that entity to develop, for certification by
the commission, a subject matter examination in the Filipino
language, to be administered no later than September 1, 2008.