BILL NUMBER:  AB 476
  VETOED	DATE: 10/11/2009




To the Members of the California State Assembly:

I am returning Assembly Bill 476 without my signature.

The objectives of this bill are duplicative of work already being
done by a variety of sources.  Not only have there been reviews of
California's standards and assessment system by the United States
Department of Education's peer review process, the California
Department of Education has a process which has included an
independent alignment study and review of test items by various
content and test development experts.  Finally, this bill circumvents
the State Board of Education in the selection of the independent
evaluator and approving the evaluation and its recommendations.

For these reasons, I am unable to sign this bill.

Sincerely,



Arnold Schwarzenegger