BILL NUMBER: AB 482 AMENDED
BILL TEXT
AMENDED IN ASSEMBLY APRIL 2, 2009
INTRODUCED BY Assembly Member Mendoza
FEBRUARY 24, 2009
An act to add Section 60200.7 Sections
60200.7 and 60200.8 to the Education Code, relating to
instructional materials.
LEGISLATIVE COUNSEL'S DIGEST
AB 482, as amended, Mendoza. Instructional materials: English
learners.
Existing law requires the State Board of Education to adopt
regulations concerning the development of curriculum frameworks and
the adoption of instructional materials.
This bill would state the intent of the Legislature to provide
school districts with quality instructional materials written and
taught in the English language to accelerate English language
acquisition for English learners while upholding and teaching
California's English language arts content standards. The bill would
require the state board by December 31, 2013, to revise
the reading/language arts framework to include , as a core
program, the English Language Development Literacy Program,
a basic comprehensive English language literacy program for English
learners, that would meet specified requirements and be
aligned to both the reading/language arts content standards and the
English language development standards adopted by the state board.
The bill would require the evaluation criteria and worksheets
for the revised framework to be modified, as specified.
The bill would require, commencing with the 2010 followup adoption
of instructional materials for reading/language arts/English
language development, and for each primary and followup adoption of
instructional materials for reading/language arts/English language
development thereafter, that the State Board of Education assure and
document that the individuals on the panels for the instructional
material review and content review meet the specified requirements.
Vote: majority. Appropriation: no. Fiscal committee: yes.
State-mandated local program: no.
THE PEOPLE OF THE STATE OF CALIFORNIA DO ENACT AS FOLLOWS:
SECTION 1. The Legislature hereby finds and declares the
following:
(a) It is the intent of the Legislature that school districts be
provided with as many standards aligned instructional material
options as is possible so that educators may have a selection of the
best instructional materials to choose from in order for their pupils
to master the state academic content standards.
(b) It also is the intent of the Legislature that the state's 1.6
million English learners acquire English as quickly as possible and
to assist in the narrowing of the academic achievement gap between
English learners and their native English speaking peers. To
accomplish this, it is the intent of the Legislature to provide
school districts with quality instructional materials written and
taught in the English language to accelerate English language
acquisition for English learners while upholding and teaching the
state English language arts content standards.
SEC. 2. Section 60200.7 is added to the Education Code, to read:
60200.7. The state board shall revise the reading/language arts
framework to include, as a core program, a basic comprehensive
English language literacy program for English learners, to be
referred to as the English Language Development Literacy Program,
during the next revision cycle in 2013. It shall be a stand-alone
program that is enriched, scaffolded, and amplified, and
simultaneously develops listening, speaking, reading, and writing
skills in the English language and the academic content standards. It
also shall be aligned to both the reading/language arts content
standards adopted under Section 60605 and the English language
development standards adopted under Section 60811.
60200.7. (a) (1) By December 31, 2013, the state board
shall revise the reading/language arts framework to include a basic
comprehensive English language literacy program for English learners
that shall be referred to as the English Language Development
Literacy Program and meet all of the following requirements:
(A) The program shall be a stand-alone core program that is
enriched, scaffolded, and amplified, and shall simultaneously develop
listening, speaking, reading, and writing skills in the English
language and the academic content standards.
(B) The program shall be aligned to both the reading/language arts
content standards adopted under Section 60605 and the English
language development standards adopted under Section 60811.
(C) The program criteria shall constitute a chapter in the revised
reading/language arts framework.
(2) The revision required pursuant to this subdivision shall
include a revision of Chapter 7 of the reading and language arts
framework, "Universal Access to the Language Arts Curriculum," in
order to reflect the new English Language Development Literacy
Program.
(b) By July 1, 2014, the evaluation criteria and worksheets
developed for the revised reading/English language arts framework
shall do all of the following:
(1) Include the English language development standards adopted by
the state board pursuant to Section 60811.
(2) Include the English language arts content standards adopted by
the state board pursuant to Section 60605.
(3) Provide clear direction to publishers regarding the English
Language Development Literacy Program.
(c) The standards maps distributed to publishers by the department
shall include the English Language Arts and English Language
Development Standards.
(d) The 2015 adoption process for reading/English language arts
that is based on the framework revised pursuant to this section shall
use, to the extent possible, the "invitation to submit" document
used in the 2008 reading/English language arts/English language
development primary adoption and evaluation, and criteria that are
revised as specified in subdivision (b).
(e) Instructional materials adopted by the state board that are
based on the framework revised pursuant to this section shall be
placed on the list of basic reading/language arts instructional
materials and remain on the list until the established expiration
date for that list.
SEC. 2. Section 60200.8 is added to the
Education Code , to read:
60200.8. Commencing with the 2010 followup adoption of
instructional materials for reading/language arts/English language
development, and for each primary and follow up adoption of
instructional materials for reading/language arts/English language
development thereafter, the state board shall assure and document
that the panels for the instructional material review and content
review meet the following requirements:
(a) Fifty percent of a panel that reviews and evaluates
instructional materials that provide English language development
instruction and are aligned to the English language arts/English
language development matrix shall be individuals who meet the
following criteria:
(1) Possess expertise and have experience teaching English
language development to pupils.
(2) Have been trained on validating the alignment of the English
language development standards and English language arts standards
with instructional materials submitted for adoption by the state
board.
(3) Have been trained on research based attributes of high-quality
English language development instruction.
(b) Seventy-five percent of a panel that reviews and evaluates
reading intervention materials written specifically for English
learners shall be individuals who meet the following criteria:
(1) Possess expertise and have experience working with English
learners in grades 4 to 8, inclusive.
(2) Have been trained on research based attributes of reading
intervention instruction for English learners.