BILL NUMBER: AB 482 AMENDED
BILL TEXT
AMENDED IN SENATE AUGUST 17, 2009
AMENDED IN ASSEMBLY JUNE 1, 2009
AMENDED IN ASSEMBLY APRIL 22, 2009
AMENDED IN ASSEMBLY APRIL 2, 2009
INTRODUCED BY Assembly Member Mendoza
(Coauthor: Assembly Member Torlakson)
( Coauthor: Senator Romero
)
FEBRUARY 24, 2009
An act to add 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. The revision would be required to
meet specified requirements and be aligned to both the
English/language arts content standards and the English language
development standards adopted by the state board. The bill would
require the evaluation criteria and standards maps 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 ensure and document that
the individuals on the panels for the instructional materials 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 choose from 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. (a) (1) By December 31, 2013, the state board shall
revise the reading/language arts framework to address the needs of
English learners. The revision shall meet all of the following
requirements:
(A) The revision shall integrate the English/language arts content
standards and English language development standards in a manner
that provides a curriculum and instructional materials for English
learners that are enriched, scaffolded, and amplified, and
simultaneously develop listening, speaking, reading, and writing
skills in the English language and the academic content standards.
(B) The curriculum and instructional materials for English
learners shall be aligned to both the English/language arts content
standards adopted under Section 60605 and the English language
development standards adopted under Section 60811.
(2) Criteria for evaluating the curriculum and instructional
materials for English learners shall be included in the revised
reading/language arts framework.
(b) By July 1, 2014, the evaluation criteria and standards maps
developed for the revised reading/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 curriculum
and instructional materials for English learners.
(c) 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. 3. Section 60200.8 is added to the Education Code, to read:
60200.8. (a) 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, the state board shall ensure and document
that the panels for the instructional materials review and content
review meet the following requirements:
(1) 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:
(A) Possess expertise and have experience teaching English
language development to pupils.
(B) 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.
(C) Have been trained on research-based attributes of high-quality
English language development instruction.
(2) 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:
(A) Possess expertise and have experience working with English
learners in grades 4 to 8, inclusive.
(B) Have been trained on research-based attributes of reading
intervention instruction for English learners.
(b) This section does not require the state board to convene any
additional panels or increase the number of persons serving on a
panel.