BILL ANALYSIS ------------------------------------------------------------ |SENATE RULES COMMITTEE | AB 1742| |Office of Senate Floor Analyses | | |1020 N Street, Suite 524 | | |(916) 651-1520 Fax: (916) | | |327-4478 | | ------------------------------------------------------------ CONSENT Bill No: AB 1742 Author: Coto (D), et al Amended: 6/17/10 in Senate Vote: 21 SENATE EDUCATION COMMITTEE : 6-0, 6/23/10 AYES: Romero, Huff, Alquist, Emmerson, Liu, Price NO VOTE RECORDED: Hancock, Simitian, Wyland ASSEMBLY FLOOR : 76-0, 5/13/10 (Consent) - See last page for vote SUBJECT : Non-public schools: technology-based instructional materials SOURCE : Spectrum Center Students Schools DIGEST : This bill specifies that instructional materials to which pupils attending a non-public school are to have access include technology-based materials. ANALYSIS : Existing law: 1. Allows instruction and services by a non-public school (NPS) and a non-public agency to be provided to pupils with disabilities under contract with a local educational agency (LEA), as specified, if no CONTINUED AB 1742 Page 2 appropriate public education program is available. 2. Requires an NPS to certify in writing to the Superintendent of Public Instruction that it meets specific requirements, including that pupils have access to curricula and instructional materials that are approved by the State Board of Education for kindergarten and grades 1-8, and to standards-aligned materials used by any LEA that contracts with the NPS for grades 9-12, and that those materials are consistent with each pupil's individualized education program. 3. Defines "technology-based materials" as basic or supplemental instructional materials designed as learning resources that require the availability of electronic equipment in order to be used as a learning resource. The equipment necessary to operate the materials are not considered technology-based materials unless that equipment is to be used as a learning resource. 4. Authorizes a governing board of a school district, once the district certifies that each pupil has been provided with standards-aligned textbooks or basic instructional materials in the core curriculum areas of reading/language arts, mathematics, science, and history/social sciences, to use any remaining instructional materials funding for other stated purposes, such as to purchase supplementary instructional materials and technology-based materials. This bill states that the core curriculum and instructional materials to which pupils attending a non-public school must have access include technology-based materials, as defined in current law. Prior and Related Legislation AB 2694 (Blumenfield), 2009-10 Session, revises the definition of "supplementary instructional materials" and requires governing boards of school districts when adopting instructional materials to include the use of relevant technological instructional materials, as specified. The bill is on Senate Third Reading. AB 1742 Page 3 AB 216 (Bass), Chapter 382, Statutes of 2007, provides that for K-8, an NPS shall provide pupils access to state-adopted, standards-based, core curriculum and instructional materials, and for grades 9-12, inclusive, requires an NPS to provide pupils access to standards-based, core curriculum and instructional materials used by any LEA that contracts with the NPS. AB 1398 (Blumenfield), Chapter 293, Statutes of 2009, modifies the definition of technology-based materials to include the electronic equipment required to make use of such materials if that equipment is to be used by pupils and teachers as a learning resource. FISCAL EFFECT : Appropriation: No Fiscal Com.: No Local: No SUPPORT : (Verified 6/23/10) Spectrum Center Students Schools (source) California Association of Private Special Education Schools California Federation of Teachers California School Boards Association California State PTA ARGUMENTS IN SUPPORT : According to the author, "AB 1742 ensures equal access to technology for all students with special needs, including those attending 'nonpublic, nonsectarian schools,' by encouraging Individualized Education Teams to determine the appropriateness of technology for students with autism and other related disorders, through the students' individualized education program via an alignment with AB 1398 (Blumenfield)." ASSEMBLY FLOOR : AYES: Adams, Ammiano, Anderson, Arambula, Bass, Beall, Bill Berryhill, Tom Berryhill, Blakeslee, Block, Blumenfield, Bradford, Brownley, Buchanan, Charles Calderon, Carter, Chesbro, Conway, Cook, Coto, Davis, De La Torre, De Leon, DeVore, Emmerson, Eng, Evans, Feuer, AB 1742 Page 4 Fletcher, Fong, Fuentes, Fuller, Furutani, Gaines, Galgiani, Garrick, Gilmore, Hagman, Hall, Harkey, Hayashi, Hernandez, Hill, Huber, Huffman, Jeffries, Jones, Knight, Lieu, Logue, Bonnie Lowenthal, Ma, Mendoza, Miller, Monning, Nava, Nestande, Niello, Nielsen, V. Manuel Perez, Portantino, Ruskin, Salas, Saldana, Silva, Smyth, Solorio, Audra Strickland, Swanson, Torlakson, Torres, Torrico, Tran, Villines, Yamada, John A. Perez NO VOTE RECORDED: Caballero, Norby, Skinner, Vacancy PQ:mw 6/24/10 Senate Floor Analyses SUPPORT/OPPOSITION: SEE ABOVE **** END ****