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          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  
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             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.







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          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,  







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            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

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