BILL NUMBER: SB 247	CHAPTERED
	BILL TEXT

	CHAPTER  209
	FILED WITH SECRETARY OF STATE  OCTOBER 11, 2009
	APPROVED BY GOVERNOR  OCTOBER 11, 2009
	PASSED THE SENATE  AUGUST 24, 2009
	PASSED THE ASSEMBLY  AUGUST 17, 2009
	AMENDED IN ASSEMBLY  JULY 15, 2009
	AMENDED IN ASSEMBLY  JUNE 16, 2009
	AMENDED IN ASSEMBLY  JUNE 11, 2009
	AMENDED IN SENATE  MAY 6, 2009
	AMENDED IN SENATE  APRIL 14, 2009

INTRODUCED BY   Senator Alquist
   (Principal coauthor: Senator Romero)
   (Principal coauthor: Assembly Member Torlakson)
   (Coauthors: Senators Maldonado and Padilla)
   (Coauthors: Assembly Members Blumenfield, Brownley, and Solorio)

                        FEBRUARY 24, 2009

   An act to add Section 60422.1 to the Education Code, relating to
instructional materials.


	LEGISLATIVE COUNSEL'S DIGEST


   SB 247, Alquist. Instructional materials.
    Existing law, the Instructional Materials Funding Realignment
Program, provides for funds to be apportioned to school districts
based upon enrollment to ensure that each pupil is provided with a
standards-aligned textbook or basic instructional materials, as
adopted by the State Board of Education subsequent to the adoption of
content standards, or as adopted by the local governing board, for
grades 9 to 12, inclusive.
   This bill would provide that a local governing board may use
funding received pursuant to these provisions to purchase
state-adopted instructional materials for kindergarten and grades 1
to 8, inclusive, and state standards-aligned materials for grades 9
to 12, inclusive, in an electronic or hardbound format if it can
ensure that each pupil will be provided with a copy of the
instructional materials to use at school and at home. However,
providing access to the materials at school and at home would not
require the local educational agency to purchase 2 sets of materials.



THE PEOPLE OF THE STATE OF CALIFORNIA DO ENACT AS FOLLOWS:

  SECTION 1.  Section 60422.1 is added to the Education Code, to
read:
   60422.1.  Notwithstanding any other provision of law, a local
governing board may use funding received pursuant to this chapter to
purchase state-adopted instructional materials for kindergarten and
grades 1 to 8, inclusive, and state standards-aligned materials for
grades 9 to 12, inclusive, in an electronic or hardbound format if it
can ensure that each pupil will be provided with a copy of the
instructional materials to use at school and at home. However,
providing access to the materials at school and at home does not
require the local educational agency to purchase two sets of
materials.