BILL NUMBER: AB 339	CHAPTERED
	BILL TEXT

	CHAPTER  609
	FILED WITH SECRETARY OF STATE  OCTOBER 8, 2011
	APPROVED BY GOVERNOR  OCTOBER 8, 2011
	PASSED THE SENATE  AUGUST 29, 2011
	PASSED THE ASSEMBLY  AUGUST 31, 2011
	AMENDED IN SENATE  JULY 6, 2011
	AMENDED IN ASSEMBLY  APRIL 6, 2011
	AMENDED IN ASSEMBLY  MARCH 7, 2011

INTRODUCED BY   Assembly Member Bonilla

                        FEBRUARY 10, 2011

   An act to add and repeal Section 60050 of the Education Code,
relating to instructional materials.


	LEGISLATIVE COUNSEL'S DIGEST


   AB 339, Bonilla. Instructional materials: social content reviews:
fees.
   Existing law requires the State Board of Education in reviewing
and adopting instructional materials to use specified criteria and
ensure that, in its judgment, the submitted basic instructional
materials meet all of the specified criteria, including, but not
limited to, compliance with the specified requirements and guidelines
for social content.
   This bill would require the state board to adopt regulations to
govern the social content reviews conducted at the request of a
publisher or manufacturer of instructional materials outside the
primary instructional material adoption process. The bill would
authorize the State Department of Education to contract with agents
to conduct the specified social content reviews and require the
department to assess a fee for the review that meets specified
requirements, including notice to publishers and manufacturers. The
bill would repeal these provisions on January 1, 2017.


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

  SECTION 1.  Section 60050 is added to the Education Code, to read:
   60050.  (a) The state board shall adopt regulations to govern the
social content reviews conducted at the request of a publisher or
manufacturer of instructional materials outside the primary
instructional material adoption process. A social content review is
intended to determine compliance with Sections 60040, 60041, 60042,
60043, 60044, 60048, 60200.5, and 60200.6, and the guidelines for
social content adopted by the state board.
   (b) (1) For purposes of this section, social content reviews of
instructional materials shall be conducted by the department or its
agents for all instructional materials, as defined in subdivision (h)
of Section 60010.
   (2) The department may contract with agents to conduct social
content reviews pursuant to this section.
   (c) The department shall assess a fee on a publisher or
manufacturer in an amount that does not exceed the reasonable costs
to the department to conduct a social content review pursuant to this
section. The publishers and manufacturers shall be provided notice
of the establishment of the fee.
   (d) Revenue derived from fees charged pursuant to subdivision (c)
shall be budgeted as reimbursements and subject to review through the
annual budget process and may be used to pay costs associated with
the social content review of instructional materials.
   (e) This section shall remain in effect only until January 1,
2017, and as of that date is repealed, unless a later enacted
statute, that is enacted before January 1, 2017, deletes or extends
that date.