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          ASSEMBLY THIRD READING
          AB 1719 (Fuentes)
          As Amended  May 25, 2012
          Majority vote 

           EDUCATION           10-0        APPROPRIATIONS      17-0        
           
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          |Ayes:|Brownley, Norby, Ammiano, |Ayes:|Fuentes, Harkey,          |
          |     |Buchanan, Butler, Carter, |     |Blumenfield, Bradford,    |
          |     |Eng, Halderman, Wagner,   |     |Charles Calderon, Campos, |
          |     |Williams                  |     |Davis, Donnelly, Gatto,   |
          |     |                          |     |Ammiano, Hill, Lara,      |
          |     |                          |     |Mitchell, Nielsen, Norby, |
          |     |                          |     |Solorio, Wagner           |
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           SUMMARY  :  Establishes a process for the review and approval of 
          supplemental instructional materials that are aligned with the 
          revised English language development (ELD) standards for English 
          learner pupils.  Specifically,  this bill  :  

          1)Makes findings and declarations stating that the adoption of 
            the common core state standards and the English language 
            development (ELD) standards, coupled with the fact that there 
            are currently 1.4 million English learners (ELs) in 
            California, makes it critical to ensure the availability of 
            supplemental instructional materials for ELs.  

          2)Requires the California Department of Education (CDE) to 
            recommend, and the State Board of Education (SBE) to approve, 
            evaluation criteria to guide the development and review of 
            supplemental instructional materials for English learners. 

          3)Requires the CDE to develop a list by January 1, 2014, of 
            supplemental instructional materials for use in kindergarten 
            and grades 1-8, inclusive, that are aligned with the revised 
            ELD standards.  

          4)Requires CDE to recommend and the SBE to approve content 
            review experts to review, in an open and transparent process, 
            supplemental instructional materials submitted for approval, 
            and specifies that the majority of content review experts 








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            shall be elementary and secondary school teachers who are 
            credentialed in English language arts (ELA), possess the 
            appropriate state EL authorization, and have five years of 
            classroom experience instructing ELs.  Requires the content 
            review experts to include persons from postsecondary 
            institutions and school and district curriculum administrators 
            possessing EL expertise, and others who are knowledgeable in 
            ELA and ELD.

          5)Stipulates that the content review experts shall serve without 
            compensation.

          6)Requires, on or before June 30, 2014, the SBE to approve or 
            reject, all, or a portion, of the list of supplemental 
            instructional materials proposed by CDE. 

          7)Provides, that if the SBE rejects all, or a portion, of the 
            list of supplemental instructional materials, or adds an item 
            to the list, the SBE, in a public meeting held pursuant to the 
            Bagley-Keene Open Meeting Act, shall provide written reasons 
            for the removal or addition of an item on the list.  Prohibits 
            the SBE from approving a supplemental instructional material 
            it adds to the list at the same time it provides its written 
            reason for adding the material; and instead, requires the SBE 
            to approve the added material at a subsequent public meeting.

          8)Authorizes a governing board of a school district and a county 
            board of education to approve supplemental instructional 
            materials other than those approved by the SBE if that 
            governing board performs specified reviews and determines that 
            other supplemental instructional materials are aligned with 
            the revised ELD standards and meet the needs of ELs in the 
            district.  Specifies that the governing board of a school 
            district or the county board of education may only approve 
            supplemental instructional materials that comply with all of 
            the specified requirements.

          9)Stipulates that supplemental instructional materials approved 
            by the governing board of a school district or county board of 
            education shall be reviewed by content review experts chosen 
            by the governing board and requires the content experts to 
            meet the same criteria as those selected at the state level 
            and to serve without compensation.









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          10)Specifies that publishers choosing to submit supplemental 
            instructional materials for approval by the SBE shall submit 
            standards maps.

          11)Requires the SBE and school districts to review the 
            supplemental instructional materials for academic content, 
            social content, and instructional support to teachers and 
            pupils.  Requires the supplemental materials to meet required 
            program criteria for grade-level programs, include materials 
            for use by teachers, and comply with the social content review 
            requirements pursuant to existing law.

          12)Requires CDE to maintain on its Internet Web site the list of 
            supplemental instructional materials approved by the SBE.

          13)Makes the provisions of this bill inoperative on July 1, 
            2014, and, repeals them as of July 1, 2015, unless a later 
            enacted statute deletes or extends these dates.

           FISCAL EFFECT  :  According to the Assembly Appropriations 
          Committee, administrative costs to CDE, likely between $150,000 
          and $250,000, to conduct a review of supplemental materials 
          pursuant to this measure. 
           
          COMMENTS  :  The SBE adopted the common core state standards in 
          language arts and mathematics on August 2, 2010, and last year 
          the Legislature approved and the Governor signed three measures 
          to start a process for transitioning into and implementing the 
          common core state standards.  AB 250 (Brownley), Chapter 608, 
          Statutes of 2011, develops curriculum frameworks and 
          professional development modules aligned to the common core 
          standards and prepares the state's assessment system for 
          reauthorization and alignment with common core; AB 124 
          (Fuentes), Chapter 605, Statutes of 2011, requires alignment of 
          the ELD standards to the common core ELA standards; and, SB 140 
          (Lowenthal), Chapter 623, Statutes of 2011, creates a process 
          for the review and approval of supplemental instructional 
          materials to provide a transition to the common core standards.

          This bill creates a substantially similar process to that 
          established by SB 140 (Lowenthal) for purposes of reviewing and 
          approving supplemental instructional materials that are aligned 
          with revised ELD standards.  CDE is starting the process of 
          aligning the ELD standards with the common core ELA standards 








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          and it is expected that the advisory committee will complete its 
          work in the summer of 2012 and the SBE is required to adopt the 
          revised standards by September 30, 2012, unless modifications 
          need to be made.

          Need for the bill:  In the 2010-2011 school year, 1.4 million EL 
          pupils were enrolled in California public schools, representing 
          approximately 23% of the total pupil enrollment.  

          AB 2 X4 (Evans), Chapter 2, Statutes of 2009-10 Fourth 
          Extraordinary Session, and SB 70 (Budget and Fiscal Review 
          Committee), Chapter 7, Statutes of 2011, suspend the requirement 
          for the SBE to adopt instructional materials for use in K-8 
          until the 2015-16 fiscal year, and relieves local educational 
          agencies (LEAs) from the requirement to purchase newly adopted 
          instructional materials within a specified timeframe following 
          adoption of those materials until the 2015-16 fiscal year.  The 
          process for adopting instructional materials has been suspended 
          for the next three years, however given that the state has 
          adopted new content standards in ELA and math, and will soon be 
          adopting new ELD standards, there will be a need to provide 
          teachers and school districts tools that will help their ELs in 
          the transition to the common core.  

          Supplemental instructional materials:  The development of a list 
          of supplemental instructional materials is a one-time activity 
          and a short-term, temporary solution to dealing with the budget 
          restrictions on instructional materials while still providing 
          districts with tools necessary for their ELs to access the 
          common core standards.  Supplemental instructional materials do 
          not typically undergo a state-level review process, except to 
          ensure compliance with social content requirements.  The process 
          envisioned by this bill is to assist districts in identifying 
          materials that meet the recently-adopted common core standards 
          and the revised ELD standards.  

          The author states, "With the state's transition to the Common 
          Core Standards in ELA, it is imperative the state not overlook 
          the importance of providing teachers who instruct ELL ÝEnglish 
          language learner] pupils with the necessary tools to ensure 
          their pupils' achieve English proficiency via the revised ELD 
          Standards and academic proficiency in the Common Core Standards 
          in ELA."









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           Analysis Prepared by  :    Marisol Aviña / ED. / (916) 319-2087 



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