BILL ANALYSIS Ó
SENATE COMMITTEE ON APPROPRIATIONS
Senator Ricardo Lara, Chair
2015 - 2016 Regular Session
AB 491 (Gonzalez) - English learners: identification: notice
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|Version: June 23, 2016 |Policy Vote: ED. 9 - 0 |
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|Urgency: No |Mandate: Yes |
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|Hearing Date: August 11, 2016 |Consultant: Jillian Kissee |
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*********** ANALYSIS ADDENDUM - SUSPENSE FILE ***********
The following information is revised to reflect amendments
adopted by the committee on August 11, 2016
Bill
Summary: This bill expands parental notification requirements
relative to long-term English learners; requires the California
Department of Education (CDE) to develop a sample notification
letter disclosing the use of the results of the home language
survey which determines the primary language of a student upon
enrollment; and requires districts to provide the letter to
parents at the time the home language survey is provided.
Fiscal
Impact:
The CDE estimates one-time costs of $32,000 General Fund to
develop a sample notification letter.
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State reimbursable mandate costs potentially in the hundreds
of thousands for school districts to provide the notification
letter to parents or guardians of a student when the home
language survey is provided, and to expand the information to
be included in the parent notice of assessment of his or her
child's English language proficiency. (Proposition 98)
Author
Amendments: Clarifies the intent of this bill is not to require
testing of a student's primary language proficiency.
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