BILL NUMBER: AB 2862	AMENDED
	BILL TEXT

	AMENDED IN ASSEMBLY  MARCH 17, 2016

INTRODUCED BY   Assembly Member O'Donnell

                        FEBRUARY 19, 2016

   An act  relating to state educational agencies. 
   to add Chapter 3.5 (commencing with Section 345) to
Part 1 of Division 1 of Title 1 of the Education Code, relating to
English learn   ers. 



	LEGISLATIVE COUNSEL'S DIGEST


   AB 2862, as amended, O'Donnell.  State educational
agencies.   English learners: designated English
language development.  
   Existing law requires each school district that has one or more
pupils who are English learners, and, to the extent required by
federal law, a county office of education and a charter school, to
assess the English language development of each of those pupils in
order to determine the pupil's level of proficiency. Existing law
requires the State Department of Education, with the approval of the
State Board of Education, to establish procedures for conducting the
assessment and for the reclassification of a pupil from English
learner to English proficient.  
   This bill would state that the English Language Arts/English
Language Development Framework adopted by the State Board of
Education in 2014 requires that English learners at all English
proficiency levels and at all ages receive both integrated English
language development and specialized attention to their particular
language learning needs, otherwise known as designated English
language development, as part of their daily curriculum. The bill
would define designated English Language development and integrated
English language development for purposes of this framework. 

   Existing law establishes the State Board of Education to consist
of 10 members appointed by the Governor with the advice and consent
of 2/3 of the Senate.  
   Existing law establishes the State Department of Education in
state government, and vests the department with specified powers and
duties relating to the state's public school system. 

   This bill would express the Legislature's intent to enact
legislation that outlines the powers and duties of state educational
agencies. 
   Vote: majority. Appropriation: no. Fiscal committee:  no
  yes  . State-mandated local program: no.


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

   SECTION 1.    Chapter 3.5 (commencing with Section
345) is added to Part 1 of Division 1 of Title 1 of   the
  Education Code   , to read:  
      CHAPTER 3.5.  ENGLISH LEARNERS


   345.  (a) The English Language Arts/English Language Development
Framework adopted by the state board in 2014 states that English
learners at all English proficiency levels and at all ages require
both integrated English language development and specialized
attention to their particular language learning needs, otherwise
known as designated English language development, as part of their
daily curriculum.
   (b) With respect to the framework referenced above, the following
definitions shall apply:
   (1) "Designated English language development" means instruction
designed for English learners, according to their level of English
proficiency, to overcome language barriers in a reasonable amount of
time, during a protected time in the regular schoolday, in which
teachers use the California English Language Development Standards as
the focal standards in ways that build into and from content
instruction in order to develop critical language English learners'
need for content learning in English.
   (2) "Integrated English language development" means instruction in
which all teachers with English learners in their classrooms,
regardless of the course content, use the California English Language
Development Standards in tandem with the California state standards.
 
       
  SECTION 1.    It is the intent of the Legislature
to enact legislation that outlines the powers and duties of state
educational agencies.