BILL NUMBER: AB 756	AMENDED
	BILL TEXT

	AMENDED IN ASSEMBLY  APRIL 7, 2005

INTRODUCED BY   Assembly Member Goldberg

                        FEBRUARY 18, 2005

    An act relating to public schools.   An act
to add Section 60050 to the Education Code, relating to instructional
materials. 



	LEGISLATIVE COUNSEL'S DIGEST


   AB 756, as amended, Goldberg.  Instructional materials: 
use of technology   page limitation  .
   Existing law requires the State Board of Education to adopt at
least 5 separate basic instructional materials, as defined, for use
in kindergarten and each of grades 1 to 8, inclusive, in language
arts, mathematics, science, social science, bilingual or bicultural
subjects, and any other subject, discipline or interdisciplinary
areas for which the state board determines the adoption of
instructional materials to be necessary or desirable.
   Existing law requires the governing board of a school district
maintaining one or more high schools to adopt textbooks for use in
the high schools and authorizes only textbooks of publishers who
comply with certain requirements to be adopted.
   Existing law required the State Board of Education  by
Education  by July 1, 2004, to adopt maximum weight
standards for textbooks, as specified.
   This bill would  declare the intent of the Legislature to
enact legislation that would facilitate and enhance pupil learning by
enabling   prohibit  the State Board of Education
and school districts  to adopt   from adopting
 instructional materials that  make use of technology
and multimedia materials to supplement and reduce the cost and size
of conventional textbooks   exceed 200 pages in length
 .
   Vote: majority. Appropriation: no. Fiscal committee: no.
State-mandated local program: no.


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

  
  SECTION 1.  It is the intent of the Legislature to enact
legislation that would facilitate and enhance pupil learning by
enabling the State Board of Education and school districts to adopt
instructional materials that make use of technology and multimedia
materials to supplement and reduce the cost and size of conventional
textbooks.  
  SECTION 1.   Section 60050 is added to the   Education
Code   , to read:  
   60050.  (a) Neither the state board nor a governing board may
adopt instructional materials that exceed 200 pages in length.
   (b) The Legislature encourages the use of technology and
multimedia materials in order to comply with subdivision (a) and
reduce the cost and weight of textbooks.