BILL NUMBER: AB 1374	INTRODUCED
	BILL TEXT


INTRODUCED BY   Assembly Member Brownley

                        FEBRUARY 27, 2009

   An act to amend Section 60422 of the Education Code, relating to
instructional materials.


	LEGISLATIVE COUNSEL'S DIGEST


   AB 1374, as introduced, Brownley. Instructional materials.
   Existing law requires a local governing board to use specified
funds to ensure that each pupil is provided with a standards-aligned
textbook or basic instructional materials by the beginning of the
first school term that commences no later than 24 months after those
materials were adopted by the State Board of Education.
   This bill would allow a local governing board to also use this
funding to purchase technology-based instructional materials. This
bill would also make several technical, nonsubstantive changes to
these provisions.
   Vote: majority. Appropriation: no. Fiscal committee: no.
State-mandated local program: no.
   AB 1374, as introduced, Brownley. Instructional materials.
   Existing law requires a local governing board to use specified
funds to ensure that each pupil is provided with a standards-aligned
textbook or basic instructional materials by the beginning of the
first school term that commences no later than 24 months after those
materials were adopted by the State Board of Education.
   This bill would allow a local governing board to also use this
funding to purchase technology-based instructional materials. This
bill would also make several technical, nonsubstantive changes to
these provisions.
   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.  Section 60422 of the Education Code is amended to read:

   60422.  (a) A local governing board shall use funding received
pursuant to this chapter to ensure that each pupil is provided with a
standards-aligned textbook or basic instructional materials, as
adopted by the  State Board of Education  state
board  subsequent to the adoption of content standards pursuant
to Section 60605 for kindergarten and grades 1 to 8, inclusive, or as
adopted by the local governing board pursuant to Sections 60400 and
60411, for grades 9 to 12, inclusive. Pupils shall be provided with
standards-aligned textbooks or basic instructional materials by the
beginning of the first school term that commences no later than 24
months after those materials were adopted by the  State Board
of Education   state board  . 
   (b) Notwithstanding any other law, a local governing board may use
funding received pursuant to this chapter to purchase
technology-based instructional materials.  
   (b) 
    (c)    Once a governing board certifies
compliance with subdivision (a) with regard to standards-aligned
instructional materials in the core curriculum areas of
reading/language arts, mathematics, science, and history/social
sciences, and if the governing board of a school district has met the
eligibility requirements of Section 60119, the remaining funds may
only be used consistent with subdivision (a) of Section 60242 and
pursuant to Section 60242.5. 
   (c) 
    (d)   The  State Board of Education
  state board  may grant the school district
additional time to meet the purchasing requirements of subdivision
(a) if the governing board of the school district demonstrates, to
the satisfaction of the state board, that all of the following
criteria apply to the district:
   (1) The school district has implemented a well-designed,
standards-aligned basic instructional materials program.
   (2) The school district, at the time of its request for additional
time pursuant to this subdivision, has sufficient textbooks or basic
instructional materials for use by each pupil.
   (3) The school district has adopted a plan for the purchase of
standards-aligned instructional materials in accordance with
subdivision (a)  but  that  plan 
indicated an alternative date for compliance that is declared in the
request for additional time. 
   (d) 
    (e)    The funds provided for the purchase of
instructional materials in Schedules 1 and 2 of Item 6110-189-0001
and paragraph 6 of Item 6110-485 of Section 2.00 of the Budget Act of
2002  (Chapter 379 of the Statutes of 2002)  shall be used
for the purposes of, and allocated consistent with, this chapter.

  SECTION 1.  Section 60422 of the Education Code is amended to read:

   60422.  (a) A local governing board shall use funding received
pursuant to this chapter to ensure that each pupil is provided with a
standards-aligned textbook or basic instructional materials, as
adopted by the  State Board of Education  state
board  subsequent to the adoption of content standards pursuant
to Section 60605 for kindergarten and grades 1 to 8, inclusive, or as
adopted by the local governing board pursuant to Sections 60400 and
60411, for grades 9 to 12, inclusive. Pupils shall be provided with
standards-aligned textbooks or basic instructional materials by the
beginning of the first school term that commences no later than 24
months after those materials were adopted by the  State Board
of Education   state board  . 
   (b) Notwithstanding any other law, a local governing board may use
funding received pursuant to this chapter to purchase
technology-based instructional materials.  
   (b) 
    (c)    Once a governing board certifies
compliance with subdivision (a) with regard to standards-aligned
instructional materials in the core curriculum areas of
reading/language arts, mathematics, science, and history/social
sciences, and if the governing board of a school district has met the
eligibility requirements of Section 60119, the remaining funds may
only be used consistent with subdivision (a) of Section 60242 and
pursuant to Section 60242.5. 
   (c) 
    (d)   The  State Board of Education
  state board  may grant the school district
additional time to meet the purchasing requirements of subdivision
(a) if the governing board of the school district demonstrates, to
the satisfaction of the state board, that all of the following
criteria apply to the district:
   (1) The school district has implemented a well-designed,
standards-aligned basic instructional materials program.
   (2) The school district, at the time of its request for additional
time pursuant to this subdivision, has sufficient textbooks or basic
instructional materials for use by each pupil.
   (3) The school district has adopted a plan for the purchase of
standards-aligned instructional materials in accordance with
subdivision (a)  but  that  plan 
indicated an alternative date for compliance that is declared in the
request for additional time. 
   (d) 
    (e)    The funds provided for the purchase of
instructional materials in Schedules 1 and 2 of Item 6110-189-0001
and paragraph 6 of Item 6110-485 of Section 2.00 of the Budget Act of
2002  (Chapter 379 of the Statutes of 2002)  shall be used
for the purposes of, and allocated consistent with, this chapter.