BILL ANALYSIS
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CONSENT
Bill No: AB 1742
Author: Coto (D), et al
Amended: 6/17/10 in Senate
Vote: 21
SENATE EDUCATION COMMITTEE : 6-0, 6/23/10
AYES: Romero, Huff, Alquist, Emmerson, Liu, Price
NO VOTE RECORDED: Hancock, Simitian, Wyland
ASSEMBLY FLOOR : 76-0, 5/13/10 (Consent) - See last page
for vote
SUBJECT : Non-public schools: technology-based
instructional
materials
SOURCE : Spectrum Center Students Schools
DIGEST : This bill specifies that instructional materials
to which pupils attending a non-public school are to have
access include technology-based materials.
ANALYSIS :
Existing law:
1. Allows instruction and services by a non-public school
(NPS) and a non-public agency to be provided to pupils
with disabilities under contract with a local
educational agency (LEA), as specified, if no
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appropriate public education program is available.
2. Requires an NPS to certify in writing to the
Superintendent of Public Instruction that it meets
specific requirements, including that pupils have access
to curricula and instructional materials that are
approved by the State Board of Education for
kindergarten and grades 1-8, and to standards-aligned
materials used by any LEA that contracts with the NPS
for grades 9-12, and that those materials are consistent
with each pupil's individualized education program.
3. Defines "technology-based materials" as basic or
supplemental instructional materials designed as
learning resources that require the availability of
electronic equipment in order to be used as a learning
resource. The equipment necessary to operate the
materials are not considered technology-based materials
unless that equipment is to be used as a learning
resource.
4. Authorizes a governing board of a school district, once
the district certifies that each pupil has been provided
with standards-aligned textbooks or basic instructional
materials in the core curriculum areas of
reading/language arts, mathematics, science, and
history/social sciences, to use any remaining
instructional materials funding for other stated
purposes, such as to purchase supplementary
instructional materials and technology-based materials.
This bill states that the core curriculum and instructional
materials to which pupils attending a non-public school
must have access include technology-based materials, as
defined in current law.
Prior and Related Legislation
AB 2694 (Blumenfield), 2009-10 Session, revises the
definition of "supplementary instructional materials" and
requires governing boards of school districts when adopting
instructional materials to include the use of relevant
technological instructional materials, as specified. The
bill is on Senate Third Reading.
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AB 216 (Bass), Chapter 382, Statutes of 2007, provides that
for K-8, an NPS shall provide pupils access to
state-adopted, standards-based, core curriculum and
instructional materials, and for grades 9-12, inclusive,
requires an NPS to provide pupils access to
standards-based, core curriculum and instructional
materials used by any LEA that contracts with the NPS.
AB 1398 (Blumenfield), Chapter 293, Statutes of 2009,
modifies the definition of technology-based materials to
include the electronic equipment required to make use of
such materials if that equipment is to be used by pupils
and teachers as a learning resource.
FISCAL EFFECT : Appropriation: No Fiscal Com.: No
Local: No
SUPPORT : (Verified 6/23/10)
Spectrum Center Students Schools (source)
California Association of Private Special Education Schools
California Federation of Teachers
California School Boards Association
California State PTA
ARGUMENTS IN SUPPORT : According to the author, "AB 1742
ensures equal access to technology for all students with
special needs, including those attending 'nonpublic,
nonsectarian schools,' by encouraging Individualized
Education Teams to determine the appropriateness of
technology for students with autism and other related
disorders, through the students' individualized education
program via an alignment with AB 1398 (Blumenfield)."
ASSEMBLY FLOOR :
AYES: Adams, Ammiano, Anderson, Arambula, Bass, Beall,
Bill Berryhill, Tom Berryhill, Blakeslee, Block,
Blumenfield, Bradford, Brownley, Buchanan, Charles
Calderon, Carter, Chesbro, Conway, Cook, Coto, Davis, De
La Torre, De Leon, DeVore, Emmerson, Eng, Evans, Feuer,
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Fletcher, Fong, Fuentes, Fuller, Furutani, Gaines,
Galgiani, Garrick, Gilmore, Hagman, Hall, Harkey,
Hayashi, Hernandez, Hill, Huber, Huffman, Jeffries,
Jones, Knight, Lieu, Logue, Bonnie Lowenthal, Ma,
Mendoza, Miller, Monning, Nava, Nestande, Niello,
Nielsen, V. Manuel Perez, Portantino, Ruskin, Salas,
Saldana, Silva, Smyth, Solorio, Audra Strickland,
Swanson, Torlakson, Torres, Torrico, Tran, Villines,
Yamada, John A. Perez
NO VOTE RECORDED: Caballero, Norby, Skinner, Vacancy
PQ:mw 6/24/10 Senate Floor Analyses
SUPPORT/OPPOSITION: SEE ABOVE
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