BILL NUMBER: AB 2553	INTRODUCED
	BILL TEXT


INTRODUCED BY   Assembly Member Brownley

                        FEBRUARY 19, 2010

   An act to add Article 19.6 (commencing with Section 8433) to
Chapter 2 of Part 6 of Division 1 of Title 1 of the Education Code,
relating to child development services.


	LEGISLATIVE COUNSEL'S DIGEST


   AB 2553, as introduced, Brownley. Child development services:
school readiness.
   Existing law requires the State Department of Education to develop
prekindergarten learning development guidelines, focusing on
preparing 4- and 5-year-old children for kindergarten. The guidelines
are required to identify appropriate developmental milestones for
each age, how to assess where children are in relation to the
milestones, and suggested methods for achieving the milestones.
   This bill would require the department to collect data that will
assess the school readiness of children entering kindergarten and
that reflect all of the major domains of child development, as
specified.
   Vote: majority. Appropriation: no. Fiscal committee: yes.
State-mandated local program: no.


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

  SECTION 1.  Article 19.6 (commencing with Section 8433) is added to
Chapter 2 of Part 6 of Division 1 of Title 1 of the Education Code,
to read:

      Article 19.6.  School Readiness Data


   8433.  The department shall collect data that will accurately and
appropriately assess the school readiness of children entering
kindergarten and that reflect all of the major domains of child
development, including, but not limited to, social and emotional
development, physical well-being and motor development, language and
comprehension development, and cognition and general knowledge.