BILL NUMBER:  SB 930
  VETOED	DATE: 09/30/2010




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To the Members of the California State Senate:

I am returning Senate Bill 930 without my signature.

The State Board of Education recently adopted the Common Core
standards, with additions from California's existing standards.  In
anticipation of a newly realigned assessment and accountability
system, this bill is premature.  This bill would require the
inclusion of additional components involving primary language
assessments, in the current, and any future, assessment and
accountability systems.  This has the potential to conflict with any
of the anticipated larger federal or state efforts on assessments and
accountability.

Ultimately, I continue to believe that schools should remain focused
on providing English Learners with the necessary instruction and
support to become English proficient.  As an immigrant myself, I
believe strongly that learning English as quickly as possible is
essential to success in this state and this country.  Therefore, I
want to ensure that there are no disincentives in our school system
to achieving that goal for our English Learner student population.

For these reasons, I am unable to sign this bill.

Sincerely,



Arnold Schwarzenegger