BILL ANALYSIS �
AB 1719
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ASSEMBLY THIRD READING
AB 1719 (Fuentes)
As Amended May 25, 2012
Majority vote
EDUCATION 10-0 APPROPRIATIONS 17-0
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|Ayes:|Brownley, Norby, Ammiano, |Ayes:|Fuentes, Harkey, |
| |Buchanan, Butler, Carter, | |Blumenfield, Bradford, |
| |Eng, Halderman, Wagner, | |Charles Calderon, Campos, |
| |Williams | |Davis, Donnelly, Gatto, |
| | | |Ammiano, Hill, Lara, |
| | | |Mitchell, Nielsen, Norby, |
| | | |Solorio, Wagner |
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SUMMARY : Establishes a process for the review and approval of
supplemental instructional materials that are aligned with the
revised English language development (ELD) standards for English
learner pupils. Specifically, this bill :
1)Makes findings and declarations stating that the adoption of
the common core state standards and the English language
development (ELD) standards, coupled with the fact that there
are currently 1.4 million English learners (ELs) in
California, makes it critical to ensure the availability of
supplemental instructional materials for ELs.
2)Requires the California Department of Education (CDE) to
recommend, and the State Board of Education (SBE) to approve,
evaluation criteria to guide the development and review of
supplemental instructional materials for English learners.
3)Requires the CDE to develop a list by January 1, 2014, of
supplemental instructional materials for use in kindergarten
and grades 1-8, inclusive, that are aligned with the revised
ELD standards.
4)Requires CDE to recommend and the SBE to approve content
review experts to review, in an open and transparent process,
supplemental instructional materials submitted for approval,
and specifies that the majority of content review experts
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shall be elementary and secondary school teachers who are
credentialed in English language arts (ELA), possess the
appropriate state EL authorization, and have five years of
classroom experience instructing ELs. Requires the content
review experts to include persons from postsecondary
institutions and school and district curriculum administrators
possessing EL expertise, and others who are knowledgeable in
ELA and ELD.
5)Stipulates that the content review experts shall serve without
compensation.
6)Requires, on or before June 30, 2014, the SBE to approve or
reject, all, or a portion, of the list of supplemental
instructional materials proposed by CDE.
7)Provides, that if the SBE rejects all, or a portion, of the
list of supplemental instructional materials, or adds an item
to the list, the SBE, in a public meeting held pursuant to the
Bagley-Keene Open Meeting Act, shall provide written reasons
for the removal or addition of an item on the list. Prohibits
the SBE from approving a supplemental instructional material
it adds to the list at the same time it provides its written
reason for adding the material; and instead, requires the SBE
to approve the added material at a subsequent public meeting.
8)Authorizes a governing board of a school district and a county
board of education to approve supplemental instructional
materials other than those approved by the SBE if that
governing board performs specified reviews and determines that
other supplemental instructional materials are aligned with
the revised ELD standards and meet the needs of ELs in the
district. Specifies that the governing board of a school
district or the county board of education may only approve
supplemental instructional materials that comply with all of
the specified requirements.
9)Stipulates that supplemental instructional materials approved
by the governing board of a school district or county board of
education shall be reviewed by content review experts chosen
by the governing board and requires the content experts to
meet the same criteria as those selected at the state level
and to serve without compensation.
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10)Specifies that publishers choosing to submit supplemental
instructional materials for approval by the SBE shall submit
standards maps.
11)Requires the SBE and school districts to review the
supplemental instructional materials for academic content,
social content, and instructional support to teachers and
pupils. Requires the supplemental materials to meet required
program criteria for grade-level programs, include materials
for use by teachers, and comply with the social content review
requirements pursuant to existing law.
12)Requires CDE to maintain on its Internet Web site the list of
supplemental instructional materials approved by the SBE.
13)Makes the provisions of this bill inoperative on July 1,
2014, and, repeals them as of July 1, 2015, unless a later
enacted statute deletes or extends these dates.
FISCAL EFFECT : According to the Assembly Appropriations
Committee, administrative costs to CDE, likely between $150,000
and $250,000, to conduct a review of supplemental materials
pursuant to this measure.
COMMENTS : The SBE adopted the common core state standards in
language arts and mathematics on August 2, 2010, and last year
the Legislature approved and the Governor signed three measures
to start a process for transitioning into and implementing the
common core state standards. AB 250 (Brownley), Chapter 608,
Statutes of 2011, develops curriculum frameworks and
professional development modules aligned to the common core
standards and prepares the state's assessment system for
reauthorization and alignment with common core; AB 124
(Fuentes), Chapter 605, Statutes of 2011, requires alignment of
the ELD standards to the common core ELA standards; and, SB 140
(Lowenthal), Chapter 623, Statutes of 2011, creates a process
for the review and approval of supplemental instructional
materials to provide a transition to the common core standards.
This bill creates a substantially similar process to that
established by SB 140 (Lowenthal) for purposes of reviewing and
approving supplemental instructional materials that are aligned
with revised ELD standards. CDE is starting the process of
aligning the ELD standards with the common core ELA standards
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and it is expected that the advisory committee will complete its
work in the summer of 2012 and the SBE is required to adopt the
revised standards by September 30, 2012, unless modifications
need to be made.
Need for the bill: In the 2010-2011 school year, 1.4 million EL
pupils were enrolled in California public schools, representing
approximately 23% of the total pupil enrollment.
AB 2 X4 (Evans), Chapter 2, Statutes of 2009-10 Fourth
Extraordinary Session, and SB 70 (Budget and Fiscal Review
Committee), Chapter 7, Statutes of 2011, suspend the requirement
for the SBE to adopt instructional materials for use in K-8
until the 2015-16 fiscal year, and relieves local educational
agencies (LEAs) from the requirement to purchase newly adopted
instructional materials within a specified timeframe following
adoption of those materials until the 2015-16 fiscal year. The
process for adopting instructional materials has been suspended
for the next three years, however given that the state has
adopted new content standards in ELA and math, and will soon be
adopting new ELD standards, there will be a need to provide
teachers and school districts tools that will help their ELs in
the transition to the common core.
Supplemental instructional materials: The development of a list
of supplemental instructional materials is a one-time activity
and a short-term, temporary solution to dealing with the budget
restrictions on instructional materials while still providing
districts with tools necessary for their ELs to access the
common core standards. Supplemental instructional materials do
not typically undergo a state-level review process, except to
ensure compliance with social content requirements. The process
envisioned by this bill is to assist districts in identifying
materials that meet the recently-adopted common core standards
and the revised ELD standards.
The author states, "With the state's transition to the Common
Core Standards in ELA, it is imperative the state not overlook
the importance of providing teachers who instruct ELL �English
language learner] pupils with the necessary tools to ensure
their pupils' achieve English proficiency via the revised ELD
Standards and academic proficiency in the Common Core Standards
in ELA."
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Analysis Prepared by : Marisol Avi�a / ED. / (916) 319-2087
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