BILL ANALYSIS �
Senate Appropriations Committee Fiscal Summary
Senator Christine Kehoe, Chair
AB 1719 (Fuentes) - English Language Development: Supplemental
Materials
Amended: August 6, 2012 Policy Vote: Education 9-0
Urgency: No Mandate: No
Hearing Date: August 16, 2012
Consultant: Jacqueline Wong-Hernandez
SUSPENSE FILE. AS PROPOSED TO BE AMENDED.
Bill Summary: AB 1719 provides for the development and review of
supplemental instructional materials for English learners to
serve as a bridge between the revised and aligned English
language development (ELD) standards to the California Common
Core language arts standards.
Fiscal Impact:
Staff/workload: Approximately $140,000 in 2013-14, and
$140,000 in 2014-15.
Contracts: Up to $500,000 to contract with local entities
to provide teachers and other content experts to review
materials, including the cost of travel and substitute
teachers.
Background: Existing law establishes the Academic Content
Standards Commission which was required to develop common core
academic content standards in language and mathematics, as
specified. Pursuant to these provisions, the standards were
presented to the State Board of Education (SBE) which adopted
the proposed common core academic content standards in English
language arts and mathematics in August 2010. (Education Code �
60605.8)
Existing law also requires the SBE to approve ELD standards for
students whose primary language is other than English and also
requires that these standards be comparable in rigor and
specificity to the Common Core content standards adopted for
English language arts. (Education Code � 60811)
Existing law also requires the Superintendent of Public
Instruction, in consultation with the SBE, to update, revise,
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and align the ELD standards to the Common Core standards for
English Language Arts by August 31, 2012, and requires the SBE
to adopt, reject, or revise these standards by September 30,
2012. (Education Code � 60811.3)
Proposed Law: AB 1719 provides for the development and review of
supplemental instructional materials for English learners to
serve as a bridge between the revised and aligned ELD standards
to the California common core language arts standards.
Specifically, it requires the CDE to: 1) Recommend, and the SBE
approve, evaluation criteria to guide the development and review
of supplemental instructional materials for English learners; 2)
On a one time basis and by January 1, 2014, develop a list of
supplemental instructional materials for use in K-8, that are
aligned with the revised ELD standards adopted pursuant to
specified law; 3) develop supplemental instructional materials
that provide a bridge between the revised and aligned ELD
standards to the California common core language arts standards;
4) Recommend, and the SBE to approve, content review experts, to
serve without compensation, to review materials submitted for
this purpose using an open and transparent process, and further
specifies that the majority of content review experts approved
should be credentialed teachers who meet specified criteria
regarding English language learner instruction and experience,
and should also include administrators with specified English
learner experience and expertise; and, 5) maintain a list of SBE
approved supplemental instructional materials on its website.
This bill also authorizes a school district governing board and
a county board of education to approve supplemental
instructional materials other than those approved by the SBE if
they determine that other supplemental instructional materials
are aligned with the revised ELD standards and meet the needs of
their English learner students, as specified. This bill's
provisions sunsets on July 1, 2014.
Related Legislation: SB 140 (Lowenthal) Ch. 623/2011 required
CDE to develop a list of supplemental instructional materials
for grades K-8 aligned with Common Core standards in ELA. The
purpose of the supplemental instructional materials is to
provide a bridge between the Common Core Standards in ELA and
the ELA content.
AB 124 (Fuentes) Ch. 605/2011 established the ELD Advisory
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Committee for the purpose of aligning the ELD Standards to the
CSS in ELA.
Staff Comments: This bill builds on the requirements of AB 124
(Fuentes) which required the CDE to revise and align ELD
standards to Common Core standards in ELA. It provides a process
by which the CDE will review and approve supplemental
instructional materials to serve as a bridge between the
standards. That work is scheduled to be completed in November
2012.
In order to develop and review supplemental instructional
materials, the CDE estimates it will require approximately .25
time from 5 PYs from January 2013 to July 2014, to support this
work, at a total cost of $280,000. The CDE will contract with
LEAs to provide the content experts (most of which will be
teachers) to participate in the content review process. The CDE
estimates the total contract costs to be approximately $390,000,
including paying for substitute teachers, and meeting materials.
Another $20,000 will be needed for travel expenses for all
involved parties.
Proposed Author Amendments: Provide for specific federal funding
to implement this bill, clarify implementation, and make the
bill contingent upon the enactment of AB 1246 (Brownley).