BILL ANALYSIS �
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CONCURRENCE IN SENATE AMENDMENTS
AB 1719 (Fuentes)
As Amended August 24, 2012
Majority vote
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|ASSEMBLY: |77-0 |(May 30, 2012) |SENATE: |38-0 |(August 28, |
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Original Committee Reference: ED.
SUMMARY : Establishes a process for the review and approval of
supplemental instructional materials (SIMs) that are aligned
with the revised English language development (ELD) standards
for English learner (EL) pupils and requires the California
Department of Education (CDE) to review and approve SIMs aligned
to the mathematics common core academic content standards, as
specified.
The Senate amendments:
1)Require the list of approved ELD SIMs for use in kindergarten
and grades 1-8, inclusive, (K-8) be developed by March 1,
2014, instead of January 1, 2014.
2)Stipulate that the ELD SIMs shall provide a bridge between the
current and the revised ELD standards with the purpose of
ensuring the supplemental materials address the unique
features of the ELD standards and remain consistent with the
relevant elements of the evaluation criteria for English
language arts (ELA) SIMs.
3)Delete the requirement that content review experts serve
without compensation.
4)Add a new section relative to the development of a list, of
SIMs for use in kindergarten and grades 1 to 7, inclusive,
that are aligned with the common core standards in mathematics
by doing all of the following:
a) Requiring the CDE to recommend, and the State Board of
Education (SBE) to approve, content review experts to
review, in an open and transparent process, supplemental
instructional materials submitted for approval and
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stipulating that the majority of content review experts
shall be elementary and secondary school teachers who are
credentialed in the subject area under review;
b) Providing that the review of supplemental instructional
materials shall be in addition to the review of
supplemental instructional materials previously authorized
through SB 140 (Lowenthal), Chapter 623, Statutes of 2011,
and requiring the review to be based upon previously
approved evaluation criteria;
c) Requiring the review to be open to publishers and
manufacturers of supplemental instructional materials in
mathematics that previously submitted SIMs that supplement
any mathematics program that is not a current state-adopted
program;
d) Requiring, on or before July 30, 2013, the SBE to do the
following:
i) Approve all, or a portion, of the list of SIMs
proposed by the CDE, taking into consideration the review
of the content review experts and any other relevant
information, as appropriate; or,
ii) Reject all, or a portion, of the list of SIMs
proposed by the CDE, taking into consideration the review
of the content review experts and any other relevant
information, as appropriate;
e) Authorizing the SBE to add an item to the list of SIMs
proposed by the CDE;
f) Specifying that if the SBE rejects all, or a portion, of
the list of SIMs proposed by the CDE, 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, and
prohibiting the SBE from adding SIMs to the list at the
same time it provides its written reason for adding the
material; and instead, requiring the SBE to approve the
added material at a subsequent public meeting;
g) Requiring the SBE, if it modifies the recommendations
proposed by the CDE, to act at its next scheduled meeting
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or within sixty days of July 30, 2013;
h) Stipulating that publishers choosing to submit
supplemental instructional materials for approval by the
SBE shall submit standards maps;
i) Requiring the SBE to review SIMs for academic content,
social content, and instructional support to teachers and
pupils, and requiring the SIMs approved by the SBE to meet
required program criteria for grade-level programs, and ELs
and to include materials for use by teachers;
j) Requiring CDE to maintain on its Internet Web site the
list of approved math SIMs; and,
aa) Specifying that the CDE shall use federal carryover
funds received pursuant to Title I of the federal No Child
Left Behind Act of 2001 (NCLB) to implement these
provisions, and making these provisions inoperative on July
1, 2014.
5)Appropriate $500,000 in one time federal carryover funds
received pursuant to Title I of the federal NCLB for purposes
of conducting the ELD SIM review.
6)Make the provisions of this bill contingent on the enactment
of AB 1246 (Brownley) of the 2011-12 Regular Session.
FISCAL EFFECT : According to the Senate Appropriations
Committee, approximately $140,000 in 2013-14, and $140,000 in
2014-15 in CDE staff workload costs, and 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.
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
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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
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.
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.
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."
Math SIMs: Earlier this year, the CDE announced a temporary
suspension of the review authorized under SB 140 (Lowenthal) for
common core math SIMs. According to CDE the recruitment of
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reviewers did not keep pace with the demand posed by the
dramatic turnout of publishers submitting materials for review.
SB 140 required that all reviewers be approved by the SBE which
has precluded CDE from recruiting more reviewers without missing
the deadlines established in statute. In order to continue the
review of all math SIMs that have already been submitted by
publishers, CDE needs statutory authority and an extension of
the deadline. As amended in the Senate, this bill adds a new
section that provides the authority for CDE to continue the
review of math SIMs.
Analysis Prepared by : Marisol Avi�a / ED. / (916) 319-2087
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