Bill Text: CA AB1521 | 2011-2012 | Regular Session | Chaptered

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Bill Title: Standardized Testing and Reporting Program: academic

Spectrum: Partisan Bill (Democrat 2-0)

Status: (Passed) 2012-09-21 - Chaptered by Secretary of State - Chapter 423, Statutes of 2012. [AB1521 Detail]

Download: California-2011-AB1521-Chaptered.html

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BILL NUMBER: AB 1521	CHAPTERED
	BILL TEXT

	CHAPTER  423
	FILED WITH SECRETARY OF STATE  SEPTEMBER 21, 2012
	APPROVED BY GOVERNOR  SEPTEMBER 21, 2012
	PASSED THE SENATE  AUGUST 28, 2012
	PASSED THE ASSEMBLY  AUGUST 29, 2012
	AMENDED IN SENATE  AUGUST 24, 2012
	AMENDED IN SENATE  AUGUST 16, 2012
	AMENDED IN SENATE  JULY 2, 2012
	AMENDED IN SENATE  JUNE 6, 2012
	AMENDED IN ASSEMBLY  APRIL 19, 2012
	AMENDED IN ASSEMBLY  APRIL 9, 2012
	AMENDED IN ASSEMBLY  MARCH 14, 2012

INTRODUCED BY   Assembly Member Brownley
   (Coauthor: Assembly Member Alejo)

                        JANUARY 18, 2012

   An act to add Section 60640.2 to the Education Code, relating to
pupil assessment.


	LEGISLATIVE COUNSEL'S DIGEST


   AB 1521, Brownley. Standardized Testing and Reporting Program:
academic achievement: assessment instrument.
   Existing law requires the Superintendent of Public Instruction,
with approval of the State Board of Education, to develop an Academic
Performance Index (API), as part of the Public School Performance
Accountability Program, to measure the performance of schools,
especially the academic performance of pupils. The Leroy Greene
California Assessment of Academic Achievement Act requires the
Superintendent to design and implement a statewide pupil assessment
program, known as the Standardized Testing and Reporting (STAR)
Program. Existing law requires the State Department of Education to
develop and adopt primary language assessments that are aligned to
the state academic content standards, as specified.
   This bill would authorize the department, subject to the approval
of the state board, to make available to school districts and charter
schools a primary language assessment, as specified, that allows
school districts and charter schools to assess pupils who are
enrolled in a dual language immersion program, as specified, and who
are either nonlimited English proficient or redesignated fluent
English proficient. The bill would require that a school district or
charter school that chooses to administer the primary language
assessment do so at its own expense, and enter into an agreement,
subject to the approval of the department, with the state testing
contractor, as specified.


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

  SECTION 1.  Section 60640.2 is added to the Education Code, to
read:
   60640.2.  (a) Subject to the approval of the state board, the
department may make available to school districts and charter schools
a primary language assessment developed pursuant to subparagraph (A)
of paragraph (3) of subdivision (f) of Section 60640 for assessing
pupils who are enrolled in a dual language immersion program that
includes the primary language of the assessment and who are either
nonlimited English proficient or redesignated fluent English
proficient. The cost for the assessment shall be the same for all
school districts and charter schools, and shall not exceed the
marginal cost of the assessment, including any cost the department
incurs to implement this section.
   (b) A school district or charter school that chooses to administer
a primary language assessment pursuant to this section shall do so
at its own expense, and shall enter into an agreement for that
purpose with the state testing contractor, as described in
subparagraph (C) of paragraph (3) of subdivision (f) of Section
60640, subject to the approval of the department.