Bill Text: CA SB140 | 2011-2012 | Regular Session | Amended

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Bill Title: Instructional materials.

Spectrum: Partisan Bill (Democrat 1-0)

Status: (Passed) 2011-10-08 - Chaptered by Secretary of State. Chapter 623, Statutes of 2011. [SB140 Detail]

Download: California-2011-SB140-Amended.html

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BILL NUMBER: SB 140	AMENDED
	BILL TEXT

	AMENDED IN SENATE  MAY 24, 2011

INTRODUCED BY   Senator Lowenthal

                        JANUARY 31, 2011

   An act to add Section  60605.85   60605.86
 to the Education Code, relating to pupil instruction.


	LEGISLATIVE COUNSEL'S DIGEST


   SB 140, as amended, Lowenthal. Instructional materials: common
core academic content standards.
   Existing law establishes the Academic Content Standards
Commission, consisting of 12 appointed members, as specified. The
commission is required to develop academic content standards in
language arts and mathematics and to present its recommended academic
content standards to the State Board of Education. Existing law
requires at least 85% of these standards to be the common core
academic standards developed by the Common Core State Standards
Initiative consortium or any associated or related interstate
collaboration. Existing law requires the state board to adopt or
reject the academic content standards. Existing law exempts
instructional materials  adopted pursuant to these provisions
from specified requirements relating to the approval and adoption of
basic instructional materials by the state board   that
are aligned to these standards from the requirement that the state
board adopt any additional criteria that instructional materials will
be required to meet at least 30 months before the materials are to
be approved for adoption  .
   This bill would require the State Department of Education to
develop a list, on or before July 1, 2012, of supplemental
instructional materials  for use in kindergarten and grades 1 to
8, inclusive,  that are aligned with  the  
California's  common core academic content standards in
language arts and mathematics  adopted pursuant to the
process described above  . The bill would require the state
board to either  adopt   approve  or reject
the  supplemental  instructional materials as proposed by
the department. The bill  also  would  also
 permit the governing boards of school districts to 
adopt   approve supplemental  instructional
materials other than those  adopted   approved
 by the state board if the governing board determines that other
 supplemental  instructional materials are aligned with the
common core academic content standards and meet the needs of the
pupils of the district. The bill would require the department to
maintain on its Internet Web site  a portal for local
educational agencies to share information about instructional
materials that are aligned with the common core academic content
standards   a list of supplemental instructional
materials approved by the state board  .
   Vote: majority. Appropriation: no. Fiscal committee: yes.
State-mandated local program: no.


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

  SECTION 1.  The Legislature finds and declares all of the
following:
   (a) California and 40 other states have adopted common core
academic content standards in language arts and mathematics to
provide consistent and clear expectations of what pupils need to
learn to compete in a global economy.
   (b) Eighty-five percent of the standards are common across the
nation, with 15 percent being unique to California.
   (c) It is the intent of the Legislature that the state collaborate
with other states in the development of instructional materials to
realize efficiencies, particularly for the 85 percent of the
standards that are common across the nation.
  SEC. 2.  Section 60605.86 is added to the Education Code, to read:
    60605.85.   60605.86.   (a)
Notwithstanding any other law, the department shall develop a list,
on or before July 1, 2012, of supplemental instructional materials
 for use in kindergarten and grades 1 to 8, inclusive,  that
are aligned with  the   California's 
common core academic content standards in language arts and
mathematics  adopted pursuant to Section 60605.8  .
The supplemental instructional materials shall provide a bridge
between the common core academic content standards and the
standards-aligned instructional materials currently being used by
local educational agencies.
   (b) On or before  August 1   September 30
 , 2012, the state board shall do either of the following:
   (1)  Adopt the   Approve the supplemental
 instructional materials as proposed by the department.
   (2) Reject the  supplemental  instructional materials as
proposed by the department. If the state board rejects the 
supplemental  instructional materials  ,  it shall
provide a specific written explanation to the Superintendent, the
Governor, and the Legislature of the reasons why the proposed
materials were rejected.
   (c) The governing boards of school districts may  adopt
  approve supplemental  instructional materials
other than those  adopted   approved  by
the state board pursuant to subdivision (b) if the governing board
determines that other  supplemental  instructional materials
are aligned with the common core academic content standards and meet
the needs of the pupils of the district. A governing board of a
school district may only  adopt   approve
supplemental  instructional materials that comply with the
requirements of Section 60226 and Article 3 (commencing with Section
60040) and Article 4 (commencing with Section 60060). 
   (d) Publishers choosing to submit supplemental instructional
materials for approval by the state board shall submit standards
maps. Publishers choosing to submit supplemental instructional
materials for approval for use in grades 9 to 12, inclusive, are
encouraged to submit standards maps.  
   (d) Prior to adopting 
    (e)     Before   approving
supplemental  instructional materials pursuant to this section,
the state board, or the governing board of a school district that
chooses to  adopt   approve supplemental 
instructional materials pursuant to subdivision (c), shall review
 the   those  instructional materials for
academic content, social content, and instructional support to
teachers and pupils.  Instructional  
Supplemental instructional  materials  adopted 
 approved  pursuant to this section shall meet required
program criteria for grade-level programs, intervention programs, and
English learners and shall include materials for use by teachers.

   (e) 
    (f)  The department shall maintain on its Internet Web
site  a portal for local educational agencies to share
information about instructional materials that are aligned with the
common core academic content standards.   the list of
supplemental instructional materials approved by the   state
board pursuant to subdivision (b).