California Senate Bill SB140 Amended / Bill

 BILL NUMBER: SB 140AMENDED 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).