Bill Text: CA AB2019 | 2009-2010 | Regular Session | Amended
Bill Title: Education: education technology.
Spectrum: Slight Partisan Bill (Democrat 3-1)
Status: (Engrossed - Dead) 2010-06-10 - Referred to Com. on RLS. [AB2019 Detail]
Download: California-2009-AB2019-Amended.html
BILL NUMBER: AB 2019 AMENDED
BILL TEXT
AMENDED IN ASSEMBLY APRIL 20, 2010
AMENDED IN ASSEMBLY MARCH 18, 2010
INTRODUCED BY Assembly Member Torlakson
( Coauthors: Assembly Members
Blakeslee, Huffman, and Saldana
)
FEBRUARY 17, 2010
An act to add Article 15.1 (commencing with Section 51875) to
Chapter 5 of Part 28 of Division 4 of Title 2 of the Education Code,
relating to education technology.
LEGISLATIVE COUNSEL'S DIGEST
AB 2019, as amended, Torlakson. Education: education technology.
Existing law establishes various programs to enhance education
technology, including the California Technology Assistance Project,
which is composed of regional consortia that work collaboratively
with school districts and county offices of education to meet locally
defined educational needs that can be effectively addressed with the
use of technology, as specified.
This bill would authorize the Superintendent of Public Instruction
to establish a task force for education technology, funded by
private donations, for the purpose of making recommendations to
increase and enhance the level of technology used to deliver
instruction in California public schools. The task force would
consist of no more than 15 education technology experts, including,
but not necessarily limited to, parents, current credentialed
teachers, administrators, school board members, researchers, and
industry representatives, as specified.
This bill would require the task force to address specified topics
to be presented to the state board and the Legislature on
or before September 1, 2012, and require the state board to adopt a
comprehensive statewide plan to increase and enhance the level of
technology used to deliver instruction in California public schools
technology literacy model content standards, pursuant to the
recommendations of the task force, on or before January 1, 2013.
The bill would provide that the report to the Legislature be in a
specified form. This provision would be inoperative on
September 1, 2016.
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. Article 15.1 (commencing with Section 51875) is added
to Chapter 5 of Part 28 of Division 4 of Title 2 of the Education
Code, to read:
Article 15.1. Education Technology Task Force
51875. (a) The Superintendent has authority to convene a task
force for education technology. The task force shall develop
recommendations for a comprehensive statewide plan to increase and
enhance the level of technology used to deliver instruction in
California public schools. The operations of the task force shall be
funded by private donations.
(b) The membership of the task force shall consist of no more than
15 education technology experts, including, but not necessarily
limited to, parents, current credentialed teachers, administrators,
school board members, researchers, and industry representatives.
Current credentialed teachers shall comprise a majority of the task
force. The task force shall include at least one member from a large
school district, at least one member from a medium-sized school
district, and at least one member from a small school district. The
members representing these various sizes of school districts may be
any combination of parents, teachers, administrators, or school board
members.
51875.1. The task force shall address all of the following as
part of its recommendations, to be presented to the state board
and the Legislature on or before September 1, 2012, for a
comprehensive statewide plan to increase and enhance the level of
technology used to deliver instruction in California public schools
, and to the extent feasible, shall consider previously
developed state technology plans, including, but not limited to, a
plan developed pursuant to the No Child Left Behind Act of 2001 (20
U.S.C. Sec. 6301 et seq.) and Chapter 830 of the Statutes of 1999
:
(a) Professional development based on a study of existing industry
models for professional development in technology and existing
school professional development programs. The task force shall
provide recommendations for the improvement of school technology in
professional development.
(b) Electronic learning resources and instructional materials,
based on a study of trends in long-term compatibility of resources
and hardware and best practices in the use of electronic resources.
The task force also shall develop plans for long-term compatibility
of resources and hardware.
(c) Hardware, with an emphasis on long-term compatibility between
hardware and software systems and intersystem compatibility. The task
force also shall address extended life cycle plans to preclude the
premature obsolescence of equipment.
(d) Telecommunications infrastructure, based on a study of
industry standards for wireless interoperability. The task force also
shall recommend adoption of a standard for telecommunications
infrastructure for schools.
(e) Funding, based on an assessment of various funding models. The
task force also shall make recommendations on methods of providing
reasonable levels of funding for technology in schools on a
continuing basis.
(f) (1) The requirement for submitting a report imposed under this
section is inoperative on September 1, 2016, pursuant to Section
10231.5 of the Government Code.
(2) A report to be submitted pursuant to this section shall be
submitted in compliance with Section 9795 of the Government Code.
51875.2. The state board shall adopt a comprehensive statewide
plan to increase and enhance the level of technology used to deliver
instruction in California public schools, pursuant to the
recommendations of the task force, on or before January 1, 2013.
51875.3. The department is authorized to accept private donations
to support the expenses incurred in operating the task force
pursuant to this article.
