Bill Text: CA AB124 | 2011-2012 | Regular Session | Amended
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Bill Title: Academic content standards: English language development
Sponsorship: Partisan Bill (Democrat 3)
Status: (Passed) 2011-10-08 - Chaptered by Secretary of State - Chapter 605, Statutes of 2011. [AB124 Detail]
Download: California-2011-AB124-Amended.html
Bill Title: Academic content standards: English language development
Sponsorship: Partisan Bill (Democrat 3)
Status: (Passed) 2011-10-08 - Chaptered by Secretary of State - Chapter 605, Statutes of 2011. [AB124 Detail]
Download: California-2011-AB124-Amended.html
BILL NUMBER: AB 124 AMENDED
BILL TEXT
AMENDED IN SENATE JULY 14, 2011
AMENDED IN SENATE JUNE 29, 2011
AMENDED IN ASSEMBLY MAY 27, 2011
AMENDED IN ASSEMBLY APRIL 6, 2011
INTRODUCED BY Assembly Member Fuentes
(Coauthors: Assembly Members Brownley and Solorio)
JANUARY 10, 2011
An act to amend Section 60811 of, and to add and repeal
Section 60811.3 to of , the Education
Code, relating to academic content standards.
LEGISLATIVE COUNSEL'S DIGEST
AB 124, as amended, Fuentes. Academic content standards: English
Language Development Standards Advisory Committee.
language development standards.
Existing law requires each school district that has one or more
pupils who are English learners to assess the English language
development of each of those pupils upon initial enrollment in order
to determine the level of proficiency of those pupils, and thereafter
to assess each of those pupils annually until the pupil is
redesignated as English proficient.
Existing law requires the State Board of Education to approve
standards for English language development for pupils whose primary
language is a language other than English. Existing law further
requires that these standards be comparable in rigor and specificity
to the statewide academically rigorous content standards for English
language arts.
This bill would make a clarifying change to the provisions
relating to the standards for English language development.
This bill would establish a 13-member English Language Development
Standards Advisory Committee for the purpose of ensuring
high-quality instruction for English learners as the state implements
the academic content standards in English language arts. The bill
would specify the appointing authorities and qualifications of the
members of the advisory committee.
The
This bill would require the advisory committee
Superintendent of Public Instruction, in consultation
with the state board, to update, revise, and align the English
language development standards adopted pursuant to existing law to
the state board-approved academic content standards for English
language arts. The bill would require the Superintendent to
convene a group of experts in English language instruction,
curriculum, and assessment to assist the Superintendent in updating,
revising, and aligning the English language development standards.
The bill would also require the advisory committee
Superintendent to present its
the updated, revised , and aligned English
language development standards to the state board on or before August
31, 2012. The bill would further require the state board to
either adoptor reject adopt, reject, or revise
the standards presented by the advisory committee
Superintendent on or before September 30, 2012.
The bill would require the Superintendent of Public
Instruction and the state board to present to the Governor
and the appropriate policy and fiscal committees of the Legislature a
schedule and implementation plan for integrating the English
language development standards adopted pursuant to this bill into the
state public education system. The bill would also express the
intent of the Legislature that the State Department of Education
consider the advisory committee's work of the
group of experts when developing any new English language
acquisition assessments and use certain federal funds to
support the advisory committee's work . The bill would
require the department to use certain federal funds to
implement these provisions of the bill . The bill would
repeal these provisions on July 1, 2013.
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. Section 60811 of the Education Code is amended to read:
60811. The state board shall approve standards for English
language development for pupils whose primary language is a language
other than English. The standards shall be comparable in rigor and
specificity to the standards for English language arts adopted
pursuant to Section 60605.8.
SEC. 2. Section 60811.3 is added to the Education Code, to read:
60811.3. (a) The English Language Development Standards Advisory
Committee is hereby established for the purpose of ensuring
high-quality instruction for English learners as the state implements
the academic content standards in English language arts adopted
pursuant to Section 60605.8. The advisory committee shall consist of
13 members, to be appointed as follows:
(1) Four members appointed by the Governor.
(2) Three members appointed by the Senate Committee on Rules.
(3) Three members appointed by the Speaker of the Assembly.
(4) Three members appointed by the Superintendent.
(b) The members of the advisory committee shall serve at the
pleasure of the appointing authority.
(c) At least seven of the members appointed pursuant to
subdivision (a) shall be credentialed public elementary or secondary
classroom teachers possessing authorized certificates for the
instruction of English learners and who have a minimum of three years
of demonstrated experience instructing English learners in the
classroom. At least four of these credentialed teachers shall
represent elementary schools. The remaining members of the advisory
committee shall include representatives who are schoolsite
principals, school district or county office of education
administrators overseeing programs and support for English learners,
personnel of teacher training schools at institutions of higher
education, or curriculum and instructional specialists with English
learner expertise.
(d) The advisory committee
60811.3. (a) The
Superintendent, in consultation with the state board, shall
update, revise, and align the English language development standards
adopted pursuant to Section 60811 to the state board-approved
academic content standards for English language arts adopted pursuant
to Section 60605.8. The English language development standards shall
be aligned by grade level, and shall be comparable to, and as
rigorous and specific as, the academic content standards for English
language arts adopted by the state board pursuant to Section 60605.8.
(e) Pursuant to the Bagley-Keene Open Meeting Act (Article 9
(commencing with Section 11120) of Chapter 1 of Part 1 of Division 3
of Title 2 of the Government Code), each meeting or hearing of the
advisory committee shall be open and available to the public.
(f) On or before August 31, 2012, the advisory committee shall
present its revised and aligned English language development
standards to the state board.
(g) On or before September 30, 2012, the state board shall do
either of the following:
(1) Adopt the English language development standards presented by
the advisory committee.
(2) Reject the English language development standards presented by
the advisory committee. If the state board rejects the standards
(b) In meeting the requirements of subdivision (a), the
Superintendent, in consultation with the state board, shall convene a
group of experts in English language instruction, curriculum, and
assessment, including individuals who have a minimum of three years
of demonstrated experience instructing English learners in the
classroom at the elementary or secondary level. The Superintendent
shall ensure that members of the group include, but are not limited
to, individuals who are schoolsite principals, school district or
county office of education administrators overseeing programs and
support for English learners, personnel of teacher training schools
at institutions of higher education, or curriculum and instructional
specialists with English learner experience.
(c) On or before August 31, 2012, the Superintendent shall present
the updated, revised, and aligned English language development
standards, based on the work of the group of experts convened
pursuant to subdivision (b), to the state board. Before the
presentation to the state board, the Superintendent shall hold a
minimum of two public meetings pursuant to the Bagley-Keene Open
Meeting Act (Article 9 (commencing with Section 11120) of Chapter 1
of Part 1 of Division 3 of Title 2 of the Government Code) in order
for the public to provide input regarding the work of the group of
experts to update, revise, and align the English language development
standards.
(d) On or before September 30, 2012, the state board shall adopt,
reject, or revise the English language development standards
presented by the Superintendent.
(1) If the state board revises the English language development
standards presented by the Superintendent, the state board shall, in
a public meeting held pursuant to the Bagley-Keene Open Meeting Act
(Article 9 (commencing with Section 11120) of Chapter 1 of Part 1 of
Division 3 of Title 2 of the Government Code), provide written
reasons for its revisions. The state board shall not adopt the
revised English language development standards at the same meeting it
provides its written reasons, but, instead, shall adopt these
revisions at a subsequent meeting or no later than November 15, 2012.
(2) If the state board rejects the
English language development standards presented by the
Superintendent pursuant to this paragraph
subdivision (c) , the state board shall transmit to the
Superintendent, the Governor, and the appropriate policy and fiscal
committees of the Legislature a specific written explanation of the
reasons why the standards presented by the advisory
committee Superintendent were rejected.
(h)
(e) The Superintendent and the state board shall
present to the Governor and the appropriate policy and fiscal
committees of the Legislature a schedule and implementation plan for
integrating the English language development standards adopted
pursuant to this section into the state public education system,
including, but not limited to, incorporating the standards into the
English language development test.
(i)
(f) It is the intent of the Legislature that the
department consider the work of the advisory committee
group of experts convened pursuant to subdivision (b)
when developing any new English language acquisition
assessments.
(j) It is further the intent of the Legislature that the
department use federal funds received pursuant to Title III of the
federal No Child Left Behind Act of 2001 (20 U.S.C. Sec. 6301 et
seq.) to support the work of the advisory committee.
(g) The department shall use federal carryover funds received
pursuant to Title I of the federal No Child Left Behind Act of 2001
(20 U.S.C. Sec. 6301 et seq.) to implement this section.
(h) This section shall remain in effect only until July 1, 2013,
and as of that date is repealed, unless a later enacted statute, that
is enacted before July 1, 2013, deletes or extends that date.
