Bill Text: CA AB133 | 2013-2014 | Regular Session | Chaptered

California Assembly Bill 133 (Prior Session Legislation)

Bill Title: Instructional materials: digital format.

Spectrum: Slight Partisan Bill (Republican 2-1)

Status: (Passed) 2013-08-27 - Chaptered by Secretary of State - Chapter 157, Statutes of 2013. [AB133 Detail]

Download: California-2013-AB133-Chaptered.html

BILL NUMBER: AB 133	CHAPTERED
	BILL TEXT

	CHAPTER  157
	FILED WITH SECRETARY OF STATE  AUGUST 27, 2013
	APPROVED BY GOVERNOR  AUGUST 27, 2013
	PASSED THE SENATE  JULY 8, 2013
	PASSED THE ASSEMBLY  AUGUST 8, 2013
	AMENDED IN SENATE  JUNE 20, 2013
	AMENDED IN SENATE  JUNE 12, 2013
	AMENDED IN ASSEMBLY  APRIL 11, 2013

INTRODUCED BY   Assembly Member Hagman
   (Coauthor: Assembly Member Garcia)
   (Coauthor: Senator Nielsen)

                        JANUARY 16, 2013

   An act to add Section 60063 to the Education Code, relating to
instructional materials.


	LEGISLATIVE COUNSEL'S DIGEST


   AB 133, Hagman. Instructional materials: digital format.
   Existing law requires the State Board of Education and the
governing board of each school district maintaining one or more high
schools to adopt instructional materials for use in kindergarten and
grades 1 to 8, inclusive, and high schools, respectively. Existing
law authorizes a local educational agency to use instructional
materials that are aligned with the adopted academic content
standards, as specified, including basic instructional materials that
have not been adopted by the state board. Existing law places
specified requirements on a publisher or manufacturer of
instructional materials offered for adoption. Existing law, until
July 1, 2015, exempts school districts from requirements to provide
pupils with instructional materials by a specified time period
following adoption of those materials by the state board.
   This bill would require a publisher or manufacturer that submits a
printed instructional material for adoption by the state board, or
for adoption or use by the governing board of a school district, on
or after January 1, 2014, to ensure that the printed instructional
material is also available in an equivalent digital format during the
entire term of the adoption. The bill would require the equivalent
digital format of a printed instructional material to conform to
certain standards and guidelines, as specified.


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

  SECTION 1.  Section 60063 is added to the Education Code, to read:
   60063.  (a) A publisher or manufacturer that submits a printed
instructional material for adoption by the state board pursuant to
Section 60200 or the governing board of a school district pursuant to
Section 60400, or for use by the governing board of a school
district pursuant to Section 60210, on or after January 1, 2014,
shall ensure that the printed instructional material is also
available in an equivalent digital format during the entire term of
the adoption.
   (b) The equivalent digital format of a printed instructional
material shall conform to the most current, ratified standards under
Section 508 of the federal Rehabilitation Act of 1973 (29 U.S.C. Sec.
794d), as amended, and the Web Content Accessibility Guidelines
adopted by the World Wide Web Consortium for accessibility.