Bill Text: CA AB2116 | 2011-2012 | Regular Session | Amended
Bill Title: Academic content standards: implementation: study.
Spectrum: Partisan Bill (Democrat 1-0)
Status: (Introduced - Dead) 2012-05-25 - In committee: Set, second hearing. Held under submission. [AB2116 Detail]
Download: California-2011-AB2116-Amended.html
BILL NUMBER: AB 2116 AMENDED
BILL TEXT
AMENDED IN ASSEMBLY APRIL 26, 2012
AMENDED IN ASSEMBLY APRIL 10, 2012
INTRODUCED BY Assembly Member Lara
FEBRUARY 23, 2012
An act to add Section 60605.10 60605.88
to the Education Code, relating to academic content standards.
LEGISLATIVE COUNSEL'S DIGEST
AB 2116, as amended, Lara. Academic content standards:
implementation: study.
Existing law, until July 1, 2014, establishes the Academic Content
Standards Commission and requires the commission to develop
internationally benchmarked academic content standards in language
arts, and mathematics, at least 85% of which are required to be the
common core academic standards developed by the Common Core State
Standards Initiative consortium or another specified interstate
collaboration. Existing law requires the commission to present its
recommended academic content standards to the State Board of
Education and requires the state board by August 2, 2010, to either
adopt the standards proposed by the commission or reject them.
Existing law also requires 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 these academic content standards
into the state educational system.
This bill would require the State Department of Education, with
the approval of the state board, to contract for a multiyear
independent study, as specified, of those academic content standards
and any subsequent common core academic content standards developed
by the Common Core State Standards Initiative consortium, or other
interstate collaboration, and adopted by the state board for the
purpose of informing policymakers, parents of pupils, and the public
about the extent to which newly adopted common core state standards
are being effectively and equitably implemented in the state public
school system and increasing the ability of policymakers to improve
the timely implementation of the standards. The bill would require
that the study examine and publicly report on the progress of the
implementation of the academic content standards with respect to the
actions taken by state-level entities and by a representative sample
of schools and school districts across the state, as specified.
The bill would require the independent evaluator who conducts the
study to report his or her findings to the Governor and the
Legislature on or before February 1, 2014, and then on a biennial
basis in each even-numbered year, as specified. The bill would
require the department to use specified available federal funds to
conduct the study.
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 60605.10 60605.88
is added to the Education Code, to read:
60605.10. 60605.88. (a) The purpose
of this section is to inform policymakers, parents of pupils, and
the public about the extent to which newly adopted common core state
standards are being effectively and equitably implemented in the
state public school system and to increase the ability of
policymakers to improve the timely implementation of the standards.
(b) The department, with the approval of the state board, shall
contract for a multiyear independent study of the implementation of
the academic content standards adopted by the state board pursuant to
Section 60605.8, including the English language development
standards pursuant to subdivision (b) of Section 60207, as well as
any subsequent common core academic content standards developed by
the consortium or interstate collaboration set forth in Section
60605.7 and adopted by the state board. The scope of the work and the
final contract for this study shall be approved by the state board.
(c) The study shall examine and publicly report on the progress of
the implementation of the academic content standards described in
subdivision (b) with respect to the actions taken by state-level
entities and by a representative sample of schools and school
districts across the state, with a focus on whether implementation is
proceeding in a manner that promotes equal opportunities for all
pupils to learn the academic content developed pursuant to the
standards and to be successful on related state assessments.
(d) The study described in subdivision (b) shall include, but not
be limited to, all of the following:
(1) The extent to which instructional materials that are aligned
to the standards are adopted by the state and school districts and
are used by teachers and pupils in the classroom, including
supplemental materials that are aligned to the standards and are used
until new instructional materials are available.
(2) The extent to which teachers are prepared to teach the
standards, including, but not limited to, all of the following:
(A) The steps taken by the Commission on Teacher Credentialing to
ensure that teacher preparation programs are aligned to the standards
and the competency demonstrated by new teachers in teaching and
assessing the new standards.
(B) The alignment of the department's professional development
modules, technical assistance, and implementation plan to the
standards, and whether the needs of English learners, pupils with
disabilities, and underperforming pupils are addressed.
(C) The professional development of current educators to teach and
assess the new standards, including, but not limited to, all of the
following:
(i) Instructional strategies that support the learning of all
pupils, including English learners, pupils with disabilities, and
underperforming pupils.
(ii) Training of administrators and teachers on the content and
form of new assessments that are designed to measure a pupil's
knowledge of the standards, including English learners, pupils with
disabilities, and underperforming pupils.
(iii) Instructional strategies that promote creativity,
innovation, critical thinking, problem solving, collaboration, and
communication skills in all academic content areas consistent with
the newly adopted standards.
(3) The extent to which the standards are taught to pupils in the
classroom, including to English learners, pupils with disabilities,
and underperforming pupils.
(4) The extent to which school districts and schools are able to
provide access to technology necessary to support the new assessments
consistent with the timelines established for the implementation of
computer-aided assessments.
(e) The independent evaluator who conducts the study shall report
his or her findings to the Governor and the appropriate policy and
fiscal committees of the Legislature on or before February 1, 2014,
and then on a biennial basis on or before February 1 of each
even-numbered year.
(e)
(f) The department shall use available federal
carryover funds it has received pursuant to Title I of the federal No
Child Left Behind Act of 2001 (20 U.S.C. Sec. 6301 et seq.), and to
the extent additional funds are needed, the department may use
available funds received pursuant to Title VI of the federal No Child
Left Behind Act of 2001 and any other available state and federal
funds to implement this act section .
