2011 California Code
Education Code
TITLE 2. ELEMENTARY AND SECONDARY EDUCATION [33000 - 64100]
CHAPTER 7. Assessment of Language Development
Section 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.

(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 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 Superintendent were rejected.

(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.

(f) It is the intent of the Legislature that the department consider the work of the group of experts convened pursuant to subdivision (b) when developing any new English language acquisition assessments.

(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.

(Added by Stats. 2011, Ch. 605, Sec. 2. Effective January 1, 2012. Repealed as of July 1, 2013, by its own provisions.)