California 2013-2014 Regular Session Status: Enacted

SB 201 — Instructional materials: academic content standards: English learners.

Last action — Chaptered by Secretary of State. Chapter 478, Statutes of 2013.

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    Introduced
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    In Committee
  3. ✓
    Passed Senate
  4. ✓
    Passed Assembly
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    To Executive
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    Enacted

This bill has been enacted into law. Introduced February 07, 2013. Enacted.

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Likely to advance 70% · moderate confidence

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Odds of enactment

High

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  • Enacted

    Current position in the legislative process.

  • 1 sponsor

    1 primary, 0 co-sponsors signed on.

  • Cleared a recorded vote

    Passed 8 recorded votes so far.

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Summary

(1) Existing law requires the Superintendent of Public Instruction to review existing tests that assess the English language development of pupils whose primary language is a language other than English, and requires that the tests include, but not be limited to, an assessment of the achievement of these pupils in English reading, speaking, and written skills, in accordance with specified criteria. Existing law requires each school district that has one or more pupils who are English learners, and, to the extent required by federal law, a county office of education and a charter school, to assess the English language development of each of those pupils in order to determine their level of proficiency. Existing law requires the State Department of Education, with the approval of the State Board of Education, to establish procedures for conducting the assessment and for the reclassification of a pupil from English learner to English proficient. Existing law requires a school district to annually conduct the assessment during a period that commences on the day upon which 55% of the instructional year is completed through July 1 of that calendar year. This bill would apply the above requirements to initial and summative assessments and make conforming changes. The bill would require the Superintendent to determine which assessments, if any, meet specified requirements, and would require the assessments to be used for certain purposes. The bill would require the state board to approve assessment blueprints, assessment performance descriptors, and performance-level cut scores based on standard settings. The bill would require the Superintendent to report to the appropriate policy committees of the Legislature when the assessments are ready for their initial administration. The bill would make the above-described provisions of existing law inoperative when the Superintendent makes this report, and would repeal those provisions the following January 1. The bill, after the Superintendent reports to the appropriate policy committees of the Legislature, would require the summative assessment to be conducted annually during a 4-month period after January 1 determined by the Superintendent with the approval of the state board and the assessment for initial identification to be conducted upon the initial enrollment of a pupil. (2) Existing law requires the State Board of Education to adopt basic instructional materials for use in kindergarten and grades 1 to 8, inclusive, for governing boards, as specified. Existing law also requires the state board to adopt and approve academic content standards for language arts and for English language development for pupils whose primary language is a language other than English. This bill would authorize the state board to adopt basic instructional materials for kindergarten and grades 1 to 8, inclusive, that are aligned to those standards for language arts and English language development by no later than November 30, 2015. The bill would, among other things, require the State Department of Education, before conducting an adoption of basic instructional materials for language arts and English language development, to provide notice, as specified, to all publishers or manufacturers that each publisher or manufacturer is required to pay a fee, as specified, to offset the cost of conducting the adoption process.

Bill Text

Action History

  1. Chaptered by Secretary of State. Chapter 478, Statutes of 2013.

  2. Approved by the Governor.

  3. Enrolled and presented to the Governor at 7 p.m.

  4. Assembly amendments concurred in. (Ayes 28. Noes 9. Page 2284.) Ordered to engrossing and enrolling.

  5. In Senate. Concurrence in Assembly amendments pending.

  6. Read third time. Passed. (Ayes 59. Noes 14. Page 3013.) Ordered to the Senate.

  7. Read second time. Ordered to third reading.

  8. Read second time and amended. Ordered to second reading.

  9. From committee: Do pass as amended. (Ayes 13. Noes 0.) (August 30).

  10. Set, first hearing. Referred to APPR. suspense file.

  11. From committee with author's amendments. Read second time and amended. Re-referred to Com. on APPR.

  12. From committee: Do pass and re-refer to Com. on APPR. (Ayes 7. Noes 0.) (August 14). Re-referred to Com. on APPR.

  13. From committee with author's amendments. Read second time and amended. Re-referred to Com. on ED.

  14. Referred to Com. on ED.

  15. In Assembly. Read first time. Held at Desk.

  16. Read third time. Passed. (Ayes 30. Noes 9. Page 1097.) Ordered to the Assembly.

  17. Read second time. Ordered to third reading.

  18. From committee: Do pass. (Ayes 5. Noes 2. Page 1008.) (May 23).

  19. Set for hearing May 23.

  20. Placed on APPR. suspense file.

  21. Set for hearing April 15.

  22. From committee: Do pass and re-refer to Com. on APPR. (Ayes 8. Noes 1. Page 404.) (April 3). Re-referred to Com. on APPR.

  23. Set for hearing April 3.

  24. Referred to Com. on ED.

  25. From printer. May be acted upon on or after March 10.

  26. Introduced. Read first time. To Com. on RLS. for assignment. To print.

Sponsors

  • Liu · Primary

Sponsorship breakdown

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1 sponsors · 0 co-sponsors · 121 not signed on · 5 voted No

Sponsors (1)

  • Liu

Co-sponsors (0)

None.

Not signed on (121)

121 members have not signed on to this bill.

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Votes

Unfinished Business SB201 Liu Concurrence

Passed 28 Yea · 9 Nay · 2 Other
Party YeaNayPresentNot Voting
Unaffiliated 25902
Democratic 3000
Total 28902
% of votes cast 72%23%0%5%
How each member voted (39)
Member Party Vote
Anderson — Nay
Block — Yea
Hill — Yea
Knight — Nay
Leno — Yea
Lieu — Yea
Monning — Yea
Pavley — Not Voting
Steinberg — Yea
Walters — Not Voting
Corbett — Yea
Emmerson — Nay
Evans — Yea
Wyland — Yea
Galgiani — Yea
Hernandez — Yea
Hueso — Yea
Cannella — Yea
Lara — Yea
Liu — Yea
De León — Yea
Beall — Yea
Correa — Yea
DeSaulnier — Yea
Roth — Yea
Torres — Yea
Wright — Yea
Fuller — Nay
Huff — Nay
Nielsen — Nay
Vidak — Nay
Wolk — Yea
Yee — Yea
Hancock — Yea
Beth Gaines — Nay
Bill Berryhill — Nay
Calderon, Lisa Democratic Yea
Jackson, Corey A. Democratic Yea
Padilla, Stephen C. Democratic Yea

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SB 201 Liu Senate Third Reading By GONZALEZ

Passed 59 Yea · 14 Nay · 5 Other
Party YeaNayPresentNot Voting
Unaffiliated 551105
Democratic 4000
Republican 0300
Total 591405
% of votes cast 76%18%0%6%
How each member voted (78)
Member Party Vote
Achadjian — Yea
Ammiano — Yea
Bradford — Yea
Brown — Yea
Buchanan — Yea
Linder — Yea
Logue — Nay
Mansoor — Nay
Morrell — Not Voting
Nazarian — Yea
Olsen — Yea
Quirk — Yea
Williams — Yea
Fox — Yea
Lowenthal — Yea
Garcia — Yea
Gray — Yea
Atkins — Yea
Gatto — Yea
Fong — Yea
Mitchell — Yea
Campos — Yea
Chau — Yea
Bonilla — Yea
Gordon — Yea
Holden — Yea
Jones-Sawyer — Yea
Levine — Yea
Bocanegra — Yea
Maienschein — Yea
John A. Pérez — Yea
Medina — Yea
Salas — Yea
Mullin — Yea
Chesbro — Yea
Nestande — Yea
Allen — Nay
Alejo — Yea
Bloom — Yea
Chávez — Yea
Cooley — Yea
Daly — Yea
Dickinson — Yea
Donnelly — Nay
Eggman — Yea
Pan — Yea
Perea — Yea
Rendon — Yea
Skinner — Yea
Ting — Yea
Weber — Yea
Wieckowski — Yea
Gorell — Not Voting
Harkey — Nay
Bigelow — Nay
Conway — Not Voting
Melendez — Nay
Wagner — Nay
Waldron — Nay
Wilk — Nay
Frazier — Yea
Yamada — Yea
Gomez — Yea
Hagman — Not Voting
Hall — Yea
Beth Gaines — Nay
Jim Patterson — Not Voting
Lorena Gonzalez — Yea
Mark Stone — Yea
Roger Hernández — Yea
V. Manuel Pérez — Yea
Bonta, Mia Democratic Yea
Calderon, Lisa Democratic Yea
Muratsuchi, Al Democratic Yea
Quirk-Silva, Sharon Democratic Yea
Dahle, Megan Republican Nay
Grove, Shannon Republican Nay
Jones, Brian W. Republican Nay

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Do pass as amended.

Passed 13 Yea · 0 Nay · 4 Other
Party YeaNayPresentNot Voting
Unaffiliated 12004
Democratic 1000
Total 13004
% of votes cast 76%0%0%24%
How each member voted (17)
Member Party Vote
Bigelow — Not Voting
Bradford — Yea
Holden — Yea
Linder — Yea
Pan — Yea
Quirk — Yea
Wagner — Not Voting
Campos — Yea
Hall — Yea
Harkey — Not Voting
Bocanegra — Yea
Donnelly — Not Voting
Eggman — Yea
Weber — Yea
Gatto — Yea
Gomez — Yea
Calderon, Lisa Democratic Yea

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3rd Reading

Passed 30 Yea · 9 Nay
Party YeaNayPresentNot Voting
Unaffiliated 27900
Democratic 3000
Total 30900
% of votes cast 77%23%0%0%
How each member voted (39)
Member Party Vote
Block — Yea
Lara — Yea
Liu — Yea
Steinberg — Yea
Walters — Nay
Wright — Yea
Cannella — Yea
Evans — Yea
De León — Yea
Fuller — Nay
Galgiani — Yea
Hernandez — Yea
Hill — Yea
Hueso — Yea
Huff — Nay
Knight — Nay
Corbett — Yea
Anderson — Nay
Beall — Yea
Correa — Yea
Leno — Yea
Lieu — Yea
Monning — Yea
Nielsen — Nay
Pavley — Yea
Price — Yea
Roth — Yea
Torres — Yea
Wolk — Yea
Emmerson — Nay
DeSaulnier — Yea
Wyland — Yea
Yee — Yea
Hancock — Yea
Beth Gaines — Nay
Bill Berryhill — Nay
Calderon, Lisa Democratic Yea
Jackson, Corey A. Democratic Yea
Padilla, Stephen C. Democratic Yea

Official roll call →

Do pass.

Passed 5 Yea · 2 Nay
Party YeaNayPresentNot Voting
Unaffiliated 4200
Democratic 1000
Total 5200
% of votes cast 71%29%0%0%
How each member voted (7)
Member Party Vote
Lara — Yea
De León — Yea
Hill — Yea
Steinberg — Yea
Walters — Nay
Beth Gaines — Nay
Padilla, Stephen C. Democratic Yea

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Subjects

education
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Frequently asked questions

What does SB 201 do?
(1) Existing law requires the Superintendent of Public Instruction to review existing tests that assess the English language development of pupils whose primary language is a language other than English, and requires that the tests include, but not be limited to, an assessment of the achievement of these pupils in English reading, speaking, and written skills, in accordance with specified criteria. Existing law requires each school district that has one or more pupils who are English learners, and, to the extent required by federal law, a county office of education and a charter school, to assess the English language development of each of those pupils in order to determine their level of proficiency. Existing law requires the State Department of Education, with the approval of the State Board of Education, to establish procedures for conducting the assessment and for the reclassification of a pupil from English learner to English proficient. Existing law requires a school district to annually conduct the assessment during a period that commences on the day upon which 55% of the instructional year is completed through July 1 of that calendar year. This bill would apply the above requirements to initial and summative assessments and make conforming changes. The bill would require the Superintendent to determine which assessments, if any, meet specified requirements, and would require the assessments to be used for certain purposes. The bill would require the state board to approve assessment blueprints, assessment performance descriptors, and performance-level cut scores based on standard settings. The bill would require the Superintendent to report to the appropriate policy committees of the Legislature when the assessments are ready for their initial administration. The bill would make the above-described provisions of existing law inoperative when the Superintendent makes this report, and would repeal those provisions the following January 1. The bill, after the Superintendent reports to the appropriate policy committees of the Legislature, would require the summative assessment to be conducted annually during a 4-month period after January 1 determined by the Superintendent with the approval of the state board and the assessment for initial identification to be conducted upon the initial enrollment of a pupil. (2) Existing law requires the State Board of Education to adopt basic instructional materials for use in kindergarten and grades 1 to 8, inclusive, for governing boards, as specified. Existing law also requires the state board to adopt and approve academic content standards for language arts and for English language development for pupils whose primary language is a language other than English. This bill would authorize the state board to adopt basic instructional materials for kindergarten and grades 1 to 8, inclusive, that are aligned to those standards for language arts and English language development by no later than November 30, 2015. The bill would, among other things, require the State Department of Education, before conducting an adoption of basic instructional materials for language arts and English language development, to provide notice, as specified, to all publishers or manufacturers that each publisher or manufacturer is required to pay a fee, as specified, to offset the cost of conducting the adoption process.
Who sponsors SB 201?
SB 201 is sponsored by Liu.
What is the current status of SB 201?
This bill has been enacted into law. Introduced February 07, 2013. Enacted.
Where can I track SB 201?
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