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2023 California Code › Education Code - EDC › TITLE 2 - ELEMENTARY AND SECONDARY EDUCATION › DIVISION 4 - INSTRUCTION AND SERVICES › PART 33 - INSTRUCTIONAL MATERIALS AND TESTING › CHAPTER 2 - Elementary School Materials › ARTICLE 1 - Selection and Adoption › Section 60200.9.

60200.9. On or before January 31, 2017, the state board shall consider the adoption of a revised curriculum framework and evaluation criteria for instructional materials in science. The revised curriculum framework shall be based on the science content standards adopted pursuant to former Section 60605.85, as that section read on June 30, 2014. In adopting the revised curriculum framework, the state board shall ensure both of the following:
(a) Inclusion of English language development strategies that are aligned to the standards adopted pursuant to Section 60811.
(b) Inclusion of strategies to address the needs of pupils with disabilities.
(Amended by Stats. 2015, Ch. 148, Sec. 1. (SB 652) Effective January 1, 2016.)
2023 California Code › Education Code - EDC › TITLE 2 - ELEMENTARY AND SECONDARY EDUCATION › DIVISION 4 - INSTRUCTION AND SERVICES › PART 33 - INSTRUCTIONAL MATERIALS AND TESTING › CHAPTER 2 - Elementary School Materials › ARTICLE 1 - Selection and Adoption › Section 60201.

60201. In approving and maintaining lists of adopted instructional materials, the state board shall, pursuant to subdivision (e) of Section 60200, do any one or more of the following, when applicable:
(a) Retain any instructional materials from a previous list and biennially make any adjustment in prices based on information provided pursuant to Section 60223.
(b) Delete from the lists any instructional material which it determines is obsolete pursuant to Section 60500, or which received no order from any district board during the previous two years.
(c) Add instructional materials not previously submitted for adoption, or materials previously submitted which have been revised to comply with any recommendations of the state board.
(Amended by Stats. 1997, Ch. 251, Sec. 2. Effective January 1, 1998.)
2023 California Code › Education Code - EDC › TITLE 2 - ELEMENTARY AND SECONDARY EDUCATION › DIVISION 4 - INSTRUCTION AND SERVICES › PART 33 - INSTRUCTIONAL MATERIALS AND TESTING › CHAPTER 2 - Elementary School Materials › ARTICLE 1 - Selection and Adoption › Section 60202.

60202. Before final adoption of any instructional materials not currently listed, the state board shall make any instructional materials proposed for adoption available for public inspection for not less than 30 days at display centers designated by the Superintendent of Public Instruction. There shall be an adequate distribution of display centers throughout the state.
(Amended by Stats. 1977, Ch. 36.)
2023 California Code › Education Code - EDC › TITLE 2 - ELEMENTARY AND SECONDARY EDUCATION › DIVISION 4 - INSTRUCTION AND SERVICES › PART 33 - INSTRUCTIONAL MATERIALS AND TESTING › CHAPTER 2 - Elementary School Materials › ARTICLE 1 - Selection and Adoption › Section 60203.

60203. (a) The state board shall hold a public hearing before adopting instructional materials for use in the elementary schools of the state.
(b) Upon review of the commission’s recommendations for instructional materials, the Superintendent may make alternative recommendations for instructional materials and the state board shall consider the Superintendent’s recommendations before making its decision to adopt instructional materials.
(c) The state board shall consider comments from other advisory bodies and the public before making its decision to adopt instructional materials.
(Amended by Stats. 2012, Ch. 668, Sec. 5. (AB 1246) Effective January 1, 2013.)
2023 California Code › Education Code - EDC › TITLE 2 - ELEMENTARY AND SECONDARY EDUCATION › DIVISION 4 - INSTRUCTION AND SERVICES › PART 33 - INSTRUCTIONAL MATERIALS AND TESTING › CHAPTER 2 - Elementary School Materials › ARTICLE 1 - Selection and Adoption › Section 60204.

60204. The Instructional Quality Commission established pursuant to Section 33530 shall do all of the following:
(a) Recommend curriculum frameworks to the state board.
(b) Develop criteria for evaluating instructional materials submitted for adoption so that the materials adopted shall adequately cover the subjects in the indicated grade or grades and comply with the provisions of Article 3 (commencing with Section 60040) of Chapter 1. The criteria developed by the commission shall be consistent with the duties of the state board pursuant to Section 60200. The criteria shall be public information and shall be provided in written or printed form to any person requesting that information.
(1) The criteria for English language arts instructional materials shall include directions to publishers to align both lessons and teacher’s editions, as appropriate, with English language development standards and incorporate strategies to address, at every grade level, the needs of all English learners. The criteria for other subject areas shall include directions to publishers to incorporate strategies for English learners that are consistent with the English language development standards.
(2) The criteria also shall include directions to publishers to incorporate instructional strategies to address the needs of pupils with disabilities in both lessons and teacher’s editions, as appropriate, at every grade level and subject.
(c) Study and evaluate instructional materials submitted for adoption.
(d) Recommend instructional materials for adoption to the state board.
(e) Recommend to the state board policies and activities to assist the department and school districts in the use of the curriculum framework and other available model curriculum materials for the purpose of guiding and strengthening the quality of instruction in the public schools.
(f) Advise and make recommendations to the state board, including, but not limited to, what policies and activities are needed to implement the state’s academic content standards, and bring the state’s curriculum frameworks, instructional materials, professional development programs, pupil assessments, and academic accountability systems into alignment with those standards.
(Amended by Stats. 2011, Ch. 608, Sec. 7. (AB 250) Effective January 1, 2012.)
2023 California Code › Education Code - EDC › TITLE 2 - ELEMENTARY AND SECONDARY EDUCATION › DIVISION 4 - INSTRUCTION AND SERVICES › PART 33 - INSTRUCTIONAL MATERIALS AND TESTING › CHAPTER 2 - Elementary School Materials › ARTICLE 1 - Selection and Adoption › Section 60206.

60206. The state board may adopt appropriate regulations to implement this chapter. These regulations may include a procedure to review district invoices for instructional materials purchases made pursuant to subdivision (b) of Section 60242.
(Added by Stats. 1982, Ch. 1503, Sec. 1.5.)
2023 California Code › Education Code - EDC › TITLE 2 - ELEMENTARY AND SECONDARY EDUCATION › DIVISION 4 - INSTRUCTION AND SERVICES › PART 33 - INSTRUCTIONAL MATERIALS AND TESTING › CHAPTER 2 - Elementary School Materials › ARTICLE 1 - Selection and Adoption › Section 60208.

60208. (a) It is the intent of the Legislature to do both of the following:
(1) Provide to local educational agencies a process that involves teachers, and is consistent with the implementation of standards-based curricula and the principle of local control.
(2) Consistent with Section 60200.7, ensure that school districts are provided with as many high-quality standards-aligned instructional material options as possible, so that educators may have many rigorous options in choosing the best materials that meet the needs of all pupils, including English learners and pupils with disabilities, and that ensure that their pupils are able to master the academic content standards adopted by the state board pursuant to Section 60605.8.
(b) The Superintendent, in collaboration with the state board, teachers of various grade levels and subject areas, district and county office of education curriculum administrators selected from various geographic areas, professional development training experts, and representatives from postsecondary institutions or other educational agencies and organizations, as deemed appropriate by the Superintendent, shall do all of the following:
(1) Develop criteria to guide the development of model professional development modules that provide critical information and strategies to be used as the common core academic content standards are implemented. The criteria shall be based on the California Standards for the Teaching Professions and developed in consideration of the National Staff Development Council’s Standards for Staff Development.
(2) Develop model professional development modules for teachers, principals, and school leaders that incorporate, make use of, and build upon existing professional development programs and opportunities currently available at the local, state, and national levels to deepen the understanding of at least all of the following:
(A) The common core academic content standards.
(B) Instructional strategies to support the learning of all pupils, including English learners, pupils with disabilities, and underperforming pupils.
(C) Instructional strategies that promote creativity, innovation, critical thinking, problem solving, collaboration, and communication skills in all academic content areas.
(D) The integration of subject content knowledge.
(E) Instructional leadership and coaching.
(c) Model professional development modules shall be designed for delivery through various methods, including, but not limited to, school-based and web-based delivery.
(d) The Superintendent shall report to the state board on the development pursuant to subdivision (b) of the model professional development modules.
(Added by Stats. 2011, Ch. 608, Sec. 9. (AB 250) Effective January 1, 2012.)
2023 California Code › Education Code - EDC › TITLE 2 - ELEMENTARY AND SECONDARY EDUCATION › DIVISION 4 - INSTRUCTION AND SERVICES › PART 33 - INSTRUCTIONAL MATERIALS AND TESTING › CHAPTER 2 - Elementary School Materials › ARTICLE 1 - Selection and Adoption › Section 60210.

60210. (a) Notwithstanding any other law, a local educational agency may use instructional materials that are aligned with the academic content standards adopted pursuant to Section 60605 or 60605.8, or former Section 60605.85, as that section read on June 30, 2014, including instructional materials that have not been adopted by the state board pursuant to Section 60200.
(b) Instructional materials for mathematics and English language arts that are aligned to common core academic content standards developed by the Common Core State Standards Initiative consortium pursuant to Section 60605.7 shall be deemed to be aligned to the content standards adopted pursuant to Section 60605 or 60605.8 for purposes of Section 60119.
(c) If a local educational agency chooses to use instructional materials that have not been adopted by the state board, the local educational agency shall ensure that a majority of the participants of any review process conducted by the local educational agency are classroom teachers who are assigned to the subject area or grade level of the materials.
(Amended by Stats. 2018, Ch. 507, Sec. 15. (SB 816) Effective January 1, 2019.)
2023 California Code › Education Code - EDC › TITLE 2 - ELEMENTARY AND SECONDARY EDUCATION › DIVISION 4 - INSTRUCTION AND SERVICES › PART 33 - INSTRUCTIONAL MATERIALS AND TESTING › CHAPTER 2 - Elementary School Materials › ARTICLE 2 - Duties of Publishers and Manufacturers › Section 60220.

60220. All publishers and manufacturers submitting instructional materials for adoption by the state board shall comply with the provisions of Article 1 (commencing with Section 60000) to Article 7 (commencing with Section 60100), inclusive, of this part.
(Enacted by Stats. 1976, Ch. 1010.)
2023 California Code › Education Code - EDC › TITLE 2 - ELEMENTARY AND SECONDARY EDUCATION › DIVISION 4 - INSTRUCTION AND SERVICES › PART 33 - INSTRUCTIONAL MATERIALS AND TESTING › CHAPTER 2 - Elementary School Materials › ARTICLE 2 - Duties of Publishers and Manufacturers › Section 60221.

60221. Publishers and manufacturers submitting instructional materials for adoption shall provide sample copies of such materials in quantities to be determined by the state board.
(Enacted by Stats. 1976, Ch. 1010.)
2023 California Code › Education Code - EDC › TITLE 2 - ELEMENTARY AND SECONDARY EDUCATION › DIVISION 4 - INSTRUCTION AND SERVICES › PART 33 - INSTRUCTIONAL MATERIALS AND TESTING › CHAPTER 2 - Elementary School Materials › ARTICLE 2 - Duties of Publishers and Manufacturers › Section 60222.

60222. Publishers and manufacturers, at a time designated by the state board, shall submit detailed specifications of the physical characteristics of that material. The publisher or manufacturer shall comply with those specifications if the material is adopted and purchased in completed form by the state board or any district board. Changes in specifications may be made when approved by the state board and the publisher or manufacturer.
(Amended by Stats. 1995, Ch. 413, Sec. 14. Effective January 1, 1996.)
2023 California Code › Education Code - EDC › TITLE 2 - ELEMENTARY AND SECONDARY EDUCATION › DIVISION 4 - INSTRUCTION AND SERVICES › PART 33 - INSTRUCTIONAL MATERIALS AND TESTING › CHAPTER 2 - Elementary School Materials › ARTICLE 2 - Duties of Publishers and Manufacturers › Section 60223.

60223. Publishers and manufacturers may biennially submit revisions to price schedules submitted pursuant to subdivision (a) of Section 60201.
(Amended by Stats. 1995, Ch. 413, Sec. 15. Effective January 1, 1996.)
2023 California Code › Education Code - EDC › TITLE 2 - ELEMENTARY AND SECONDARY EDUCATION › DIVISION 4 - INSTRUCTION AND SERVICES › PART 33 - INSTRUCTIONAL MATERIALS AND TESTING › CHAPTER 2 - Elementary School Materials › ARTICLE 2 - Duties of Publishers and Manufacturers › Section 60225.

60225. As agreed upon by publishers and school districts, publishers may provide in-service training or professional development in the use of the instructional materials provided by them.
(Amended by Stats. 1995, Ch. 413, Sec. 17. Effective January 1, 1996.)
2023 California Code › Education Code - EDC › TITLE 2 - ELEMENTARY AND SECONDARY EDUCATION › DIVISION 4 - INSTRUCTION AND SERVICES › PART 33 - INSTRUCTIONAL MATERIALS AND TESTING › CHAPTER 2 - Elementary School Materials › ARTICLE 2 - Duties of Publishers and Manufacturers › Section 60226.

60226. Publishers and manufacturers shall, in accordance with rules and regulations adopted by the state board, develop plans to improve the quality and reliability of instructional materials through learner verification. District boards shall be encouraged to permit publishers and manufacturers to have limited access to classrooms for necessary testing and observation. Publishers and manufacturers shall provide copies of test results and evaluations made as part of learner verification at the request of any governing board.
(Amended by Stats. 1986, Ch. 211, Sec. 5. Effective June 27, 1986.)
2023 California Code › Education Code - EDC › TITLE 2 - ELEMENTARY AND SECONDARY EDUCATION › DIVISION 4 - INSTRUCTION AND SERVICES › PART 33 - INSTRUCTIONAL MATERIALS AND TESTING › CHAPTER 2 - Elementary School Materials › ARTICLE 6 - Other Uses › Section 60310.

60310. The following individuals or organizations may order instructional materials from lists adopted by the state board:
(a) The head of any state institution offering instruction in the elementary grades, or giving instruction in the teaching of elementary subjects.
(b) Governing boards or nonpublic schools.
(c) Individuals for use only in California.
The materials shall be purchased at the unit cost determined pursuant to subdivision (b) of Section 60222.
(Amended by Stats. 1982, Ch. 1503, Sec. 14. Operative July 1, 1983, by Sec. 15 of Ch. 1503.)
2023 California Code › Education Code - EDC › TITLE 2 - ELEMENTARY AND SECONDARY EDUCATION › DIVISION 4 - INSTRUCTION AND SERVICES › PART 33 - INSTRUCTIONAL MATERIALS AND TESTING › CHAPTER 2 - Elementary School Materials › ARTICLE 6 - Other Uses › Section 60312.

60312. The state board shall make available copies of adopted textbooks and other state adopted print materials in large print and other accessible media for pupils enrolled in the elementary schools whose visual acuity is 10/70 or less or who have other visual impairments making the use of these textbooks and alternate formats necessary. The state board shall make available adopted textbooks in braille characters for pupils enrolled in elementary schools whose corrected visual acuity is 20/200 or less. The state board may purchase or contract for the development of those materials.
(Amended by Stats. 1995, Ch. 413, Sec. 27. Effective January 1, 1996.)
2023 California Code › Education Code - EDC › TITLE 2 - ELEMENTARY AND SECONDARY EDUCATION › DIVISION 4 - INSTRUCTION AND SERVICES › PART 33 - INSTRUCTIONAL MATERIALS AND TESTING › CHAPTER 2 - Elementary School Materials › ARTICLE 6 - Other Uses › Section 60313.

60313. (a) The Superintendent of Public Instruction shall maintain a central clearinghouse-depository and duplication center for the design, production, modification, and distribution of Braille, large print, special recordings, and other accessible versions of instructional materials for use by pupils with visual impairments or other disabilities who are enrolled in the public schools of California.
(b) Assistive devices placed in the depository shall consist of items designed for use by pupils with visual impairments.
(c) The instructional materials in specialized media shall be available, in a manner determined by the State Board of Education, to other pupils with disabilities enrolled in the public schools of California who are unable to progress in the general curriculum using conventional print copies of textbooks and other study materials.
(d) The specialized textbooks, reference books, recordings, study materials, tangible apparatus, equipment, and other similar items shall be available for use by students with visual impairments enrolled in the public community colleges, the California State University, and the University of California.
(Amended by Stats. 2001, Ch. 734, Sec. 61. Effective October 11, 2001.)
2023 California Code › Education Code - EDC › TITLE 2 - ELEMENTARY AND SECONDARY EDUCATION › DIVISION 4 - INSTRUCTION AND SERVICES › PART 33 - INSTRUCTIONAL MATERIALS AND TESTING › CHAPTER 3 - High School Textbooks › ARTICLE 1 - Adoption and Purchase › Section 60400.

60400. The governing board of each school district maintaining one or more high schools shall adopt instructional materials for use in the high schools under its control. Only instruction materials of those publishers who comply with the requirements of Article 3 (commencing with Section 60040) and Article 4 (commencing with Section 60060) of Chapter 1 of this part and of Section 60226 may be adopted by the district board.
(Amended by Stats. 2001, Ch. 734, Sec. 62. Effective October 11, 2001.)
2023 California Code › Education Code - EDC › TITLE 2 - ELEMENTARY AND SECONDARY EDUCATION › DIVISION 4 - INSTRUCTION AND SERVICES › PART 33 - INSTRUCTIONAL MATERIALS AND TESTING › CHAPTER 3 - High School Textbooks › ARTICLE 2 - Furnishing Textbooks to Pupils › Section 60410.

60410. The district board of each high school district may fix a charge not to exceed the cost of the books to the high school district for books furnished pupils in classes for adults. In lieu of fixing such charge, the board may lend books to such pupils and require the making of deposits by the pupils, the amount of deposit made by a pupil to be refunded to him upon the return by him of the books lent him in good condition, reasonable wear and tear excepted.
(Enacted by Stats. 1976, Ch. 1010.)
2023 California Code › Education Code - EDC › TITLE 2 - ELEMENTARY AND SECONDARY EDUCATION › DIVISION 4 - INSTRUCTION AND SERVICES › PART 33 - INSTRUCTIONAL MATERIALS AND TESTING › CHAPTER 3 - High School Textbooks › ARTICLE 2 - Furnishing Textbooks to Pupils › Section 60411.

60411. The district board of each high school district shall purchase textbooks and may purchase supplementary books for the use of pupils enrolled in the high schools of the district. The textbooks and supplementary books shall at all times remain the property of the district, and shall be supplied to the pupils for use without charge.
(Enacted by Stats. 1976, Ch. 1010.)
2023 California Code › Education Code - EDC › TITLE 2 - ELEMENTARY AND SECONDARY EDUCATION › DIVISION 4 - INSTRUCTION AND SERVICES › PART 33 - INSTRUCTIONAL MATERIALS AND TESTING › CHAPTER 4 - Obsolete Materials › ARTICLE 1 - Donation or Sale › Section 60510.

60510. The state board, the governing board of a school district, or a county office of education may dispose of surplus or undistributed obsolete instructional materials in its possession that are usable for educational purposes in any of the following ways:
(a) By donation to a governing board, county free library, or other state institution.
(b) By donation to a public agency or institution of any territory or possession of the United States, or the government of a country that formerly was a territory or possession of the United States.
(c) By donation to a nonprofit charitable organization.
(d) By donation to children or adults in the State of California, or foreign countries for the purpose of increasing the general literacy of the people.
(e) By sale.
(Amended by Stats. 2009, Ch. 321, Sec. 1. (AB 487) Effective January 1, 2010.)
2023 California Code › Education Code - EDC › TITLE 2 - ELEMENTARY AND SECONDARY EDUCATION › DIVISION 4 - INSTRUCTION AND SERVICES › PART 33 - INSTRUCTIONAL MATERIALS AND TESTING › CHAPTER 4 - Obsolete Materials › ARTICLE 1 - Donation or Sale › Section 60510.5.

60510.5. (a) Prior to the disposition by a school district of any instructional materials pursuant to Section 60510, the school district governing board is encouraged to do both of the following:
(1) No later than 60 days prior to that disposition, notify the public of its intention to dispose of those materials through a public service announcement on a television station in the county in which the district is located, a public notice in a newspaper of general circulation published in that county, or any other means that the governing board determines to reach most effectively the entities described in subdivisions (a) to (e), inclusive, of Section 60510.
(2) Permit representatives of the entities described in subdivisions (a) to (e), inclusive, of Section 60510 and members of the public to address the governing board regarding that disposition.
(b) This section does not apply to any school district that, as of January 1, 1992, had in operation a procedure for the disposition of instructional materials pursuant to Section 60510.
(Added by Stats. 1991, Ch. 1028, Sec. 2.)
2023 California Code › Education Code - EDC › TITLE 2 - ELEMENTARY AND SECONDARY EDUCATION › DIVISION 4 - INSTRUCTION AND SERVICES › PART 33 - INSTRUCTIONAL MATERIALS AND TESTING › CHAPTER 4 - Obsolete Materials › ARTICLE 1 - Donation or Sale › Section 60511.

60511. Any organization, agency, or institution receiving obsolete instructional materials donated pursuant to this article shall certify to the governing board of the school district or the county board of education, as appropriate, that it agrees to make no charge of any kind to the persons to whom the organization gives or lends those materials.
(Amended by Stats. 2009, Ch. 321, Sec. 3. (AB 487) Effective January 1, 2010.)
2023 California Code › Education Code - EDC › TITLE 2 - ELEMENTARY AND SECONDARY EDUCATION › DIVISION 4 - INSTRUCTION AND SERVICES › PART 33 - INSTRUCTIONAL MATERIALS AND TESTING › CHAPTER 4 - Obsolete Materials › ARTICLE 2 - Destruction › Section 60530.

60530. The state board, any district board which employs a superintendent of schools, and other school districts with the approval of the county superintendent of schools may dispose of unusable surplus or undistributed obsolete instructional materials, or such materials which are usable but cannot be distributed pursuant to Section 60510 in any of the following ways:
(a) Mutilated as not to be salable as instructional materials and sold for scrap or for use in the manufacture of paper pulp or other substances at the highest price that can be obtained.
(b) Destroyed by any economical means, provided that no instructional material shall be destroyed until 30 days after the governing board has given notice to all persons who have filed a request for such notice.
(Enacted by Stats. 1976, Ch. 1010.)
2023 California Code › Education Code - EDC › TITLE 2 - ELEMENTARY AND SECONDARY EDUCATION › DIVISION 4 - INSTRUCTION AND SERVICES › PART 33 - INSTRUCTIONAL MATERIALS AND TESTING › CHAPTER 5 - California Assessment of Academic Achievement › ARTICLE 1 - General Provisions › Section 60600.

60600. This chapter shall be known and may be cited as the Leroy Greene California Assessment of Academic Achievement Act.
(Added by Stats. 1995, Ch. 975, Sec. 1. Effective January 1, 1996.)
2023 California Code › Education Code - EDC › TITLE 2 - ELEMENTARY AND SECONDARY EDUCATION › DIVISION 4 - INSTRUCTION AND SERVICES › PART 33 - INSTRUCTIONAL MATERIALS AND TESTING › CHAPTER 5 - California Assessment of Academic Achievement › ARTICLE 1 - General Provisions › Section 60602.6.

60602.6. It is the intent of the Legislature that the department minimize the impact to teachers and administrators and state resources by ensuring, where feasible, that future California computer-based assessments utilize the assessment delivery system infrastructure and hosting platform outlined in the Smarter Balanced Technical Hosting Solution, as approved by the Department of Technology for the statewide pupil assessment system. All computer-based statewide assessments, to the extent possible and most cost-effective, shall be developed to operate on the existing approved infrastructure, provide a single logical access point, support a single secure browser for remote and local access, and utilize uniform system development standards. The assessment delivery system infrastructure shall be scalable in nature to allow the department to incorporate additional computer-based statewide assessments as funded.
(Added by Stats. 2016, Ch. 29, Sec. 29. (SB 828) Effective June 27, 2016.)
2023 California Code › Education Code - EDC › TITLE 2 - ELEMENTARY AND SECONDARY EDUCATION › DIVISION 4 - INSTRUCTION AND SERVICES › PART 33 - INSTRUCTIONAL MATERIALS AND TESTING › CHAPTER 5 - California Assessment of Academic Achievement › ARTICLE 2 - Program Provisions › Section 60605.1.

60605.1. (a) No later than June 1, 2001, the State Board of Education shall adopt content standards, pursuant to recommendations developed by the Superintendent of Public Instruction, in the curriculum area of visual and performing arts.
(b) The content standards are intended to provide a framework for programs that a school may offer in the instruction of visual or performing arts. Nothing in this section shall be construed to require a school to follow the content standards.
(c) Nothing in this section shall be construed as mandating an assessment of pupils in visual or performing arts.
(Added by Stats. 2000, Ch. 432, Sec. 2. Effective January 1, 2001.)
2023 California Code › Education Code - EDC › TITLE 2 - ELEMENTARY AND SECONDARY EDUCATION › DIVISION 4 - INSTRUCTION AND SERVICES › PART 33 - INSTRUCTIONAL MATERIALS AND TESTING › CHAPTER 5 - California Assessment of Academic Achievement › ARTICLE 2 - Program Provisions › Section 60605.2.

60605.2. (a) No later than December 1, 2004, the State Board of Education shall adopt model content standards, pursuant to recommendations developed by the Superintendent of Public Instruction, in the curriculum area of physical education.
(b) The model content standards are intended to provide a framework for programs that a school may offer in the instruction of physical education. Nothing in this section shall be construed to require a school to follow the model content standards.
(Added by Stats. 2002, Ch. 943, Sec. 6. Effective January 1, 2003.)
2023 California Code › Education Code - EDC › TITLE 2 - ELEMENTARY AND SECONDARY EDUCATION › DIVISION 4 - INSTRUCTION AND SERVICES › PART 33 - INSTRUCTIONAL MATERIALS AND TESTING › CHAPTER 5 - California Assessment of Academic Achievement › ARTICLE 2 - Program Provisions › Section 60605.3.

60605.3. (a) On or before June 1, 2009, the state board shall adopt content standards, pursuant to recommendations developed by the Superintendent, for teaching world languages in kindergarten and grades 1 to 12, inclusive.
(b) The content standards shall support the goals of Section 51212 and subdivision (c) of Section 51220 by including all of the following:
(1) A summary of the language goals which recognizes that instruction may begin in elementary or secondary school.
(2) A description of individual language skills that should be taught and attained at each level.
(3) Course content that is aligned with findings from research on second language acquisition and education.
(4) Course content that is aligned with the admission requirements for the California State University and the University of California.
(c) The content standards may be used by school districts to develop language programs and course assessments but are not mandatory.
(Amended by Stats. 2018, Ch. 865, Sec. 28. (AB 2319) Effective January 1, 2019.)
2023 California Code › Education Code - EDC › TITLE 2 - ELEMENTARY AND SECONDARY EDUCATION › DIVISION 4 - INSTRUCTION AND SERVICES › PART 33 - INSTRUCTIONAL MATERIALS AND TESTING › CHAPTER 5 - California Assessment of Academic Achievement › ARTICLE 2 - Program Provisions › Section 60605.4.

60605.4. (a) On or before July 31, 2019, the Instructional Quality Commission shall consider developing and recommending to the state board computer science content standards for kindergarten and grades 1 to 12, inclusive, pursuant to recommendations developed by a group of computer science experts. The Instructional Quality Commission shall consider existing computer science content standards, which include, but are not limited to, the national K–12 computer science content standards developed by the Computer Science Teachers Association, and consider content standards that include, but are not necessarily limited to, standards for teaching coding. For purposes of this section, “coding” is the process of converting a program design into an accurate and detailed representation of that program in a suitable language.
(b) (1) The Superintendent, in consultation with the state board, shall consider convening the group of experts referenced in subdivision (a), and shall ensure that the members of the group include, but are not necessarily limited to, all of the following:
(A) Teachers who teach computer science, including mathematics and science teachers, in kindergarten and grades 1 to 12, inclusive.
(B) Schoolsite principals.
(C) School district or county office of education administrators.
(D) University professors.
(E) Representatives of private sector business or industry.
(2) The Superintendent, in consultation with the state board, shall ensure that one-half of the members of the group are teachers as described in subparagraph (A) of paragraph (1).
(c) The computer science content standards may be used by school districts to develop computer science programs and course assessments but are not mandatory.
(d) The operation of this section is subject to an appropriation being made for purposes of this section in the annual Budget Act or another statute.
(Added by Stats. 2014, Ch. 876, Sec. 1. (AB 1539) Effective January 1, 2015.)
2023 California Code › Education Code - EDC › TITLE 2 - ELEMENTARY AND SECONDARY EDUCATION › DIVISION 4 - INSTRUCTION AND SERVICES › PART 33 - INSTRUCTIONAL MATERIALS AND TESTING › CHAPTER 5 - California Assessment of Academic Achievement › ARTICLE 2 - Program Provisions › Section 60605.6.

60605.6. Subject to the availability of funds appropriated in the annual Budget Act for this purpose, the Superintendent, upon approval of the state board, shall contract for the development and distribution of separate workbooks for each of grades 2 to 11, inclusive. Each pupil in grades 2 to 11, inclusive, who is required to take the achievement tests described in Section 60642.5 shall receive a copy of the workbook designed for the same grade level in which the pupil is enrolled. These workbooks shall contain material to assist pupils and their parents with standards-based learning, including the grade appropriate academic content standards adopted by the state board pursuant to Section 60605 and sample questions that require knowledge of these standards to answer. The workbooks also shall describe how the sample questions test knowledge of the state board adopted academic content standards.
(Amended by Stats. 2017, Ch. 641, Sec. 15. (AB 830) Effective January 1, 2018.)
2023 California Code › Education Code - EDC › TITLE 2 - ELEMENTARY AND SECONDARY EDUCATION › DIVISION 4 - INSTRUCTION AND SERVICES › PART 33 - INSTRUCTIONAL MATERIALS AND TESTING › CHAPTER 5 - California Assessment of Academic Achievement › ARTICLE 2 - Program Provisions › Section 60605.7.

60605.7. The Superintendent, the state board, and any other entity or individual designated by the Governor shall participate in the Common Core State Standards Initiative consortium sponsored by the National Governors Association and the Council of Chief State School Officers or any associated or related interstate collaboration to jointly develop common high-quality standards or assessments aligned with the common set of standards.
(Added by Stats. 2010, 5th Ex. Sess., Ch. 2, Sec. 14. (SB 1 5x) Effective April 12, 2010.)
2023 California Code › Education Code - EDC › TITLE 2 - ELEMENTARY AND SECONDARY EDUCATION › DIVISION 4 - INSTRUCTION AND SERVICES › PART 33 - INSTRUCTIONAL MATERIALS AND TESTING › CHAPTER 5 - California Assessment of Academic Achievement › ARTICLE 2 - Program Provisions › Section 60605.8.

60605.8. (a) There is hereby established the Academic Content Standards Commission. The commission shall consist of 21 members, appointed as follows:
(1) Eleven members appointed by the Governor.
(2) Five members appointed by the Senate Committee on Rules.
(3) Five members appointed by the Speaker of the Assembly.
(b) Members of the commission shall serve at the pleasure of the appointing authority.
(c) Not less than half of the members appointed by each of the appointing authorities pursuant to subdivision (a) shall be current public school elementary or secondary classroom teachers.
(d) The commission shall develop academic content standards in language arts and mathematics. The standards shall be internationally benchmarked and build toward college and career readiness by the time of high school graduation. Unless otherwise allowed by the Secretary of the United States Department of Education, at least 85 percent of these standards shall be the common core academic standards developed by the consortium or interstate collaboration set forth in Section 60605.7.
(e) Pursuant to the Bagley-Keene Act, Article 9 (commencing with Sec. 11120) of Division 3 of Title 2 of the Government Code, all meetings and hearings of the commission shall be open and available to the public.
(f) On or before July 15, 2010, the commission shall present its recommended academic content standards to the state board.
(g) On or before August 2, 2010, the state board shall do either of the following:
(1) Adopt the academic content standards as proposed by the commission.
(2) Reject the academic content standards as proposed by the commission. If the state board rejects the standards it shall provide a specific written explanation to the Superintendent, the Governor, and the Legislature of the reasons why the proposed standards were rejected.
(h) The Superintendent and state board shall present to the Governor and to the appropriate policy and fiscal committees of the Legislature a schedule and implementation plan for integrating the academic content standards adopted pursuant to this section into the state educational system.
(Added by Stats. 2010, 5th Ex. Sess., Ch. 2, Sec. 15. (SB 1 5x) Effective April 12, 2010.)
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60605.9. Notwithstanding any other provision of law, the limitation in paragraph (6) of subdivision (c) of Section 60200, which requires that other criteria be approved at least 30 months prior to the date that the materials are to be approved for adoption, shall not apply to instructional materials adopted by the state board that are aligned with the content standards adopted pursuant to Section 60605.8 in each of the content areas for which standards are revised or adopted.
(Added by Stats. 2010, 5th Ex. Sess., Ch. 2, Sec. 16. (SB 1 5x) Effective April 12, 2010.)
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60605.10. The Superintendent may recommend and the state board may adopt the college and career readiness anchor standards developed by the Common Core State Standards Initiative consortium. The state board may also take action to resolve any technical issues in the English language arts standards adopted pursuant to Section 60605.8.
(Added by Stats. 2012, Ch. 654, Sec. 1. (SB 1200) Effective January 1, 2013.)
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60607. (a) Each pupil shall have an individual record of accomplishment by the end of grade 12 that includes the results of the achievement test required and administered annually as part of the California Assessment of Student Performance and Progress (CAASPP), or any predecessor assessments, established pursuant to Article 4 (commencing with Section 60640), results of end-of-course examinations he or she has taken, and the vocational education certification examinations he or she chose to take.
(b) It is the intent of the Legislature that local educational agencies and schools use the results of the academic achievement tests administered annually as part of the CAASPP to provide support to pupils and parents or guardians in order to assist pupils in strengthening their development as learners, and thereby to improve their academic achievement and performance in subsequent assessments.
(c) (1) Except for research provided for in former Section 49079.6, as it read on December 31, 2013, a pupil’s results or a record of accomplishment shall be private, and may not be released to any person, other than the pupil’s parent or guardian and a teacher, counselor, or administrator directly involved with the pupil, without the express written consent of either the parent or guardian of the pupil if the pupil is a minor, or the pupil if the pupil has reached the age of majority or is emancipated.
(2) (A) Notwithstanding paragraph (1), a pupil or his or her parent or guardian may authorize the release of pupil results or a record of accomplishment to a postsecondary educational institution for the purpose of credit, placement, or admission.
(B) Notwithstanding paragraph (1), the results of an individual pupil on the CAASPP may be released to a postsecondary educational institution for the purpose of credit, placement, or admission.
(Amended by Stats. 2014, Ch. 327, Sec. 19. (AB 1599) Effective January 1, 2015.)
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60608. The governing board of each district shall, in accordance with the rules and regulations of the State Board of Education, conduct a testing program pursuant to this chapter and may also administer other tests.
(Added by Stats. 1995, Ch. 975, Sec. 1. Effective January 1, 1996.)
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60610. At the request of the state board, and in accordance with rules and regulations that the state board may adopt, each county superintendent of schools shall cooperate with and assist school districts and charter schools under his or her jurisdiction in carrying out the testing programs of those school districts and charter schools and other duties imposed on school districts by this chapter.
(Amended by Stats. 2013, Ch. 489, Sec. 10. (AB 484) Effective January 1, 2014.)
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60611. A local educational agency, district superintendent of schools, or principal or teacher of any elementary or secondary school, including a charter school, shall not carry on any program for the sole purpose of test preparation of pupils for the statewide pupil assessment system or a particular test used in the statewide pupil assessment system. Nothing in this section prohibits the use of materials to familiarize pupils with item types or the computer-based testing environment used in the California Assessment of Student Performance and Progress.
(Amended by Stats. 2014, Ch. 327, Sec. 20. (AB 1599) Effective January 1, 2015.)
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60612. Upon adoption or approval of assessments pursuant to this chapter, the Superintendent shall prepare, and make available to parents, teachers, pupils, administrators, school board members, and the public, easily understood materials, in accordance with subdivisions (c) and (d) of Section 60604, describing the nature and purposes of the assessments, the systems of scoring, and the valid uses to which the assessments will be put. The Superintendent shall produce the materials for parents in languages other than English in accordance with Section 48985. It is the intent of the Legislature that the department utilize the clearinghouse for multilingual documents to meet this requirement. The Superintendent shall consider information already provided by assessment consortia of which California is a member or assessment contractors when fulfilling this requirement.
(Amended by Stats. 2013, Ch. 489, Sec. 12. (AB 484) Effective January 1, 2014.)
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60613. A school district is an agent of the State Department of Education for the purpose of administering a test or assessment required pursuant to this article. No action may be brought or maintained against any school district or its officers or employees acting in accordance with the instructions of the Superintendent of Public Instruction or the State Board of Education.
(Amended by Stats. 1997, Ch. 828, Sec. 7. Effective October 10, 1997.)
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60614. Notwithstanding Section 51513, no test, examination, or assessment given as part of the statewide pupil assessment program shall contain any questions or items that solicit or invite disclosure of a pupil’s, or his or her parents’ or guardians’, personal beliefs or practices in sex, family life, morality, or religion nor shall it contain any question designed to evaluate personal behavioral characteristics, including, but not limited to, honesty, integrity, sociability, or self esteem.
(Added by Stats. 1995, Ch. 975, Sec. 1. Effective January 1, 1996.)
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60615. Notwithstanding any other provision of law, a parent’s or guardian’s written request to school officials to excuse his or her child from any or all parts of the assessments administered pursuant to this chapter shall be granted.
(Added by Stats. 1995, Ch. 975, Sec. 1. Effective January 1, 1996.)
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60616. Any achievement test adopted by the state board pursuant to this chapter may be reviewed by any Member of the Legislature or any member of the governing board of a school district, if the member agrees in writing prior to the review to maintain the confidentiality of the test.
(Amended by Stats. 2008, Ch. 757, Sec. 14. Effective September 30, 2008.)
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60617. The governing board of any school district may meet in closed session only to review the actual contents of any approved or adopted assessment, provided the governing board agrees by resolution to accept any terms or conditions for that review that are established by rules and regulations of the State Board of Education. The purpose of this provision is to maintain the confidentiality of the assessments under review.
(Added by Stats. 1995, Ch. 975, Sec. 1. Effective January 1, 1996.)
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60618. (a) The academic content and performance standards adopted by the State Board of Education pursuant to Section 60605 that are used as standards for the purposes of this article are to be considered model standards for any other purpose.
(b) School districts may use these model standards as a guideline in developing district standards.
(Added by Stats. 1996, Ch. 920, Sec. 2. Effective January 1, 1997.)