Section 60605.87.

(a) The department shall recommend, and the state board shall approve, evaluation criteria to guide the development and review of supplemental instructional materials for English learners.

(b) Notwithstanding any other law, and on a one-time basis, the department, on or before March 1, 2014, shall develop a list of supplemental instructional materials for beginning through advanced levels of proficiency for use in kindergarten and grades 1 to 8, inclusive, that are aligned with the revised English language development standards adopted pursuant to Section 60811.3. The supplemental instructional materials shall provide a bridge between the current English language development standards and the revised English language development standards pursuant to Section 60811.3 with the purpose of ensuring the supplemental materials address the unique features of the English language development standards and remain consistent with the relevant elements of the evaluation criteria for English language arts supplemental instructional materials adopted pursuant to Section 60605.86.

(c) (1) The department shall recommend, and the state board shall approve, content review experts to review, in an open and transparent process, supplemental instructional materials submitted for approval in the subject area of English language development.

(2) The majority of content review experts approved pursuant to paragraph (1) shall be elementary and secondary schoolteachers who are credentialed in English language arts, possess the appropriate state English learner authorization, and have five years of classroom experience instructing English learners. The content review experts also shall include appropriate persons possessing English learner expertise from postsecondary educational institutions and school and school district curriculum administrators possessing English learner expertise, and other persons who are knowledgeable in English language arts and English language development.

(d) (1) On or before June 30, 2014, the state board shall do the following:

(A) Approve all, or a portion, of the list of supplemental instructional materials proposed by the department, taking into consideration the review of the content review experts and any other relevant information, as appropriate.

(B) Reject all, or a portion, of the list of supplemental instructional materials proposed by the department, taking into consideration the review of the content review experts and any other relevant information, as appropriate.

(2) If the state board rejects all, or a portion, of the list of supplemental instructional materials proposed by the department, or adds an item to the list, the state board, 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), shall provide written reasons for the removal or addition of an item on the list. The state board shall not approve a supplemental instructional material it adds to the list at the same time it provides its written reason for adding the material; instead, the state board shall approve the added material at a subsequent public meeting.

(e) (1) The governing board of a school district and a county board of education may approve supplemental instructional materials other than those approved by the state board pursuant to subdivision (d) if the governing board of a school district or county board of education determines that other supplemental instructional materials are aligned with the revised English language development standards adopted pursuant to Section 60811.3 and meet the needs of pupils of the district who are English learners. The governing board of a school district or the county board of education may only approve supplemental instructional materials that comply with all of the following:

(A) The evaluation criteria approved pursuant to subdivision (a).

(B) Section 60226.

(C) Subdivision (h).

(D) Article 4 (commencing with Section 60060) of Chapter 1.

(2) (A) A supplemental instructional material approved by a governing board of a school district or county board of education pursuant to this subdivision that is in the subject area of English language development shall be reviewed by content review experts chosen by the governing board.

(B) The majority of the content review experts chosen pursuant to subparagraph (A) shall be elementary and secondary schoolteachers who are credentialed in English language arts, possess the appropriate state English learner authorization, and have five years of classroom experience instructing English learners.

(C) The content review experts also shall include appropriate persons possessing English learner expertise from postsecondary educational institutions and school and school district curriculum administrators possessing English learner expertise, and other persons who are knowledgeable in English language arts and English language development.

(f) Publishers choosing to submit supplemental instructional materials for approval by the state board shall submit standards maps.

(g) (1) Before approving supplemental instructional materials pursuant to this section, the state board shall review those instructional materials for academic content, social content, and instructional support to teachers and pupils. Supplemental instructional materials approved by the state board pursuant to this section shall meet required program criteria for grade-level programs and shall include materials for use by teachers.

(2) Before approving supplemental instructional materials pursuant to this section, the governing board of a school district or county board of education shall review those instructional materials for academic content and instructional support to teachers and pupils who are English learners. Supplemental instructional materials approved by the governing board of a school district or county board of education pursuant to this section shall meet required program criteria for grade-level programs and shall include materials for use by teachers.

(h) Supplemental instructional materials approved pursuant to this section shall comply with the social content review requirements pursuant to Section 60050.

(i) The department shall maintain on its Internet Web site the list of supplemental instructional materials approved by the state board pursuant to subdivision (d).

(j) This section shall become inoperative on July 1, 2014, and, as of July 1, 2015, is repealed, unless a later enacted statute, that becomes operative on or before July 1, 2015, deletes or extends the dates on which it becomes inoperative and is repealed.

(Added by Stats. 2012, Ch. 636, Sec. 2. Effective January 1, 2013. Inoperative July 1, 2014, by its own provisions. Repealed as of January 1, 2015, pursuant to Section 60601, and by its own provisions.)