Section 60606.

(a) After adopting an assessment of applied academic skills for use in grades 4, 5, 8, and 10 pursuant to Section 60605, the state board shall submit the instrument, once designated or adopted, for review by the Statewide Pupil Assessment Review Panel, which is hereby established.

(b) The panel shall consist of six members. Three members shall be appointed by the Governor, one member shall be appointed by the Senate Committee on Rules, one member shall be appointed by the Speaker of the Assembly, and one member shall be appointed by the Superintendent. A majority of the panel shall consist of parents whose children attend public schools in the state in kindergarten and grades 1 to 12, inclusive.

(c) Panel members shall serve two-year terms, without compensation. No panel member shall serve more than two consecutive terms.

(d) The panel shall review the instrument specified in subdivision (a) in order to ensure that the content of the instrument complies with the requirements of Section 60614. Notwithstanding any other provision of law, the panel may meet in closed session with a publisher for the purpose of addressing questions and clarifying issues that relate to ensuring that the content of the publisher's test or assessment, as the case may be, complies with the requirements of Section 60614.

(e) The panel shall report its findings and recommendations to the state board within 10 days of its receipt of the instrument. If the panel fails to report within the required 10 days, the test or assessment shall be deemed acceptable to the panel.

(Amended by Stats. 2010, 5th Ex. Sess., Ch. 2, Sec. 17. Effective April 12, 2010. Inoperative July 1, 2014. Repealed as of January 1, 2015, pursuant to Section 60601.)