SECTIONS 60310-60352 - California Statutes

EDUCATION CODE

SECTION 60310-60352

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.

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.

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.

60350. It is the intent of the Legislature that each pupil in
kindergarten and grades 1 to 3, inclusive, be furnished with a
complete set of core reading program instructional materials adopted
by the state board in 1996.

60351. (a) The State Department of Education shall apportion funds
appropriated for purposes of this article to school districts on the
basis of an equal amount per statewide pupil enrollment in
kindergarten and grades 1 to 3, inclusive.
(b) For the purposes of this article, the term "school districts"
means school districts and county offices of education and the term
"governing boards" means governing boards of school districts and
county boards of education.

60352. A school district may apply to the state board for funding
for the purchase of a complete set of core reading program
instructional materials pursuant to this article.
(a) Except as provided in subdivision (b), each school district
shall expend funds received pursuant to this article for the sole
purpose of purchasing core reading program instructional materials
for pupils enrolled in kindergarten and grades 1 to 3, inclusive,
that meet the following requirements:
(1) The instructional materials have been adopted by the state
board in 1996.
(2) The instructional materials meet the requirements of Section
60200.4.
(3) The instructional materials include, but are not necessarily
limited to, phonemic awareness, systematic explicit phonics, and
spelling patterns, accompanied by reading material that provides
practice in the lesson being taught.
(b) A school district may expend up to 5 percent of the amounts
received pursuant to this article to acquire independent reading
books for pupils enrolled in grades 1 to 4, inclusive, for the
purpose of stocking school or classroom libraries.
(c) Each school district that receives funds pursuant to this
chapter shall purchase the core reading instructional materials on or
before September 30, 1997, except that the state board may extend
the last date to purchase materials to not later than September 30,
1998, if in a public hearing the governing board adopts a resolution
requesting that extension and stating the reasons therefor. In
granting a request for an extension pursuant to this subdivision, the
state board shall prescribe the last date that core reading
instructional materials may be purchased, but in no event shall the
state board authorize a date of extension later than September 30,
1998. It is the intent of the Legislature that the state board
authorize extensions to governing boards that have demonstrated that
they are unable to meet the deadline set forth in this subdivision
because of factors out of their control, including, but not limited
to, insufficient time to evaluate and field test the state
board-approved materials.
(d) If the governing board establishes, to the satisfaction of the
state board, that the state-adopted instructional materials do not
promote the maximum efficiency of pupil learning in the district, the
state board shall authorize that governing board to use the funds
received pursuant to this article to purchase instructional materials
as specified by the state board, in accordance with standards and
procedures established by the state board, and that meet the
requirements of Section 60200.4 and include, but are not necessarily
limited to, phonemic awareness, systematic explicit phonics, and
spelling patterns, accompanied by reading material that provides
practice in the lesson being taught. It is the intent of the
Legislature that any request made by governing boards pursuant to
this subdivision prior to August 31, 1996, be expedited by the state
board.
(e) Each governing board shall certify to the State Department of
Education that the amounts received pursuant to this chapter have
been expended as required by this chapter. The governing board shall
certify at a public hearing of the board that each pupil enrolled in
kindergarten and grades 1 to 3, inclusive, has been furnished a
complete set of core reading program instructional materials that
meets the requirements of this section.