60310-60352
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.