Cal. Code Regs. tit. 5 § 11983.5

Current through Register 2024 Notice Reg. No. 36, September 6, 2024
Section 11983.5 - Definition of Instructional Materials Otherwise Authorized by the California State Board of Education
(a) As used in Education Code section 99231(c), instructional materials "otherwise authorized" by the SBE include basic instructional materials as defined in Education Code section 60010(a) that have been determined to be in alignment with applicable content standards through a petition approved by the SBE after May 1, 2000, pursuant to Education Code section 60200(g).
(b) In addition, if the instructional materials program used by the LEA is a basic reading/language arts program (RLA), the instructional materials shall be deemed to be "otherwise authorized" provided the LEA certifies all of the following to the CDE prior to receiving the funding:
(1) The instructional materials were purchased by the district prior to the 2002 Reading/Language Arts/English Language Development Adoption (RLA/ELD);
(2) The LEA has in place specially designed instructional materials (component) to address the needs of EL pupils that is comparable to the instructional materials (component) approved and contained in the RLA/ELD programs adopted in January 2002 as approved by the SBE;
(3) The LEA's specially designed component to address the needs of EL pupils has been approved by the CDE for legal and social compliance pursuant to Education Code sections 60040- 60048 and the SBE's "Standards for Evaluating Instructional Materials for Social Content" (2000 Edition) which is incorporated by reference; and
(4) The publishers have met all the requirements of Education Code section 60061, as applicable.

Cal. Code Regs. Tit. 5, § 11983.5

1. New section filed 6-28-2002 as an emergency; operative 6-28-2002 (Register 2002, No. 26). A Certificate of Compliance must be transmitted to OAL by 10-28-2002 or emergency language will be repealed by operation of law on the following day.
2. Certificate of Compliance as to 6-28-2002 order, including amendment of subsection (b), transmitted to OAL 10-24-2002 and filed 12-10-2002 (Register 2002, No. 50).
3. Amendment of section heading, section and NOTE filed 11-19-2007; operative 11-19-2007 pursuant to Government Code section 11343.4 (Register 2007, No. 47).

Note: Authority cited: Section 99236, Education Code. Reference: Section 99231, Education Code.

1. New section filed 6-28-2002 as an emergency; operative 6-28-2002 (Register 2002, No. 26). A Certificate of Compliance must be transmitted to OAL by 10-28-2002 or emergency language will be repealed by operation of law on the following day.
2. Certificate of Compliance as to 6-28-2002 order, including amendment of subsection (b), transmitted to OAL 10-24-2002 and filed 12-10-2002 (Register 2002, No. 50).
3. Amendment of section heading, section andNote filed 11-19-2007; operative 11-19-2007 pursuant to Government Code section 11343.4 (Register 2007, No. 47).