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Committee moves AB 1053 to require teacher and paraprofessional input on educational technology adoption
Summary
AB 1053 advanced to Appropriations after supporters argued that districts adopt educational apps and software without sufficient teacher input. County offices, school business officials and CTOs warned the bill’s current language is too broad and could create new local mandates without funding.
The Assembly Education Committee voted to pass AB 10 53 as amended to Appropriations, a bill that would require local education agencies to provide for “substantial” teacher and paraprofessional involvement — and promote parent and community input — when evaluating and selecting educational technology (ed‑tech) used in classrooms.
Assemblymember (Bill) Zibur, the bill’s author, said digital instructional materials and classroom apps are now ubiquitous but that there is no standardized local process requiring meaningful educator input before adoption. Tristan Brown of the California Federation of Teachers described examples in which administrative…
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