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Committee clears compromise literacy bill to expand evidence‑based reading supports for early grades
Summary
Assembly members approved AB 14 54 as amended to appropriations after the bill’s authors and a coalition of groups including CTA and EdVoice presented a negotiated package to boost teacher professional development, instructional materials adoption and administrative training for early literacy.
The Assembly Education Committee voted to pass AB 14 54 as amended to the Appropriations Committee, a negotiated literacy package authors and stakeholders described as a bipartisan compromise to expand evidence‑based reading supports for transitional kindergarten through fifth grade.
The bill requires the California Department of Education to publish an approved list of professional development programs that support effective literacy instruction for TK–5 teachers; directs the State Board of Education to adopt updated instructional materials for English Language Arts and English Language Development aligned to evidence‑based literacy approaches and the ELA/ELD Framework; and directs the Commission on Teacher Credentialing to update administrator preparation standards…
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