2019 World Languages Standards Timeline
Approved by the California State Board of Education on September 13, 2017.| Event | Schedule |
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| Governor Brown signed Assembly Bill 2290 into law | September 25, 2016 |
| Focus Group recruitment letter and application distributed to Local Educational Agencies (LEAs), world languages stakeholder organizations, and institutes of higher education | October 2016 |
| Recruitment of Focus Group members, pursuant to California Code of Regulations, Title 5 (5 CCR), Section 9511(c) and Education Code Section 44013(a) | November–December 2016 |
| State Superintendent of Public Instruction (SSPI) appoints Focus Group members | December 2016 |
Focus Group Meeting Locations:
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January–February 2017 |
Instructional Quality Commission (IQC)/SSPI Approves Schedule of Significant Events (Timeline) and World Languages (WL) Standards Advisory Committee (SAC) Application |
January 19–20, 2017 |
State Board of Education (SBE) action on Timeline and WL SAC application form |
September 13–14, 2017 |
IQC receives Focus Group Report and approves WL SAC Guidelines for the revised WL Standards |
September 27–28, 2017 |
WL SAC recruitment letter and online application published/released for LEAs, world languages education stakeholder organizations, and institutes of higher education |
September 2017 |
Recruitment of WL SAC members |
September–October 2017 |
IQC approves WL SAC members |
November 16–17, 2017 |
SBE appoints WL SAC members, receives Focus Group Report, and approves guidance for the revised WL Standards |
January 18–19, 2018 |
World Languages SAC Meetings The WL SAC meetings are scheduled for the following dates:
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February–June 2018 |
IQC WL Subject Matter Committee (SMC) reviews draft revised WL Standards in preparation for full IQC review. IQC approves draft revised WL Standards for initial 60-day public review period |
July 26–27, 2018 |
IQC post draft revised WL Standards for 60-day field review/feedback |
August–September 2018 |
WL SMC/IQC analyze field review results and revised WL Standards and recommend draft revised WL Standards to the SBE |
November 15–16, 2018 |
SBE action on draft revised WL Standards |
January 2019 |
Statutory deadline for SBE action |
March 31, 2019 |
*This timeline is subject to change. State Board of Education will only take action on changes to the approved timeline if they affect Instructional Quality Commission or State Board of Education action dates.