AB 326

Under current law, in the 2013-14 school year, each school board and the

governing body of each independent charter school must assess each pupil enrolled

in four-year-old kindergarten to first grade for reading readiness. Beginning in the

2014-15 school year, each school board and charter school governing board must

annually assess each pupil enrolled in four-year-old kindergarten to second grade

for reading readiness.

This bill extends these requirements to private schools participating in a

parental choice program. The requirements apply only to those pupils attending the

private school under the program. The bill also authorizes the state superintendent

of public instruction to issue an order barring a private school from participating in

a parental choice program if it violates the requirement described above.