Instructional Quality Commission: qualifications: prohibited communications.

Existing law establishes the Instructional Quality Commission and requires the commission to, among other things, recommend curriculum frameworks and instructional materials to the State Board of Education for adoption. Existing law requires the membership of the commission to consist of one Member of the Assembly and one public member appointed by the Speaker of the Assembly, one Member of the Senate and one public member appointed by the Senate Committee on Rules, one public member appointed by the Governor, and 13 public members appointed by the state board upon the recommendation of the Superintendent of Public Instruction or the members of the state board, and prescribes their qualifications. Existing regulations of the state board prohibit certain communications between publishers, and their representatives, and members of the commission and certain people involved in the instructional material adoption process, as provided. This bill would prohibit curriculum vendors, as defined, from being eligible for appointment to a curriculum framework and evaluation criteria committee of the commission or being selected to serve as a member of the writing team, as defined. The bill would prohibit communications between (1) curriculum vendors and (2) members of the commission or the writing team, during their tenure, except as specifically authorized. If there is a prohibited communication, the bill would authorize the state board to take corrective action, including disqualification from further participation in the adoption at issue. This bill would incorporate additional changes to Section 33530 of the Education Code proposed by SB 1411 to be operative only if this bill and SB 1411 are enacted and this bill is enacted last.