Section 60050 Of Article 3. Requirements, Materials From California Education Code >> Division 4. >> Title 2. >> Part 33. >> Chapter 1. >> Article 3.
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. (a) The state board shall adopt regulations to govern the
social content reviews conducted at the request of a publisher or
manufacturer of instructional materials outside the primary
instructional material adoption process. A social content review is
intended to determine compliance with Sections 60040, 60041, 60042,
60043, 60044, 60048, 60200.5, and 60200.6, and the guidelines for
social content adopted by the state board.
(b) (1) For purposes of this section, social content reviews of
instructional materials shall be conducted by the department or its
agents for all instructional materials, as defined in subdivision (h)
of Section 60010.
(2) The department may contract with agents to conduct social
content reviews pursuant to this section.
(c) The department shall assess a fee on a publisher or
manufacturer in an amount that does not exceed the reasonable costs
to the department to conduct a social content review pursuant to this
section. The publishers and manufacturers shall be provided notice
of the establishment of the fee.
(d) Revenue derived from fees charged pursuant to subdivision (c)
shall be budgeted as reimbursements and subject to review through the
annual budget process and may be used to pay costs associated with
the social content review of instructional materials.
(e) This section shall remain in effect only until January 1,
2017, and as of that date is repealed, unless a later enacted
statute, that is enacted before January 1, 2017, deletes or extends
that date.