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California Department of Education Executive Office SBE-003 (REV. 06/2008) clab-cfir-jan10item01 ITEM #27 CALIFORNIA STATE BOARD OF EDUCATION JANUARY 2010 AGENDA SUBJECT Education and the Environment Initiative (EEI): Approval of 76 Instructional Units. Action Information Public Hearing RECOMMENDATION The California Department of Education (CDE) recommends that the State Board of Education (SBE) approve the 76 instructional units from the EEI that were included in the Curriculum Commission Advisory Report and approved by the Secretaries of the California Environmental Protection Agency (Cal/EPA) and the California Natural Resources Agency (CNRA). SUMMARY OF PREVIOUS STATE BOARD OF EDUCATION DISCUSSION AND ACTION This item comes after lengthy deliberation by the SBE. September 24, 2009: The Curriculum Development and Supplemental Materials Commission (Curriculum Commission) took action to approve an advisory report for the SBE with recommendations on 76 of the 85 units submitted as part of the EEI. The Curriculum Commission Advisory Report was forwarded to the Secretaries of Cal/EPA and CNRA for approval prior to submission to the SBE pursuant to Assembly Bill (AB) 1721. August 10-12, 2009: Following an independent review of the materials, the reviewers reconvened in panels to deliberate and prepare a report on the instructional materials. April 20-21, 2009: Content Review Experts (CREs) and Instructional Materials Reviewers (IMRs) were trained on the SBE-approved evaluation criteria in Sacramento. The training included sessions on the applicable science and history–social science standards, the EEI evaluation criteria, social content standards, and the review process. March 11, 2009: The SBE approved the Cohort 3 applicants (four CREs and four IMRs). January 7, 2009: The SBE approved the Cohort 2 applicants (one CRE and one IMR) SUMMARY OF PREVIOUS (Cont.) and the revised timeline for the 2009 EEI Curriculum Re