In 1985, the Board of Governors of the California Community Colleges adopted eight policy recommendations to guide future development in English as a Second Language (ESL) instruction. This report lists the policy recommendations and describes staff and systemwide activities that have occurred since 1985 in support of each. Specifically, the report indicates that: (1) recommendations designed to improve data collection and course activity reporting have been pursued through the development of a statewide management information system; (2) recommendations to differentiate between credit and noncredit ESL have been advanced through the implementation of new regulations on course standards, and adoption of a policy on basic skills, which created the category of nondegree-applicable-credit courses to accommodate certain levels of ESL courses; (3) a recommendation on uniform assessment procedures has been advanced by the development and publication of "ESL Placement Tests for Community Colleges: A User's Guide"; and (4) recommendations on course equivalency and articulation with four-year schools and K-12 adult schools have been furthered by the distribution of a model "continuum" of ESL courses, with competency descriptions for each level. The report also reviews activities undertaken under recent legislative mandates to document and responds to the existing need for ESL instruction in California. Appendixes offer information on the state-level management information system, a comparison of different credit modes, criteria for the classification of ESL courses, competency level descriptions, and guidelines for desirable competencies for ESL teachers. (EJV)