BILL NUMBER: AB 1900	CHAPTERED  09/05/02

	CHAPTER  366
	FILED WITH SECRETARY OF STATE  SEPTEMBER 5, 2002
	APPROVED BY GOVERNOR  SEPTEMBER 4, 2002
	PASSED THE ASSEMBLY  AUGUST 22, 2002
	PASSED THE SENATE  AUGUST 20, 2002
	AMENDED IN SENATE  AUGUST 6, 2002
	AMENDED IN SENATE  JUNE 19, 2002
	AMENDED IN ASSEMBLY  MAY 23, 2002
	AMENDED IN ASSEMBLY  APRIL 2, 2002

INTRODUCED BY   Assembly Members Nakano and Strom-Martin
   (Coauthors:  Assembly Members  Alquist, Cedillo, Cohn, Diaz,
Hertzberg, Koretz, Longville, Negrete McLeod, Oropeza, Salinas,
Simitian, Washington, and Wiggins)
   (Coauthors:  Senators Alpert, Karnette, Kuehl, and Romero)

                        FEBRUARY 7, 2002

   An act to add Section 51009 to the Education Code, relating to
labor history.


	LEGISLATIVE COUNSEL'S DIGEST


   AB 1900, Nakano.  Labor History Week.
   Existing law requires all instructional materials adopted by any
governing board for use in schools to be, to the satisfaction of the
governing board, accurate, objective, current, and suited to the
needs and comprehension of pupils at their respective grade levels.
   This bill would deem the first week of April to be Labor History
Week and would encourage school districts to commemorate that week
with appropriate educational exercises that make pupils aware of the
role that the labor movement has played in shaping California and the
United States.
   This bill would state that it is the intent of the Legislature
that California labor history be considered in the next cycle in
which the history/social science curriculum framework and its
accompanying instructional materials are adopted.


THE PEOPLE OF THE STATE OF CALIFORNIA DO ENACT AS FOLLOWS:


  SECTION 1.  Section 51009 is added to the Education Code, to read:

   51009.  The first week of April is hereby deemed to be Labor
History Week throughout the public schools, and school districts are
encouraged to commemorate this week with appropriate educational
exercises that make pupils aware of the role the labor movement has
played in shaping California and the United States.
  SEC. 2.  It is the intent of the Legislature that California labor
history, from the Spanish colonial period to the present day, be
considered in the next cycle in which the history/social science
curriculum framework and its accompanying instructional materials are
adopted.