BILL NUMBER: AJR 39 AMENDED
BILL TEXT
AMENDED IN ASSEMBLY APRIL 26, 2010
INTRODUCED BY Assembly Members Beall
and Torlakson
Member Torlakson
MARCH 25, 2010
Relative to common core state education
standards.
LEGISLATIVE COUNSEL'S DIGEST
AJR 39, as amended, Beall Torlakson. Common
core state education standards.
This measure would call upon the National Governors Association
and the Council of Chief State School Officers to develop common core
state standards in the core academic disciplines of English-language
arts, mathematics, history-social science, and science and request
that they replicate the process used to develop English-language arts
and mathematics common core state standards to now develop common
core state standards for social studies and science and examine
the viability of developing common standards in
foreign language, the arts, physical education, career technical
education, and other subject areas .
Fiscal committee: no.
WHEREAS, Public schools were purposely created to prepare young
people to become educated, responsible, participating citizens; and
WHEREAS, The common core state standards initiative is a
significant and historic opportunity for states to collectively
accelerate and drive education reform toward the ultimate goal of all
pupils graduating from high school ready for college, work, and
success in the global economy; and
WHEREAS, All pupils across our great nation deserve to have access
to high quality social studies and science education that will
provide them with the knowledge, skills, and dispositions to become
responsible and informed citizens with a strong curiosity of the
physical world around them; and
WHEREAS, Each new generation of pupils must be equipped with the
knowledge of history, geography, economics, and government, skills
needed to make informed decisions about complex public issues,
attitudes that support democratic practices, commitment to engage in
civic life, a strong understanding of the physical world, including
biology, chemistry, geology, astronomy and physics, and a firm grasp
of the scientific method of discovery; now, therefore, be it
Resolved by the Assembly and the Senate of the State of
California, jointly, That the California State Legislature, to ensure
the future of America and our democratic institutions, calls upon
the National Governors Association and the Council of Chief State
School Officers to develop common core state standards in the core
academic disciplines of English-language arts, mathematics,
history-social science, and science; and be it further
Resolved, That the National Governors Association and the
Council of Chief State School Officers replicate the process
used to develop English-language arts and mathematics common core
state standards to now develop common core state standards for social
studies and science. science; and be it
further
Resolved, That the National Governors Association and the
Council of Chief State School Officers also examine the viability of
developing common standards in other subject areas, including, but
not limited to, foreign language, the arts, physical education, and
career technical education; and be it further
Resolved, That the Chief Clerk of the Assembly transmit copies of
this resolution to the President and Vice president
President of the United States, to the Speaker
of the House of Representatives, to the majority
Majority Leader of the Senate, and to
each Senator and Representative from California in the Congress of
the United States , to the National Governors
Association, and to the Council of Chief State School Officers
.