BILL NUMBER: SB 199	INTRODUCED
	BILL TEXT


INTRODUCED BY   Senator Ducheny

                        FEBRUARY 23, 2009

   An act to amend Sections 99200.5, 99201, and 99202 of, and to
repeal Section 99206 of, the Education Code, relating to
postsecondary education.



	LEGISLATIVE COUNSEL'S DIGEST


   SB 199, as introduced, Ducheny. Postsecondary education:
instructional strategies: subject matter projects.
   (1) Existing law authorizes the Regents of the University of
California to establish and maintain cooperative endeavors designed
to develop and enhance teachers' subject matter and content knowledge
in 6 subject matter project areas. Existing law provides goals to be
accomplished by the subject matter projects. Among these is the goal
to provide support to teachers to develop and enhance the content
knowledge and pedagogical skills necessary to implement State Board
of Education standards.
   This bill would provide that this support may include assistance
to teachers to develop and enhance the content knowledge and
pedagogical skills necessary to develop and deliver instruction in
multiple pathway programs and career technical education. The bill
would also authorize 3 additional subject matter projects: the
California Physical Education-Health Project, the California Arts
Project, and the California Foreign Language Project.
   (2) Existing law establishes a project advisory board in each
subject matter project area to set guidelines, make recommendations,
and monitor activities for compliance with existing law. Each project
advisory board is composed of representatives who are selected, in
varying numbers, by various individuals and entities.
   This bill would change the composition of each project advisory
board to consist of only one representative selected by each
appointing entity to the respective board.
   (3) Under existing law, the above provisions become inoperative on
June 30, 2012, and are repealed on January 1, 2013.
   This bill would delete these inoperative and repeal dates, thereby
extending the operation of these provisions indefinitely.
   (4) Existing law prohibits any of the provisions related to
instructional strategies from applying to the University of
California unless the Regents of the University of California, by
resolution, make those provisions applicable.
   This bill would apply to the University of California only if the
regents, by resolution, make these provisions applicable.
   Vote: majority. Appropriation: no. Fiscal committee: yes.
State-mandated local program: no.


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

  SECTION 1.  Section 99200.5 of the Education Code is amended to
read:
   99200.5.  The statewide subject matter projects shall accomplish
all of the following goals:
   (a) Create opportunities for researchers, higher education
faculty, and elementary and secondary school faculty to work together
to accomplish all of the following:
   (1) Identify exemplary teaching practices.
   (2) Examine and develop research on learning, knowledge, and
educational materials.
   (3) Provide support to teachers to develop and enhance the content
knowledge and pedagogical skills necessary to implement State Board
of Education standards adopted pursuant to Section 60605.  The
support may include assistance to academic teachers and career
technical education teachers to develop and enhance the content
knowledge and pedagogical skills necessary to develop and deliver
instruction in multiple pathway programs and career technical ed
  ucation. 
   (b) Collect the necessary data to perform the evaluation required
by subdivision (c) of Section 99200.
  SEC. 2.  Section 99201 of the Education Code is amended to read:
   99201.  The following subject matter projects shall be authorized
pursuant to this chapter:
   (a) The California Writing Project.
   (b) The California Reading and Literature Project.
   (c) The California Mathematics Project.
   (d) The California Science Project.
   (e) The California History-Social Science Project.
   (f) The World History and International Studies Project. 
   (g) The California Physical Education-Health Project.  
   (h) The California Arts Project.  
   (i) The California Foreign Language Project. 
  SEC. 3.  Section 99202 of the Education Code is amended to read:
   99202.  (a) Within each subject matter project, a project advisory
board shall be established to do all of the following:
   (1) Set guidelines for project sites.
   (2) Review and recommend site proposals for funding.
   (3) Monitor project activities to ensure that they adequately
reflect the priorities of the project and that projects comply with
the requirements of this chapter.
   (4) Perform other duties as determined by the Concurrence
Committee rules and regulations adopted pursuant to subdivision (b)
of Section 99200.
   (b) The composition of each advisory board shall be as follows:
   (1) One representative selected by the California Postsecondary
Education Commission.
   (2)  Two representatives   One
representative,  selected by the President of the University of
California,  one of whom   who  is a member
of the faculty in the discipline addressed by the project.
   (3)  Two representatives   One  
representative,  selected by the Chancellor of the California
State University,  one of whom     who
 is a member of the faculty in the discipline addressed by the
project.
   (4)  Three representatives   One
representative,  selected by the Superintendent of Public
Instruction,  one of whom  who  is a
classroom teacher in the subject areas addressed by the project.
   (5)  Two representatives   One representative
   of the State Board of Education,  one of
whom  who is a classroom teacher in the subject areas
addressed by the  subject   project  .
   (6) One representative selected by the Governor.
   (7) One representative selected by the Commission on Teacher
Credentialing.
   (8) One representative of the statewide professional organization
of teachers in the subject matter addressed by the project, to be
selected by the president of that organization. If there is more than
one statewide professional organization of teachers in that subject
area, the members of the advisory board may choose which organization
shall select the representative and may choose to include a
representative of one or more of the other organizations as nonvoting
members of the advisory board.
   (9)  Two representatives   One representative
 of the California community colleges  ,  selected by
the Chancellor of the California Community Colleges,  one of
whom   who  is a faculty member in the subject
matter area addressed by the project.
   (10)  Two representatives   One 
representative  of an independent postsecondary institution 
,  selected by the Association of Independent California
Colleges and Universities,  one of whom   who
 is a member of the faculty in the discipline addressed by the
project.
  SEC. 4.  Section 99206 of the Education Code is repealed. 
   99206.  This article shall become inoperative on June 30, 2012,
and, as of January 1, 2013, is repealed, unless a later enacted
statute that is enacted before January 1, 2013, deletes or extends
the dates on which it becomes inoperative and is repealed.