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                                 THIRD READING


          Bill No:  SB 1290
          Author:   Kehoe (D), et al
          Amended:  4/28/10
          Vote:     21

           
           SENATE EDUCATION COMMITTEE  :  8-0, 4/21/10
          AYES:  Romero, Huff, Alquist, Hancock, Liu, Price,  
            Simitian, Wyland
          NO VOTE RECORDED:  Maldonado
           
          SENATE APPROPRIATIONS COMMITTEE  :  Senate Rule 28.8


           SUBJECT  :    Physical education:  self-defense and safety  
          instruction

           SOURCE :     Author


           DIGEST  :    This bill requires the State Board of Education  
          to include self-defense and safety instruction in the  
          physical education standards for pupils in grades 7-12.

           ANALYSIS  :    Standards define the knowledge, concepts, and  
          skills that pupils should acquire at each grade level.   
          Frameworks are the blueprints for implementing the academic  
          content standards.  

          The Physical Education standards, adopted by the State  
          Board of Education (SBE) in January 2005, include  
          combatives, and define "combative activities" to include  
          wrestling, fencing, boxing, kickboxing, martial arts, and  
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          self-defense.  Standard 1 for high school Course 2 (grade  
          10) detailed in the Physical Education framework, adopted  
          by SBE in September 2008, includes demonstrated proficiency  
          in combatives, gymnastics/tumbling, and team activities.   
          This framework specifically allows a personal defense class  
          in which pupils learn how to avoid dangerous situations as  
          well as how to defend themselves to meet the combatives  
          requirement.

          This bill requires the inclusion of self-defense and safety  
          instruction in the physical education standards.   
          Specifically, this bill:

          1. Requires SBE, beginning with the 2011-12 school year, to  
             include self-defense instruction and safety instruction  
             in the physical education standards for pupils in grades  
             7-12.  

          2. Defines:

             A.    "Safety instruction" to include, but not be  
                limited to, awareness and avoidance of potentially  
                dangerous situations.

             B.    "Self-defense instruction" to include, but not be  
                limited to, martial arts, boxing, and other defensive  
                techniques.

           Background  

          The processes for reviewing frameworks and adopting  
          instructional materials has been suspended since July 2009,  
          pursuant to AB 2 (Evans), Chapter 2, Statutes of 2009-10,  
          Fourth Extraordinary Session, which among other things,  
          prohibited SBE from reviewing frameworks and adopting  
          instructional materials until the 2013-14 school year.  
          
           FISCAL EFFECT  :    Appropriation:  No   Fiscal Com.:  Yes    
          Local:  No

           SUPPORT  :   (Verified  5/18/10)

          California Partnership to End Domestic Violence
          San Diego Unified School District







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          Women Escaping a Violent Environment

           ARGUMENTS IN SUPPORT  :    According to the author, "although  
          certain components of self-defense may be provided to  
          students in grades 7-12, the physical education frameworks  
          do not clearly demonstrate that training students to  
          recognize potential threats of physical attack by another  
          person."


          PQ:mw  5/18/10   Senate Floor Analyses 

                         SUPPORT/OPPOSITION:  SEE ABOVE

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