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                                                                  SB 1290
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          Date of Hearing:   August 4, 2010

                        ASSEMBLY COMMITTEE ON APPROPRIATIONS
                                Felipe Fuentes, Chair

                    SB 1290 (Kehoe) - As Amended:  June 23, 2010 

          Policy Committee:                             EducationVote:6-1

          Urgency:     No                   State Mandated Local Program:  
          No     Reimbursable:              No

           SUMMARY  

          This bill requires the State Board of Education (SBE) and the  
          Curriculum Development and Supplemental Materials Commission  
          (the Commission), during the next revision of the physical  
          education (PE) framework, to include self-defense instruction  
          and safety instruction for grades 7-12, inclusive.   
          Specifically, this bill:  

          1)Defines "safety instruction" as including, but not limited to,  
            awareness and avoidance of potentially dangerous situations. 

          2)Defines "self-defense instruction" as including, but not  
            limited to, martial arts, boxing, and other defense  
            techniques.  

           FISCAL EFFECT  

          GF administrative costs to SDE, likely between $100,000 and  
          $140,000, to establish a panel for the purpose of revising the  
          PE curriculum framework to include self-defense instruction, as  
          specified.  This assumes all or a portion of the Commission's  
          funding is restored to complete the revision of the PE  
          curriculum framework, as specified.  

          Due to the enactment of AB 2 X4 (Evans), Chapter 2, Statutes of  
          2009 (see below), the governor vetoed $705,000 (GF) for the  
          curriculum commission, which conducts the majority of the work  
          associated with instructional materials (IM) adoptions,  
          including developing curriculum frameworks.  Specifically, the  
          governor stated, "it is unnecessary for the curriculum  
          commission to continue to advise the SBE on content frameworks  
          and IM adoptions for the next five years or until an agreed-upon  








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          process is reestablished. This reduction removes funding for  
          unnecessary commission per diem and travel as well as funding  
          for SDE staff."  

           COMMENTS  

           1)Purpose  .  Current law requires the SBE to adopt PE model  
            content standards for grades K-12.  The content standards  
            provide guidance for PE programs by identifying what each  
            student should know and be able to do at each grade level.   

            The K-12 PE Curriculum Framework, adopted by the SBE in  
            September 2008, aids local education agencies (LEAs) in  
            implementing PE programs for pupils.  The curriculum framework  
            "charges administrators and teachers with instituting  
            standards-based PE instruction and programs that are effective  
            for every student."  

            The author states I am "concerned that students are  
            increasingly becoming victims of violent crime at younger and  
            younger ages.  Hundreds of San Diego residents, and other  
            proponents of self-defense, believe that school districts are  
            in a good position to familiarize students with self-defense  
            techniques that can help them manage and avoid physically  
            threatening situations.  The state needs to take a leadership  
            role in developing core learning principles on which defense  
            and safety instruction curriculum can be based.  As required  
            by this bill, those principles would be developed when the  
            physical education frameworks for Grades 7-12 are revised by  
            the SBE and the curriculum commission."

           2)The PE Curriculum Framework and self defense  .  The curriculum  
            framework suggests self-defense instruction in grade 10.   
            Specifically, it states: "Self-defense is one option for  
            addressing the content area of combatives. Because it is  
            directly related to student safety, it is an important area  
            for physical educators to teach and students to learn. The  
            emphasis of this unit is on how to defend, not how to fight.  
            The unit begins with students learning about potentially  
            unsafe situations and how to avoid them. Safety skills are the  
            initial focus of instruction. Only after learning safety  
            skills do students begin to learn how to protect themselves  
            should they be attacked."

            This bill requires the SBE and curriculum commission to  








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            include self-defense instruction and safety instruction for  
            grades 7-12, inclusive.    

           3)AB 2 X4 (Evans), Chapter 2, Statutes of 2009  , specified that  
            LEAs are not required to purchase IM through the 2012-13  
            fiscal year.  Consistent with the non-purchasing requirement,  
            Chapter 2 also suspended the requirement for SBE to adopt IM  
            or conduct other procedures associated with adoption (i.e.,  
            adopting curriculum frameworks) until the 2013-14 school year.  
             This bill requires the SBE to self-defense instruction as  
            part of the PE Curriculum Framework at its next revision.  The  
            next revision date for this framework has not been determined.  
               



           Analysis Prepared by  :    Kimberly Rodriguez / APPR. / (916)  
          319-2081