BILL NUMBER: AB 199	INTRODUCED
	BILL TEXT


INTRODUCED BY   Assembly Members Cook and Ma
   (Principal coauthor: Senator Yee)

                        JANUARY 27, 2011

   An act relating to pupil instruction.


	LEGISLATIVE COUNSEL'S DIGEST


   AB 199, as introduced, Cook. Pupil instruction: social sciences:
Filipinos in World War II.
   Existing law requires the adopted course of study for grades 7 to
12, inclusive, to include instruction in social sciences, which is
permitted to include instruction on World War II and the American
role in that war.
   This bill would state the intent of the Legislature to enact
legislation that would include instruction on the role of Filipinos
in World War II in the instruction of pupils in social sciences.
   Vote: majority. Appropriation: no. Fiscal committee: no.
State-mandated local program: no.


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

  SECTION 1.  It is the intent of the Legislature to enact
legislation that would include instruction on the role of Filipinos
in World War II in the instruction of pupils in social sciences.