BILL NUMBER: AB 888	INTRODUCED
	BILL TEXT


INTRODUCED BY   Assembly Member Pan

                        FEBRUARY 17, 2011

   An act to amend Section 51002 of the Education Code, relating to
pupil instruction.


	LEGISLATIVE COUNSEL'S DIGEST


   AB 888, as introduced, Pan. Pupil instruction: educational
programs.
   Existing law recognizes that there is a need to establish a common
state curriculum for the public schools, and states the intent of
the Legislature to set broad minimum standards and guidelines for
educational programs and to encourage local districts to develop
programs that will best fit the needs and interests of the pupils,
pursuant to stated philosophy, goals, and objectives.
   This bill would make technical, nonsubstantive changes to that
provision.
   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.  Section 51002 of the Education Code is amended to read:

   51002.  The Legislature hereby recognizes that, because of the
common needs and interests of the citizens of this state and the
nation, there is a need to establish a common state curriculum for
the public schools, but that, because of economic, geographic,
physical, political  ,  and social diversity, there is a
need for the development of educational programs at the local level,
with the guidance of competent and experienced educators and
citizens. Therefore, it is the intent of the Legislature to set broad
minimum standards and guidelines for educational programs  ,
 and to encourage local districts to develop programs that
will best fit the needs and interests of the pupils, pursuant to
stated philosophy, goals, and objectives.