BILL NUMBER: SB 993	AMENDED
	BILL TEXT

	AMENDED IN ASSEMBLY  MAY 21, 2012
	AMENDED IN SENATE  MARCH 8, 2012

INTRODUCED BY   Senator De León
    (   Principal coauthor:   Assembly Member
  Perea   ) 
    (   Coauthors:   Senators  
Correa,   Evans,   and Vargas   ) 
   (Coauthors: Assembly Members  Cedillo  
  and Mendoza   Alejo,  
Cedillo,   Mendoza,   and V. Manuel Pérez  )

                        FEBRUARY 2, 2012

   An act to amend Section 51221.3 of the Education Code, relating to
school curriculum.


	LEGISLATIVE COUNSEL'S DIGEST


   SB 993, as amended, De León. School curriculum: social sciences:
Bracero program.
   Existing law requires the adopted course of study for grades 7 to
12, inclusive, to include instruction in social sciences, and
authorizes that instruction to include instruction on World War II
and the roles of Americans and Filipinos in that war.
   This bill would authorize instruction in social sciences for
grades 7 to 12, inclusive, to include instruction on the Bracero
program, and would authorize that instruction to include a component
drawn from personal testimony, as provided. The bill would specify
that this instruction shall be carried out in a manner that does not
result in new duties or programs being imposed on school districts.
   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 51221.3 of the Education Code is amended to
read:
   51221.3.  (a) Instruction in the area of social sciences, as
required pursuant to subdivision (b) of Section 51220, may include
instruction on World War II and the American role in that war. The
Legislature encourages this instruction to include, but not be
limited to, a component drawn from personal testimony, especially in
the form of oral or video histories, if available, of American
soldiers who were involved in World War II and those men and women
who contributed to the war effort on the homefront. The oral
histories used as part of the instruction regarding World War II
shall exemplify the personal sacrifice and courage of the wide range
of ordinary citizens who were called upon to participate. The oral
histories shall contain the views and comments of their subjects
regarding the reasons for American participation in World War II and
the actions taken to end the war in the Pacific. These oral histories
shall also solicit comments from their subjects regarding the
aftermath of World War II in Eastern Europe and the former Soviet
Union.
   (b) The Legislature finds and declares that the current
state-adopted academic content standards already include instruction
on the Korean War and the Vietnam War in the appropriate grade level
consistent with those standards. The Legislature encourages that this
instruction include a component drawn from personal testimony,
especially in the form of oral or video histories, if available, of
American soldiers who were involved in those wars.
   (c) (1) The Legislature encourages the instruction required
pursuant to subdivision (b) of Section 51220 to include instruction
on World War II and the role of Filipinos in that war, consisting of
an accurate history of the contributions of the Filipino American
veterans who fought courageously in the United States Army for
freedom and democracy in World War II under the leadership of General
Douglas MacArthur.
   (2) The Legislature encourages the instruction described in
paragraph (1) to include a component drawn from personal testimony,
especially in the form of oral or video histories of Filipinos who
were involved in World War II and those men and women who contributed
to the war effort on the homefront. The oral histories used as a
part of the instruction regarding the role of Filipinos in World War
II are encouraged to do all of the following:
   (A) Exemplify the personal sacrifice and courage of the wide range
of ordinary citizens who were called upon to participate and to
provide intelligence for the United States.
   (B) Contain the views and comments of their subjects regarding the
reasons for their participation in World War II.
   (C) Solicit comments from their subjects regarding the aftermath
of World War II and the immigration of Filipinos to the United
States.
   (d) (1) Instruction in the area of social sciences, as required
pursuant to subdivision (b) of Section 51220, may include instruction
on the Bracero program.
   (2) The instruction described in paragraph (1) may include a
component drawn from personal testimony, especially in the form of
oral or video histories of individuals who were involved with the
Bracero program. Oral histories used as part of the instruction
regarding the Bracero program may do all of the following:
   (A) Exemplify the economic and cultural effects of the Bracero
program during and after World War II, including, but not limited to,
its effects on the railroad system, agriculture, and immigration in
 California and  the United States of America.
   (B) Contain the views and comments of their subjects regarding the
reasons for their participation in the Bracero program and their
immigrant story, generally.
   (3) This subdivision shall be carried out in a manner that does
not result in new duties or programs being imposed on a school
district. In that regard, the Legislature finds and declares that
this subdivision does not mandate costs to local agencies or school
districts and that materials used to comply with this subdivision
shall be part of normal curriculum materials purchased by school
districts in their normal course of business and purchasing cycles.