BILL NUMBER: AB 123	INTRODUCED
	BILL TEXT


INTRODUCED BY   Assembly Member Bonta

                        JANUARY 14, 2013

   An act to add Section 51221.2 to the Education Code, relating to
pupil instruction.


	LEGISLATIVE COUNSEL'S DIGEST


   AB 123, as introduced, Bonta. Pupil instruction: social sciences:
farm labor movement: Filipinos.
   Existing law requires a school district, as part of its adopted
course of study for grades 7 to 12, inclusive, to offer courses in
specified areas of study, including, among others, social sciences,
drawing upon the disciplines of anthropology, economics, geography,
history, political science, psychology, and sociology.
   This bill would require a school district, in providing
instruction in the area of social sciences, to include instruction on
the contributions of Filipino Americans to the farm labor movement
in California, thereby imposing a state-mandated local program.
   The California Constitution requires the state to reimburse local
agencies and school districts for certain costs mandated by the
state. Statutory provisions establish procedures for making that
reimbursement.
   This bill would provide that, if the Commission on State Mandates
determines that the bill contains costs mandated by the state,
reimbursement for those costs shall be made pursuant to these
statutory provisions.
   Vote: majority. Appropriation: no. Fiscal committee: yes.
State-mandated local program: yes.


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

  SECTION 1.  (a) The Legislature finds and declares all of the
following:
   (1) All pupils who learn about the United Farm Workers should
learn about the influence of all major groups involved in the
movement to fully understand this important part of California
history.
   (2) According to a 2010 report by the United States Census Bureau,
there are currently over 1.1 million Filipino Americans in
California. Filipino Americans comprise the second and third largest
Asian populations within California and the United States,
respectively.
   (3) It is important that pupils learn about the influence of
Filipino Americans and their culture on the history of California.
The formation and continuing work of the United Farm Workers have had
an enormous impact on helping to stop the suppression and oppression
of farm workers and the general working public on a national scale.
   (4) Unfortunately, the story of how the Filipino American labor
leaders and workers helped create the United Farm Workers has been
greatly ignored by national and international media.
   (b) It is therefore the intent of the Legislature to help
emphasize the important role of Filipino Americans in the history of
the state and to help recognize those noteworthy historical Filipino
American figures who never received proper credit for their work with
the United Farm Workers.
  SEC. 2.  Section 51221.2 is added to the Education Code, to read:
   51221.2.  Instruction in the area of social sciences, as required
pursuant to subdivision (b) of Section 51220, shall include
instruction on the contributions of Filipino Americans to the farm
labor movement in California.
  SEC. 3.  If the Commission on State Mandates determines that this
act contains costs mandated by the state, reimbursement to local
agencies and school districts for those costs shall be made pursuant
to Part 7 (commencing with Section 17500) of Division 4 of Title 2 of
the Government Code.