BILL NUMBER: AB 123	ENROLLED
	BILL TEXT

	PASSED THE SENATE  SEPTEMBER 9, 2013
	PASSED THE ASSEMBLY  MAY 29, 2013
	AMENDED IN ASSEMBLY  MAY 24, 2013
	AMENDED IN ASSEMBLY  APRIL 2, 2013

INTRODUCED BY   Assembly Member Bonta
   (Coauthors: Assembly Members Alejo, Fong, Gomez, Nazarian, V.
Manuel Pérez, Rendon, and Williams)

                        JANUARY 14, 2013

   An act to amend Section 51008 of the Education Code, relating to
pupil instruction.


	LEGISLATIVE COUNSEL'S DIGEST


   AB 123, 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.
   Existing law requires the State Board of Education to ensure that
the state curriculum and framework, where appropriate, include
instruction on Cesar Chavez, and the history of the farm labor
movement in the United States, and that the state criteria for
selecting textbooks include information to guide the selection of
textbooks that contain sections that highlight the life and
contributions of Cesar Chavez, and the history of the farm labor
movement in the United States.
   This bill would additionally require that the state board ensure
that the state curriculum and framework, where appropriate, include
instruction on the role of immigrants, including Filipino Americans,
in the farm labor movement. The bill would provide that it shall not
be implemented unless funds are appropriated by the Legislature in
the annual Budget Act or another statute for its purposes.


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 farmworker labor movement
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 largest Asian population
within California and the third largest Asian population within the
United States.
   (3) It is important that pupils learn about the influence of
Filipino Americans and their culture on the farmworker labor
movement. The formation and continuing work of the farmworker labor
movement have had an enormous impact on helping to stop the
suppression and oppression of farmworkers 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 farmworker labor movement has
been greatly ignored by national and international media.
   (b) It is therefore the intent of the Legislature to help include
the important role of Filipino Americans in the history of the state
and by recognizing those noteworthy historical Filipino American
figures who never received appropriate recognition for their work
with the farmworker labor movement.
  SEC. 2.  Section 51008 of the Education Code is amended to read:
   51008.  The State Board of Education shall ensure that the state
curriculum and framework, where appropriate, include instruction on
Cesar Chavez and the history of the farm labor movement in the United
States, and the role of immigrants, including Filipino Americans, in
that movement, and that the state criteria for selecting textbooks
include information to guide the selection of textbooks that contain
sections that highlight the life and contributions of Cesar Chavez,
the history of the farm labor movement in the United States, and the
role of immigrants, including Filipino Americans, in that movement.
  SEC. 3.  This act shall not be implemented unless funds are
appropriated by the Legislature in the annual Budget Act or another
statute for its purposes.