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THIRD READING
Bill No: AB 123
Author: Bonta (D), et al.
Amended: 5/24/13 in Assembly
Vote: 21
SENATE EDUCATION COMMITTEE : 9-0, 6/19/13
AYES: Liu, Wyland, Block, Correa, Hancock, Hueso, Huff, Monning,
Torres
SENATE APPROPRIATIONS COMMITTEE : 7-0, 8/30/13
AYES: De Le�n, Walters, Gaines, Hill, Lara, Padilla, Steinberg
ASSEMBLY FLOOR : 68-0, 5/29/13 - See last page for vote
SUBJECT : Curriculum on farm labor movement: role of
Filipinos
SOURCE : Author
DIGEST : This bill requires the State Board of Education (SBE)
to ensure that the existing state curriculum, framework and
textbook evaluation criteria on Cesar Chavez and the history of
the farm labor movement in the United States include information
on the role of immigrants, including Filipino Americans, in that
movement.
ANALYSIS : Academic content standards define the knowledge,
concepts, and skills that pupils should acquire at each grade
level. Curricular frameworks are the blueprint for implementing
the standards, and include criteria by which instructional
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materials are evaluated.
The processes for reviewing frameworks and adopting
instructional materials have been suspended since July 28, 2009.
The SBE is specifically prohibited from reviewing frameworks
and adopting instructional materials until the 2015-16 school
year, except as provided below.
Notwithstanding the suspension, current law:
1. Requires the SBE to adopt revised frameworks that are aligned
to the common core standards in:
A. Mathematics by November 30, 2013.
B. English language arts by May 30, 2014.
2. Authorizes the SBE to adopt a revised framework for history
social science, but only after the SBE has completed work
related to the frameworks for the common core standards.
Existing law requires the SBE 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:
1. Requires the SBE to ensure that the existing state
curriculum, framework and textbook evaluation criteria on
Cesar Chavez and the history of the farm labor movement in
the United States, and the state criteria for selecting
textbooks, include information on the role of immigrants,
including Filipino Americans, in that movement.
2. Provides that this bill is to be implemented only if funds
are appropriated in the annual Budget Act or another statute.
FISCAL EFFECT : Appropriation: No Fiscal Com.: Yes
Local: No
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According to the Senate Appropriations Committee the exact costs
of this bill will depend on the extent to which the California
Department of Education (CDE) reopens and revises existing
curricula, frameworks, and textbook selection criteria to ensure
that the role of immigrants, including Filipino Americans, is
included pursuant to this bill. The CDE's activities will, in
turn, be determined by the amount of money appropriated by the
Legislature for this purpose.
SUPPORT : (Verified 8/29/13)
Afrikan Student Union at UCLA
Alameda Councilmember Stewart Chen
Alameda Education Association
Alyansa Ng Mga Kababayan
American Federation of State, County, and Municipal Employees
American Indian Student Association at UCLA
Anakbayan East Bay
Anakbayan Los Angeles
Anakbayan San Diego
Anakbayan Seattle
Anakbayan Silicon Valley
Asian Americans for Advancing Justice
Asian Americans for Civil Rights & Equality
Asian American Drug Abuse Program
Asian Pacific Coalition at UCLA
Barkada of Santa Clara University
Belmont High School Club Asian Sentinels Integration & Awareness
California Immigrant Policy Center
California Federation of Teachers
California School Boards Association
California Teachers Association
Cesar E. Chavez High School Principal Ben DeLeon
City of Berkeley
City of Carson Mayor Jim Dear
Consulate General of the Philippines in San Francisco
Council of Philippine American Organizations of San Diego County
Dolores Huerta, Co-Founder of the United Farm Workers of America
Filipina Women's Network
Filipino Advocates for Justice
Filipino American Democratic Club of San Francisco
Filipino-American Educator Association of California
Filipino American Educators Association of San Diego County
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Filipino Barkada
Filipino Fiesta of Sacramento
Filipino Memorial Project
Filipino Migrant Center
Filipinos Unifying Scientist-Engineers in an Organized Network
Kababayan at UC Irvine
Kabataang Maka Bayan
Katipunan Pilipino Student Organization
KAYA Filipino Americans for Progress
Laya Migrant Youth for Change and Action
Manilatown Heritage Foundation
Muslim Students Association at UCLA
National Federation of Filipino American Associations
The People's Education Movement
Philippine National Day Association
Pilipino American Coalition, California State University, Long
Beach
Pilipino American Society for Education
Pilipino-Americans in Social Studies at the University of
California, Irvine
Pilipino Pre-Health Undergraduate Student Organization
Samahang Pilipino at UCLA
United Farm Workers of America
University of the Philippines Alumni Association Sacramento &
Vicinity
Vietnamese Student Union at UCLA
ARGUMENTS IN SUPPORT : According to the author, "The farm
labor movement is a rich part of the history of California and
the United States. However, the history of the contributions of
the Filipino American community to the success of this movement
is largely unknown. The majority of the Filipino Americans who
currently reside in California do not know about the history of
their predecessors in the state. We have a responsibility to
our children to teach them an accurate testimony of the history
of our state. We currently only teach part of the story of the
farm labor movement."
ASSEMBLY FLOOR : 68-0, 5/29/13
AYES: Achadjian, Alejo, Allen, Ammiano, Atkins, Bloom,
Blumenfield, Bocanegra, Bonilla, Bonta, Bradford, Brown,
Buchanan, Ian Calderon, Campos, Chau, Ch�vez, Chesbro, Conway,
Cooley, Daly, Dickinson, Eggman, Fong, Fox, Frazier, Garcia,
Gatto, Gomez, Gonzalez, Gordon, Gorell, Gray, Grove, Hagman,
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Hall, Roger Hern�ndez, Jones, Jones-Sawyer, Levine, Linder,
Logue, Lowenthal, Maienschein, Medina, Mitchell, Morrell,
Mullin, Muratsuchi, Nazarian, Nestande, Olsen, Pan, Perea, V.
Manuel P�rez, Quirk, Quirk-Silva, Rendon, Salas, Skinner,
Stone, Ting, Waldron, Weber,
Wieckowski, Williams, Yamada, John A. P�rez
NO VOTE RECORDED: Bigelow, Dahle, Donnelly, Beth Gaines,
Harkey, Holden, Mansoor, Melendez, Patterson, Wagner, Wilk,
Vacancy
PQ:d 8/31/13 Senate Floor Analyses
SUPPORT/OPPOSITION: SEE ABOVE
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