BILL NUMBER: AB 1530	INTRODUCED
	BILL TEXT


INTRODUCED BY   Assembly Member Chau

                        JANUARY 17, 2014

   An act relating to school curriculum.


	LEGISLATIVE COUNSEL'S DIGEST


   AB 1530, as introduced, Chau. School curriculum: courses of study:
computer science.
   Existing law requires the adopted course of study for grades 1 to
6, inclusive, to include instruction, beginning in grade 1 and
continuing through grade 6, in the following areas of study: English,
mathematics, social sciences, science, visual and performing arts,
health, and physical education, and other studies that may be
prescribed by the governing board, as defined.
   This bill would state the intent of the Legislature to enact
legislation that would add computer science to the adopted course of
study for grades 1 to 6, inclusive.
   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.  It is the intent of the Legislature to enact
legislation that would add computer science to the adopted course of
study for grades 1 to 6, inclusive.