BILL NUMBER: AB 1539	ENROLLED
	BILL TEXT

	PASSED THE SENATE  AUGUST 21, 2014
	PASSED THE ASSEMBLY  AUGUST 22, 2014
	AMENDED IN SENATE  AUGUST 19, 2014
	AMENDED IN SENATE  JULY 2, 2014
	AMENDED IN SENATE  JUNE 10, 2014
	AMENDED IN ASSEMBLY  MAY 27, 2014
	AMENDED IN ASSEMBLY  APRIL 22, 2014
	AMENDED IN ASSEMBLY  APRIL 2, 2014

INTRODUCED BY   Assembly Member Hagman
   (Coauthors: Assembly Members Brown, Nestande, and Waldron)
   (Coauthor: Senator Knight)

                        JANUARY 22, 2014

   An act to add Section 60605.4 to the Education Code, relating to
content standards.


	LEGISLATIVE COUNSEL'S DIGEST


   AB 1539, Hagman. Content standards: computer science.
   Existing law requires the State Board of Education to adopt
statewide academically rigorous content standards, pursuant to
recommendations of the Commission for the Establishment of Academic
Content and Performance Standards, in core curriculum areas.
   This bill would require the Instructional Quality Commission to
consider developing and recommending to the state board, on or before
July 31, 2019, computer science content standards for kindergarten
and grades 1 to 12, inclusive, pursuant to recommendations developed
by a group of computer science experts. The bill would require the
commission to consider existing computer science content standards,
including, but not limited to, national K-12 computer science content
standards developed by the Computer Science Teachers Association.
The bill would require the Superintendent of Public Instruction, in
consultation with the state board, to consider convening that group
of experts and ensure that the group includes individuals from
specified groups. The bill would declare that the operation of its
provisions is subject to an appropriation being made for these
purposes in the annual Budget Act or another statute.


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

  SECTION 1.  Section 60605.4 is added to the Education Code, to
read:
   60605.4.  (a) On or before July 31, 2019, the Instructional
Quality Commission shall consider developing and recommending to the
state board computer science content standards for kindergarten and
grades 1 to 12, inclusive, pursuant to recommendations developed by a
group of computer science experts. The Instructional Quality
Commission shall consider existing computer science content
standards, which include, but are not limited to, the national K-12
computer science content standards developed by the Computer Science
Teachers Association, and consider content standards that include,
but are not necessarily limited to, standards for teaching coding.
For purposes of this section, "coding" is the process of converting a
program design into an accurate and detailed representation of that
program in a suitable language.
   (b) (1) The Superintendent, in consultation with the state board,
shall consider convening the group of experts referenced in
subdivision (a), and shall ensure that the members of the group
include, but are not necessarily limited to, all of the following:
   (A) Teachers who teach computer science, including mathematics and
science teachers, in kindergarten and grades 1 to 12, inclusive.
   (B) Schoolsite principals.
   (C) School district or county office of education administrators.
   (D) University professors.
   (E) Representatives of private sector business or industry.
   (2) The Superintendent, in consultation with the state board,
shall ensure that one-half of the members of the group are teachers
as described in subparagraph (A) of paragraph (1).
   (c) The computer science content standards may be used by school
districts to develop computer science programs and course assessments
but are not mandatory.
   (d) The operation of this section is subject to an appropriation
being made for purposes of this section in the annual Budget Act or
another statute.