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THIRD READING
Bill No: AB 1912
Author: Holden (D), et al.
Amended: 6/19/14 in Senate
Vote: 21
SENATE EDUCATION COMMITTEE : 7-0, 6/11/14
AYES: Liu, Wyland, Block, Correa, Hancock, Huff, Monning
SENATE APPROPRIATIONS COMMITTEE : Senate Rule 28.8
ASSEMBLY FLOOR : 73-0, 4/24/14 - See last page for vote
SUBJECT : History-social science framework
SOURCE : Author
DIGEST : This bill requires the Instructional Quality
Commission (IQC) during the next revision of the history-social
science curriculum framework, to consider including, and
recommending for adoption by the State Board of Education (SBE),
instruction on the election of President Barack Obama and the
significance of the United States electing its first African
American President, as appropriate. This bill requires SBE to
adopt, modify, or reject the curriculum framework recommended by
the IQC.
ANALYSIS : Academic content standards define the knowledge,
concepts, and skills that students 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 history-social science framework was last adopted in 2005.
A review of this framework was underway and nearly complete when
the state suspended the process due to budget constraints. The
process for reviewing frameworks has been suspended since July
28, 2009. The SBE is specifically prohibited from reviewing
frameworks and adopting instructional materials until the
2015-16 school year.
Notwithstanding this prohibition, the SBE is authorized to
revise the history-social science framework but only upon
completion of work related to the development of frameworks for
the common core standards in English language arts and
mathematics.
This bill:
1.Requires the IQC during the next revision of the
history-social science curriculum framework, to consider
including, and recommending for adoption by the SBE,
instruction on the election of President Barack Obama and the
significance of the United States electing its first African
American President, as appropriate.
2.Requires the SBE to adopt, modify, or reject the curriculum
framework recommended by the IQC.
3.States legislative findings and declarations relative to the
election of Barack Obama as President of the United States.
Prior Legislation
AB 97 (Torlakson, 2010) would have required the SBE, upon
recommendation of the Superintendent of Public Instruction
(SPI), to adopt a schedule for the review and recommend
revisions to the science and history-social science curriculum
area content standards. The bill was vetoed by the Governor
Schwarzenegger, whose veto message read, "Given California's
participation in the Common Core initiative and the anticipated
reauthorization of the federal Elementary and Secondary
Education Act, this bill is premature. This bill could create
an unnecessary, duplicative process in the development of
content standards and in the integration of those standards into
the state's assessment system."
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AB 391 (Wieckowski, 2013) would have, among other things,
required the history-social science curriculum framework, when
it is revised, to encourage instruction related to the
understanding of personal finances, as specified. The bill was
held in the Assembly Appropriations Committee.
SB 1325 (Wyland, 2012) would have, among other things,
authorized the SPI and SBE to consider developing new curriculum
frameworks and, if necessary, standards that engage students in
learning about American history and government from oral
histories to biographical sketches and age-appropriate
descriptions of heroic efforts on the part of Americans to build
our society and its institutions. The bill was never heard.
SB 283 (Wyland, 2011) was identical to SB 1325, and was also
never heard.
SB 1278 (Wyland, 2010) would have required the SBE to adopt a
revised curriculum framework and evaluation criteria for
instructional materials in
history-social science in 2011. The bill was held in the
Assembly Appropriations Committee.
SB 223 (Wyland), 2009) would have required the Curriculum
Commission to consider and vote on whether to include a unit on
financial literacy in the proposed changes to the 2014
history-social science framework. SB 223 was held in the
Assembly Appropriations Committee.
SB 234 (Wyland, 2009) would have required the Curriculum
Commission, as part of its regular process of developing and
revising curriculum frameworks, to consider and vote on whether
to include an oral history component specifically related to
genocides in the proposed changes to the 2014 history-social
science curriculum framework. The bill was held in the Assembly
Appropriations Committee.
SB 1254 (Wyland, 2008) was identical to SB 1325, and was held in
the Assembly Appropriations Committee.
FISCAL EFFECT : Appropriation: No Fiscal Com.: Yes
Local: No
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SUPPORT : (Verified 7/30/14)
Advancement Project
AFSCME
Black Women Organized for Political Action
California State Conference of the NAACP
California Teachers Association
California Urban Partnership
California Young Democrats Black Caucus
City of Carson
ASSEMBLY FLOOR : 73-0, 4/24/14
AYES: Achadjian, Alejo, Allen, Ammiano, Atkins, Bigelow, Bloom,
Bocanegra, Bonilla, Bonta, Bradford, Brown, Buchanan, Ian
Calderon, Campos, Chau, Chávez, Chesbro, Conway, Cooley,
Dababneh, Dahle, Daly, Dickinson, Eggman, Fong, Fox, Frazier,
Beth Gaines, Garcia, Gatto, Gomez, Gonzalez, Gordon, Gorell,
Grove, Hagman, Hall, Roger Hernández, Holden, Jones,
Jones-Sawyer, Levine, Linder, Logue, Lowenthal, Maienschein,
Medina, Melendez, Mullin, Muratsuchi, Nestande, Olsen, Pan,
Patterson, Perea, V. Manuel Pérez, Quirk, Quirk-Silva, Rendon,
Ridley-Thomas, Rodriguez, Salas, Skinner, Stone, Ting,
Waldron, Weber, Wieckowski, Wilk, Williams, Yamada, John A.
Pérez
NO VOTE RECORDED: Donnelly, Gray, Harkey, Mansoor, Nazarian,
Wagner, Vacancy
PQ:k 7/30/14 Senate Floor Analyses
SUPPORT/OPPOSITION: SEE ABOVE
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