BILL ANALYSIS Ó
AB 2016
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ASSEMBLY THIRD READING
AB 2016 (Campos)
As Amended May 1, 2014
Majority vote
EDUCATION 5-0 APPROPRIATIONS 12-0
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|Ayes:|Buchanan, Gonzalez, |Ayes:|Gatto, Bocanegra, |
| |Nazarian, Weber, Williams | |Bradford, |
| | | |Ian Calderon, Campos, |
| | | |Eggman, Gomez, Holden, |
| | | |Pan, Quirk, |
| | | |Ridley-Thomas, Weber |
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SUMMARY : Requires the State Board of Education (SBE) to
consider adopting content standards in sexual abuse and sexual
assault awareness and prevention upon the recommendations of the
State Superintendent of Public Instruction (SPI). Specifically,
this bill :
1)Requires, on or before March 1, 2017, the SPI to recommend and
the SBE to consider adopting age-appropriate content standard
for transitional kindergarten, kindergarten, and grades 1 -
12, inclusive, in sexual abuse and sexual assault awareness
and prevention, including information on available counseling
and resources for children who are sexually abused, in the
Health Framework for California Public Schools when next
revised.
2)Permits school districts, county offices of education, and
charter schools to provide age-appropriate instruction
pursuant to these adopted content standards.
3)Requires a pupil, upon the written request of his or her
parent or legal guardian, to be excused from receiving
instruction in sexual abuse and sexual assault awareness and
prevention.
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EXISTING LAW :
1)Requires the course of study in grades 1 - 6, inclusive, to
include instruction in health, including instruction in the
principles and practices of individual, family, and community
health.
2)Requires, on or before March 1, 2008, the SBE to adopt content
standards in health education and specifies that school
districts are not required to follow the content standards.
FISCAL EFFECT : According to the Assembly Appropriations
Committee:
1)General Fund administrative costs to the California Department
of Education (CDE) in the range of $200,000 to $300,000 for
the Instructional Quality Commission (IQC) to develop content
standards for consideration by the SBE.
2)General Fund and Proposition 98 (1988) cost pressure,
potentially in the millions of dollars, to purchase materials
aligned to the standards.
COMMENTS : California curriculum is based on academic content
standards that are developed by the IQC (also referenced in
statute as the "commission") and approved by the SBE. The
frameworks, similarly developed by the IQC and approved by the
SBE, are guidelines for implementing these standards. To date,
the SBE has adopted academic content standards in career
technical education, English language arts and English language
development, health education, history and social science,
mathematics, model school library, physical education, science,
visual and performing arts, and world languages. These
standards define the knowledge, concepts, and skills that
students should acquire at each grade level within each subject
area. Each of the adopted content standards spans kindergarten
through grade 12, inclusive, with the exception of visual and
performing arts, which also includes prekindergarten.
Previous Legislation.
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SCR 73, (Yee) Resolution Chapter 87, Statutes of 2012,
encouraged school districts to include age-appropriate
instruction related to child sexual abuse in their curriculum in
order to help pupils understand the difference between
appropriate and inappropriate conduct in situations where child
sexual abuse could occur, and to provide pupils with resources
on how to handle these potentially dangerous situations.
AB 1857 (Fong) of 2012, authorized school districts to provide
education programs that promote healthy relationships and
prevent teen dating abuse through curricular, extracurricular,
and school climate improvement activities, as specified, and
requires the SPI to post information about model curriculum
programs on the CDE's Internet Web site. AB 1857 was held in
the Assembly Appropriations Committee after passing out of the
Assembly Education Committee by a vote of seven to three.
AB 1373 (Fong) of 2011, authorized school districts to provide
education programs that promote healthy relationships and
prevent Teen Dating Violence Prevention (TDV) through
curricular, extracurricular, and school climate improvement
activities, as specified, and requires the SPI to post
information about model curriculum programs on the CDE's
Internet Web site. AB 1373 was held in the Assembly
Appropriations Committee after passing out of the Assembly
Education Committee by a vote of eight to two.
SB 13 (Correa) of 2011, established the TDV Education Act;
authorizes school districts to provide TDV prevention education
as part of sexual health education programs; and requires
districts that choose to implement such programs to follow
specific guidelines and to provide parental notification of such
programs and an opportunity for parents to opt their children
out of this instruction. Requires the inclusion of TDV
prevention education in the heath curriculum framework, and
codifies several definitions. SB 13 failed passage in the
Senate Education Committee.
SB 1300 (Correa) of 2010, established the TDV Education Act,
authorizes school districts to provide TDV prevention education
as part of sexual health education programs, and requires
districts that choose to implement such programs to follow
specific guidelines and to provide parental notification of such
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programs and an opportunity for parents to opt their children
out of this instruction. Requires the inclusion of TDV
prevention education in the heath curriculum framework, and
codifies several definitions relative to TDV. SB 1300 failed
passage in the Assembly Education Committee.
AB 578 (Honda) of 2000, required the SPI to develop training
standards for teachers on domestic violence and sexual assault
recognition and appropriate prevention responses, and stipulates
that the use of these standards as optional for school
districts. AB 578 was held in the Senate Appropriations
Committee.
Analysis Prepared by : Rick Pratt/Jill Rice / ED. / (916)
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