BILL NUMBER: SB 300	INTRODUCED
	BILL TEXT


INTRODUCED BY   Senator Hancock

                        FEBRUARY 15, 2013

   An act to add Section 60200.9 to the Education Code, relating to
instructional materials.


	LEGISLATIVE COUNSEL'S DIGEST


   SB 300, as introduced, Hancock. Instructional materials: revised
curriculum framework: science.
   Existing law prohibits the State Board of Education from adopting
instructional materials until the 2015-16 school year.
   This bill would require the state board to consider the adoption
of a revised curriculum framework and evaluation criteria for
instructional materials in science on or before November 30, 2015,
and would require the revised curriculum framework to be based on
specified science content standards.
   Vote: majority. Appropriation: no. Fiscal committee: yes.
State-mandated local program: no.


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

  SECTION 1.  The Legislature finds and declares all of the
following:
   (a) California has committed itself to adopting new science
standards based on the Next Generation Science Standards. Under
current law, the State Board of Education must adopt, reject, or
modify the new science standards by November 30, 2013.
   (b) Curriculum frameworks provide necessary support for teachers,
administrators, and the public for the implementation of content
standards. Development of curriculum frameworks in science is
currently suspended through July 1, 2015, pursuant to Section 60200.7
of the Education Code.
   (c) The adoption of an updated curriculum framework does not
mandate the purchase of new instructional materials, but provides
guidance for the purchase of updated supplemental instructional
materials and does not result in automatic new costs to the state or
local educational agencies.
  SEC. 2.  Section 60200.9 is added to the Education Code, to read:
   60200.9.  Notwithstanding Section 60200.7, on or before November
30, 2015, the state board shall consider the adoption of a revised
curriculum framework and evaluation criteria for instructional
materials in science. The revised curriculum framework shall be based
on the science content standards adopted pursuant to Section
60605.85.