BILL NUMBER: SB 432	INTRODUCED
	BILL TEXT


INTRODUCED BY   Senators Price and Liu

                        FEBRUARY 21, 2013

   An act to add Section 52052.7 to the Education Code, relating to
school accountability.


	LEGISLATIVE COUNSEL'S DIGEST


   SB 432, as introduced, Price. School accountability: advisory
committee: creativity index.
   The Public Schools Accountability Act of 1999 requires the
Superintendent of Public Instruction to develop an Academic
Performance Index (API) to measure the performance of schools and the
academic performance of pupils. Existing law requires the
Superintendent to establish an advisory committee to advise the
Superintendent and the State Board of Education on all appropriate
matters relating to the creation of the API and the implementation of
an accountability system.
   This bill would require the advisory committee to develop a public
measurement, or index, of activities in public school classrooms
that foster creativity, innovation, and problem solving, as provided.

   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.  Section 52052.7 is added to the Education Code, to
read:
   52052.7.  The advisory committee established pursuant to Section
52052.5 shall develop a public measurement of activities in public
school classrooms that foster creativity, innovation, and problem
solving. The public measurement, or index, shall be developed in
consultation with California employers in innovative industries and
businesses, including, but not limited to, science, technology,
mathematics, engineering, and arts education. The advisory committee
shall also consult with California educators and with career
technical education experts to identify best classroom practices and
activities to develop creative skills in pupils. In developing the
index, the advisory committee shall seek to encourage the development
of broadly applicable creative skills, in addition to knowledge, to
give pupils and businesses the ability to succeed in a competitive
global economy.