BILL NUMBER: SB 552	AMENDED
	BILL TEXT

	AMENDED IN ASSEMBLY  AUGUST 6, 2013

INTRODUCED BY   Senator Calderon

                        FEBRUARY 22, 2013

   An act to  amend Section 51220 of   add
Sections 51210.5 and 51220.3 to  the Education Code, relating to
pupil instruction.



	LEGISLATIVE COUNSEL'S DIGEST


   SB 552, as amended, Calderon. Pupil instruction:  social
sciences:  violence awareness.
   Existing law requires the adopted course of study for grades 
1 to 6, inclusive, to include instruction in specified areas of study
and requires the adopted course of study for grades  7 to 12,
inclusive, to offer courses in specified areas of 
instruction, including social sciences   instruction
 .
   This bill would  provide that instruction in the area of
social sciences may   allow all required  
areas of study specified for those grades, as deemed appropriate by
the governing board, to  include  grade-level appropriate
 instruction on violence awareness  and prevention  ,
 which may include a component drawn from  
including  personal testimony in the form of oral or video
histories  of individuals who were involved with violence
awareness efforts  . The bill would specify that it is the
intent of the Legislature that the measure be carried out in a manner
that does not result in new duties or programs being imposed on a
school district.
   Vote: majority. Appropriation: no. Fiscal committee: no.
State-mandated local program: no.


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

   SECTION 1.    Section 51210.5 is added to the 
 Education Code   , to read:  
   51210.5.  The instruction in all areas of study specified in
subdivisions (a) to (g), inclusive, of Section 51210 as deemed
appropriate by the governing board and consistent with the adopted
course of study for each subject area, may include grade-level
appropriate instruction on violence awareness and prevention, which
may include personal testimony in the form of oral or video histories
that illustrate the economic and cultural effects of violence within
a city, the state, and the country.  
  SECTION 1.    Section 51220 of the Education Code
is amended to read:
   51220.  The adopted course of study for grades 7 to 12, inclusive,
shall offer courses in the following areas of study:
   (a) English, including knowledge of and appreciation for
literature, language, and composition, and the skills of reading,
listening, and speaking.
   (b) (1) Social sciences, drawing upon the disciplines of
anthropology, economics, geography, history, political science,
psychology, and sociology, designed to fit the maturity of the
pupils. Instruction shall provide a foundation for understanding the
history, resources, development, and government of California and the
United States of America; instruction in our American legal system,
the operation of the juvenile and adult criminal justice systems, and
the rights and duties of citizens under the criminal and civil law
and the State and Federal Constitutions; the development of the
American economic system, including the role of the entrepreneur and
labor; the relations of persons to their human and natural
environment; eastern and western cultures and civilizations; human
rights issues, with particular attention to the study of the
inhumanity of genocide, slavery, and the Holocaust, and contemporary
issues.
   (2) Instruction in the area of social sciences may also include
instruction on violence awareness, which may include a component
drawn from personal testimony in the form of oral or video histories
of individuals who were involved in violence awareness efforts that
exemplify the economic and cultural effects of violence prevention
efforts within a city, the state, and the country.
   (c) Foreign language or languages, beginning not later than grade
7, designed to develop a facility for understanding, speaking,
reading, and writing the particular language.
   (d) Physical education, with emphasis given to physical activities
that are conducive to health and to vigor of body and mind, as
required by Section 51222.
   (e) Science, including the physical and biological aspects, with
emphasis on basic concepts, theories, and processes of scientific
investigation and on the place of humans in ecological systems, and
with appropriate applications of the interrelation and
interdependence of the sciences.
   (f) Mathematics, including instruction designed to develop
mathematical understandings, operational skills, and insight into
problem-solving procedures.
   (g) Visual and performing arts, including dance, music, theater,
and visual arts, with emphasis upon development of aesthetic
appreciation and the skills of creative expression.
   (h) Applied arts, including instruction in the areas of consumer
and homemaking education, industrial arts, general business
education, or general agriculture.
   (i) Career technical education designed and conducted for the
purpose of preparing youth for gainful employment in the occupations
and in the numbers that are appropriate to the personnel needs of the
state and the community served and relevant to the career desires
and needs of the pupils.
   (j) Automobile driver education, designed to develop a knowledge
of the provisions of the Vehicle Code and other laws of this state
relating to the operation of motor vehicles, a proper acceptance of
personal responsibility in traffic, a true appreciation of the
causes, seriousness and consequences of traffic accidents, and to
develop the knowledge and attitudes necessary for the safe operation
of motor vehicles. A course in automobile driver education shall
include education in the safe operation of motorcycles.
   (k)
    Other studies as may be prescribed by the governing board.

   SEC. 2.    Section 51220.3 is added to the  
Education Code   , to read:  
   51220.3.  The instruction in all areas of study specified in
subdivisions (a) to (j), inclusive, of Section 51220 as deemed
appropriate by the governing board and consistent with the adopted
course of study for each subject area, may include grade-level
appropriate instruction on violence awareness and prevention, which
may include personal testimony in the form of oral or video histories
that illustrate the economic and cultural effects of violence within
a city, the state, and the country. 
   SEC. 2.   SEC. 3.   It is the intent of
the Legislature that this measure be carried out in a manner that
does not result in new duties or programs being imposed on school
districts. In this regard, the Legislature finds and declares that
this measure does not mandate costs to local agencies or school
districts, and that materials used to comply with the provisions of
this bill shall be a part of materials purchased in a school district'
s regular course of business and purchasing cycles.