AB 146,
as amended, Cristina Garcia. Pupil instruction: socialbegin delete sciences.end deletebegin insert sciences: deportations to Mexico.end insert
Existing law requires the adopted course of study for grades 1 to 6, inclusive, and for grades 7 to 12, inclusive, to offer courses in specified areas of study, including social sciences. Existing law requires the instruction in socialbegin delete studiesend deletebegin insert sciences, for grades 7 to 12, inclusive,end insert to provide instruction in, among other things, human rights issues, with particular attention to the study of the inhumanity of genocide, slavery, and the Holocaust, and contemporary issues.
Existing lawbegin delete requiresend deletebegin insert
encouragesend insert the State Department of Education to incorporate into publications that provide examples of curriculum resources materials that are age appropriate and consistent with the subject frameworks on history and social science that deal withbegin delete civil rights, human rights violations, genocide, slavery, and the Holocaust.end deletebegin insert specified genocides.end insert Existing law states that the Legislature encourages the incorporation of survivor, rescuer, liberator, and witness oral testimony into the teaching of human rights, the Holocaust, and genocide, as specified, and encourages professional development activities to provide teachers with content background and resources to assist in teaching about civil rights, human rights violations, genocide, slavery, the Armenian Genocide, and the Holocaust.
This bill would add the unconstitutional deportation to Mexico during the Great Depression of citizens and lawful permanent residents of the United States to the instruction that may be included in grades 1 to 6, inclusive, and that may be included in social sciences in grades 7 to 12, inclusive, and to the material that the department is required to incorporate into publications that provide examples of curriculum resources.
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begin insertThisend insert bill would encourage the incorporationbegin insert into those publications of, and the incorporationend insert of survivor and witness testimony into the teachingbegin delete ofend deletebegin insert of,end insert the unconstitutional deportation to Mexico during the Great Depression of citizens and lawful permanent residents of the United States, and would encourage professional development activities to provide teachers with content background and resources to assist in teaching about that deportation. The bill would require the State Board of Education tobegin delete ensure thatend deletebegin insert
consider providing for the inclusion ofend insert the study of that deportationbegin delete be includedend delete when the curriculum frameworks forbegin delete history/socialend deletebegin insert history-socialend insert science are revised on or after January 1, 2016.
Vote: majority. Appropriation: no. Fiscal committee: yes. State-mandated local program: no.
The people of the State of California do enact as follows:
Section 51210 of the Education Code is amended
2to read:
The adopted course of study for grades 1 to 6, inclusive,
4shall include instruction, beginning in grade 1 and continuing
5through grade 6, in the following areas of study:
6(a) English, including knowledge of, and appreciation for
7literature, and the language, as well as the skills of speaking,
8reading, listening, spelling, handwriting, and composition.
9(b) Mathematics, including concepts, operational skills, and
10problem solving.
11(c) Social sciences, drawing upon the disciplines of
12anthropology, economics,
geography, history, political science,
13psychology, and sociology, designed to fit the maturity of the
14pupils. Instruction shall provide a foundation for understanding
P3 1the history, resources, development, and government of California
2and the United States of America; the development of the American
3economic system including the role of the entrepreneur and labor;
4the relations of persons to their human and natural environment;
5eastern and western cultures and civilizations; contemporary issues;
6and the wise use of natural resources. Instruction may include
7study of the unconstitutional deportation to Mexico during the
8Great Depression of citizens and lawful permanent residents of
9United States.
10(d) Science, including the biological and physical aspects, with
11emphasis on the processes of experimental inquiry and on the place
12of humans in
ecological systems.
13(e) Visual and performing arts, including instruction in the
14subjects of dance, music, theatre, and visual arts, aimed at the
15development of aesthetic appreciation and the skills of creative
16expression.
17(f) Health, including instruction in the principles and practices
18of individual, family, and community health.
19(g) Physical education, with emphasis upon the physical
20activities for the pupils that may be conducive to health and vigor
21of body and mind, for a total period of time of not less than 200
22minutes each 10 schooldays, exclusive of recesses and the lunch
23period.
24(h) Other studies that may be prescribed by the governing board.
Section 51220 of the Education Code is amended to
26read:
The adopted course of study for grades 7 to 12,
28inclusive, shall offer courses in the following areas of study:
29(a) English, including knowledge of and appreciation for
30literature, language, and composition, and the skills of reading,
31listening, and speaking.
32(b) (1) Social sciences, drawing upon the disciplines of
33anthropology, economics, geography, history, political science,
34psychology, and sociology, designed to fit the maturity of the
35pupils. Instruction shall provide a foundation for understanding
36the history, resources, development, and government of California
37and the United States of America; instruction in our American
38legal system, the operation of
the juvenile and adult criminal justice
39systems, and the rights and duties of citizens under the criminal
40and civil law and the state and federal Constitutions; the
P4 1development of the American economic system, including the role
2of the entrepreneur and labor; the relations of persons to their
3human and natural environment; eastern and western cultures and
4civilizations; human rights issues, with particular attention to the
5study of the inhumanity of genocide, slavery, and the Holocaust,
6and contemporary issues. Instruction may include
study of the
7unconstitutional deportation to Mexico during the Great Depression
8of citizens and lawful permanent residents of United States.
9(2) For purposes of this subdivision, genocide may include the
10Armenian Genocide. The “Armenian Genocide” means the torture,
11starvation, and murder of 1,500,000 Armenians, which included
12death marches into the Syrian desert, by the rulers of the Ottoman
13Turkish Empire and the exile of more than 500,000 innocent people
14during the period from 1915 to 1923, inclusive.
15(c) Foreign language or languages, beginning not later than
16grade 7, designed to develop a facility for understanding, speaking,
17reading, and writing the particular language.
18(d) Physical education, with emphasis given to physical activities
19that are conducive to health and to vigor of body
and mind, as
20required by Section 51222.
21(e) Science, including the physical and biological aspects, with
22emphasis on basic concepts, theories, and processes of scientific
23investigation and on the place of humans in ecological systems,
24and with appropriate applications of the interrelation and
25interdependence of the sciences.
26(f) Mathematics, including instruction designed to develop
27mathematical understandings, operational skills, and insight into
28problem-solving procedures.
29(g) Visual and performing arts, including dance, music, theater,
30and visual arts, with emphasis upon development of aesthetic
31appreciation and the skills of creative expression.
32(h) Applied arts, including instruction in the areas of consumer
33and homemaking education, industrial
arts, general business
34education, or general agriculture.
35(i) Career technical education designed and conducted for the
36purpose of preparing youth for gainful employment in the
37occupations and in the numbers that are appropriate to the
38personnel needs of the state and the community served and relevant
39to the career desires and needs of the pupils.
P5 1(j) Automobile driver education, designed to develop a
2knowledge of the provisions of the Vehicle Code and other laws
3of this state relating to the operation of motor vehicles, a proper
4acceptance of personal responsibility in traffic, a true appreciation
5of the causes, seriousness, and consequences of traffic accidents,
6and to develop the knowledge and attitudes necessary for the safe
7operation of motor vehicles. A course in automobile driver
8education shall include education in the safe operation of
9motorcycles.
10(k) Other studies as may be prescribed by the governing board.
Section 51226.3 of the Education Code is
13amended to read:
(a) (1) The department shall incorporate into
15publications that provide examples of curriculum resources for
16teacher use those materials developed by publishers of nonfiction,
17trade books, and primary sources, or other public or private
18organizations, that are age appropriate and consistent with the
19subject frameworks on history and social science that deal with
20civil rights, human rights violations, genocide, slavery,begin insert andend insert the
21Holocaustbegin delete, and the unconstitutional deportation to Mexico during .
22the Great Depression of citizens and lawful permanent residents
23of the United Statesend delete
24(2) The Legislature encourages the department to incorporate
25into publications that provide examples of curriculum resources
26for teacher use those materials developed by publishers of
27nonfiction, trade books, and primary sources, or other public or
28private organizations, that are age appropriate and consistent with
29the subject frameworks on history and social science that deal with
30the Armenian, Cambodian, Darfur, and Rwandan genocidesbegin insert and
31the unconstitutional deportation to Mexico during the Great
32Depression of citizens and lawful permanent residents of the United
33Statesend insert.
34(b) (1) The Legislature encourages the incorporation of survivor,
35rescuer, liberator, and
witness oral testimony into the teaching of
36human rights,begin delete the unconstitutional deportation to Mexico during the Holocaust, and genocide, including, but
37the Great Depression of citizens and lawful permanent residents
38of the United States,end delete
39not limited to, the Armenian, Cambodian, Darfur, and Rwandan
40genocides.
P6 1(2) As used in this subdivision, “oral testimony” means the
2firsthand accounts of significant historical events presented in a
3format that includes, but is not limited to, in-person testimony,
4video, or a multimedia option, such as a DVD or an online video.
5(c) The Legislature encourages all state and local professional
6development activities to provide teachers with content background
7and
resources to assist them in teaching about civil rights, human
8rights violations, genocide, slavery, the Armenian Genocide,begin insert andend insert
9 the Holocaustbegin delete, and the unconstitutional deportation to Mexico
10during the Great Depression of citizens
and lawful permanent
11residents of the United Statesend delete
12(d) The Legislature encourages all state and local professional
13development activities to provide teachers with content background
14and resources to assist them in teaching about the Great Irish
15Famine of 1845-50.
16(e) The Great Irish Famine of 1845-50 shall be considered in
17the next cycle in which the history-social science curriculum
18framework and its accompanying instructional materials are
19adopted.
20(f) When the history-social science curriculum framework is
21revised as required by law, the Instructional Quality Commission
22shall consider including the Armenian, Cambodian, Darfur, and
23Rwandan genocides in the recommended history-social science
24curriculum
framework.
25(g) The Model Curriculum for Human Rights and Genocide
26adopted by the state board, pursuant to Section 51226, shall be
27made available to schools in grades 7 to 12, inclusive, as soon as
28funding is available for this purpose. In addition, the department
29shall make the curriculum available on its Internet Web site.
30(h) For purposes of this article, “Armenian Genocide” means
31the torture, starvation, and murder of 1,500,000 Armenians, which
32included death marches into the Syrian desert, by the rulers of the
33Ottoman Turkish Empire and the exile of more than 500,000
34innocent people during the period from 1915 to 1923, inclusive.
35(i) When the state board revises and adopts the curriculum
36framework forbegin delete history/socialend deletebegin insert
history-socialend insert
science on or after
37January 1, 2016, the state board shallbegin delete provideend deletebegin insert consider providingend insert
38 for the inclusion, in that curriculum framework, evaluation criteria,
39and accompanying instructional materials, of instruction on the
P7 1unconstitutional deportation to Mexico during the Great Depression
2of citizens and lawful permanent residents of the United States.
3(j) As used in subdivisions (b) and (c), “human rights” and
4“human rights violations” include the unconstitutional deportation
5to Mexico during the Great Depression of citizens and lawful
6permanent residents of the United States.
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