BILL ANALYSIS Ó
SENATE COMMITTEE ON APPROPRIATIONS
Senator Ricardo Lara, Chair
2015 - 2016 Regular Session
AB 146 (Cristina Garcia) - Pupil instruction: social sciences:
deportations to Mexico.
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|Version: February 25, 2015 |Policy Vote: ED. 6 - 0 |
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|Urgency: No |Mandate: No |
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|Hearing Date: July 13, 2015 |Consultant: Jillian Kissee |
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This bill meets the criteria for referral to the Suspense File.
Bill
Summary: This bill requires the State Board of Education
(Board) to consider including in the history-social science
curriculum framework, instruction on the unconstitutional
deportation of citizens and lawful permanent residents of the
United States to Mexico during the Great Depression. This bill
also provides encouragement from the Legislature for the
California Department of Education (CDE) to incorporate this
topic into curriculum resources for teachers.
Fiscal
Impact:
Approximately $160,000 one-time General Fund (cost pressure of
$138,000 and direct costs of $19,000) to the CDE and the
Instructional Quality Commission (IQC) within the CDE,
respectively.
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Background: Current law establishes the IQC as an advisory body to the
Board. The IQC is responsible for recommending curriculum
frameworks to the Board, developing criteria for the evaluation
of instructional materials, and evaluating and recommending
adoption of instructional materials. (Education Code § 33530
and § 60204)
The revision to the history-social science framework was
suspended in July 2009, and subsequently resumed in July 2014.
The draft revision was released for field review in September
2014, and is expected to be presented to the Board in November
2015, and expected to be adopted in May 2016. The existing
draft framework includes some references to the deportation to
Mexico during the Great Depression in grades four and 11.
Proposed Law:
This bill adds to the list of items that the Legislature
encourages the CDE to incorporate into publications that provide
examples of curriculum resources for teachers, the
unconstitutional deportation of citizens and lawful permanent
residents of the United States to Mexico during the Great
Depression. This bill also requires the Board to consider
including this subject when it revises and adopts the
history-social science curriculum framework, evaluation
criteria, and instructional materials.
Finally, this bill includes the unconstitutional deportation to
Mexico during the Great Depression within the meaning of "human
rights" and "human rights violations." In existing law, the
Legislature encourages the incorporation of oral testimony into
the teaching of human rights and that all professional
development activities provide teachers with background and
resources to assist them in teaching about human rights
violations.
Related
Legislation: SB 551 (Cedillo, 2007) and SB 1214 (Cedillo, 2008)
both required the Board to include the unconstitutional
deportation to Mexico during the Great Depression in the next
revision of the history-social science framework. SB 551 was
held in this committee and SB 1214 was vetoed by the Governor at
that time.
SB 1575 (Dunn, 2006) expanded the course of study for grades
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7-12 to include instruction on the unconstitutional deportation
to Mexico during the Great Depression, and required the CDE to
include this instruction in curriculum resources for teachers.
SB 1575 was vetoed by the Governor at that time.
Staff
Comments: This bill encourages the CDE to incorporate the
unconstitutional deportation of citizens and lawful permanent
residents of the United States to Mexico during the Great
Depression into teacher curriculum resources. This provision
results in cost pressures to the CDE of about $138,000 to
incorporate such material.
To the extent it is decided to provide additional information on
this topic in the curriculum framework, beyond what is already
included, costs would be about $19,000.
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