BILL ANALYSIS Ó ----------------------------------------------------------------- |SENATE RULES COMMITTEE | AB 146| |Office of Senate Floor Analyses | | |(916) 651-1520 Fax: (916) | | |327-4478 | | ----------------------------------------------------------------- THIRD READING Bill No: AB 146 Author: Cristina Garcia (D), et al. Amended: 9/1/15 in Senate Vote: 21 SENATE EDUCATION COMMITTEE: 6-0, 7/1/15 AYES: Liu, Leyva, Mendoza, Monning, Pan, Vidak NO VOTE RECORDED: Runner, Block, Hancock SENATE APPROPRIATIONS COMMITTEE: 5-2, 8/27/15 AYES: Lara, Beall, Hill, Leyva, Mendoza NOES: Bates, Nielsen ASSEMBLY FLOOR: 62-9, 6/2/15 - See last page for vote SUBJECT: Pupil instruction: social sciences: deportations to Mexico SOURCE: Author DIGEST: This bill requires the State Board of Education (SBE) to consider including instruction on the unconstitutional deportation to Mexico during the Great Depression to the history-social science framework. ANALYSIS: Existing law: AB 146 Page 2 1)Establishes the Instructional Quality Commission (IQC), formerly known as the Curriculum Commission, as an advisory body to the SBE. The IQC is responsible for recommending curriculum frameworks to the SBE, developing criteria for the evaluation of instructional materials, and evaluating and recommending adoption of instructional materials. (Education Code § 33530 and § 60204) 2)Prohibits the SBE from adopting instructional materials or undertaking the work of the IQC until the 2015-16 school year. (EC § 60200.7) 3)Specifically authorizes the SBE to consider the adoption of a revised curriculum framework and evaluation criteria for history-social science. (EC § 60200.8) 4)Requires IQC to consider incorporating into the history-social science framework content on specific historical events, including the Armenian, Cambodian, Darfur, and Rwandan genocides and the Great Irish Famine of 1845 to 1850. Existing law also encourages the California Department of Education (CDE) to incorporate into curriculum resources for teachers, age-appropriate materials on the Armenian, Cambodian, Darfur, and Rwandan genocides. (EC § 51226.3) 5)Requires the IQC, whenever the history-social science framework is revised, to do all of the following (as appropriate and based on the subject matter of the course): a) Receive input from civics learning experts for purposes of integrating civics learning content, concepts and skills with the standards. b) Consider how civics and history instruction includes the application of that content to develop the competence and skills needed for civic engagement. c) Ensure that voter education information is included in the American government and civics curriculum at the high school level. d) Ensure that specified historical documents are incorporated into the framework. (EC § 33540) AB 146 Page 3 6)States legislative intent that when the history-social science framework is revised after January 1, 2015, the IQC consider whether and how to incorporate the College, Career, and Civic Life Framework for Social Studies State Standards into that framework. (EC § 33540) 7)Requires the IQC, during the next revision of the history-social science framework, to consider including and recommending for adoption by the SBE, instruction on the election of President Barack Obama and the significance of the United States electing its first African American President. (EC § 33543) This bill: 1)Requires the SBE, when it revises and adopts the curriculum framework for history-social science after January 1, 2016, to consider providing for the inclusion of instruction on the unconstitutional deportation to Mexico during the Great Depression of citizens and lawful permanent residents of the United States into the history-social science framework, evaluation criteria, and accompanying instructional materials. 2)Specifies that "human rights" and "human rights violations" include the deportation to Mexico, in regards to existing law that encourages the incorporation of testimony into instruction and professional development activities. Comments Current revision of the history-social science framework. 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, is expected to be presented to the SBE in November 2015, and expected to be adopted by the SBE in May 2016. The draft generated extensive public comment (nearly 700 comments). The IQC also determined that more subject matter expertise was needed for certain areas (including some mandated for inclusion by legislation), and submitted a budget request for $124,000 to hire experts through an interagency agreement. These events have caused significant delays in the production of AB 146 Page 4 the revised framework, which was originally scheduled for adoption in May 2015. A schedule once existed for the revision and updating of curricular frameworks. That schedule was suspended in 2009 when the prohibition on that process was imposed. Current law continues to reference an eight-year cycle for revisions to frameworks and the adoption of instructional materials. It is likely that the next revision of the history-social science framework will occur in several years. Some information is in the draft framework. The existing draft framework includes some references to the deportation to Mexico. In the chapter of course descriptions for grades kindergarten through grade five, the following reference is included in a section on Modern California: "Students can also learn about other important events in California's civil rights history, such as ? the forced repatriation of Mexicans and Mexican Americans to Mexico that took place during the Great Depression." In the chapter of course descriptions for grades nine through 12, the following reference is made in a section on the Great Depression: "The economic crisis also led to the Mexican Repatriation Program, in which the Secretary of Labor directed government agents to force nearly 400,000 Mexican migrants (both legal and illegal) out of the country." FISCAL EFFECT: Appropriation: No Fiscal Com.:YesLocal: No According to the Senate Appropriations Committee, this bill imposes one-time costs to the CDE of approximately $19,000 to the extent that additional information is included in the history-social science curriculum framework on this subject. (General Fund) SUPPORT: (Verified8/31/15) None received AB 146 Page 5 OPPOSITION: (Verified8/31/15) None received ASSEMBLY FLOOR: 62-9, 6/2/15 AYES: Achadjian, Alejo, Baker, Bloom, Bonilla, Bonta, Brown, Burke, Calderon, Campos, Chang, Chau, Chiu, Chu, Cooley, Cooper, Dababneh, Daly, Dodd, Eggman, Frazier, Cristina Garcia, Eduardo Garcia, Gatto, Gipson, Gomez, Gonzalez, Gordon, Gray, Roger Hernández, Holden, Irwin, Jones-Sawyer, Kim, Lackey, Levine, Linder, Lopez, Low, Maienschein, McCarty, Medina, Mullin, Nazarian, O'Donnell, Olsen, Perea, Quirk, Rendon, Ridley-Thomas, Rodriguez, Salas, Santiago, Steinorth, Mark Stone, Thurmond, Ting, Weber, Wilk, Williams, Wood, Atkins NOES: Bigelow, Brough, Beth Gaines, Gallagher, Harper, Jones, Mathis, Mayes, Waldron NO VOTE RECORDED: Travis Allen, Chávez, Dahle, Grove, Hadley, Melendez, Obernolte, Patterson, Wagner Prepared by:Lynn Lorber / ED. / (916) 651-4105 9/1/15 21:30:48 **** END ****