BILL NUMBER: AB 713	AMENDED
	BILL TEXT

	AMENDED IN ASSEMBLY  MARCH 19, 2015

INTRODUCED BY   Assembly Member Weber

                        FEBRUARY 25, 2015

   An act to amend Section  99200.5 of   48010
of, and to add Section 48001 to,  the Education Code, relating
to  postsecondary education.   kindergarten.



	LEGISLATIVE COUNSEL'S DIGEST


   AB 713, as amended, Weber.  Postsecondary education:
instructional strategies.   Elementary education:
kindergarten.  
   Under existing law, a person between the ages of 6 and 18 years
who is not exempted by law is subject to compulsory full-time
education. Existing law excludes a child under 6 years of age from
the public schools, subject to specified exceptions.  
   Existing law requires a school district maintaining a kindergarten
to admit a child who will have his or her 5th birthday on or before
certain specified dates during that school year. Existing law also
requires that a child who will have his or her 6th birthday on or
before specified dates be admitted to the first grade of an
elementary school.  
   This bill, beginning with the 2017-18 school year, would require a
child to have completed one year of kindergarten before he or she
may be admitted to the first grade, thereby imposing a state-mandated
local program.  
   The California Constitution requires the state to reimburse local
agencies and school districts for certain costs mandated by the
state. Statutory provisions establish procedures for making that
reimbursement.  
   This bill would provide that, if the Commission on State Mandates
determines that the bill contains costs mandated by the state,
reimbursement for those costs shall be made pursuant to these
statutory provisions.  
   Existing law authorizes the Regents of the University of
California to establish and maintain cooperative endeavors designed
to develop and enhance teachers' subject matter and content knowledge
in specified subject matter project areas. Existing law provides
goals to be accomplished by the subject matter projects, including,
among others, the goal to provide support to teachers to develop and
enhance the content knowledge and pedagogical skills necessary to
implement State Board of Education standards or curriculum frameworks
adopted pursuant to specified provisions, and any subsequently
adopted standards or curriculum frameworks.  
   This bill would explicitly include the Next Generation Science
Standards for California Public Schools, Kindergarten through Grade
12, among the listed state board standards and curriculum frameworks
that teachers are to receive support for implementing under this
subject matter project goal. The bill would also make nonsubstantive
changes to these provisions. 
   Vote: majority. Appropriation: no. Fiscal committee:  no
  yes  . State-mandated local program:  no
  yes  .


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

   SECTION 1.    Section 48001 is added to the 
 Education Code   , to read:  
   48001.  Beginning with the 2017-18 school year, a child shall have
completed one year of kindergarten before he or she may be admitted
to the first grade. 
   SEC. 2.    Section 48010 of the  Education
Code   is amended to read: 
   48010.  (a) A child shall be admitted to the first grade of an
elementary school during the first month of a school year if the
child  has completed one year of kindergarten and  will have
his or her sixth birthday on or before one of the following dates:
   (1) December 2 of the 2011-12 school year.
   (2) November 1 of the 2012-13 school year.
   (3) October 1 of the 2013-14 school year.
   (4) September 1 of the 2014-15 school year and each school year
thereafter.
   (b) For good cause, the governing board of a school district may
permit a child of proper age to be admitted to a class after the
first school month of the school term.
   SEC. 3.    If the Commission on State Mandates
determines that this act contains costs mandated by the state,
reimbursement to local agencies and school districts for those costs
shall be made pursuant to Part 7 (commencing with Section 17500) of
Division 4 of Title 2 of the Government Code.  
  SECTION 1.    Section 99200.5 of the Education
Code, as amended by Section 3 of Chapter 632 of the Statutes of 2011,
is amended to read:
   99200.5.  The statewide subject matter projectsshall create
opportunities for researchers, higher education faculty, and
elementary and secondary school faculty to work together to
accomplish all of the following:
   (a) Identify exemplary teaching practices.
   (b) Examine and develop research on learning, knowledge, and
educational materials.
   (c) Provide support to teachers to develop and enhance the content
knowledge and pedagogical skills necessary to implement state board
standards or curriculum frameworks adopted pursuant to Sections
51226, 60605, 60605.1, 60605.2, 60605.3, and 60605.8, and the Next
Generation Science Standards for California Public Schools,
Kindergarten through Grade 12 adopted pursuant to former Section
60605.85, and any subsequently adopted standards or curriculum
frameworks.
   (d) In partnership with the University of California Curriculum
Integration Institute or other appropriate entities, provide teachers
with support in the implementation of career-oriented, integrated
academic and technical courses that meet course requirements for
admission to the University of California and the California State
University, and align with high-priority industry sectors as
determined pursuant to paragraph (4) of subdivision (a) of Section
99200.