BILL NUMBER: AB 1204	INTRODUCED
	BILL TEXT


INTRODUCED BY   Assembly Member Chau

                        FEBRUARY 27, 2015

   An act to amend Sections 33530 and 33532 of the Education Code,
relating to the Instructional Quality Commission.


	LEGISLATIVE COUNSEL'S DIGEST


   AB 1204, as introduced, Chau. Instructional Quality Commission:
membership: pupil members.
   Existing law establishes the Instructional Quality Commission
consisting of certain members, including 13 public members appointed
by the State Board of Education. Existing law provides that
commission members are required to serve for 4-year terms and may not
serve more than one full term.
   This bill would expand the public membership of the commission
appointed by the state board to 15 members, and would encourage at
least 2 of those members to be pupils members. The bill would provide
that a pupil member of the commission shall serve a one-year term
and shall not be eligible to serve more than one full term. The bill
would also make nonsubstantive changes to these provisions.
   Vote: majority. Appropriation: no. Fiscal committee: yes.
State-mandated local program: no.


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

  SECTION 1.  Section 33530 of the Education Code is amended to read:

   33530.  (a) There is in the state government the Instructional
Quality Commission consisting of a Member of the Assembly appointed
by the Speaker of the Assembly, a Member of the Senate appointed by
the Senate Committee on Rules, one public member appointed by the
Speaker of the Assembly, one public member appointed by the Senate
Committee on Rules, one public member appointed by the Governor, and
 13   15  public members appointed by the
state board upon the recommendation of the Superintendent or the
members of the state board.
   (b) So far as is practical and consistent with the duties assigned
to the commission by the state board, at least 7 of the  13
  15  public members appointed by the state board
shall be persons, who because they have taught, written, or lectured
on the subject matter fields specified in Section 33533, in the
course of public or private employment, have become recognized
authorities or experienced practitioners in those fields. The state
board shall make its appointments to ensure that, at any one time, at
least seven of the public members shall be current classroom
teachers, or mentor teachers, or both assigned to teach kindergarten
or any of grades 1 to 12, inclusive.
   (c) Notwithstanding the requirement that seven of the public
members shall be current classroom teachers or mentor teachers,
current members of the commission who were appointed on or before
December 31, 1989, shall be allowed to complete their terms.
   (d) In making the remaining appointments to the commission, and in
establishing the commission's advisory task forces or committees,
the state board is encouraged to consider the role of other
representatives of the educational community in the development of
curriculum and instructional materials, including, but not limited
to, administrators, governing school board members,  pupils,
 and parents who are reflective of the various ethnic groups and
types of school districts in California. 
   (e) The state board is encouraged to include two pupils among the
15 public members appointed by the state board. 
  SEC. 2.  Section 33532 of the Education Code is amended to read:
   33532.  (a)  Commission members   (1) 
   Except as provided in paragraph (2), each commission
member  shall serve for  a  four-year  terms
  term  and shall not be eligible to serve more
than one full term. Prior service on the commission for a term of
less than three years resulting from an initial appointment or an
appointment for the remainder of an unexpired term shall not be
counted as a full term. 
   (2) A pupil member of the commission shall serve a one-year term
and shall not be eligible to serve more than one full term. 
   (b) With respect to the appointment of 13 public members by the
 State Board of Education   state board  to
the first commission, four shall be appointed for terms of two
years, four shall be appointed for terms of three years, and five
shall be appointed for a term of four years.