BILL NUMBER: AB 1204	AMENDED
	BILL TEXT

	AMENDED IN ASSEMBLY  MAY 4, 2015
	AMENDED IN ASSEMBLY  APRIL 7, 2015

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 amended, 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 requires the state
board to make its appointments to ensure that, at any one time, 7 of
the public members are current classroom or mentor teachers, as
specified. 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 14 members, and would require one of
those members to be a pupil meeting specified requirements. The bill
would provide that a pupil member of the commission is required to
serve for a one-year term, may not serve more than one full term, and
is a voting member with the full rights and duties of the other
commission members. The bill would require the state board to make
its appointments to ensure that, at any one time, 8 of the public
members are current classroom or mentor teachers, as specified. The
bill  would  also  would  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
14 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 eight of the 14
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 eight 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 eight 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, 2015, shall be allowed to complete their terms.
   (d) (1) So far as practical and consistent with the duties
assigned to the commission by the state board, one of the 14 public
members shall be a pupil.
   (2) Notwithstanding Section 1020 of the Government Code, the pupil
member shall be, at the time the member's one-year term commences, a
pupil enrolled in good standing in a public high school. 
   (3) The pupil member shall be chosen from among the two finalist
candidates not chosen for nomination as the student member on the
state board pursuant to Section 33000.5. 
   (e) 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, and parents who
are reflective of the various ethnic groups and types of school
districts in California.
  SEC. 2.  Section 33532 of the Education Code is amended to read:
   33532.  (a) (1) Except as provided in paragraph (2), each
commission member shall serve for a four-year 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 for a one-year
term and shall not be eligible to serve more than one full term. The
pupil member shall be a voting member with the full rights and duties
of the other members of the commission.
   (b) With respect to the appointment of 13 public members by the
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.