BILL NUMBER: AB 1204	AMENDED
	BILL TEXT

	AMENDED IN SENATE  SEPTEMBER 2, 2015
	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   encourage the state
board to appoint to the commission  a pupil meeting specified
 requirements.   criteria.  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 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   13  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
  seven  of the  14   13 
public members appointed by the state board shall be 
persons, who   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   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  eight 
 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,  2015, 
 1989,  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.  
   (d) (1) It is the intent of the Legislature to encourage the state
board to consider appointing a pupil to the commission, using the
current appointment process. 
   (2) Notwithstanding Section 1020 of the Government Code,  if
the state board elects to appoint a pupil to the commission, 
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.   meet both of the  
following criteria:  
   (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.  
   (A) The pupil has been enrolled in a California high school for a
minimum of two consecutive years.  
   (B) The pupil is in good standing. 
   (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, pupils, 
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.