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THIRD READING
Bill No: AB 1204
Author: Chau (D)
Amended: 9/2/15 in Senate
Vote: 21
SENATE EDUCATION COMMITTEE: 8-0, 6/17/15
AYES: Liu, Runner, Block, Hancock, Leyva, Monning, Pan, Vidak
NO VOTE RECORDED: Mendoza
SENATE APPROPRIATIONS COMMITTEE: Senate Rule 28.8
ASSEMBLY FLOOR: 74-0, 5/22/15 (Consent) - See last page for
vote
SUBJECT: Instructional Quality Commission: membership:
pupil members
SOURCE: Author
DIGEST: This bill encourages the State Board of Education
(SBE) to consider appointing a student member to the
Instructional Quality Commission (IQC), and if the SBE chooses
to appoint a student member, requires the student to meet
specified criteria.
Senate Floor Amendments of 9/2/15 delete the requirement that
the SBE appoint a student as one of the public members of the
IQC; state legislative intent to encourage the SBE to consider
appointing a student to the IQC; and require, if the SBE, elects
to appoint a student to the IQC, the student to meet specified
criteria.
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ANALYSIS:
Existing law:
1)Establishes the IQC for the purpose of recommending curriculum
frameworks to the SBE, developing criteria for evaluating
instructional materials, and evaluating and recommending
instructional materials for adoption to the SBE. (Education
Code § 33530 and § 60204)
2)Provides the membership of the IQC is as follows:
a) A member of the Assembly appointed by the Speaker of the
Assembly.
b) A member of the Senate appointed by the Senate Committee
on Rules.
c) One public member appointed by the Speaker of the
Assembly.
d) One public member appointed by the Senate Committee on
Rules.
e) One public member appointed by the Governor.
f) Thirteen public members appointed by the SBE upon the
recommendation of the Superintendent of Public Instruction
or the members of the SBE. (EC § 33530)
3)Requires that at least seven of the 13 public members
appointed by the SBE be recognized authorities or experienced
practitioners in their fields. (EC § 33530)
4)Requires that at least seven of the public members be current
K-12 classroom or mentor teachers. (EC § 33530)
5)Requires the Governor to appoint a student member to the SBE,
with the advice and consent of two-thirds of the Senate, and
establishes a process for selecting the student member. The
term of office of the student member is set at one year,
beginning on August 1, and is limited to one term. The
student must be, at the time the student's term on the SBE
begins, enrolled in good standing in grade 12 in a public high
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school. (EC § 33000.5)
6)Authorizes the SBE, whenever it is authorized by law to
appoint members to a board, commission, or other statutorily
created body, to also appoint a nonvoting student member to
that body. (EC § 33011)
This bill:
1)States legislative intent to encourage the SBE to consider
appointing a student to the IQC, using the current appointment
process.
2)Requires, if the SBE elects to appoint a student to the IQC,
the student to meet both of the following criteria:
a) The student has been enrolled in a California high
school for a minimum of two consecutive years.
b) The student is in good standing.
3)Requires that the student member be a voting member with full
rights and duties as other members of the IQC.
4)Requires that student members be appointed for a single,
one-year term, and prohibits the student from being eligible
to serve more than one full term.
FISCAL EFFECT: Appropriation: No Fiscal
Com.:YesLocal: No
SUPPORT: (Verified9/1/15)
None received
OPPOSITION: (Verified9/1/15)
None received
ASSEMBLY FLOOR: 74-0, 5/22/15
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AYES: Achadjian, Travis Allen, Baker, Bigelow, Bloom, Bonilla,
Bonta, Brough, Brown, Burke, Calderon, Campos, Chang, Chau,
Chávez, Chiu, Chu, Cooley, Cooper, Dababneh, Dahle, Daly,
Dodd, Eggman, Frazier, Beth Gaines, Gallagher, Cristina
Garcia, Eduardo Garcia, Gatto, Gipson, Gomez, Gonzalez,
Gordon, Gray, Grove, Hadley, Harper, Roger Hernández, Holden,
Irwin, Jones-Sawyer, Kim, Lackey, Levine, Linder, Lopez, Low,
Maienschein, Mathis, Mayes, McCarty, Medina, Melendez, Mullin,
Nazarian, Obernolte, Patterson, Perea, Quirk, Rendon,
Ridley-Thomas, Rodriguez, Salas, Santiago, Steinorth, Mark
Stone, Thurmond, Ting, Wagner, Wilk, Williams, Wood, Atkins
NO VOTE RECORDED: Alejo, Jones, O'Donnell, Olsen, Waldron,
Weber
Prepared by:Lynn Lorber / ED. / (916) 651-4105
9/3/15 18:29:39
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