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          SENATE COMMITTEE ON APPROPRIATIONS
                             Senator Ricardo Lara, Chair
                            2015 - 2016  Regular  Session

          AB 2016 (Alejo) - Pupil instruction:  ethnic studies
          
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          |Version: June 1, 2016           |Policy Vote: ED. 9 - 0          |
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          |Urgency: No                     |Mandate: No                     |
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          |Hearing Date: August 11, 2016   |Consultant: Jillian Kissee      |
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          *********** ANALYSIS ADDENDUM - SUSPENSE FILE ***********
             The following information is revised to reflect amendments 
                     adopted by the committee on August 11, 2016






          Bill  
          Summary:  This bill requires the Instructional Quality  
          Commission (Commission) to develop, and the State Board of  
          Education (Board) to adopt, modify, or revise by March 31, 2020  
          a model curriculum in ethnic studies.  This bill encourages  
          school districts or charter schools with grades 9 through 12 to  
          offer an ethnic studies course as an elective based on the model  
          curriculum if they do not already offer a course.


          Fiscal  
          Impact:  
           The California Department of Education estimates one-time  
            costs of about $763,000 over two fiscal years ($302,000 in the  







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            first year and $461,000 in the second year) to develop the  
            model curriculum as prescribed by this bill, including  
            required examples of courses.  These costs would support 2.0  
            positions, a writer contract, outside curriculum experts,  
            advisory committee meetings, and press editing.

           Local cost pressure to provide ethnic courses based on the  
            model curriculum as expressly encouraged by this bill.  To  
            implement a new ethnic studies course, school districts would  
            have to purchase instructional materials and either hire  
            appropriate teachers or provide professional development to  
            existing teachers.  These costs would not be reimbursable by  
            the state.


          Author  
          Amendments:  
           Delays the deadlines by which the Commission is required to  
            submit the model curriculum to the Board and for the Board to  
            adopt the model curriculum.


           Clarifies that the Board may modify or revise, in addition to  
            adopt, a model curriculum developed by the Commission.


           Expands legislative findings and declarations to encourage the  
            participation of students and members of the community in the  
            development of the ethnic studies model curriculum.




          Committee  
          Amendments:  Deletes legislative findings and declarations that  
          the state should support and work with the Commission on Teacher  
          Credentialing, California State University teaching programs,  
          and other relevant parties in establishing a single subject  
          ethnic studies credential.


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