Amended in Assembly April 13, 2016

Amended in Assembly March 29, 2016

Amended in Assembly March 18, 2016

California Legislature—2015–16 Regular Session

Assembly Bill No. 2290

Introduced by Assembly Member Santiago

February 18, 2016

An act to add Section 60605.5 to the Education Code, relating to pupil instruction.

LEGISLATIVE COUNSEL’S DIGEST

AB 2290, as amended, Santiago. Pupil instruction: begin delete foreign languages. end delete begin insert world languages: revision of content standards. end insert

Existing law requires the State Board of Education, on or before June 1, 2009, to adopt content standards for teaching foreign languages in kindergarten and grades 1 to 12, inclusive, pursuant to recommendations developed by the Superintendent of Public Instruction.

This bill would authorize the Superintendent to recommend begin delete modifications end delete begin insert revisions end insert to the begin delete foreign language academic content standards end delete begin insert World Language Content Standards for California Public Schools, adopted pursuant to the above requirement, end insert to the state board and would require the state board to adopt, reject, or modify the recommendations on or before July begin delete 30, end delete begin insert 31, end insert 2018. The bill would require the state board to explain, in writing, to the Governor and the Legislature the reasons for modifying the begin insert recommended revised content end insert standards. The bill would require the Superintendent, in consultation with the state board, to select a group of experts for purposes of assisting the Superintendent in developing the recommendations. The bill would require the Superintendent to hold a minimum of 2 public hearings in order for the public to provide input on the Superintendent’s recommendations and would require the state board to adopt, reject, or modify the recommendations at a subsequent public begin delete hearing. end delete begin insert meeting. end insert The bill would require that begin delete modifications end delete begin insert revisions end insert to the begin delete foreign language academic content standards end delete begin insert World Language Content Standards for California Public Schools end insert be incorporated into the curriculum framework and the evaluation criteria for begin delete mathematics end delete begin insert world languages end insert for purposes of adopting instructional materials.

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 60605.5 is added to the Education Code,
to read:

60605.5.  

(a) The Superintendent may recommend to the state
board begin delete modifications end delete begin insert revisions end insert to the begin delete foreign language academic
content standards adopted by the state board end delete begin insert World Language
Content Standards for California Public Schools adopted by the
state board in 2009 end insert pursuant to Section 60605.3. On or before July
begin delete 30, end delete begin insert 31, end insert 2018, the state board shall adopt, reject, or modify any
begin delete modifications proposed end delete begin insert revisions recommended end insert by the
Superintendent. If the state board modifies begin delete the foreign language
academic end delete begin insert any revisions recommended to these end insert content standards,
it shall explain, in writing, to the Governor and the Legislature the
reasons for modifying the begin insert recommended revised content end insert standards.

(b) In consultation with the state board, the Superintendent shall
select a group of experts in begin delete mathematics end delete begin insert this subject area end insert for
purposes of assisting the Superintendent in developing
recommendations pursuant to this section. begin delete The Superintendent
shall ensure that the group of experts includes, but is not limited
to, both researchers and practitioners in the field of foreign
language education, representatives from higher education and the
K-12 educational system, and experts in alphabet-based and
nonalphabet-based languages and American Sign language. end delete

(c) (1) The Superintendent shall hold a minimum of two public
hearings in order for the public to provide input on the
begin delete modifications end delete begin insert revisions end insert recommended pursuant this section and
the state board shall adopt, reject, or modify those
recommendations at a subsequent public meeting.

(2) The public begin insert hearings and end insert meetings required by this
subdivision shall be held pursuant to the Bagley-Keene Open
Meeting Act (Article 9 (commencing with Section 11120) of
Chapter 1 of Part 1 of Division 3 of Title 2 of the Government
Code).

(d) If the begin delete foreign language academic content standards are
modified end delete begin insert World Language Content Standards for California Public
Schools is revised end insert pursuant to subdivision (a), during the next
revision of the begin delete foreign language end delete begin insert corresponding end insert curriculum
framework and evaluation criteria, the Instructional Quality
Commission shall ensure that the begin delete modifications end delete begin insert revisions end insert are
incorporated into begin delete the foreign language end delete begin insert that end insert curriculum framework
and evaluation criteria for purposes of adopting instructional
materials.