BILL NUMBER: AB 2290	AMENDED
	BILL TEXT

	AMENDED IN ASSEMBLY  MAY 27, 2016
	AMENDED IN ASSEMBLY  APRIL 13, 2016
	AMENDED IN ASSEMBLY  MARCH 29, 2016
	AMENDED IN ASSEMBLY  MARCH 18, 2016

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: world languages:
revision of content standards.
   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
revisions to the World Language Content Standards for California
Public Schools, adopted pursuant to the above requirement, to the
state board and would require the state board to adopt, reject, or
modify the recommendations on or before  July 31, 2018.
  January 31, 2019.  The bill would require the
state board to explain, in writing, to the Governor and the
Legislature the reasons for modifying the recommended revised content
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 meeting. The bill would require that revisions to the World
Language Content Standards for California Public Schools be
incorporated into the curriculum framework and the evaluation
criteria for world languages 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
revisions to the World Language Content Standards for California
Public Schools adopted by the state board in 2009 pursuant to Section
60605.3. On or before  July 31, 2018,  January
31, 2019,  the state board shall adopt, reject, or modify any
revisions recommended by the Superintendent. If the state board
modifies any revisions recommended to these content standards, it
shall explain, in writing, to the Governor and the Legislature the
reasons for modifying the recommended revised content standards.
   (b) In consultation with the state board, the Superintendent shall
select a group of experts in this subject area for purposes of
assisting the Superintendent in developing recommendations pursuant
to this section.
   (c) (1) The Superintendent shall hold a minimum of two public
hearings in order for the public to provide input on the revisions
recommended pursuant  to  this section and the state board
shall adopt, reject, or modify those recommendations at a subsequent
public meeting.
   (2) The public hearings and 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 World Language Content Standards for California Public
Schools is revised pursuant to subdivision (a), during the next
revision of the corresponding curriculum framework and evaluation
criteria, the Instructional Quality Commission shall ensure that the
revisions are incorporated into that curriculum framework and
evaluation criteria for purposes of adopting instructional materials.