BILL NUMBER: AB 2290	AMENDED
	BILL TEXT

	AMENDED IN SENATE  JUNE 22, 2016
	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 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   experts, the majority of which would be
required to be current public school elementary or secondary
classroom teachers who have professional teaching credentials that
are valid under state law,  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   the
Instructional Quality Commission, by July 31, 2020, to ensure that
these adopted recommendations are  incorporated into the
 curriculum framework   corresponding World
Language Curriculum Framework  and  inform  the
evaluation criteria  for world languages  for
purposes of adopting  world language  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 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.  A majority of this group of experts shall be
current public school elementary or secondary classroom teachers who
have a professional teaching credential that is valid under state
law. 
   (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   When  the World Language
Content Standards for California Public Schools  is revised
  are adopted  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 
 adopted World Language Content Standards  are incorporated
into  that curriculum framework   the
corresponding World Language Curriculum Framework  and 
inform the  evaluation criteria for purposes of adopting 
world language  instructional  materials.  
materials by no later than July 31, 2020.