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THIRD READING
Bill No: AB 2290
Author: Santiago (D)
Amended: 6/22/16 in Senate
Vote: 21
SENATE EDUCATION COMMITTEE: 9-0, 6/15/16
AYES: Liu, Block, Hancock, Huff, Leyva, Mendoza, Monning, Pan,
Vidak
SENATE APPROPRIATIONS COMMITTEE: 6-1, 8/11/16
AYES: Lara, Bates, Beall, Hill, McGuire, Mendoza
NOES: Nielsen
ASSEMBLY FLOOR: 77-3, 6/1/16 - See last page for vote
SUBJECT: Pupil instruction: world languages: revision of
content standards
SOURCE: California Language Teachers Association
DIGEST: This bill authorizes the Superintendent of Public
Instruction (SPI) to recommend to the State Board of Education
(SBE) revisions to the world language content standards, and
requires the SBE to adopt, modify or reject any revisions by
January 31, 2019.
ANALYSIS:
Existing law:
1)Authorizes the SPI to recommend, and for the SBE to approve,
modifications to the common core academic content standards in
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mathematics, as specified.
2)Requires the SBE to adopt statewide academic content standards
in the core curriculum areas of reading, writing, and
mathematics, and requires the Academic Content Standards
Commission to develop academic content standards in language
arts and mathematics.
Academic content standards define the knowledge, concepts, and
skills that students should acquire at each grade level.
Curricular frameworks are the blueprint for implementing the
standards, and include criteria by which instructional
materials are evaluated.
Standards in several subject areas were adopted by the SBE
beginning in the late 1990s. There is no statutory authority
for the review or updating of standards. A schedule once
existed for the review and update of frameworks and
instructional materials in many subject areas, but those
processes were suspended on July 28, 2009 due to budget
constraints. Specific authority has since been provided to
develop new standards in specific subjects (statutory
authority was also provided to develop frameworks and
instructional materials in some of these subjects).
The SBE has adopted, or is scheduled to adopt, the following
standards:
a) The California Common Core Standards in English language
arts and mathematics were adopted on August 2, 2010.
(Education Code § 60605.8)
b) English language development standards that are aligned
with the common core standards in English language arts in
November 7, 2012. (Former EC § 60811.3)
c) A modification of the previously adopted common core
standards in mathematics in January 2013. (EC § 60605.11)
d) Revised Career Technical Education Model Curriculum
Standards on January 16, 2013. (EC § 51226)
e) The Next Generation Science Standards on September 4,
2013. (Former EC § 60605.85)
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f) English language development standards that are aligned
with the common core standards in mathematics and science.
The resource, Integrating the CA ELD Standards into K-12
Mathematics and Science Teaching and Learning, was released
in December 2015. (EC § 60811.4)
g) The Instructional Quality Commission (IQC) is required
to consider developing and recommending to the SBE
standards in computer science by July 31, 2019. (EC §
60605.4)
This bill:
1)Authorizes the SPI to recommend to the SBE revisions to the
world language content standards that were adopted by the SBE
in 2009.
2)Requires the SBE, by January 31, 2019, to adopt, reject, or
modify any revisions recommended by the SPI.
3)Requires the SPI, in consultation with the SBE, to select a
group of experts in this subject area for purposes of
assisting the SPI in developing recommendations for revisions
to the standards. This bill requires a majority of this group
to be current public school elementary or secondary classroom
teachers who have a valid professional teaching credential.
4)Requires the SPI to hold a minimum of two public hearings in
order for the public to provide input on the recommended
revisions, and requires the SBE to adopt, reject, or modify
those recommendations at a subsequent public meeting.
5)Requires the SBE, if it modifies any revisions recommended to
these content standards, to explain in writing to the Governor
and the Legislature the reasons for modifying the recommended
revised content standards.
6)Requires the IQC to ensure any revisions to the world
languages content standards are incorporated into that
curriculum framework and evaluation criteria (for
instructional materials) by July 31, 2020.
7)Requires the public hearings and meetings to be held pursuant
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to the Bagley-Keene Open Meeting Act.
Comments
Comprehensive approach stalled. There is no statutory authority
for the regular review or updating of standards. Statutory
authority has been provided to develop new standards in specific
subjects, such as the California common core standards in
English language arts and mathematics, and the Next Generation
Science standards. The Legislature has made several
unsuccessful attempts to require updates to the standards in
additional subject areas. AB 740 (Weber, 2015) requires the SPI
to recommend to the SBE a schedule for the regular update of
academic content standards. AB 740 stalled in the Senate
Appropriations Committee due to a disagreement with the
Administration over which entity should update the standards, a
panel of subject matter experts for each standard or the IQC.
AB 740 provides a comprehensive and thoughtful approach to the
revision of all standards and frameworks, a better approach than
one-off measures that address one subject area at a time.
FISCAL EFFECT: Appropriation: No Fiscal
Com.:YesLocal: No
According to the Senate Appropriations Committee:
The California Department of Education anticipates costs of
between $95,000 to $176,000 General Fund to recommend
revisions to the world language content standards to the SBE.
These costs include funding to support an advisory committee
with subject matter experts, a primary writer contract, and
press editing.
Cost pressure in the millions General Fund/Proposition 98 to
make corresponding revisions to the world language curriculum
framework and evaluation criteria for instructional materials.
Significant cost pressures also related to the implementation
of instructional materials and providing professional
development to implement the revised content standards.
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SUPPORT: (Verified8/13/16)
California Language Teachers Association (source)
State Superintendent of Public Instruction Tom Torlakson
California Teachers Association
Californians Together Coalition
Los Angeles Unified School District
OPPOSITION: (Verified8/12/16)
None received
ASSEMBLY FLOOR: 77-3, 6/1/16
AYES: Achadjian, Alejo, Travis Allen, Arambula, Atkins, 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, Hadley, Roger
Hernández, Holden, Irwin, Jones, Jones-Sawyer, Kim, Lackey,
Levine, Linder, Lopez, Low, Maienschein, Mayes, McCarty,
Medina, Melendez, Mullin, Nazarian, Obernolte, O'Donnell,
Olsen, Patterson, Quirk, Ridley-Thomas, Rodriguez, Salas,
Santiago, Steinorth, Mark Stone, Thurmond, Ting, Wagner,
Waldron, Weber, Wilk, Williams, Wood, Rendon
NOES: Grove, Harper, Mathis
Prepared by:Lynn Lorber / ED. / (916) 651-4105
8/16/16 9:17:09
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