BILL ANALYSIS Ó ----------------------------------------------------------------- |SENATE RULES COMMITTEE | AB 2290| |Office of Senate Floor Analyses | | |(916) 651-1520 Fax: (916) | | |327-4478 | | ----------------------------------------------------------------- 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 AB 2290 Page 2 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) AB 2290 Page 3 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 AB 2290 Page 4 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. AB 2290 Page 5 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 **** END ****