BILL ANALYSIS Ó
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CONCURRENCE IN SENATE AMENDMENTS
AB
2290 (Santiago)
As Amended August 19, 2016
Majority vote
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Original Committee Reference: ED.
SUMMARY: Requires the Superintendent of Public Instruction
(SPI), in consultation with the Instructional Quality Commission
(IQC) to recommend to the State Board of Education (SBE)
revisions to the content standards in world languages, and
authorizes the SBE to adopt, reject, or modify the revised
standards by January 31, 2019.
The Senate amendments:
1)Require that a majority of the group of subject matter experts
required to be convened be current public school elementary or
secondary classroom teachers who have a professional teaching
credential that is valid under state law.
2)Require that the IQC consult with the SPI on the selection of
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subject matter experts, holding public hearings, and
recommending revised standards to the SBE.
3)Require that, on or before November 30, 2018, the SPI present
to the SBE the revised standards.
4)Change from January 1, 2019 to January 31, 2019, the date by
which the SBE is required adopt, reject, or modify any
revisions to the standards recommended by the SPI.
5)Require that, if the SBE modifies standards it provide written
reasons for the revisions in a public meeting, and requires
that the standards be adopted at a subsequent meeting, no
later than March 31, 2019.
6)Require that if the SBE rejects the standards it transmit a
written explanation to the SPI, the Governor, and the
appropriate policy and fiscal committees of the Legislature.
7)Require that if the standards are adopted the SBE consider the
adoption of a curriculum framework and evaluation criteria for
instructional materials that are aligned to the standards no
later than September 30, 2020, and authorize the SBE to adopt
aligned instructional materials for grades one to eight by
January 31, 2022.
FISCAL EFFECT: According to the Senate Appropriations Committee
(based on the August 1, 2016 amended version):
1)The CDE 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.
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2)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.
COMMENTS: Need for the bill. The author's office states:
"World language programs continue to expand in California and
the current language standards do not adequately reflect recent
research developments in learning a second language, especially
in the area of immersion education, which is the fastest growing
world language program in our state.
"The current World Language Content Standards are not aligned
with the Common Core State Standards, the English Language
Development Standards, and the curriculum framework for world
languages. The existing World Language Content Standards do not
place emphasis on literacy development for heritage speakers of
world languages and in supporting learners with low literacy
skills both in English and another language.
"Furthermore, the current standards do not link the study of
world languages with Career and Technical Education (CTE) and
workforce opportunities, which may impede students from
developing global competence and engagement in the 21st century
global workforce. In order for language and cultural programs
to be the most effective for K-12 students, World Language
Content Standards must be updated."
The most pressing need: standards-aligned instructional
materials. The state's current foreign languages framework was
adopted in 2003, and instructional materials aligned to that
framework were also adopted in 2003 (with a follow-up adoption
in 2005). The current foreign language standards were adopted
in 2009. Because of the suspension of the curriculum framework
revision process in 2009, the state never adopted a world
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languages framework aligned to those standards. And because
state-adopted instructional materials are aligned to that
framework, there was no instructional materials adoption aligned
to the standards. As a result, the state-adopted instructional
materials in this content area are viewed as highly out-of-date,
making instruction in world languages challenging for teachers.
Process similar to SB 1200 for revising math and science
standards. The process proposed by this bill for the updating
of world languages standards is very similar to the one required
by SB 1200 (Hancock), Chapter 654, Statutes of 2012 for the
revising of standards in mathematics and science. In both of
those content areas, state standards were updated to align with
national standards (Common Core State Standards in mathematics,
and the Next Generation Science Standards). That bill
authorized the SPI to consult with a group of experts and to
recommend revised standards to the SBE. The SBE was authorized
to adopt, reject, or modify the standards, and was required to
provide a written explanation for any modifications. One
difference between this bill and prior standards revision bills
is the role of the IQC. In this bill the IQC is required to
consult with the SPI through several steps of the revision
process.
Analysis Prepared by:
Tanya Lieberman / ED. / (916) 319-2087 FN:
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