BILL NUMBER: AB 2353	AMENDED
	BILL TEXT

	AMENDED IN SENATE  AUGUST 16, 2016
	AMENDED IN SENATE  JUNE 21, 2016
	AMENDED IN ASSEMBLY  APRIL 27, 2016

INTRODUCED BY   Assembly Member McCarty

                        FEBRUARY 18, 2016

   An act to add Article 3.2 (commencing with Section 44475) to
Chapter 3 of Part 25 of Division 3 of Title 2 of the Education Code,
relating to teacher professional development.


	LEGISLATIVE COUNSEL'S DIGEST


   AB 2353, as amended, McCarty. Teacher professional development:
culturally responsive instruction. 
   (1) Existing 
    Existing  law establishes various programs of
professional development for teachers, including the California
Beginning Teacher Support and Assessment System, and requires the
State Department of Education to issue a request for proposals to
contract for the development of standards for professional
development for educators and instructional leaders.
   This bill would require the department to identify professional
development programs in culturally responsive instruction and provide
links to those programs on its Internet Web site. The bill would
state legislative findings and declarations relating to the
importance of culturally responsive teaching. 
   (2) Existing law appropriated the sum of $490,000,000 from the
General Fund to the Superintendent of Public Instruction to be
allocated to school districts, county offices of education, charter
schools, and the state special schools, as provided, for specified
teacher and administrator training and professional development,
including to promote educator quality and effectiveness. 

   This bill would specify that school districts, county offices of
education, charter schools, and the state special schools are
authorized to use those moneys to provide professional development in
culturally responsive instruction. 
   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.  The Legislature finds and declares all of the
following:
   (a) Culture is essential to learning.
   (b) Culture plays a role not only in communicating and receiving
information, but also in shaping the thinking process of groups and
individuals.
   (c) A pedagogy that acknowledges, responds to, and celebrates
fundamental cultures offers full, equitable access to education for
pupils from all cultures.
   (d) Culturally responsive teaching is a pedagogy that recognizes
the importance of including pupils' cultural references in all
aspects of learning.
   (e) Culturally responsive teaching acknowledges the legitimacy of
a pupil's cultural heritage that shapes dispositions and attitudes.
   (f) Culturally responsive teaching builds bridges of
meaningfulness between home and school.
   (g) Culturally responsive teaching uses a wide variety of
instructional strategies that are connected to learning styles.
   (h) Culturally responsive teaching incorporates multicultural
information, books, and other educational resources.
   (i) Culturally responsive teaching promotes the idea of the
classroom family and all pupils are in it together.
   (j) Culturally responsive teaching teaches pupils that they can be
successful and that they are appreciated by educators who have high
expectations of them.
   (k) Culturally responsive teaching develops the social
consciousness of pupils to better handle the world of prejudice and
racism.
  SEC. 2.  Article 3.2 (commencing with Section 44475) is added to
Chapter 3 of Part 25 of Division 3 of Title 2 of the Education Code,
to read:

      Article 3.2.  Professional Development in Culturally Responsive
Instruction


   44475.  The department shall identify professional development
programs in culturally responsive instruction and provide links to
those programs on its Internet Web site. 
  SEC. 3.    Moneys appropriated to the
Superintendent of Public Instruction and allocated to school
districts, county offices of education, charter schools, and the
state special schools for professional development to promote
educator quality and effectiveness pursuant to Section 58 of Chapter
13 of the Statutes of 2015 may be used by the school district, county
office of education, charter school, or the state special school to
provide professional development in culturally responsive
instruction.