BILL ANALYSIS Ó ----------------------------------------------------------------- |SENATE RULES COMMITTEE | AB 2546| |Office of Senate Floor Analyses | | |(916) 651-1520 Fax: (916) | | |327-4478 | | ----------------------------------------------------------------- THIRD READING Bill No: AB 2546 Author: Calderon (D) Amended: 4/7/16 in Assembly Vote: 21 SENATE EDUCATION COMMITTEE: 5-1, 6/29/16 AYES: Block, Hancock, Leyva, Mendoza, Pan NOES: Liu NO VOTE RECORDED: Huff, Monning, Vidak SENATE APPROPRIATIONS COMMITTEE: 7-0, 8/1/16 AYES: Lara, Bates, Beall, Hill, McGuire, Mendoza, Nielsen ASSEMBLY FLOOR: 65-8, 5/19/16 - See last page for vote SUBJECT: Pupil instruction: history-social science curriculum framework: financial literacy SOURCE: Author DIGEST: This bill requires the Instructional Quality Commission (IQC), during the next revision of the history-social science framework, to consider including information on financial literacy. ANALYSIS: Existing law: AB 2546 Page 2 1) Establishes the IQC (formerly known as the Curriculum Commission) as an advisory body to the State Board of Education (SBE) on matters related to curriculum, instructional materials, and content standards. (Education Code § 33530) 2) Requires the SBE, during the next revision of the history-social science framework (after January 2014), to ensure the integration of components of financial literacy, among other things. (EC § 51284) 3) Requires the IQC, when the history-social science framework is revised, to receive input from civics learning experts, consider how civics and history instruction includes the application of content, ensure that voter education information is included, ensure specified historical documents are incorporated, and consider incorporating additional historical documents. (EC § 33540) 4) Requires the IQC, during the next revision (after 2014) of the history-social science framework, to consider including instruction on the election of President Barack Obama and the significance of the United States electing its first African American President. (EC § 33543) 5) Requires the Great Irish Famine of 1845-50 to be considered in the next cycle (after mid-1990s) in which the history-social science framework is adopted. (EC § 51226.3) 6) Requires the IQC to consider incorporating into the history-social science framework the Armenian, Cambodian, Darfur, and Rwandan genocides. (EC § 51226.3) 7) Requires the SBE, when it revises and adopts the history-social science framework after January 1, 2016, to consider including instruction on the unconstitutional deportation to Mexico during the Great Depression of citizens AB 2546 Page 3 and lawful permanent residents of the United States. (EC § 51226.3) 8) Requires the IQC, when next revising the history-social science framework (after 2013) to ensure that voter education information is included in the American government and civics curriculum at the high school level. (EC § 33540) 9) Requires the SBE to ensure that the state curriculum and framework, where appropriate, include instruction on Cesar Chavez and the history of the farm labor movement in the United States, and the role of immigrants, including Filipino Americans, in that movement, and that the state criteria for selecting textbooks include information to guide the selection of textbooks that contain sections that highlight the life and contributions of Cesar Chavez, the history of the farm labor movement in the United States, and the role of immigrants, including Filipino Americans, in that movement. (EC § 51008) 10)Authorizes instruction in all areas of study to include grade-level appropriate instruction on violence awareness and prevention, as specified. (EC § 51210.5 and § 51220.3) 11)Encourages the incorporation of survivor, rescuer, liberator, and witness oral testimony into the teaching of human rights, the Holocaust, and genocide. (EC § 51226.3) 12)Encourages state and local professional development activities to provide teachers with content background and resources to assist them in teaching about civil rights, human rights violations, genocide, slavery, the Armenian Genocide, the Holocaust, and the Great Irish Famine of 1845-50. (EC § 51226.3) This bill: 1) Requires the IQC, when the history-social science framework AB 2546 Page 4 is revised after January 1, 2017, to consider including age-appropriate information on financial literacy that includes, but is not limited to, all of the following: a) Fundamentals of banking for personal use, including savings and checking. b) Principles of budgeting and personal finance. c) Employment and understanding factors that affect net income. d) Uses and costs of credit, including the relation of debt and interest to credit. e) Uses and costs of loans, including student loans. f) Types and costs of insurance. g) Forms of governmental taxation. h) Principles of investing and building wealth. i) Identity theft and security. j) Planning and paying for postsecondary education. aa) Charitable giving. 2) Requires the IQC to consider including information on financial literacy at least twice in each of the following grade spans: AB 2546 Page 5 a) Kindergarten to grade 5. b) Grades 6 to 8. c) Grades 9 to 12. Comments Already in the framework? The most recent draft of the update to the history-social science framework, approved by the IQC at its meeting on May 19-20, 2016, includes references to economics in every grade, except kindergarten. This bill requires the IQC to consider including age-appropriate information on financial literacy and prescribes a lengthy list of specific topics to be covered. Some, but not all, of the topics prescribed by this bill are already included in the draft history-social science framework. Open process to develop frameworks. The IQC is responsible for advising the SBE on matters related to curriculum and instruction. The IQC has numerous subject matter committees, including the History-Social Science Subject Matter Committee. The process to revise the history-social science framework: Began in March 2008 with the recruitment of participants on the Curriculum Framework and Evaluation Criteria Committee. Four focus groups were held across the state from May-June 2008. The review committee was selected in September 2008, and met approximately every four weeks between February-June 2009 to develop the framework. The process was suspended in July 2009 due to budget reductions. AB 2546 Page 6 The process resumed in September 2014, at which time the IQC approved the draft framework for field review. The draft was released for a 60-day public review and comment period. The History-Social Science Subject Matter Committee met in May 2015 to review the draft. The IQC analyzed the field review results and revised the draft framework. The History-Social Science Subject Matter Committee met again in October 2015. The IQC held a public two-day hearing in November 2015, and recommended approval of the draft framework. The draft framework was released for the second 60-day public comment period. The IQC considered and approved the draft framework in May 2016, and will present it to the SBE for adoption as early as July 2016. The recently-revised framework for history-social science went through a lengthy public process, and generated over 1,000 public comments, including several letters sent by legislators. The IQC completed this process less than one month ago. Not effective until 2024? The current revision of the history-social science framework is complete and near adoption by the SBE. This bill relates to the next revision of this framework after January 1, 2017. Existing law references an eight-year cycle for revisions to frameworks and the adoption of AB 2546 Page 7 instructional materials (although a true schedule no longer exists). It is likely that the next revision of the history-social science framework will not occur for another eight years. FISCAL EFFECT: Appropriation: No Fiscal Com.:YesLocal: No According to the Senate Appropriations Committee, any costs related to this bill are not likely to be incurred for a number of years. Some of the topics prescribed in this bill are already included in the adopted history-social science framework. The next curriculum framework revision is not expected until 2024 which will likely be based on updated content standards incorporating some additional of topics included in this bill. General Fund costs for considering topics not already addressed are unknown, but are anticipated to be minor. SUPPORT: (Verified8/2/16) California State Controller Betty Yee California Credit Union League California JumpStart Coalition California Society of CPAs California Teachers Association OPPOSITION: (Verified8/2/16) None received ASSEMBLY FLOOR: 65-8, 5/19/16 AYES: Achadjian, Alejo, Travis Allen, Arambula, Atkins, Baker, Bloom, Bonilla, Bonta, Brough, Brown, Burke, Calderon, Campos, Chau, Chiu, Chu, Cooley, Cooper, Dababneh, Dahle, Daly, Dodd, Eggman, Frazier, Gallagher, Cristina Garcia, Eduardo Garcia, AB 2546 Page 8 Gatto, Gipson, Gomez, Gonzalez, Gordon, Gray, Roger Hernández, Holden, Irwin, Jones-Sawyer, Kim, Lackey, Levine, Linder, Lopez, Low, Maienschein, Medina, Mullin, Nazarian, Obernolte, O'Donnell, Patterson, Quirk, Ridley-Thomas, Rodriguez, Salas, Santiago, Steinorth, Mark Stone, Thurmond, Ting, Waldron, Weber, Wilk, Wood, Rendon NOES: Bigelow, Chávez, Beth Gaines, Grove, Harper, Jones, Melendez, Wagner NO VOTE RECORDED: Chang, Hadley, Mathis, Mayes, McCarty, Olsen, Williams Prepared by:Lynn Lorber / ED. / (916) 651-4105 8/3/16 19:14:33 **** END ****