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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:
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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information is included, ensure specified historical
documents are incorporated, and consider incorporating
additional historical documents.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
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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
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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:
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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.
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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
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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,
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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
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