BILL NUMBER: AB 2862 AMENDED
BILL TEXT
AMENDED IN SENATE AUGUST 1, 2016
AMENDED IN ASSEMBLY MAY 27, 2016
AMENDED IN ASSEMBLY APRIL 12, 2016
AMENDED IN ASSEMBLY MARCH 17, 2016
INTRODUCED BY Assembly Member O'Donnell
(Principal coauthor: Senator Hancock)
(Coauthors: Assembly Members Chu and Medina)
(Coauthor: Senator Allen)
FEBRUARY 19, 2016
An act to add Section 60605.13 to the Education Code, relating to
pupil instruction.
LEGISLATIVE COUNSEL'S DIGEST
AB 2862, as amended, O'Donnell. Pupil instruction: visual and
performing arts: revision of content standards.
Existing law requires the State Board of Education, on or before
June 1, 2001, to adopt content standards in the curriculum area of
visual and performing arts pursuant to recommendations developed by
the Superintendent of Public Instruction.
This bill would authorize require
the Superintendent Superintendent, in
consultation with the Instructional Quality Commission, to
recommend revisions to the visual and performing arts content
standards in certain subjects to the state board
board, and would require the state board to
adopt, reject, or modify the recommendations on or before January
1, 31, 2019. The bill would require the
state board to explain, in writing, to the Governor and the
Legislature the reasons for modifying the recommendations of the
Superintendent, as assisted by Superintendent, in
consultation with the Instructional Quality Commission and the state
board, to select a group of experts in visual and performing
arts. arts for purposes of assisting the
Superintendent in developing recommendations under the bill.
The bill would require that the National Core Arts Standards
developed by the National Coalition for Core Arts Standards serve as
the basis for deliberations regarding revisions to the visual and
performing arts content standards. The bill would require the
Superintendent Superintendent, in
consultation with the Instructional Quality Commission, to hold
a minimum of 2 public hearings in order for the public to provide
input on the Superintendent's recommendations
recommendations, and would require the state board to adopt,
reject, or modify the recommendations at a subsequent public
meeting. meeting, in accordance with specified
procedures.
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. Section 60605.13 is added to the Education Code, to
read:
60605.13. (a) The Superintendent may
Superintendent, in consultation with the Instructional Quality
Commission, shall recommend to the state board revisions to the
visual and performing arts content standards in the subjects of
dance, theater, music, and visual arts adopted by the state
board pursuant to Section 60605.1. On or before January 1,
2019, the state board shall adopt, reject, or modify any revisions
recommended by the Superintendent. If the state board modifies the
revisions recommended by the Superintendent, the state board shall
explain, in writing, to the Governor and the Legislature the reasons
for modifying the recommended revised content standards.
(b) In consultation with the Instructional Quality Commission
and the state board, the Superintendent shall select a group
of experts in visual and performing arts for purposes of assisting
the Superintendent in developing recommendations pursuant to this
section. A majority of this group of experts shall be current public
school elementary or secondary classroom teachers who have a
professional teaching credential that is valid under state law.
(c) The National Core Arts Standards in the subjects of
dance, theater, music, and visual arts developed by the
National Coalition for Core Arts Standards shall serve as the basis
for deliberations regarding revisions to the visual and performing
arts content standards.
(d) (1) The Superintendent Superintendent,
in consultation with the Instructional Quality Commission,
shall hold a minimum of two public hearings in order for the public
to provide input on the revisions recommended pursuant to this
section and the state board shall adopt, reject, or modify those
recommendations at a subsequent public meeting.
(2) The public hearings and meetings required by this subdivision
shall be held pursuant to the Bagley-Keene Open Meeting Act (Article
9 (commencing with Section 11120) of Chapter 1 of Part 1 of Division
3 of Title 2 of the Government Code).
(e) On or before November 30, 2018, the Superintendent shall
present to the state board the revised visual and performing arts
content standards, based on the work of the group of experts convened
pursuant to subdivision (b), conducted in consultation with the
Instructional Quality Commission.
(f) (1) On or before January 31, 2019, the state board shall
adopt, reject, or modify any revisions to the visual and performing
arts standards recommended by the Superintendent. If the state board
modifies the revisions recommended by the Superintendent, the state
board shall explain, in writing, the reasons for modifying the
recommended revised content standards to the Governor and the
Legislature.
(2) If the state board modifies the visual and performing arts
content standards recommended by the Superintendent pursuant to
subdivision (e), the state board shall, in a meeting conducted
pursuant to the Bagley-Keene Open Meeting Act (Article 9 (commencing
with Section 11120) of Chapter 1 of Part 1 of Division 3 of Title 2
of the Government Code), provide written reasons for its revisions.
The state board shall not adopt revised visual and performing arts
content standards at the same meeting it provides its written
reasons, but, instead, shall adopt these revisions at a subsequent
meeting conducted no later than March 31, 2019.
(3) If the state board rejects the visual and performing arts
content standards recommended by the Superintendent pursuant to
subdivision (e), the state board shall transmit to the
Superintendent, the Governor, and the appropriate policy and fiscal
committees of the Legislature a specific written explanation of the
reasons for the rejection of the standards presented by the
Superintendent.