BILL NUMBER: AB 2862 ENROLLED
BILL TEXT
PASSED THE SENATE AUGUST 23, 2016
PASSED THE ASSEMBLY AUGUST 30, 2016
AMENDED IN SENATE AUGUST 19, 2016
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, 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 require the 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, and would require the state board to adopt, reject,
or modify the recommendations on or before January 31, 2019. The bill
would require the Superintendent, in consultation with the
Instructional Quality Commission and the state board, to select a
group of experts in visual and performing 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, 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, and
would require the state board to adopt, reject, or modify the
recommendations at a subsequent public meeting, in accordance with
specified procedures.
The bill would also provide, if the visual and performing arts
content standards are adopted pursuant to the bill: (1) that the
state board would be required to consider the adoption of a
curriculum framework and evaluation criteria for instructional
materials that are aligned to the visual and performing arts content
standards no later than July 31, 2020, as specified; and (2) that the
state board would be authorized to adopt instructional materials for
kindergarten and grades 1 to 8, inclusive, that are aligned to the
visual and performing arts content standards no later than November
30, 2021, as specified.
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, 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.
(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, 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.
(g) If the visual and performing arts content standards are
adopted pursuant to subdivision (f), the state board shall consider
the adoption of a curriculum framework and evaluation criteria for
instructional materials that are aligned to the visual and performing
arts content standards no later than July 31, 2020, based on
recommendations of the Instructional Quality Commission.
(h) If the visual and performing arts content standards are
adopted pursuant to subdivision (f), the state board may adopt
instructional materials for kindergarten and grades 1 to 8,
inclusive, that are aligned to the visual and performing arts content
standards no later than November 30, 2021, based on recommendations
of the Instructional Quality Commission.