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THIRD READING
Bill No: AB 2864
Author: Chau (D)
Amended: 4/27/16 in Assembly
Vote: 21
SENATE EDUCATION COMMITTEE: 5-0, 6/8/16
AYES: Block, Leyva, Mendoza, Monning, Pan
NO VOTE RECORDED: Liu, Hancock, Huff, Vidak
SENATE APPROPRIATIONS COMMITTEE: Senate Rule 28.8
ASSEMBLY FLOOR: 78-0, 5/12/16 (Consent) - See last page for
vote
SUBJECT: Pupil instruction: Chinese Exclusion Act of 1882:
Chinese Americans' contributions to establishment of
transcontinental railroad
SOURCE: Author
DIGEST: This bill requires the State Board of Education (SBE),
during the next revision of the history-social science
framework, to consider including instruction on the Chinese
Exclusion Act of 1882 and the contributions of Chinese Americans
to the establishment of the transcontinental railroad.
ANALYSIS:
Existing law:
1) Establishes the Instructional Quality Commission (formerly
known as the Curriculum Commission) as an advisory body to
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the SBE on matters related to curriculum, instructional
materials, and content standards. (Education Code § 33530)
2) Requires the Instructional Quality Commission (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specified historical documents are incorporated, and consider
incorporating additional historical documents.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)
3) 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)
4) 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)
5) Requires the IQC to consider incorporating into the
history-social science framework the Armenian, Cambodian,
Darfur, and Rwandan genocides. (EC § 51226.3)
6) 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
and lawful permanent residents of the United States. (EC §
51226.3)
7) 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)
8) 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
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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)
9) 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)
10)Encourages the incorporation of survivor, rescuer,
liberator, and witness oral testimony into the teaching of
human rights, the Holocaust, and genocide. (EC § 51226.3)
11)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 SBE, when the SBE revises and adopts the
curriculum framework for history-social science after January
1, 2017, to consider providing for the inclusion in the
framework, evaluation criteria, and accompanying
instructional materials instruction on the Chinese Exclusion
Act of 1882 and the contributions of Chinese Americans to the
establishment of the transcontinental railroad.
2) Encourages all state and local professional development
activities to provide teachers with content background and
resources to assist them in teaching about the Chinese
Exclusion Act of 1882 and the contributions of Chinese
Americans to the establishment of the transcontinental
railroad.
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 the
Chinese Exclusion Act of 1882 and contributions of Chinese
Americans to the establishment of the transcontinental railroad
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in grades 4 and 8, and a reference to the Chinese Exclusion Act
of 1882 in grade 11.
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.
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
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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
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
SUPPORT: (Verified8/1/16)
Alhambra Unified School District Board Member Adele
Andrade-Stadler
Alhambra Unified School District Board Member Jane Anderson
Alhambra Unified School District Board Member Robert Gin
Chinese American Citizens Alliance, Oakland Lodge
Chinese American Citizens Alliance - Los Angeles Lodge
Chinese American Citizens Alliance - National
Chinese American Citizens Alliance - San Francisco Lodge
Chinese American Community Affairs Council
Chinese-American Elected Officials
Oakland City Councilmember Abel Gullien
OCA - Greater Los Angeles
San Francisco Unified School District
SIATech High School
University of California, Santa Cruz, American Studies
Department
Numerous individuals
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OPPOSITION: (Verified8/1/16)
None received
ASSEMBLY FLOOR: 78-0, 5/12/16
AYES: Achadjian, Alejo, Travis Allen, Arambula, Atkins, Baker,
Bigelow, Bloom, Bonilla, Bonta, Brough, Brown, Calderon,
Campos, Chang, Chau, Chávez, Chiu, Chu, Cooley, Cooper,
Dababneh, Dahle, Daly, Dodd, Eggman, Frazier, Beth Gaines,
Gallagher, Cristina Garcia, Eduardo Garcia, Gatto, Gipson,
Gomez, Gonzalez, Gordon, Gray, Grove, Hadley, Harper, Roger
Hernández, Holden, Irwin, Jones, Kim, Lackey, Levine, Linder,
Lopez, Low, Maienschein, Mathis, Mayes, McCarty, Medina,
Melendez, Mullin, Nazarian, Obernolte, O'Donnell, Olsen,
Patterson, Quirk, Ridley-Thomas, Rodriguez, Salas, Santiago,
Steinorth, Mark Stone, Thurmond, Ting, Wagner, Waldron, Weber,
Wilk, Williams, Wood, Rendon
NO VOTE RECORDED: Burke, Jones-Sawyer
Prepared by:Lynn Lorber / ED. / (916) 651-4105
8/10/16 16:13:47
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