BILL ANALYSIS Ó ----------------------------------------------------------------- |SENATE RULES COMMITTEE | AB 2864| |Office of Senate Floor Analyses | | |(916) 651-1520 Fax: (916) | | |327-4478 | | ----------------------------------------------------------------- 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 AB 2864 Page 2 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instruction includes the application of content, ensure that voter education information is included, ensure specified historical documents are incorporated, and consider incorporating additional historical documents.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 AB 2864 Page 3 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 AB 2864 Page 4 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 AB 2864 Page 5 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 AB 2864 Page 6 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 **** END ****