BILL NUMBER: SB 232 AMENDED
BILL TEXT
AMENDED IN ASSEMBLY AUGUST 31, 2007
AMENDED IN SENATE JUNE 4, 2007
INTRODUCED BY Senators Ducheny and Florez
FEBRUARY 14, 2007
An act to amend Section Sections 99200 and
99206 of the Education Code, relating to instructional
strategies.
LEGISLATIVE COUNSEL'S DIGEST
SB 232, as amended, Ducheny. Instructional strategies: subject
matter projects.
Existing law provides for the establishment and maintenance of 6
subject matter projects by the Regents of the University of
California with the approval of the Concurrence Committee. Existing
law provides that these subject matter projects are to create
opportunities for researchers, higher education faculty, and
elementary and secondary school faculty to work together to identify
exemplary teaching practices, examine and develop research on
learning, knowledge, and educational materials, and to provide
support to teachers to develop and enhance content knowledge and
pedagogical skills. Under existing law, these projects become
inoperative on June 30, 2007, and are repealed on January 1, 2008.
This bill would require the Concurrence Committee to provide
a final report to the Governor and to appropriate policy and fiscal
committees of the Legislature on or before January 1,
2011, including specified information relating to the subject matter
projects. The bill would delete obsolete language relating to an
independent note changes of the subject matter projects that was
required to be completed prior to February 1, 2006. The bill would
extend the date on which those projects become inoperative to
June 30, 2014 2012 , and the repeal
date to January 1, 2015 2013 , thus
extending the existence of these projects by 7
5 years.
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 99200 of the
Education Code is amended to read:
99200. (a) With funds appropriated therefor, and with the
approval of the Concurrence Committee, the Regents of the University
of California shall establish and maintain cooperative endeavors
designed to accomplish the following:
(1) Develop and enhance teachers' subject matter and content
knowledge in the subject matter areas specified in Section 99201.
(2) Develop and enhance teachers' instructional strategies to
improve student learning and academic performance as measured against
State Board of Education standards adopted pursuant to Section 60605
and, where applicable, to standards adopted pursuant to Section
60811.
(3) Provide teachers with instructional strategies for working
with English learners.
(4) Provide teachers with access to and opportunity to examine
current research that is demonstrably linked to improved student
learning and achievement as measured by performance levels on state
tests administered pursuant to Section 60605 or on English language
development assessments developed, pursuant to Chapter 7 (commencing
with Section 60810) of Part 33 of Division 4 of Title 2 ,
for English language learners.
(5) Maintain subject-specific professional communities that create
and encourage ongoing opportunities for teacher learning and
research.
(6) Develop and deploy as teacher leaders, teachers with
demonstrated levels of expertise in the classroom and certifiable
levels of content knowledge.
(b) The duties of the Concurrence Committee shall include, but
need not be limited to, all of the following:
(1) Ensuring that the statewide and local subject matter projects
comply with requirements of this chapter.
(2) Developing rules and regulations for the statewide subject
matter projects.
(3) Selecting a contractor for a four-year independent evaluation
of the effectiveness of the subject matter projects.
(c) An independent evaluation of the effectiveness of the subject
matter projects shall be performed by a contractor selected pursuant
to paragraph (3) of subdivision (b), and shall be reported to the
State Board of Education, the Governor, and the Legislature by
February 1, 2006. Preliminary results shall be reported annually
beginning February 1, 2004. The evaluation shall include, but not be
limited to:
(1) Documenting the impact of participation in the program on
student achievement in the statewide tests administered pursuant to
Section 60605.
(2) Measuring the results of research that examines the learning,
knowledge, and educational materials developed by the statewide
subject matter projects.
(3) Documenting the quantity, quality, cost-effectiveness, and
inclusiveness of subject matter project programs.
(4) The impact of the subject matter projects on the performance
levels of high-priority schools affiliated with the subject matter
projects.
(3) Providing a final report to the
Governor and to appropriate policy and fiscal committees of the
Legislature on or before January 1, 2011, on the subject matter
projects. The report shall include, but need not be limited to, all
of the following information, compiled for a four-year period:
(A) The number, and level of experience, of participants in each
subject matter project.
(B) The total amount of funds expended, on an annual basis, for
each subject matter project.
(C) An explanation of the type of professional development
activities offered pursuant to each subject matter project.
(D) A list including the name and location of each school
affiliated with a subject matter project.
(d)
(c) Grants to establish local sites of statewide
subject matter projects shall be available to institutions of higher
education, county offices of education and school districts, or any
combination thereof, with a subject matter proposal approved pursuant
to this article. Once established, each subject matter project shall
be administered by the University of California in cooperation with
the Concurrence Committee. Local sites of statewide subject matter
projects shall be distributed throughout the state so that
elementary, secondary, and postsecondary school personnel located in
rural, urban, and suburban areas may avail themselves of subject
matter projects.
(e)
(d) The Concurrence Committee shall be composed of
individuals who are affiliated with leadership, management, or
instruction, in education or education policy entities and shall be
selected as follows:
(1) One representative selected by the Regents of the University
of California.
(2) One representative selected by the Board of Trustees of the
California State University.
(3) Two representatives selected by the State Board of Education,
at least one of whom has significant experience with direct classroom
instruction.
(4) One representative selected by the Governor.
(5) One representative selected by the Commission on Teacher
Credentialing.
(6) One representative selected by the Curriculum Development and
Supplemental Materials Commission.
(7) One representative of the California Community Colleges
selected by the Board of Governors of the California Community
Colleges.
(8) One representative of an independent postsecondary institution
selected by the Association of Independent California Colleges and
Universities.
SECTION 1. SEC. 2. Section 99206 of
the Education Code is amended to read:
99206. This article shall become inoperative on June 30,
2014 2012 , and, as of January 1, 2015
2013 , is repealed, unless a later enacted
statute that is enacted before January 1, 2015
2013 , deletes or extends the dates on which it becomes
inoperative and is repealed.