BILL ANALYSIS
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ASSEMBLY THIRD READING
AB 1922 (Davis)
As Amended May 28, 2010
Majority vote
EDUCATION 6-2 BUSINESS & PROFESSIONS 7-3
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|Ayes:|Brownley, Ammiano, |Ayes:|Hayashi, Eng, Hernandez, |
| |Arambula, Carter, | |Hill, Ma, Nava, Ruskin |
| |Chesbro, Torlakson | | |
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|Nays:|Nestande, Norby |Nays:|Conway, Niello, Smyth |
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APPROPRIATIONS 12-5
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|Ayes:|Fuentes, Ammiano, | | |
| |Bradford, | | |
| |Charles Calderon, Coto, | | |
| |Davis, Monning, Ruskin, | | |
| |Skinner, Solorio, | | |
| |Torlakson, Torrico | | |
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|Nays:|Conway, Harkey, Miller, | | |
| |Nielsen, Norby | | |
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SUMMARY : Establishes the California Civil Rights Education
Advisory Committee (CCREAC) within the California Department of
Education (CDE), as specified, to study and provide assistance
and advice to the State Board of Education (SBE) and the
Curriculum Development and Supplemental Materials Commission
(Curriculum Commission) with respect to the inclusion of civil
rights education in the history-social science (H/SS) framework
and criteria for evaluating instructional materials.
Specifically, this bill :
1)Provides that in completing its tasks, the CCREAC may act as a
liaison with various entities, including, but not necessarily
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limited to, the United States Congress, the California
Legislature, the National Association for the Advancement of
Colored People (NAACP), as well as other national and
international agencies.
2)Specifies that the CCREAC shall consist of 13 members that
shall serve a maximum of two three-year terms and shall
consist of the following members:
a) The President of the University of California (UC) or
his or her designee;
b) The Chancellor of the California State University (CSU)
or his or her designee;
c) The Chancellor of California Community Colleges (CCC) or
his or her designee; and
d) 10 members appointed by the Superintendent of Public
Instruction (SPI), as specified.
3)Requires the members of the CCREAC be California residents,
and be appointed with due regard for broad geographic
representation, and requires a chairperson to be designated
from the membership of the CCREAC.
4)Provides that members of the CCREAC shall receive no
compensation for the performance of their duties, but shall be
reimbursed for the expenses they incur in performing their
duties.
5)Authorizes the CDE to apply for, and receive, gifts, grants,
and donations from any public or private sources, including,
but not necessarily limited to, federal funds and private
foundation grants for purposes of supporting the expenses
incurred in operating the commission.
6)Makes findings and declarations relative to the importance of
the civil rights movement in the lives of African Americans
and all other Americans and the importance of teaching about
the civil rights movement.
EXISTING LAW :
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1)Requires the CDE to incorporate, into publications that
provide examples of curriculum resources for teacher use,
materials developed by publishers of nonfiction, trade books,
and primary sources, or other public or private organizations,
that are age-appropriate and consistent with the subject
frameworks on history and social science that deal with civil
rights, human rights violations, genocide, slavery, and the
Holocaust.
2)Encourages all state and local professional development
activities to provide teachers with content background and
resources to assist in teaching about civil rights, human
rights violations, genocide, slavery, and the Holocaust.
3)Provides that instructional materials adopted by the SBE for
social science shall include information designed to instruct
pupils on Dr. Martin Luther King, Jr., the civil rights
movement, and contributions made by ethnic minority groups to
the history of the United States, and requires the SBE to
ensure that the materials present the information in a manner
consistent with the instruction provided in each grade level.
FISCAL EFFECT : According to the Assembly Appropriations
Committee, General Fund administrative costs of at least
$125,000 to CDE to support the CCREAC, as specified.
COMMENTS : This bill establishes the CCREAC to advise the SBE
and the Curriculum Commission on matters related to the
development and adoption of curriculum frameworks in history
social science, specifically relating to the inclusion of civil
rights movement education.
Curriculum frameworks are aligned to the content standards, and
provide a blueprint for curriculum and instruction by describing
the scope and sequence of the knowledge and skills all students
need to master in a specific subject area. The existing 11th
grade content standards and framework in history-social science
include the analysis of the development of federal civil rights
and voting rights, as well as the history of the civil rights
movement in the 25 years after World War II and the social and
political transformations that it brought. Additionally, the
history social science framework touches upon various aspects of
the civil rights movement including the following:
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Examining and analyzing the key events, policies, and
court cases in the evolution of civil rights,
including Dred Scott v. Sandford, Plessy v. Ferguson,
Brown v. Board of Education, Regents of the University
of California v. Bakke, and California Proposition
209.
Examining the roles of civil rights advocates (e.g.,
A. Philip Randolph, Martin Luther King, Jr., Malcolm
X, Thurgood Marshall, James Farmer, Rosa Parks),
including the significance of Martin Luther King,
Jr.'s "Letter from Birmingham Jail" and "I Have a
Dream" speech.
Analyzing the passage and effects of civil rights and
voting rights legislation (e.g., 1964 Civil Rights
Act, Voting Rights Act of 1965) and the Twenty-Fourth
Amendment, with an emphasis on equality of access to
education and to the political process.
Analyzing the women's rights movement from the era of
Elizabeth Cady Stanton and Susan B. Anthony and the
passage of the Nineteenth Amendment to the movement
launched in the 1960s, including differing
perspectives on the roles of women.
The 8th grade standards also include units on the Civil War and
its consequences as well as the adoption of the 13th, 14th, and
15th amendments and their connection to the civil rights
movement of the 1960's.
This bill creates a stand-alone advisory committee that will
focus on advising the SBE and the Curriculum Commission
regarding one particular aspect of the H/SS curriculum.
Analysis Prepared by : Marisol Avina / ED. / (916) 319-2087
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