BILL NUMBER: SB 426	AMENDED
	BILL TEXT

	AMENDED IN SENATE  MAY 19, 2009
	AMENDED IN SENATE  APRIL 22, 2009
	AMENDED IN SENATE  MARCH 31, 2009

INTRODUCED BY   Senator Yee

                        FEBRUARY 26, 2009

   An act to add Section 60006 to the Education Code, relating to
public school instruction.


	LEGISLATIVE COUNSEL'S DIGEST


   SB 426, as amended, Yee. Public school instruction: curriculum
frameworks.
   Existing law requires the State Board of Education to adopt the
content of curriculum frameworks, evaluation criteria, and worksheets
developed to supplement curriculum frameworks in accordance with
regulations it adopts to govern the development of curriculum
frameworks and the adoption of instructional materials.
   This bill would require the  Curriculum Development and
Supplemental Materials Commission   Senate Committee on
Rules to inform the State Department of Education regarding each
concurrent resolution adopted by the Legislature that proposes
changes to curriculum frameworks that are currently under review by
the Curriculum Development and Supplemental Materials Commission. The
bill would require the commission  , as part of its regular
process of developing and revising curriculum frameworks as requested
by the state board, to  consider and  vote on
whether to adopt each concurrent resolution  passed by the
Legislature that proposes changes to curriculum frameworks that are
currently under review by the commission   reported to
the department by the Senate Committee on Rules  . The bill
would require the commission to present the  adopted
 resolutions  it adopts  to the state board. The
bill would require the state board to consider each of the
resolutions presented by the commission as part of the board's
regular process of developing and revising curriculum frameworks.
 The bill would require the commission and the state board to
perform these duties within the existing cycle for developing and
revising curriculum frameworks in a manner that does not impose
additional costs on the department. 
   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 60006 is added to the  Education Code, to read:

   60006.  (a)  The Senate Committee on Rules shall inform the
department regarding each concurrent resolution adopted by the
Legislature that proposes changes to curriculum frameworks that are
currently under review by the Curriculum Development and Supplemental
Materials Commission.  As part of its regular process of
developing and revising curriculum frameworks as requested by the
state board, the  Curriculum Development and Supplemental
Materials Commission shall consider and   commission
shall  vote on whether to adopt each concurrent resolution
 passed by the Legislature that proposes changes to
curriculum frameworks that are currently under review by the
commission.   reported to the department by the Senate
Committee on Rules.  The commission shall present each of the
resolutions it adopts pursuant to this subdivision to the state
board.
   (b) The state board shall consider each of the resolutions
presented by the commission pursuant to subdivision (a) as part of
the board's regular process of developing and revising curriculum
frameworks. 
   (c) The commission and the state board shall perform the duties
specified in this section within the existing cycle for developing
and revising curriculum frameworks in a manner that does not impose
additional costs on the department.