BILL ANALYSIS
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THIRD READING
Bill No: SB 1290
Author: Kehoe (D), et al
Amended: 4/28/10
Vote: 21
SENATE EDUCATION COMMITTEE : 8-0, 4/21/10
AYES: Romero, Huff, Alquist, Hancock, Liu, Price,
Simitian, Wyland
NO VOTE RECORDED: Maldonado
SENATE APPROPRIATIONS COMMITTEE : Senate Rule 28.8
SUBJECT : Physical education: self-defense and safety
instruction
SOURCE : Author
DIGEST : This bill requires the State Board of Education
to include self-defense and safety instruction in the
physical education standards for pupils in grades 7-12.
ANALYSIS : Standards define the knowledge, concepts, and
skills that pupils should acquire at each grade level.
Frameworks are the blueprints for implementing the academic
content standards.
The Physical Education standards, adopted by the State
Board of Education (SBE) in January 2005, include
combatives, and define "combative activities" to include
wrestling, fencing, boxing, kickboxing, martial arts, and
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self-defense. Standard 1 for high school Course 2 (grade
10) detailed in the Physical Education framework, adopted
by SBE in September 2008, includes demonstrated proficiency
in combatives, gymnastics/tumbling, and team activities.
This framework specifically allows a personal defense class
in which pupils learn how to avoid dangerous situations as
well as how to defend themselves to meet the combatives
requirement.
This bill requires the inclusion of self-defense and safety
instruction in the physical education standards.
Specifically, this bill:
1. Requires SBE, beginning with the 2011-12 school year, to
include self-defense instruction and safety instruction
in the physical education standards for pupils in grades
7-12.
2. Defines:
A. "Safety instruction" to include, but not be
limited to, awareness and avoidance of potentially
dangerous situations.
B. "Self-defense instruction" to include, but not be
limited to, martial arts, boxing, and other defensive
techniques.
Background
The processes for reviewing frameworks and adopting
instructional materials has been suspended since July 2009,
pursuant to AB 2 (Evans), Chapter 2, Statutes of 2009-10,
Fourth Extraordinary Session, which among other things,
prohibited SBE from reviewing frameworks and adopting
instructional materials until the 2013-14 school year.
FISCAL EFFECT : Appropriation: No Fiscal Com.: Yes
Local: No
SUPPORT : (Verified 5/18/10)
California Partnership to End Domestic Violence
San Diego Unified School District
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Women Escaping a Violent Environment
ARGUMENTS IN SUPPORT : According to the author, "although
certain components of self-defense may be provided to
students in grades 7-12, the physical education frameworks
do not clearly demonstrate that training students to
recognize potential threats of physical attack by another
person."
PQ:mw 5/18/10 Senate Floor Analyses
SUPPORT/OPPOSITION: SEE ABOVE
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