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THIRD READING
Bill No: AB 2592
Author: Furutani (D)
Amended: 6/20/12 in Senate
Vote: 21
SENATE EDUCATION COMMITTEE : 7-0, 6/13/12
AYES: Lowenthal, Alquist, Hancock, Huff, Liu, Price,
Simitian
NO VOTE RECORDED: Runner, Blakeslee, Vargas, Vacancy
SENATE APPROPRIATIONS COMMITTEE : Senate Rule 28.8
ASSEMBLY FLOOR : 73-0, 5/10/12 (Consent) - See last page
for vote
SUBJECT : Instructional Quality Commission: membership
SOURCE : Author
DIGEST : This bill requires the Superintendent of Public
Instruction and the State Board of Education to also
consider for appointment to the Instructional Quality
Commission, when a vacancy occurs on or after January 1,
2013, a person representing the subject of career technical
education.
ANALYSIS : Academic content standards define the
knowledge, concepts and skills that pupils should learn at
each grade level. Curricular frameworks serve as the
blueprint for how to implement the standards and provide
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guidance to publishers, along with evaluation criteria, for
the development of instructional materials. The processes
for the revision of curricular frameworks and adoption of
instructional materials have been suspended since July 2009
and are suspended until the 2015-16 school year.
(Education Code (ED) Section 60200.7)
Notwithstanding the suspension, current law requires the
development of frameworks specific to the common core
standards in English language arts and mathematics, and
evaluation criteria relative to supplemental instructional
materials that are aligned to the common core standards.
(ED Section 60207 and 60605.86)
The role of the Curriculum Development and Supplemental
Materials Commission (Curriculum Commission) was recently
revised, and renamed the Instructional Quality Commission,
to focus on the development of frameworks and professional
development opportunities relative to the common core
standards in English language arts and mathematics.
(ED Section 33530, 60204, and 60207)
Existing law requires the Superintendent of Public
Instruction (SPI) to:
1. Coordinate the development of model curriculum standards
and for a career technical education course of study.
(ED Section 51226)
2. Develop a curriculum framework, upon adoption of the
curriculum standards, that offers a blueprint for
implementation of career and technical education. The
SPI was required to work in consultation and
coordination with an advisory group. (ED Section
51226.1)
Existing law requires the SPI and the State Board of
Education (SBE) to consider for membership on the
Instructional Quality Commission people representing
subjects commonly taught in public schools, including:
English.
Social Sciences.
Foreign languages.
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Science.
Mathematics.
Visual and performing arts.
Applied arts.
Conservation education. (ED Section 33533)
Existing law provides that the Instructional Quality
Commission is to consist of 18 members as follows:
A member of the Assembly, appointed by the Speaker.
A member of the Senate appointed by the Senate Rules
Committee.
One public member appointed by the Speaker.
One public member appointed by the Senate Rules
Committee.
One public member appointed by the Governor.
Thirteen public members appointed by the SBE upon the
recommendation of the Superintendent of Public
Instruction or members of the SBE. At least seven of the
thirteen members must be recognized authorities or
experienced practitioners in the subject matter. The SBE
must make its appointments in a manner that ensures, at
any one time, at least seven of the members be current
classroom teachers, or mentor teachers, assigned to teach
K-12. (ED Section 33530)
This bill requires the SPI and the SBE to also consider for
appointment to the Instructional Quality Commission, when a
vacancy occurs on or after January 1, 2013, a person
representing the subject of career technical education.
FISCAL EFFECT : Appropriation: No Fiscal Com.: Yes
Local: No
SUPPORT : (Verified 7/3/12)
Association of California School Administrators
California School Boards Association
California Teachers Association
Los Angeles Unified School District
ARGUMENTS IN SUPPORT : According to the author,
"Membership on the Instructional Quality Commission is
comprised of persons representing subjects commonly taught
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in schools. Career technical education is not included in
the list of subjects. It is important that the membership
of the Instructional Quality Commission is representative
of all subjects taught in public schools in order to ensure
the highest level of curriculum standards. The inclusion
of career technical education is important in light of AB
1330 (Furutani, Ch. 621, 2011) which gives high school
students the option to complete a course in career
technical education to fulfill an existing high school
graduation requirement."
ASSEMBLY FLOOR : 73-0, 5/10/12
AYES: Achadjian, Alejo, Allen, Ammiano, Atkins, Beall,
Bill Berryhill, Block, Blumenfield, Bonilla, Bradford,
Brownley, Buchanan, Butler, Charles Calderon, Campos,
Carter, Cedillo, Chesbro, Conway, Davis, Dickinson,
Donnelly, Eng, Feuer, Fong, Fuentes, Beth Gaines,
Galgiani, Garrick, Gatto, Gordon, Gorell, Grove, Hagman,
Halderman, Hall, Harkey, Hayashi, Roger Hern�ndez, Hill,
Huber, Hueso, Huffman, Jones, Knight, Lara, Logue, Bonnie
Lowenthal, Ma, Mansoor, Mendoza, Miller, Mitchell,
Monning, Morrell, Nestande, Nielsen, Pan, Perea,
Portantino, Silva, Skinner, Smyth, Solorio, Swanson,
Torres, Valadao, Wagner, Wieckowski, Williams, Yamada,
John A. P�rez
NO VOTE RECORDED: Cook, Fletcher, Furutani, Jeffries,
Norby, Olsen, V. Manuel P�rez
PQ:m 7/3/12 Senate Floor Analyses
SUPPORT/OPPOSITION: SEE ABOVE
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