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          Date of Hearing:   July 6, 2011

                        ASSEMBLY COMMITTEE ON APPROPRIATIONS
                                Felipe Fuentes, Chair

                    SB 402 (Correa) - As Amended:  March 31, 2011 

          Policy Committee:                             Education Vote:8-2

          Urgency:     No                   State Mandated Local Program: 
          No     Reimbursable:              No

           SUMMARY  

          This bill requires each curriculum framework adopted by the 
          State Board of Education (SBE) to describe how content can be 
          delivered to intentionally build all of the following skills in 
          each content area: 

          1)Creativity and innovation, as specified.  

          2)Critical thinking and problem solving, as specified.  

          3)Collaboration, as specified. 

          4)Communication through reading, writing, and speaking, as 
            specified. 

           FISCAL EFFECT  


          Likely minor, absorbable GF costs to the State Department of 
          Education (SDE) to include specified skills in curriculum 
          frameworks.  Due to current law suspending the adoption of 
          curriculum frameworks, Governor Schwarzenegger vetoed $700,000 
          (GF) funding in 2009 for the Curriculum Development and 
          Supplemental Materials Commission (CDSMC), which develops the 
          frameworks.  


          In order for this bill to be implemented curriculum framework 
          adoptions must resume, which requires at least $200,000 for SDE 
          to conduct framework development, as specified.










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           COMMENTS  


           1)Purpose  .  Existing law requires the SBE to adopt statewide 
            academically rigorous content standards in the core curriculum 
            areas. These content standards are implemented through the 
            curriculum frameworks, as adopted by SBE. The adopted 
            instructional materials (IM) must be consistent with the 
            criteria and standards of quality prescribed in the adopted 
            curriculum frameworks. The development of curriculum 
            frameworks is a multi-year process.


            According to the author, "In order for California, the eighth 
            largest economy in the world, to compete in the global market, 
            address complex economic, political, social, environmental, 
            and technological challenges home and abroad, public education 
            must be dedicated to providing students with a well-rounded 
            education that intentionally integrates critical thinking and 
            problem solving, communication, collaboration, and creativity 
            and innovation skills into all academic core content areas..." 
             

            This bill requires each curriculum framework adopted by the 
            SBE to describe how content can be delivered to intentionally 
            build specified skills in each content area, including 
            communication, collaboration, and critical thinking.   
          
           2)AB 2 X4 (Evans), Chapter 2, Statutes of 2009  , specified that 
            local education agencies are not required to purchase IM 
            through the 2012-13 FY. Consistent with the non-purchasing 
            requirement, Chapter 2 also suspended the requirement for SBE 
            to adopt IM or conduct other procedures associated with 
            adoption (i.e., adopting curriculum frameworks) until the 
            2013-14 school year. SB 70 (Committee on Budget and Fiscal 
            Review), Chapter 7, Statutes of 2011, extended this suspension 
            until the 2014-15 FY.  

           3)Related legislation  .  AB 250 (Brownley), pending in the Senate 
            Education Committee, establishes the Curriculum Support and 
            Reform Act of 2011 for the purpose of implementing and 
            integrating the Common Core Standards in English language arts 
            and mathematics into the K-12 school system, including 
            adopting curriculum frameworks.









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           Analysis Prepared by  :    Kimberly Rodriguez / APPR. / (916) 
          319-2081