SB 789 Senate Bill

BILL NUMBER: SB 789	AMENDED
	BILL TEXT

	AMENDED IN SENATE  APRIL 14, 2011
	AMENDED IN SENATE  MARCH 31, 2011

INTRODUCED BY   Senator Price

                        FEBRUARY 18, 2011

    An act to add Article 8 (commencing with Section 33600)
to Chapter 4 of Part 20 of Division 2 of Title 2 of the Education
Code, relating to education.   An act to add Section
52052.61 to the Education Code, relating to school accountability.




	LEGISLATIVE COUNSEL'S DIGEST


   SB 789, as amended, Price.  Advisory Committee on Creative
and Innovative Education.   Public School Performance
Accountability Program: Creative and Innovative Education Index.
 
   The Public Schools Accountability Act of 1999 requires the
Superintendent of Public Instruction to develop an Academic
Performance Index (API), which measures the performance of schools
and the academic performance of pupils. Existing law requires the
Superintendent to establish an advisory committee to advise the
Superintendent and the State Board of Education on all appropriate
matters relative to the creation of the API and the implementation of
an accountability system. Existing law requires the Superintendent
and the state board, in consultation with the advisory committee, by
July 1, 2013, to make recommendations to the Legislature and the
Governor on, among other things, the establishment of a methodology
for generating a measurement of group and individual academic
performance growth by using individual pupil results from a
longitudinally valid achievement assessment system.  
   This bill would require the advisory committee to consult, as
appropriate, with individuals who are experts or have experience in
innovation in the fields of business, science, technology,
mathematics, engineering, and arts education on the development of a
voluntary Creative and Innovative Education Index, to be based in
part on the creative opportunities in each participating school, as
specified. The bill would require the advisory committee to make
recommendations by June 1, 2013, to the Superintendent on the extent
to which this index should be part of the state's accountability
system and methods to foster creative and innovative education in the
public schools.  
   Existing law sets forth the adopted course of study for grades 1
to 12, inclusive, and includes in that course of study the visual and
performing arts, including instruction in the subjects of dance,
music, theater, and visual arts, aimed at the development of
aesthetic appreciation and the skills of creative expression.
Existing law includes in the course of study for grades 7 to 12,
inclusive, the applied arts, including instruction in the areas of
consumer and homemaking education, industrial arts, general business
education, or general agriculture.  
   This bill would establish the Advisory Committee on Creative and
Innovative Education for the purpose of developing an Index of
Creative and Innovative Education and making related recommendations
to the Superintendent of Public Instruction. The bill would require
the Governor, the President pro Tempore of the Senate, and Speaker of
the Assembly, by April 1, 2012, to appoint the 13 members of the
committee who would be required to be experts in or have experience
in innovation in specified fields, and to reflect a diverse, creative
workforce, as specified. The bill would require the committee to
consult with specified persons, and, by June 1, 2013, to submit a
report to the Superintendent on the factors to be considered in an
Index on Creative and Innovative Education and the funding necessary
to implement the index. 
   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 52052.61 is added to the 
 Education Code  , immediately following Section
52052.6, to read:  
   52052.61.  The advisory committee established pursuant to Section
52052.5 shall consult, as appropriate, with individuals who are
experts or have experience in innovation in the fields of business,
science, technology, mathematics, engineering, and arts education on
the development of a voluntary Creative and Innovative Education
Index. The index shall be based in part on the creative opportunities
in each participating school as measured by the availability of
classes and before and after school programs that provide creative
opportunities for pupils, including, but not necessarily limited to,
arts education, debate clubs, science fairs, theater performances,
concerts, and filmmaking. The advisory committee shall consider the
extent to which this index should be part of the state's
accountability system and methods to foster creative and innovative
education in the public schools. By June 1, 2013, the advisory
committee shall make recommendations to the Superintendent on the
matters considered by the advisory committee regarding the index.
 
  SECTION 1.    Article 8 (commencing with Section
33600) is added to Chapter 4 of Part 20 of Division 2 of Title 2 of
the Education Code, to read:

      Article 8.  Advisory Committee on Creative and Innovative
Education


   33600.  There is hereby established the Advisory Committee on
Creative and Innovative Education for the purpose of developing an
Index of Creative and Innovative Education and making related
recommendations to the Superintendent.
   33602.  (a) The Advisory Committee on Creative and Innovative
Education shall have 14 members, each of whom shall be an expert in
or have experience in innovation in their fields, including, but not
limited to, business, science, technology, mathematics, engineering,
arts education, workforce development, or cultural development. The
members shall be appointed by April 1, 2012, as follows:
   (1) The Governor shall appoint seven members who shall reside in
different geographic regions of the state.
   (2) The President pro Tempore of the Senate shall appoint three
members.
   (3) The Speaker of the Assembly shall appoint three members.
   (4) The Superintendent.
   (b) The members appointed pursuant to paragraphs (1), (2), and (3)
of subdivision (a) shall be appointed in a manner to ensure that the
diversity of endeavors requiring a creative workforce is represented
by, including, but not limited to, the sciences, engineering,
technology, mathematics, research, design and media arts, and visual
and performing arts.
   (c) Members appointed pursuant to paragraphs (1), (2), and (3) of
subdivision (a) shall serve two-year terms.
   33604.  (a) In the course of its deliberations, the committee
shall examine strategies on how to produce an Index of Creative and
Innovative Education that rates every public school on teaching,
encouraging, and fostering creativity in pupils. The index shall be
based in part on the creative opportunities in each school as
measured by the availability of classes and before and after school
programs that provide creative opportunities for pupils, including
arts education, debate clubs, science fairs, theater performances,
concerts, and filmmaking.
   (b) The committee shall consult with parents, teachers,
administrators, guidance counselors, and pupils.
   (c) The committee shall develop recommendations on what should be
included in the Index on Creative and Innovative Education, how an
index should be produced and implemented, the funding necessary to
implement the index, and ways to foster creative and innovative
education in the public schools.
   33606.  By June 1, 2013, the committee shall submit a report to
the Superintendent on the factors to be considered in an Index on
Creative and Innovative Education and the funding necessary to
implement the index.