BILL NUMBER: SB 994	AMENDED
	BILL TEXT

	AMENDED IN SENATE  MARCH 29, 2012

INTRODUCED BY   Senator Vargas

                        FEBRUARY 2, 2012

   An act  to add Section 51204.6 to the Education Code, 
relating to pupil instruction.


	LEGISLATIVE COUNSEL'S DIGEST


   SB 994, as amended, Vargas. Pupil instruction:  social
sciences:  California Latino history  : California Latino
Curriculum Committee  .
   Existing law requires instruction in social sciences to include
the early history of California and a study of the role and
contributions of both men and women, Native Americans, African
Americans, Mexican Americans, Asian Americans, Pacific Islanders,
European Americans, lesbian, gay, bisexual, and transgender
Americans, persons with disabilities, and members of other ethnic and
cultural groups, to the economic, political, and social development
of California and the United States of America, with particular
emphasis on portraying the role of these groups in contemporary
society.
   This bill  would state the intent of the Legislature to
enact legislation that would expand pupil instruction in California
Latino history.   would, before January 1, 2014, require
the State Department of Education to establish the California Latino
Curriculum Committee to be composed of specified individuals, for
the purpose of developing California Latino curriculum that is
consistent with the history-social science curriculum framework and
state-adopted academic content standards for use in public schools
maintaining any combination of instructional settings from
kindergarten to grade 12, inclusive. 
   Vote: majority. Appropriation: no. Fiscal committee:  no
  yes  . State-mandated local program: no.


THE PEOPLE OF THE STATE OF CALIFORNIA DO ENACT AS FOLLOWS:

   SECTION 1.    Section 51204.6 is added to the 
 Education Code   , to read:  
   51204.6.  (a) Before January 1, 2014, the department shall
establish the California Latino Curriculum Committee for the purpose
of developing California Latino curriculum pursuant to Section
51204.5 that is consistent with the history-social science curriculum
framework and state-adopted academic content standards for use in
public schools maintaining any combination of instructional settings
from kindergarten to grade 12, inclusive.
   (b) The California Latino Curriculum Committee shall be composed
of the following individuals:
   (1) The Director of the Center for the Study of Latino Health and
Culture at the University of California, Los Angeles.
   (2) The senior curator of LA Plaza de Cultura y Artes.
   (3) A representative of the California Teachers Association.
   (4) A representative of the Association of California School
Administrators.
   (5) A representative of the California Association of Latino
Superintendents and Administrators.
   (6) The President of the California Latino School Boards
Association.
   (7) A representative of the department.
   (8) A member of the Association of Mexican American Educators.
   (9) A member of the California Rural Network.
   (10) A superintendent of a northern California school district.
   (11) A superintendent of a southern California school district.
   (12) The San Diego Superintendent of Schools.  
  SECTION 1.    It is the intent of the Legislature
to enact legislation that would expand pupil instruction in
California Latino history.