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          Date of Hearing:   May 14, 2014

                        ASSEMBLY COMMITTEE ON APPROPRIATIONS
                                  Mike Gatto, Chair

                  ACR 140 (Weber) - As Introduced:  April 23, 2014 

          Policy Committee:                              RULESVote:10-0

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

           SUMMARY  

          Commemorates the 60th Anniversary of Brown v. Board of Education  
          (1954) decision and urges the State Department of Education to  
          provide model instructional materials to schools that encourages  
          schools to observe the Brown v. Board of Education decision.   
          Specifically, this resolution:

          1)Makes several findings including:

             a)   In 1896, the United States Supreme Court ruled in Plessy  
               v. Ferguson (1896) that the segregation of the races is  
               legal as long as facilities are "separate but equal."

             b)   On May 17, 1954, the United States Supreme Court in  
               Brown v. Board of Education of Topeka (1954) unanimously  
               overturned the "separate but equal" doctrine of law.

             c)   The activism generated to implement the Brown v. Board  
               of Education decision was a catalyst to the Civil Rights  
               Movement for equality that gained momentum in the 1960s  
               which led to further desegregation of public facilities and  
               which continues today.

          2)Resolves that the State Department of Education is urged to  
            provide model instructional materials to schools that  
            encourage schools to observe the Brown v. Board of Education  
            decision with appropriate educational activities that help  
            pupils understand the importance of tolerance, humanity, and  
            equality of opportunity.

          3)Resolves that a copy of this resolution be transmitted to the  
            California School Boards Association, which is encouraged to  








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            disseminate copies to local boards of education throughout  
            California.

           FISCAL EFFECT  

          To the extent the State Department of Education develop model  
          instructional materials and the  California School Boards  
          Association disseminate copies to local education boards, this  
          resolution could result in unknown General Fund and  
          GF/Proposition 98 cost pressures.


           Analysis Prepared by  :    Misty Feusahrens / APPR. / (916)  
          319-2081