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THIRD READING
Bill No: ACR 140
Author: Weber (D), et al.
Amended: 8/20/14 in Senate
Vote: 21
SENATE EDUCATION COMMITTEE : 7-0, 6/18/14
AYES: Liu, Wyland, Block, Correa, Hancock, Huff, Monning
SENATE APPROPRIATIONS COMMITTEE : 5-0, 8/14/14
AYES: De Le�n, Hill, Lara, Padilla, Steinberg
NO VOTE RECORDED: Walters, Gaines
ASSEMBLY FLOOR : 78-0, 5/15/14 - See last page for vote
SUBJECT : 60th Anniversary of Brown v. Board of Education
SOURCE : California School Boards Association
DIGEST : This resolution commemorates the 60th Anniversary of
Brown v. Board of Education decision, one of the landmark United
States Supreme Court decisions of the 20th century.
Senate Floor Amendments of 8/20/14 delete reference to Mendez v.
Westminster decision.
Senate Floor Amendments of 8/19/14 delete the urging that the
California Department of Education (CDE) provide a model
instructional materials to schools, as specified, stipulates
that the CDE includes Brown v. Board of Education in the adopted
history-social science standards and curriculum framework, as
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specified, make reference to Mendez v. Westminster decision.
ANALYSIS : This resolution makes the following legislative
findings:
1. 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."
2. On May 17, 1954, the United States Supreme Court in Brown v.
Board of Education of Topeka (1954) 347 U.S. 483 unanimously
overturned the "separate but equal" doctrine of law.
3. This highly controversial decision became the legal impetus
to school desegregation throughout the United States and one
of the most profound social revolutions in the country.
4. 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.
This resolution commemorates the 60th Anniversary of Brown v.
Board of Education decision, one of the landmark United States
Supreme Court decisions of the 20th century.
FISCAL EFFECT : Fiscal Com.: Yes
SUPPORT : (Verified 8/20/14)
California School Boards Association (source)
Students First
ASSEMBLY FLOOR : 78-0, 5/15/14
AYES: Achadjian, Alejo, Allen, Ammiano, Bigelow, Bloom,
Bocanegra, Bonilla, Bonta, Bradford, Brown, Buchanan, Ian
Calderon, Campos, Chau, Ch�vez, Chesbro, Conway, Cooley,
Dababneh, Dahle, Daly, Dickinson, Donnelly, Eggman, Fong, Fox,
Frazier, Beth Gaines, Garcia, Gatto, Gomez, Gonzalez, Gordon,
Gorell, Gray, Grove, Hagman, Hall, Harkey, Roger Hern�ndez,
Holden, Jones, Jones-Sawyer, Levine, Linder, Logue, Lowenthal,
Maienschein, Medina, Melendez, Mullin, Muratsuchi, Nazarian,
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Nestande, Olsen, Pan, Patterson, Perea, John A. P�rez, V.
Manuel P�rez, Quirk, Quirk-Silva, Rendon, Ridley-Thomas,
Rodriguez, Salas, Skinner, Stone, Ting, Wagner, Waldron,
Weber, Wieckowski, Wilk, Williams, Yamada, Atkins
NO VOTE RECORDED: Mansoor, Vacancy
PQ:d 8/21/14 Senate Floor Analyses
SUPPORT/OPPOSITION: SEE ABOVE
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