AB 1539, as amended, Hagman. Content standards: computer science.
Existing law requires the State Board of Education to adopt statewide academically rigorous content standards, pursuant to recommendations of the Commission for the Establishment of Academic Content and Performance Standards, in core curriculum areas.
This bill would require the Instructional Quality Commission tobegin delete developend deletebegin insert consider developingend insert andbegin delete recommendend deletebegin insert recommendingend insert to the state board, on or before July 31,begin delete 2016,end deletebegin insert
2019,end insert computer science contentbegin delete standards,end deletebegin insert standards for kindergarten and grades 1 to 12, inclusive,end insert pursuant to recommendations developed by a group of computer science experts. The bill would require the commission to consider existing computer science content standards, including, but not limited to, national K-12 computer science content standards developed by the Computer Science Teachers Association. The bill would require the Superintendent of Public Instruction, in consultation with thebegin delete commission,end deletebegin insert state board,end insert tobegin delete conveneend deletebegin insert
consider conveningend insert that group of experts and ensure that the group includes individuals from specified groups.
Vote: majority. Appropriation: no. Fiscal committee: yes. State-mandated local program: no.
The people of the State of California do enact as follows:
Section 60605.4 is added to the Education Code,
2to read:
(a) On or before July 31,begin delete 2016,end deletebegin insert 2019,end insert the Instructional
4Quality Commission shallbegin delete developend deletebegin insert consider developingend insert and
5begin delete recommendend deletebegin insert recommendingend insert to the state board computer science
6contentbegin delete standards,end deletebegin insert
standards for kindergarten and grades 1 to 12,
7inclusive,end insert pursuant to recommendations developed by a group of
8computer science experts. The Instructional Quality Commission
9shall consider existing computer science content standards, which
10include, but are not limited to, the national K-12 computer science
11content standards developed by the Computer Science Teachers
12Association, and consider content standards that include, but are
13not necessarily limited to, standards for teaching coding. For
14purposes of this section, “coding” is the process of converting a
15program design into an accurate and detailed representation of that
16program in a suitable language.
17(b) (1) The Superintendent, in consultation with thebegin delete Instructional begin insert
state board,end insert shall
18Quality Commission,end deletebegin delete conveneend deletebegin insert consider
19conveningend insert the group of experts referenced in subdivision (a), and
20shall ensure that the members of the group include, but are not
21necessarily limited to, all of the following:
22(A) Teachers who teach computer science, including
23mathematics and science teachers, inbegin insert kindergarten andend insert gradesbegin delete 7end delete
24begin insert 1end insert to 12, inclusive.
25(B) Schoolsite principals.
26(C) School district or county office of education administrators.
27(D) University professors.
28(E) Representatives of private sector business or industry.
P3 1(2) The Superintendent, in consultation with the state board,
2shall ensure that one-half of the members of the group are teachers
3as described in subparagraph (A) of paragraph (1).
4(c) The computer science content standards may be used by
5school districts to develop computer science programs and course
6assessments but are not
mandatory.
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