Amended in Senate June 19, 2014

Amended in Assembly March 18, 2014

California Legislature—2013–14 Regular Session

Assembly Bill No. 1912

Introduced by Assembly Member Holden

(Coauthors: Assembly Members begin insert Bradford, Brown, Garcia, end insert Gonzalez, Hall, begin insert Jones-Sawyer, end insert and Ting)

February 19, 2014

An act to add Section 33543 to the Education Code, relating to pupil instruction.

LEGISLATIVE COUNSEL’S DIGEST

AB 1912, as amended, Holden. Pupil instruction: history-social science framework: election of President Barack Obama.

Existing law requires the Instructional Quality Commission to recommend curriculum frameworks to the State Board of Education. Existing law defines “curriculum framework” as an outline of the components of a given course of study designed to provide state direction to school districts in the provision of instructional programs. begin insert Existing law authorizes the end insert begin insert state board to consider the adoption of a revised curriculum framework and evaluation criteria for instructional materials in history-social science. end insert

This bill would require the begin delete commission and the state board to consider including, in the history-social science curriculum framework adopted in the course of the next submission cycle, instruction on the election of President Barack Obama and the significance of the United States electing its first African American President, as appropriate. end delete begin insert commission, during the next revision of the history-social science curriculum framework, to consider including, and recommending for adoption by the state board, instruction on the election of President Barack Obama and the significance of the United States electing its first African American President, as appropriate end insert begin insert . The bill would require the state board to adopt, modify, or reject the curriculum framework recommended by the commission. end insert

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.  

The Legislature finds and declares all of the
following:

(a) The election of Barack Hussein Obama to the office of
President of the United States was a historic step in the effort
towards equality in the United States.

(b) Before the Civil Rights Movement, intimidation and physical
violence prevented millions of African Americans from voting
and alienated them from the electoral process.

(c) The Voting Rights Act of 1965 was a civil rights victory
that inspired more ethnic minorities to register to vote and pursue
elected office.

(d) Barack Obama attended Harvard Law School where he
became the first African American president of the Harvard Law
Review.

(e) After law school, Barack Obama worked to fulfill the spirit
of the Voting Rights Act of 1965 by encouraging people to register
to vote.

(f) Barack Obama was first elected to the Illinois State Senate
in 1996 and to the United States Senate in 2004.

(g) Senator Barack Obama was elected the 44th President of
the United States and first African American President on
November 4, 2008, and was sworn in on January 20, 2009.

(h) In honor of his extraordinary efforts to strengthen
international diplomacy and cooperation between peoples,
President Obama was awarded the Nobel Peace Prize.

(i) President Obama was reelected on November 6, 2012, and
was sworn in for his second term on January 20, 2013.

SEC. 2.  

Section 33543 is added to the Education Code, to read:

33543.  

begin delete The end delete begin insert (a) end insert begin insert   end insert begin insert During the next revision of the history-social
science curriculum framework, the end insert commission begin delete and the state board end delete
shall consider begin delete including, in the history-social science curriculum
framework adopted in the course of the next submission cycle, end delete
begin insert including, and recommending for adoption by the state board, end insert
instruction on the election of President Barack Obama and the
significance of the United States electing its first African American
President, as appropriate.

begin insert

(b) The state board shall adopt, modify, or reject the curriculum
framework recommended by the commission pursuant to
subdivision (a).

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