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          CONCURRENCE IN SENATE AMENDMENTS
          AB 1912 (Holden)
          As Amended  June 19, 2014
          Majority vote
           
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          |ASSEMBLY:  |73-0 |(April 24,      |SENATE: |30-1 |(August 7,     |
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           Original Committee Reference:    ED.  


           SUMMARY  :  Requires the Instructional Quality Commission (IQC)  
          and the State Board of Education (SBE) to consider including  
          specified curriculum related to the election of United States  
          President Barack Obama.  



           The Senate amendments  create a new subsection that clarifies the  
          requirement that the SBE act on the IQC's recommended curriculum  
          and makes technical and clarifying amendments to these sections.  



           FISCAL EFFECT  :  According to the Senate Appropriations  
          Committee, pursuant to Senate Rule 28.8, negligible state costs.

           COMMENTS  :  California curriculum is based on content standards  
          that are developed by the IQC (also referenced in statute as the  
          "commission") and approved by the SBE.  The curriculum  
          frameworks are guidelines for implementing these standards.  The  
          IQC is an 18-member commission consisting of one member of the  
          Assembly, one member of the Senate, and 16 public members.  At  
          least seven of the public members must have taught, written, or  
          lectured on the subject areas required for graduation.  The  
          history-social science standards were developed in 1998 and the  
          History-Social Science Framework was last revised in 2005.  A  
          review and update of this framework was underway and nearly  
          complete when the state suspended the process on July 28, 2009,  
          due to fiscal constraints.  The California Department of  
          Education anticipates these revised frameworks will be presented  
          to the SBE for adoption in May 2015.









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           Analysis Prepared by  :    Jill Rice / ED. / (916) 319-2087


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