AB 2110, as introduced, Ting. Pupil instruction: computer science: : :
Existing law requires the Instructional Quality Commission to recommend, and the State Board of Education to adopt, curriculum frameworks, as provided. 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. Existing law prohibits the state board from adopting instructional materials until the 2015-16 school year, except as provided.
The bill would require the state board to incorporate computer science curriculum content into the mathematics, science, history-social science, and language arts curriculum frameworks, as it deems appropriate, when those frameworks are next revised. The bill would require computer science curriculum to focus on foundational concepts in computer science by integrating basic skills in technology with simple ideas about computational thinking, communication, and collaboration, and being responsible citizens in a changing digital world, as specified. The bill would require the state board to consult classroom instructors to ensure the age-appropriateness of instructional material. The bill would, upon the incorporation of computer science curriculum content into the curriculum frameworks, require the Superintendent of Public Intervention to identify and post on the State Department of Education’s Internet Web site professional development resources for teaching computer science curriculum content. The bill would require its provisions to be implemented in a manner that does not result in new duties or programs being imposed on local educational agencies, as specified.
Vote: majority. Appropriation: no. Fiscal committee: yes. State-mandated local program: no.
The people of the State of California do enact as follows:
Section 51211 is added to the Education Code,
2to read:
(a) The state board shall incorporate computer science
4curriculum content into the mathematics, science, history-social
5science, and language arts curriculum frameworks, as it deems
6appropriate, when those frameworks are next revised. This
7curriculum shall focus on foundational concepts in computer
8science by integrating basic skills in technology with simple ideas
9about computational thinking, communication, and collaboration,
10and being responsible citizens in a changing digital world.
11(b) Computer science instruction shall be designed to help pupils
12learn all of the following:
13(1) Computational thinking, including, but not limited to, using
14technology resources to solve
age-appropriate problems,
15understanding and using basic steps of algorithmic problem solving
16with computer-free exercises, demonstrating that a string of bits
17can be used to represent alphanumeric information, recognizing
18that software is created to control computer operations, and
19understanding the connections between computer science and other
20fields.
21(2) Collaboration, including, but not limited to, gathering
22information and communicating electronically, and using
23age-appropriate technology resources and tools to participate in
24collaborative problem-solving activities for the purpose of
25developing solutions or products.
26(3) Computer practice, including, but not limited to, using
27age-appropriate technology resources to gather, organize, and
28manipulate data, using technology tools for individual and
P3 1collaborative writing, communication, and publishing activities,
2constructing a
set of step-by-step instructions to be acted out, and
3identifying a wide range of jobs that require knowledge or use of
4computing.
5(4) Computers and communication devices, including, but not
6limited to, demonstrating an appropriate level of proficiency with
7input and output devices, understanding the pervasiveness of
8computers in daily life, and identifying factors that distinguish
9humans from machines.
10(5) Community, global, and ethical impacts, including, but not
11limited to, practicing responsible digital citizenship in the use of
12technology, identifying the social and ethical impacts of technology
13on personal life and society, and evaluating the accuracy, relevance,
14and biases of electronic information sources.
15(c) In implementing this section, the state board shall consult
16classroom instructors to ensure the
age-appropriateness of
17instructional material.
18(d) Upon incorporating computer science curriculum content
19into the mathematics, science, history-social science, and language
20arts curriculum frameworks at their next revision, the
21Superintendent shall identify and post on the department’s Internet
22Web site professional development resources for teaching computer
23science curriculum content.
24(e) This section shall be implemented in a manner that does not
25result in new duties or programs being imposed on local
26educational agencies. In that regard, the Legislature finds and
27declares that this section does not mandate costs to local
28educational agencies, and that materials used to comply with this
29subdivision shall be part of the normal instructional materials
30purchased by local educational agencies in their normal course of
31business and purchasing
cycles.
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