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THIRD READING
Bill No: SB 1057
Author: Corbett (D)
Amended: 5/27/14
Vote: 21
SENATE EDUCATION COMMITTEE : 7-1, 4/24/14
AYES: Liu, Block, Galgiani, Hancock, Hueso, Huff, Monning
NOES: Wyland
NO VOTE RECORDED: Correa
SENATE APPROPRIATIONS COMMITTEE : 6-1, 5/23/14
AYES: De Le�n, Walters, Hill, Lara, Padilla, Steinberg
NOES: Gaines
SUBJECT : History-social science content standards
SOURCE : Hindu American Foundation
DIGEST : This bill requires the Superintendent of Public
Instruction (SPI) to convene a group of history-social science
experts to revise the history-social science content standards
by March 30, 2018. Requires the State Board of Education (SBE)
to adopt, reject or modify the revised standards by July 30,
2018. This bill requires the SPI and the SBE, by October 1,
2018, to report certain information to the Governor and
appropriate policy and fiscal committees of the Legislature.
This bill expresses legislative findings and declarations
relating to history-social science content standards.
ANALYSIS : Academic content standards define the knowledge,
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concepts, and skills that students should acquire at each grade
level. Curricular frameworks are the blueprint for implementing
the standards, and include criteria by which instructional
materials are evaluated.
History-social science . Existing law required the SBE to adopt
history-social science content standards by November 1, 1998.
The current history social-science content standards were
adopted by the SBE on October 9, 1998. The SBE does not have
the authority to revise this standard.
The history-social science framework was last adopted in 2005.
A review of this framework was underway and nearly complete when
the state suspended the process due to budget constraints. The
process for reviewing frameworks has been suspended since July
28, 2009. The SBE is specifically prohibited from reviewing
frameworks and adopting instructional materials until the
2015-16 school year. However, the SBE is authorized to revise
the history-social science framework but only upon completion of
work related to the development of frameworks for the common
core standards in English language arts and mathematics.
Existing law:
1.Establishes the Academic Content Standards Commission for the
purpose of developing the common core standards in English
language arts and mathematics. These standards were adopted
by the SBE on August 2, 2010. The SBE adopted revised
frameworks for common core mathematics on November 6, 2013,
and is required to adopt revised frameworks in common core
English language arts by July 30, 2014.
2.Authorizes the SPI to recommend modifications to the common
core standards in mathematics by consulting with a group of
experts in mathematics. The SBE adopted modified mathematics
standards in January 2013.
3.Requires the SPI to update, revise and align the English
language development standards to the common core standards in
English language arts. The SPI was required to convene a
group of experts to complete this work, and the SBE adopted
these standards on November 7, 2012. The SPI is required to
convene a group of experts to also modify the English language
development standards, by January 1, 2015, to link with the
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common core standards in mathematics and updated science
standards.
4.Requires the SPI to convene a group of science experts to
recommend science standards using the Next Generation Science
Standards. The SBE adopted these standards on September 4,
2013, and is required to consider the adoption of a revised
framework and evaluation criteria by January 31, 2016.
This bill:
1.Requires the SPI to convene a group of history-social science
experts and, by March 30, 2018, to recommend history-social
science content standards to the SBE. The group of experts
must include, but is not limited to, individuals who are
elementary and secondary history-social science teachers,
schoolsite principals, school district or county office of
education administrators, and university professors, requires
the group of experts to make a good faith effort to solicit
and take into consideration input from scholars off all major
religious, ethnic, racial, and cultural groups and individuals
who represent the perspectives of all major religious, ethnic,
racial, and cultural groups, genders, sexual orientations, and
disability statuses.
2.Requires the SBE, on or before July 30, 2018, to adopt,
reject, or modify history-social science content standards in
accordance with specified procedures.
3.Requires, on or before October 1, 2018, the SPI and the SBE
present to the Governor and the appropriate policy and fiscal
committees of the Legislature a schedule and implementation
plan for integrating the history-social science content
standards adopted pursuant to this bill.
4.States legislative findings and declarations relative to the
need to update the history-social science content standards.
FISCAL EFFECT : Appropriation: No Fiscal Com.: Yes
Local: No
According to the Senate Appropriations Committee:
Content standards: Approximately $700,000 (General Fund) in
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one-time costs to develop new content standards in 2018.
Framework: Up to $1 million (General Fund) to revise the
history-social science framework in 2018.
SUPPORT : (Verified 5/27/14)
Hindu American Foundation (source)
American Jewish Committee, San Francisco
California State Bar
California Teachers Association
Californians Together
Center for Engaged Religious Pluralism, Saint Mary's College of
California
Disability Rights California
Federation of Jain Associations in North America
History Advocates
Jain Center of Northern California
Sikh Coalition
PQ:e 5/27/14 Senate Floor Analyses
SUPPORT/OPPOSITION: SEE ABOVE
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