Bill Text: CA AB1033 | 2011-2012 | Regular Session | Amended
Bill Title: Academic content standards: standards review commission.
Spectrum: Partisan Bill (Democrat 1-0)
Status: (Introduced - Dead) 2012-02-01 - Died pursuant to Art. IV, Sec. 10(c) of the Constitution. From committee: Filed with the Chief Clerk pursuant to Joint Rule 56. [AB1033 Detail]
Download: California-2011-AB1033-Amended.html
BILL NUMBER: AB 1033 AMENDED
BILL TEXT
AMENDED IN ASSEMBLY MAY 4, 2011
AMENDED IN ASSEMBLY MARCH 31, 2011
INTRODUCED BY Assembly Member Feuer
FEBRUARY 18, 2011
An act to add Sections 60605.10 and 60605.11
Section 60605.10 to the Education Code,
relating to academic content standards.
LEGISLATIVE COUNSEL'S DIGEST
AB 1033, as amended, Feuer. Academic content standards.
standards: standards review commission.
(1) Existing
Existing law requires the State Board of Education to
adopt statewide content and performance standards in the core
curriculum areas of reading, writing, mathematics, history/social
science, and science, as specified. Existing law authorizes the state
board to modify any proposed content standards or performance
standards prior to adoption, and to adopt content and performance
standards in individual core curriculum areas as those standards are
submitted to the state board.
Existing law requires the state board also to adopt standards for
school library services, visual and performing arts, physical
education, foreign languages, and English language development.
Existing law requires the Superintendent of Public Instruction to
coordinate the development of model curriculum standards for the
course of study required for high school graduation and for a career
technical education course of study necessary to assist school
districts with complying with existing law.
This bill would authorize the Superintendent to recommend to the
state board a schedule for reviewing and modifying the standards
described above and to recommend modifications to those standards.
The bill would authorize the state board to approve or modify the
schedule recommended by the Superintendent and to modify the
standards. If the state board modifies the standards, the bill would
require the state board to explain, in writing, to the Governor and
the Legislature the reasons for making modifications. The bill would
require the state board to ensure that the rigor of the standards is
maintained. The bill would make implementation of these provisions
contingent on an appropriation of funding for that purpose in the
annual Budget Act.
(2) Existing
Existing law establishes the Academic Content Standards
Commission and requires the commission to develop internationally
benchmarked academic content standards, at least 85% of which are
required to be the common core academic standards developed by the
Common Core State Standards Initiative consortium or another
specified interstate collaboration. Existing law requires the
commission to present its recommended academic content standards to
the state board and requires the state board by August 2, 2010, to
either adopt the standards proposed by the commission or reject them.
This bill would require the Superintendent to recommend to the
state board, and the state board to approve, modifications to the
state-adopted common core standards. If the state board modifies
those standards, the bill would require the state board to explain,
in writing, to the Governor and the Legislature the reasons for
making those modifications. The bill would require the state board to
ensure the rigor of the state common core standards is maintained
and that all of the common core standards developed by the consortium
or interstate collaboration be adopted. The bill would require that
modifications, including additions and revisions, amount to no more
than 15% of the common core standards adopted by the state board.
This bill would authorize the review of certain of the standards
described above by a 25-member standards review commission, appointed
as specified and convened for that purpose, if the Superintendent
and the state board jointly find that there is a need to revise or
modify the standards. The bill would restrict a finding to 2 subject
areas at a time and would authorize the Superintendent and the state
board to make additional findings after each time a standards review
commission submits its recommendations to the state board. The bill
would require the state board, upon receiving recommendations from a
standards review commission, to either adopt or reject the standards
as proposed by the commission and to notify the Governor, the Senate
Committee on Rules, and the Speaker of the Assembly that it has
acted. If the state board rejects the recommendations, the bill would
require the state board to provide a specific written explanation to
the Superintendent, the Governor, and the Legislature of the reasons
why the proposed standards were rejected.
The bill would authorize a standards review commission that is
convened for the purpose of considering revisions to the academic
content standards in language arts and mathematics only to make
recommendations to modify the grade 8 common core standards in
mathematics and to consider recommending the inclusion of college and
career readiness anchor standards as developed by the consortium or
interstate collaboration.
The bill would authorize the Superintendent to recommend to the
state board a schedule for reviewing the other standards.
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. Section 60605.10 is added to the
Education Code , to read:
60605.10. (a) (1) If the Superintendent and the state board
jointly find that there is a need to revise or modify any of the
standards listed in subparagraphs (A) to (C), inclusive, the review
shall be conducted by a standards review commission convened for that
purpose and in accordance with this section.
(A) The language arts and mathematics academic content standards
adopted pursuant to Section 60605.8.
(B) The history/social science and science content standards
adopted pursuant to Section 60605.
(C) The standards adopted pursuant to Section 18101, 51226,
60605.1, 60605.2, or 60605.3.
(2) A finding pursuant to paragraph (1) shall be limited to any
two subject areas at a time to allow a standards review commission to
review only two subject areas at a time. The Superintendent and the
state board may make additional findings after each time a standards
review commission submits its recommendations to the state board.
(3) After making a finding pursuant to paragraph (1), the
Superintendent and the state board shall notify the Governor, the
Senate Committee on Rules, and the Speaker of the Assembly of the
finding, including the reasons for the need to appoint members to a
standards review commission.
(b) (1) Each time the Superintendent and state board make a
finding pursuant to subdivision (a), a standards review commission
consisting of 25 members shall be appointed as follows:
(A) The Governor shall appoint 11 members.
(B) The Senate Committee on Rules shall appoint five members.
(C) The Speaker of the Assembly shall appoint five members.
(D) The Superintendent shall appoint four members.
(2) Not less than half of the members appointed by each of the
appointing authorities pursuant to paragraph (1) shall be current
public school elementary or secondary classroom teachers.
(3) In making appointments to a commission, the appointing
authorities shall consult with each other to ensure that the
commission includes all of the following:
(A) Individuals with expertise in the subject area under review.
(B) Individuals from different geographical areas of the state.
(C) Individuals who reflect the ethnic and gender diversity of
California.
(D) Individuals who are knowledgeable about English learners and
pupils with disabilities.
(4) Members of a commission shall serve at the pleasure of the
appointing authority.
(5) Pursuant to the Bagley-Keene Open Meeting Act (Article 9
(commencing with Section 11120) of Chapter 1 of Part 1 of Division 3
of Title 2 of the Government Code), all meetings and hearings of the
commission shall be open and available to the public.
(c) (1) If a standards review commission is convened for the
purpose of considering revisions to the language arts and mathematics
academic content standards adopted pursuant to Section 60605.8, the
commission may only make recommendations to modify the grade 8 common
core standards in mathematics and may consider recommending the
inclusion of college and career readiness anchor standards as
developed by the consortium or interstate collaboration set forth in
Section 60605.7.
(2) The recommendations of a standards review commission made
pursuant to paragraph (1) and modifications approved by the state
board with regard to those recommendations shall ensure all of the
following:
(A) The rigor of the state common core standards is maintained so
that all high school graduates are prepared for college and careers,
as specified in the common core standards.
(B) All of the state common core standards developed by the
consortium or the interstate collaboration set forth in Section
60605.7 are adopted.
(C) Modifications, including additions and revisions, amount to no
more than 15 percent of the state common core standards adopted by
the state board.
(d) A standards review commission established pursuant to
subdivision (b) may make recommendations to the state board to modify
the history/social science and science content standards adopted
pursuant to Section 60605, and the standards adopted pursuant to
Sections 18101, 51226, 60605.1, 60605.2, and 60605.3, when convened
for that purpose and in accordance with this section.
(e) Upon receiving recommendations from a standards review
commission, the state board shall do either of the following:
(1) Adopt the standards as proposed by the commission.
(2) Reject the standards as proposed by the commission. If the
state board rejects the standards, it shall provide a specific
written explanation to the Superintendent, the Governor, and the
Legislature of the reasons why the proposed standards were rejected.
(f) The Superintendent and the state board shall notify the
Governor, the Senate Committee on Rules, and the Speaker of the
Assembly after the state board takes action pursuant to subdivision
(e) on the recommendations submitted by a standards review
commission.
(g) The Superintendent may recommend to the state board a schedule
for reviewing the history/social science and science content
standards adopted pursuant to Section 60605 and the standards adopted
pursuant to Sections 18101, 51226, 60605.1, 60605.2, and 60605.3,
but a standards review commission shall not be appointed until the
Superintendent and state board make a finding pursuant to subdivision
(a) regarding at least one, but not more than two, subject areas.
SECTION 1. Section 60605.10 is added to the
Education Code, to read:
60605.10. (a) The Superintendent may recommend to the state board
a schedule for reviewing the standards adopted pursuant to Sections
18101, 51226, 60605, 60605.1, 60605.2, 60605.3, and 60811 and may
recommend modifications to those standards. The state board may
approve or modify the schedule recommended by the Superintendent and
may modify the standards. If the state board modifies the standards,
it shall explain, in writing, to the Governor and the Legislature the
reasons for making those modifications.
(b) The recommendations of the Superintendent and modifications
made by the state board shall ensure that the rigor of the standards
listed in subdivision (a) is maintained.
(c) Implementation of this section is contingent on an
appropriation of funding for that purpose in the annual Budget Act.
SEC. 2. Section 60605.11 is added to the
Education Code, to read:
60605.11. (a) The Superintendent may recommend to the state
board, and the state board may approve, modifications to the common
core standards adopted by the state board pursuant to Section
60605.8. If the state board modifies the common core standards
recommended by the Academic Content Standards Commission, it shall
explain, in writing, to the Governor and the Legislature the reasons
for making those modifications.
(b) The recommendations of the Superintendent and modifications of
the common core standards that are approved by the state board shall
ensure all of the following:
(1) The rigor of the state common core standards is maintained so
that all high school graduates are prepared for college and careers,
as specified in the common core standards.
(2) All of the common core standards developed by the consortium
or interstate collaboration set forth in Section 60605.7 are adopted.
(3) Modifications, including additions and revisions, amount to no
more than 15 percent of the common core standards adopted by the
state board.
