Bill Text: CA SB994 | 2011-2012 | Regular Session | Amended

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Bill Title: Pupil instruction: social sciences: California Latino

Spectrum: Partisan Bill (Democrat 1-0)

Status: (Introduced - Dead) 2012-05-24 - Held in committee and under submission. [SB994 Detail]

Download: California-2011-SB994-Amended.html

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BILL NUMBER: SB 994	AMENDED
	BILL TEXT

	AMENDED IN SENATE  MAY 2, 2012
	AMENDED IN SENATE  MARCH 29, 2012

INTRODUCED BY   Senator Vargas

                        FEBRUARY 2, 2012

   An act to add Section 51204.6 to the Education Code, relating to
pupil instruction.


	LEGISLATIVE COUNSEL'S DIGEST


   SB 994, as amended, Vargas. Pupil instruction: social sciences:
California Latino history: California Latino Curriculum Committee.
   Existing law requires instruction in social sciences to include
the early history of California and a study of the role and
contributions of both men and women, Native Americans, African
Americans, Mexican Americans, Asian Americans, Pacific Islanders,
European Americans, lesbian, gay, bisexual, and transgender
Americans, persons with disabilities, and members of other ethnic and
cultural groups, to the economic, political, and social development
of California and the United States of America, with particular
emphasis on portraying the role of these groups in contemporary
society.
   This bill would, before January 1, 2014, require the State
Department of Education to establish the California Latino Curriculum
Committee to be composed of specified individuals, for the purpose
of developing California Latino curriculum that is consistent with
the history-social science curriculum framework and state-adopted
academic content standards for use in public schools maintaining any
combination of instructional settings from kindergarten to grade 12,
inclusive.  The bill would require the committee to, in the
development of the California Latino curriculum, consult with the
other groups of people whose roles and contributions to the early
history of California are required to be included in instruction in
social sciences and would require the committee to submit the
curriculum to the State Board of Education for inclusion in the next
revision of the history-social science curriculum framework. 
   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 51204.6 is added to the Education Code, to
read:
   51204.6.  (a) Before January 1, 2014, the department shall
establish the California Latino Curriculum Committee for the purpose
of developing California Latino curriculum pursuant to Section
51204.5 that is consistent with the history-social science curriculum
framework and state-adopted academic content standards for use in
public schools maintaining any combination of instructional settings
from kindergarten to grade 12, inclusive.
   (b) The California Latino Curriculum Committee shall  be
composed of   include, but not be limited   to,
 the following individuals:
   (1) The Director of the Center for the Study of Latino Health and
Culture at the University of California, Los Angeles.
   (2) The senior curator of LA Plaza de Cultura y Artes.
   (3) A representative of the California Teachers Association.
   (4) A representative of the Association of California School
Administrators.
   (5) A representative of the California Association of Latino
Superintendents and Administrators.
   (6) The President of the California Latino School Boards
Association.
   (7) A representative of the department.
   (8) A member of the Association of Mexican American Educators.
   (9) A member of the California Rural Network.
   (10) A superintendent of a northern California school district.
   (11) A superintendent of a southern California school district.
   (12) The San Diego Superintendent of Schools. 
   (13) A curriculum specialist.  
   (14) An instruction specialist.  
   (c) The California Latino Curriculum Committee shall consult with
the other groups of people whose roles and contributions to the early
history of California are required to be included in instruction in
social sciences pursuant to Section 51204.5 in the development of the
California Latino curriculum.  
   (d) The California Latino Curriculum Committee shall submit the
California Latino curriculum to the state board for inclusion in the
next revision of the history-social science curriculum framework.