Bill Text: CA AB2290 | 2015-2016 | Regular Session | Enrolled

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Bill Title: Pupil instruction: world languages: revision of content standards.

Spectrum: Partisan Bill (Democrat 1-0)

Status: (Passed) 2016-09-26 - Chaptered by Secretary of State - Chapter 643, Statutes of 2016. [AB2290 Detail]

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BILL NUMBER: AB 2290	ENROLLED
	BILL TEXT

	PASSED THE SENATE  AUGUST 23, 2016
	PASSED THE ASSEMBLY  AUGUST 30, 2016
	AMENDED IN SENATE  AUGUST 19, 2016
	AMENDED IN SENATE  JUNE 22, 2016
	AMENDED IN ASSEMBLY  MAY 27, 2016
	AMENDED IN ASSEMBLY  APRIL 13, 2016
	AMENDED IN ASSEMBLY  MARCH 29, 2016
	AMENDED IN ASSEMBLY  MARCH 18, 2016

INTRODUCED BY   Assembly Member Santiago

                        FEBRUARY 18, 2016

   An act to add Section 60605.5 to the Education Code, relating to
pupil instruction.


	LEGISLATIVE COUNSEL'S DIGEST


   AB 2290, Santiago. Pupil instruction: world languages: revision of
content standards.
   Existing law requires the State Board of Education, on or before
June 1, 2009, to adopt content standards for teaching foreign
languages in kindergarten and grades 1 to 12, inclusive, pursuant to
recommendations developed by the Superintendent of Public
Instruction.
   This bill would require the Superintendent, in consultation with
the Instructional Quality Commission, to recommend revisions to the
World Language Content Standards for California Public Schools,
adopted pursuant to the above requirement, to the state board and to
present those recommended revisions to the state board by a specified
date. The bill would require the Superintendent, in consultation
with the Instructional Quality Commission and the state board, to
select a group of experts, as specified, to assist the Superintendent
in developing the recommended revisions, and would require the
recommended revisions to be based on the work of this group of
experts. The bill would also require the Superintendent, before
presenting his or her recommended revisions to the state board, to
hold a minimum of 2 public hearings in order for the public to
provide input on the recommended revisions. The bill would require
the state board, by a specified date, to adopt, reject, or modify the
recommended revisions. The bill would require the state board to
take specified actions if it rejects the recommended revisions or if
it modifies the recommended revisions. If the state board adopts
either the Superintendent's recommended revisions or its own modified
revisions to the World Language Content Standards, the bill would
require the state board to consider adopting curriculum framework and
evaluation criteria for instructional materials that are aligned to
the revised World Language Content Standards and authorize the state
board to adopt instructional materials for kindergarten and grades 1
to 8, inclusive, that are aligned to those standards.


THE PEOPLE OF THE STATE OF CALIFORNIA DO ENACT AS FOLLOWS:

  SECTION 1.  Section 60605.5 is added to the Education Code, to
read:
   60605.5.  (a) (1) In consultation with the Instructional Quality
Commission, the Superintendent shall recommend to the state board
revisions to the World Language Content Standards for California
Public Schools adopted by the state board in 2009 pursuant to Section
60605.3.
   (2) These recommended revisions shall be based on the work of the
group of experts convened pursuant to subdivision (b).
   (3) On or before January 31, 2019, the Superintendent, in
consultation with the Instructional Quality Commission, shall present
his or her recommended revisions to the state board.
   (b) In consultation with the Instructional Quality Commission and
the state board, the Superintendent shall select a group of experts
in this subject area to assist the Superintendent in developing
recommended revisions pursuant to this section. A majority of this
group of experts shall be current public school elementary or
secondary classroom teachers who have a professional teaching
credential that is valid under state law.
   (c) (1) Before presenting his or her recommended revisions to the
state board pursuant to paragraph (3) of subdivision (a), the
Superintendent, in consultation with the Instructional Quality
Commission, shall hold a minimum of two public hearings in order for
the public to provide input on the recommended revisions.
   (2) The public hearings and meetings required by this subdivision
shall be held 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).
   (d) (1) On or before March 31, 2019, the state board shall adopt,
reject, or modify the recommended revisions.
   (2) If the state board modifies the recommended revisions, it
shall do both of the following:
   (A) It shall explain, in writing, to the Governor and the
Legislature the reasons for those modifications.
   (B) It shall, in a meeting conducted 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),
provide written reasons for its modifications. The state board shall
not adopt its modified revisions at the same meeting it provides its
written reasons, but, instead, shall adopt these modified revisions
at a subsequent meeting conducted on or before May 31, 2019.
   (3) If the state board rejects the recommended revisions, the
state board shall transmit to the Superintendent, the Governor, and
the appropriate policy and fiscal committees of the Legislature a
detailed written explanation of its reasons for rejecting the
recommended revisions.
   (e) If the state board adopts revisions to the World Language
Content Standards pursuant to paragraph (1) of subdivision (d) or
subparagraph (B) of paragraph (2) of subdivision (d), the state board
shall consider adopting curriculum framework and evaluation criteria
for instructional materials that are aligned to the revised World
Language Content Standards on or before September 30, 2020, based on
any recommendations the Instructional Quality Commission may make.
   (f) If the state board adopts revisions to the World Language
Content Standards pursuant to paragraph (1) of subdivision (d) or
subparagraph (B) of paragraph (2) of subdivision (d), the state board
may adopt instructional materials for kindergarten and grades 1 to
8, inclusive, that are aligned to the revised World Language Content
Standards on or before January 31, 2022, based on any recommendations
the Instructional Quality Commission may make.