Bill Text: CA AB458 | 2015-2016 | Regular Session | Introduced
Bill Title: Postsecondary education: instructional strategies.
Spectrum: Partisan Bill (Democrat 1-0)
Status: (Failed) 2016-02-01 - From committee: Filed with the Chief Clerk pursuant to Joint Rule 56. [AB458 Detail]
Download: California-2015-AB458-Introduced.html
BILL NUMBER: AB 458 INTRODUCED
BILL TEXT
INTRODUCED BY Assembly Member O'Donnell
FEBRUARY 23, 2015
An act to amend Section 99200 of the Education Code, relating to
postsecondary education.
LEGISLATIVE COUNSEL'S DIGEST
AB 458, as introduced, O'Donnell. Postsecondary education:
instructional strategies.
Existing provisions of the California Constitution provide that
the University of California constitutes a public trust administered
by the Regents of the University of California, a corporation in the
form of a board, with full powers of organization and government,
subject to legislative control only for specified purposes. Existing
law requests the Regents of the University of California, with the
approval of the Concurrence Committee, to establish and maintain
cooperative endeavors designed to accomplish specified purposes.
This bill would add to these purposes conducting a feasibility
study to determine the appropriate grade level and subject area and
potential costs for a pilot program to develop standards-aligned
content and instructional software for use on portable electronic
devices.
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 99200 of the Education Code, as amended by
Section 2 of Chapter 632 of the Statutes of 2011, is amended to read:
99200. (a) With funds appropriated therefor, and with the
approval of the Concurrence Committee, the Regents of the University
of California are requested to establish and maintain cooperative
endeavors designed to accomplish the following:
(1) Develop and enhance teachers' subject matter and content
knowledge in the subject matter areas specified in Section 99201.
(2) Develop and enhance teachers' instructional strategies to
improve pupil learning and academic performance as measured against
State Board of Education standards adopted pursuant to Sections 60605
and 60605.8 and, where applicable, to standards adopted pursuant to
Section 60811 and any subsequently adopted standards.
(3) Provide teachers with instructional strategies for working
with English learners.
(4) Provide teachers with instructional strategies for delivering
career-oriented, integrated academic and technical content in a
manner that is linked to high priority industry sectors identified in
the California career technical education model curriculum standards
as adopted by the State Board of Education. The Concurrence
Committee, in consultation with the appropriate state entities,
industry leaders, representatives of organized labor, educators, and
other parties, shall determine the priority of industry sectors.
(5) Provide teachers with access to and opportunity to examine
current research that is demonstrably linked to improved pupil
learning and achievement as measured by performance levels on state
tests administered pursuant to Section 60605, or any successor
assessment system, or on English language development assessments
developed, pursuant to Chapter 7 (commencing with Section 60810) of
Part 33 of Division 4 of Title 2, or any successor assessments, for
English language learners.
(6) Maintain subject-specific professional communities that create
and encourage ongoing opportunities for teacher collaboration,
learning, and research.
(7) Develop and deploy as teacher leaders, teachers with
demonstrated levels of expertise in the classroom and certifiable
levels of content knowledge.
(8) Provide teachers with instructional strategies for ongoing
collaboration on the delivery of career-oriented, integrated academic
and technical content.
(9) Conduct a feasibility study to determine the appropriate grade
level and subject area and potential cost for a pilot program to
develop standards-aligned content and instructional software for use
on portable electronic devices.
(b) The duties of the Concurrence Committee shall include, but
need not be limited to, all of the following:
(1) Ensuring that the statewide and local subject matter projects
comply with requirements of this chapter.
(2) Developing rules and regulations for the statewide subject
matter projects.
(3) On or before January 1, 2016, providing a report on the
subject matter projects to the Governor and to appropriate policy and
fiscal committees of the Legislature. The report shall include, but
need not be limited to, all of the following information, compiled
for a four-year period:
(A) The number, and level of experience, of participants in each
subject matter project.
(B) The total amount of funds expended, on an annual basis, for
each subject matter project.
(C) An explanation of the type of professional development
activities offered pursuant to each subject matter project, including
the extent to which teachers were provided professional development
focused on delivering career-oriented, integrated academic and
technical content.
(D) A list of the name and location of each school affiliated with
a subject matter project.
(c) Grants to establish local sites of statewide subject matter
projects shall be available to institutions of higher education,
county offices of education and school districts, or any combination
thereof, with a subject matter proposal approved pursuant to this
article. Once established, each subject matter project shall be
administered by the University of California in cooperation with the
Concurrence Committee. Local sites of statewide subject matter
projects shall be distributed throughout the state so that
elementary, secondary, and postsecondary school personnel located in
rural, urban, and suburban areas may avail themselves of subject
matter projects.
(d) The Concurrence Committee shall be composed of individuals who
are affiliated with leadership, management, or instruction in
education or education policy entities, including educational
expertise on instructional strategies for English learners and
academic language acquisition. They shall be selected as follows:
(1) One representative selected by the Regents of the University
of California.
(2) One representative selected by the Board of Trustees of the
California State University.
(3) One representative selected by the State Board of Education,
who has significant experience with direct classroom instruction.
(4) One representative selected by the Governor.
(5) One representative selected by the Superintendent of Public
Instruction.
(6) One representative selected by the Commission on Teacher
Credentialing.
(7) One representative selected by the Curriculum Development and
Supplemental Materials Commission.
(8) One representative of the California Community Colleges
selected by the Board of Governors of the California Community
Colleges.
(9) One representative of an independent postsecondary institution
selected by the Association of Independent California Colleges and
Universities.
(e) (1) The requirement for submitting a report pursuant to
paragraph (3) of subdivision (b) is inoperative on January 1, 2018,
pursuant to Section 10231.5 of the Government Code.
(2) A report to be submitted pursuant to paragraph (3) of
subdivision (b) shall be in compliance with Section 9795 of the
Government Code.
