Bill Text: CA SB1278 | 2009-2010 | Regular Session | Amended
Bill Title: Instructional materials: adoption.
Spectrum: Partisan Bill (Republican 3-0)
Status: (Engrossed - Dead) 2010-08-13 - Set, second hearing. Held in committee and under submission. [SB1278 Detail]
Download: California-2009-SB1278-Amended.html
BILL NUMBER: SB 1278 AMENDED BILL TEXT AMENDED IN ASSEMBLY AUGUST 2, 2010 AMENDED IN SENATE JUNE 1, 2010 AMENDED IN SENATE APRIL 28, 2010 AMENDED IN SENATE APRIL 12, 2010 INTRODUCED BY Senators Wyland and Runner (Coauthor: Assembly Member Villines) FEBRUARY 19, 2010 An act to add Section 60200.8 to the Education Code, relating to instructional materials, and declaring the urgency thereof, to take effect immediately. LEGISLATIVE COUNSEL'S DIGEST SB 1278, as amended, Wyland. Instructional materials: adoption. Existing law requires the State Board of Education to adopt basic instructional materials for use in kindergarten and grades 1 to 8, inclusive, for governing boards. Existing law sets forth a schedule for the submission of instructional materials to the state board for adoption. Notwithstanding this schedule, existing law prohibits the state board from adopting instructional materials or following the procedures related to that adoption until the 2013-14 school year. This bill would require the state board to adopt a revised curriculum framework and evaluation criteria for instructional materials in history-social science in 2011. This bill would declare that it is to take effect immediately as an urgency statute. Vote: 2/3. Appropriation: no. Fiscal committee: yes. State-mandated local program: no. THE PEOPLE OF THE STATE OF CALIFORNIA DO ENACT AS FOLLOWS: SECTION 1. Section 60200.8 is added to the Education Code, to read: 60200.8. Notwithstandingany other lawSection 60200.7 , the state board shall adopt a revised curriculum framework and evaluation criteria for instructional materials in history-social science in 2011. SEC. 2. This act is an urgency statute necessary for the immediate preservation of the public peace, health, or safety within the meaning of Article IV of the Constitution and shall go into immediate effect. The facts constituting the necessity are: In order to ensure that the instructional materials adoption process is revived as quickly as possible so that pupils and educators benefit from the revised curriculum frameworks and instructional materials, it is necessary that this act take effect immediately.