BILL NUMBER: SB 199 AMENDED
BILL TEXT
AMENDED IN SENATE MARCH 31, 2009
INTRODUCED BY Senator Ducheny
FEBRUARY 23, 2009
An act to amend Sections 99200.5, 99201, and 99202 of, and to
repeal Section 99206 of, the Education Code, relating to
postsecondary education.
LEGISLATIVE COUNSEL'S DIGEST
SB 199, as amended, Ducheny. Postsecondary education:
instructional strategies: subject matter projects.
(1) Existing law authorizes the Regents of the University of
California to establish and maintain cooperative endeavors designed
to develop and enhance teachers' subject matter and content knowledge
in 6 subject matter project areas. Existing law provides goals to be
accomplished by the subject matter projects. Among these is the goal
to provide support to teachers to develop and enhance the content
knowledge and pedagogical skills necessary to implement State Board
of Education standards.
This bill would provide that this support may include assistance
to teachers to develop and enhance the content knowledge and
pedagogical skills necessary to develop and deliver instruction in
multiple pathway programs and career technical education. The bill
would also authorize 3 additional subject matter projects: the
California Physical Education-Health Project, the California Arts
Project, and the California Foreign Language Project.
(2) Existing law establishes a project advisory board in each
subject matter project area to set guidelines, make recommendations,
and monitor activities for compliance with existing law. Each project
advisory board is composed of representatives who are selected, in
varying numbers, by various individuals and entities. Some of
the representatives, as provided, are required to be classroom
teachers in subject areas addressed by the project.
This bill would change the composition of each project advisory
board to consist of only one representative selected by each
appointing entity to the respective board. The bill would also
delete the requirement that certain representatives be classroom
teachers and instead require that those representatives be
educators with expertise in the subject areas addressed by the
project.
(3) Under existing law, the above provisions become inoperative on
June 30, 2012, and are repealed on January 1, 2013.
This bill would delete these inoperative and repeal dates, thereby
extending the operation of these provisions indefinitely.
(4) Existing law prohibits any of the provisions related to
instructional strategies from applying to the University of
California unless the Regents of the University of California, by
resolution, make those provisions applicable.
This bill would apply to the University of California only if the
regents, by resolution, make these provisions applicable.
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 99200.5 of the Education Code is amended to
read:
99200.5. The statewide subject matter projects shall accomplish
all of the following goals:
(a) Create opportunities for researchers, higher education
faculty, and elementary and secondary school faculty to work together
to accomplish all of the following:
(1) Identify exemplary teaching practices.
(2) Examine and develop research on learning, knowledge, and
educational materials.
(3) Provide support to teachers to develop and enhance the content
knowledge and pedagogical skills necessary to implement State Board
of Education standards adopted pursuant to Section 60605. The support
may include assistance to academic teachers and career technical
education teachers to develop and enhance the content knowledge and
pedagogical skills necessary to develop and deliver instruction in
multiple pathway programs and career technical education.
(b) Collect the necessary data to perform the evaluation required
by subdivision (c) of Section 99200.
SEC. 2. Section 99201 of the Education Code is amended to read:
99201. The following subject matter projects shall be authorized
pursuant to this chapter:
(a) The California Writing Project.
(b) The California Reading and Literature Project.
(c) The California Mathematics Project.
(d) The California Science Project.
(e) The California History-Social Science Project.
(f) The World History and International Studies Project.
(g) The California Physical Education-Health Project.
(h) The California Arts Project.
(i) The California Foreign Language Project.
SEC. 3. Section 99202 of the Education Code is
amended to read:
99202. (a) Within each subject matter project, a project advisory
board shall be established to do all of the following:
(1) Set guidelines for project sites.
(2) Review and recommend site proposals for funding.
(3) Monitor project activities to ensure that they adequately
reflect the priorities of the project and that projects comply with
the requirements of this chapter.
(4) Perform other duties as determined by the Concurrence
Committee rules and regulations adopted pursuant to subdivision (b)
of Section 99200.
(b) The composition of each advisory board shall be as follows:
(1) One representative selected by the California Postsecondary
Education Commission.
(2) One representative, selected by the President of the
University of California, who is a member of the faculty in the
discipline addressed by the project.
(3) One representative, selected by the Chancellor of the
California State University, who is a member of the faculty in the
discipline addressed by the project.
(4) One representative, selected by the Superintendent of Public
Instruction, who is a classroom teacher in the subject areas
addressed by the project.
(5) One representative of the State Board of Education, who is a
classroom teacher in the subject areas addressed by the project.
(6) One representative selected by the Governor.
(7) One representative selected by the Commission on Teacher
Credentialing.
(8) One representative of the statewide professional organization
of teachers in the subject matter addressed by the project, to be
selected by the president of that organization. If there is more than
one statewide professional organization of teachers in that subject
area, the members of the advisory board may choose which organization
shall select the representative and may choose to include a
representative of one or more of the other organizations as nonvoting
members of the advisory board.
(9) One representative of the California community colleges,
selected by the Chancellor of the California Community Colleges, who
is a faculty member in the subject matter area addressed by the
project.
(10) One representative of an independent postsecondary
institution, selected by the Association of Independent California
Colleges and Universities, who is a member of the faculty in the
discipline addressed by the project.
SEC. 3. Section 99202 of the Education
Code is amended to read:
99202. (a) Within each subject matter project, a project advisory
board shall be established to do all of the following:
(1) Set guidelines for project sites.
(2) Review and recommend site proposals for funding.
(3) Monitor project activities to ensure that they adequately
reflect the priorities of the project and that projects comply with
the requirements of this chapter.
(4) Perform other duties as determined by the Concurrence
Committee rules and regulations adopted pursuant to subdivision (b)
of Section 99200.
(b) The composition of each advisory board shall be as follows:
(1) One representative selected by the California Postsecondary
Education Commission.
(2) Two representatives One
representative, selected by the President of the University of
California, one of whom who is a member
of the faculty in the discipline addressed by the project.
(3) Two representatives One
representative, selected by the Chancellor of the California
State University, one of whom who is a
member of the faculty in the discipline addressed by the project.
(4) Three representatives One
representative, selected by the Superintendent of Public
Instruction, one of whom who is
a classroom teacher an educator with
expertise in the subject areas addressed by the project.
(5) Two representatives One
representative of the State Board of Education, one of
whom who is a classroom teacher
an educator with expertise in the subject areas
addressed by the subject project .
(6) One representative selected by the Governor.
(7) One representative selected by the Commission on Teacher
Credentialing.
(8) One representative of the statewide professional organization
of teachers in the subject matter addressed by the project, to be
selected by the president of that organization. If there is more than
one statewide professional organization of teachers in that subject
area, the members of the advisory board may choose which organization
shall select the representative and may choose to include a
representative of one or more of the other organizations as nonvoting
members of the advisory board.
(9) Two representatives One representative
of the California community colleges selected by the
Chancellor of the California Community Colleges, one of whom
who is a faculty member in the subject matter
area addressed by the project.
(10) Two representatives One
representative of an independent postsecondary institution
selected by the Association of Independent California Colleges and
Universities, one of whom who is a
member of the faculty in the discipline addressed by the project.
SEC. 4. Section 99206 of the Education Code is repealed.