Bill Text: CA SB426 | 2009-2010 | Regular Session | Amended
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Bill Title: Public school instruction: curriculum frameworks.
Spectrum: Partisan Bill (Democrat 1-0)
Status: (Introduced - Dead) 2010-02-01 - Returned to Secretary of Senate pursuant to Joint Rule 56. [SB426 Detail]
Download: California-2009-SB426-Amended.html
Bill Title: Public school instruction: curriculum frameworks.
Spectrum: Partisan Bill (Democrat 1-0)
Status: (Introduced - Dead) 2010-02-01 - Returned to Secretary of Senate pursuant to Joint Rule 56. [SB426 Detail]
Download: California-2009-SB426-Amended.html
BILL NUMBER: SB 426 AMENDED BILL TEXT AMENDED IN SENATE MARCH 31, 2009 INTRODUCED BY Senator Yee FEBRUARY 26, 2009 An act to add Section 60006 to the Education Code, relating to public school instruction. LEGISLATIVE COUNSEL'S DIGEST SB 426, as amended, Yee. Public school instruction: curriculum frameworks. Existing law requires the State Board of Education to adopt the content of curriculum frameworksand, evaluation criteria , and worksheets developed to supplement curriculum frameworks in accordance with regulations it adopts to govern the development of curriculum frameworks and the adoption of instructional materials. This bill would requirethe state board to establish a procedure in which the member of the Senate appointed tothe Curriculum Development and Supplemental Materials Commissionwould present changes to curriculum frameworks proposed by the Legislature to the state board for its consideration, as part of its regular process of developing and revising curriculum frameworks as requested by the state board, to consider and vote on whether to adopt each concurrent resolution passed by the Legislature that proposes changes to curriculum frameworks. The bill would require the commission biannually to present the adopted resolutions to the state board . The bill would require the state board to consider each of thechanges proposedresolutions presented by theLegislaturecommission as part ofitsthe board's regular process of developing and revising curriculum frameworksand to respond in writing to the Legislature regarding its conclusions on the proposed changes. 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 60006 is added to the Education Code, to read: 60006. (a) As part of its regular process of developing and revising curriculum frameworks as requested by the state board, the Curriculum Development and Supplemental Materials Commission shall consider and vote on whether to adopt each concurrent resolution passed by the Legislature that proposes changes to curriculum frameworks. The commission biannually shall present each of the resolutions it adopts pursuant to this subdivision to the state board. (b) The state board shall consider each of the resolutions presented by the commission pursuant to subdivision (a) as part of the board's regular process of developing and revising curriculum frameworks.60006. (a) The state board shall establish a procedure in which the member of the Senate appointed to the Curriculum Development and Supplemental Materials Commission pursuant to Section 33530 shall present changes to curriculum frameworks proposed by the Legislature to the state board for its consideration. (b) The state board shall consider the changes proposed by the Legislature as part of its regular process of developing and revising curriculum frameworks and shall respond in writing to the Legislature regarding its conclusions on the proposed changes.