BILL NUMBER: SB 426	AMENDED
	BILL TEXT

	AMENDED IN SENATE  JANUARY 7, 2010
	AMENDED IN SENATE  MAY 19, 2009
	AMENDED IN SENATE  APRIL 22, 2009
	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 frameworks, 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 require the Senate Committee on Rules to inform
the State Department of Education regarding each concurrent
resolution adopted by the Legislature that proposes changes to
curriculum frameworks that are currently under review by the
Curriculum Development and Supplemental Materials Commission. The
bill would require the commission, as part of its regular process of
developing and revising curriculum frameworks as requested by the
state board, to  vote on whether to adopt  
consider  each concurrent resolution reported to the department
by the Senate Committee on Rules  and vote on whether to adopt
the resolution  . The bill would require the commission to
present the resolutions it adopts to the state board. The bill would
require the state board to consider each of the resolutions presented
by the commission as part of the board's regular process of
developing and revising curriculum frameworks. The bill would require
the commission and the state board to perform these duties within
the existing cycle for developing and revising curriculum frameworks
in a manner that does not impose additional costs on the department.

   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) The Senate Committee on Rules shall inform the
department regarding each concurrent resolution adopted by the
Legislature that proposes changes to curriculum frameworks that are
currently under review by the Curriculum Development and Supplemental
Materials Commission. As part of its regular process of developing
and revising curriculum frameworks as requested by the state board,
the commission shall  vote on whether to adopt  
consider  each concurrent resolution reported to the department
by the Senate Committee on Rules  ,   and shall vote on
whether to adopt the resolution  . The commission 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.
   (c) The commission and the state board shall perform the duties
specified in this section within the existing cycle for developing
and revising curriculum frameworks in a manner that does not impose
additional costs on the department.