Bill Text: CA AB2307 | 2013-2014 | Regular Session | Amended
Bill Title: Common core academic content standards: school district opt out.
Spectrum: Partisan Bill (Republican 1-0)
Status: (Introduced - Dead) 2014-06-05 - From committee without further action pursuant to Joint Rule 62(a). [AB2307 Detail]
Download: California-2013-AB2307-Amended.html
BILL NUMBER: AB 2307 AMENDED
BILL TEXT
AMENDED IN ASSEMBLY MARCH 20, 2014
INTRODUCED BY Assembly Member Donnelly
FEBRUARY 21, 2014
An act to amend add and repeal
Section 52372.5 60603.5 of the
Education Code, relating to career technical education.
pupil assessment and academic achievement.
LEGISLATIVE COUNSEL'S DIGEST
AB 2307, as amended, Donnelly. Career technical
education: linked learning programs. Common core
academic content standards: school district opt out.
Existing law provides for the development and adoption of common
core academic content standards by the State Board of Education, and
requires the state board to adopt curriculum frameworks and
instructional materials that are aligned to those content standards.
Existing law establishes the Measurement of Academic Performance and
Progress for the development, adoption, and administration of
assessments to pupils in elementary and secondary school that, among
other things, assess the common core academic content standards.
This bill, operative on July 1, 2015, would specify that a school
district may opt out of any state statute or regulation that would
require the use of common core academic content standards by that
school district, including, but not limited to, curriculum
frameworks, instructional materials, and assessments. The bill would
require a school district that opts out pursuant to those provisions
to use the academic content standards that were used in this state
before the adoption of the common core academic content standards,
and would also require the school district, at its own expense, to
administer a standards-based achievement test pursuant to the former
Standardized Testing and Reporting Program, which was repealed on
January 1, 2014. The bill would make those provisions inoperative on
July 1, 2020, and would repeal them on January 1, 2021.
Existing law establishes the Linked Learning Pilot Program for the
purpose of implementing districtwide linked learning programs, and
defines linked learning program for purposes of those provisions.
This bill would make nonsubstantive changes, including deleting
obsolete reporting requirements related to linked learning programs.
Vote: majority. Appropriation: no. Fiscal committee: no
yes . State-mandated local program: no.
THE PEOPLE OF THE STATE OF CALIFORNIA DO ENACT AS FOLLOWS:
SECTION 1. Section 60603.5 is added to the
Education Code , to read:
60603.5. (a) Notwithstanding any other law, a school district may
opt out of any state statute or regulation that would require the
use of common core academic content standards by that school
district, including, but not limited to, curriculum frameworks,
instructional materials, and assessments.
(b) A school district that opts out pursuant to this section shall
do the following:
(1) Use the academic content standards that were used in this
state before the common core academic content standards were adopted.
(2) Administer the standards-based achievement test pursuant to
the provisions of the former Standardized Testing and Reporting
Program set forth in Section 60640, as that section read on January
1, 2013. A school district shall be responsible for all costs for
acquiring and administering the test.
(c) (1) This section shall become operative on July 1, 2015.
(2) This section shall become inoperative on July 1, 2020, and,
as of January 1, 2021, is repealed, unless a later enacted statute,
that becomes operative on or before January 1, 2021, deletes or
extends the dates on which it becomes inoperative and is repealed.
SECTION 1. Section 52372.5 of the Education
Code is amended to read:
52372.5. For purposes of this article, a "linked learning program"
is a program that is all of the following:
(a) A multiyear, comprehensive high school program of integrated
academic and technical study that is organized around a broad theme,
interest area, or industry sector, including, but not necessarily
limited to, the industry sectors identified in the model standards
adopted by the state board pursuant to Section 51226.
(b) A program that ensures that all pupils have curriculum choices
that will prepare them for career entry and a full range of
postsecondary options, including two- and four-year college,
apprenticeship, and formal employment training.
(c) A program that is comprised, at a minimum, of the following
components:
(1) An integrated core curriculum that meets the eligibility
requirements for admission to the University of California and the
California State University and is delivered through project-based
learning and other engaging instructional strategies that
intentionally bring real-world context and relevance to the
curriculum where broad themes, interest areas, and career technical
education are emphasized.
(2) An integrated technical core of a sequence of at least four
related courses, that may reflect career technical education
standards-based courses, that provide pupils with career skills, that
are aligned to and underscore academic principles, and to the extent
possible fulfill the academic core requirements listed in paragraph
(1).
(3) A series of work-based learning opportunities that begin with
mentoring and job shadowing and evolve into intensive internships,
school-based enterprises, or virtual apprenticeships.
(4) Support services, including supplemental instruction in
reading and mathematics, that help pupils master the advanced
academic and technical content that is necessary for success in
college and career.
