Bill Text: CA AB2698 | 2013-2014 | Regular Session | Introduced

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Bill Title: Pupil instruction: courses of study: grades 7 to 12.

Spectrum: Partisan Bill (Democrat 1-0)

Status: (Introduced - Dead) 2014-02-24 - Read first time. [AB2698 Detail]

Download: California-2013-AB2698-Introduced.html

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BILL NUMBER: AB 2698	INTRODUCED
	BILL TEXT


INTRODUCED BY   Assembly Member Gonzalez

                        FEBRUARY 21, 2014

   An act to amend Section 51220 of the Education Code, relating to
pupil instruction.


	LEGISLATIVE COUNSEL'S DIGEST


   AB 2698, as introduced, Gonzalez. Pupil instruction: courses of
study: grades 7 to 12.
   Existing law prescribes the adopted course of study for grades 7
to 12, inclusive. That course of study is required to include,
English, social sciences, foreign language, physical education,
science, mathematics, visual and performing arts, applied arts,
career technical education, automobile driver education, and other
studies that the governing board may prescribe.
   This bill would make nonsubstantive changes in the provision
described above.
   Vote: majority. Appropriation: no. Fiscal committee: no.
State-mandated local program: no.


THE PEOPLE OF THE STATE OF CALIFORNIA DO ENACT AS FOLLOWS:

  SECTION 1.  Section 51220 of the Education Code is amended to read:

   51220.  The adopted course of study for grades 7 to 12, inclusive,
shall offer courses in the following areas of study:
   (a) English, including  the  knowledge of and
appreciation for literature, language, and composition, and the
skills of reading, listening, and speaking.
   (b) Social sciences, drawing upon the disciplines of anthropology,
economics, geography, history, political science, psychology, and
sociology, designed to fit the maturity of the pupils. Instruction
shall provide a foundation for understanding the history, resources,
development, and government of California and the United States of
America; instruction in our American legal system, the operation of
the juvenile and adult criminal justice systems, and the rights and
duties of citizens under the criminal and civil law and the 
State   California  and  Federal 
 United States  Constitutions; the development of the
American economic system, including the role of the entrepreneur and
labor; the relations of persons to their human and natural
environment; eastern and western cultures and civilizations; human
rights issues, with particular attention to the study of the
inhumanity of genocide, slavery, and the Holocaust, and contemporary
issues.
   (c) Foreign language or languages, beginning not later than grade
7, designed to develop a facility for understanding, speaking,
reading, and writing the particular language.
   (d) Physical education, with emphasis given to physical activities
that are conducive to health and to vigor of body and mind, as
required by Section 51222.
   (e) Science, including the physical and biological aspects, with
emphasis on basic concepts, theories, and processes of scientific
investigation and on the place of humans in ecological systems, and
with appropriate applications of the interrelation and
interdependence of the sciences.
   (f) Mathematics, including instruction designed to develop
mathematical understandings, operational skills, and insight into
problem-solving procedures.
   (g) Visual and performing arts, including dance, music, theater,
and visual arts, with emphasis upon development of aesthetic
appreciation and the skills of creative expression.
   (h) Applied arts, including instruction in the areas of consumer
and homemaking education, industrial arts, general business
education, or general agriculture.
   (i) Career technical education designed and conducted for the
purpose of preparing youth for gainful employment in the occupations
and in the numbers that are appropriate to the personnel needs of the
state and the community served and relevant to the career desires
and needs of the pupils.
   (j) Automobile driver education, designed to develop a knowledge
of the provisions of the Vehicle Code and other laws of this state
relating to the operation of motor vehicles, a proper acceptance of
personal responsibility in traffic, a true appreciation of the
causes, seriousness  ,  and consequences of traffic
accidents, and to develop the knowledge and attitudes necessary for
the safe operation of motor vehicles. A course in automobile driver
education shall include education in the safe operation of
motorcycles.
   (k) Other studies  as may be prescribed by  
that  the governing board  may prescribe  .