60605.12.
(a) By January 1, 2021, the Superintendent shall recommend to the state board a schedule for the regular review and update of academic content standards in all subject areas for which academic content standards have been adopted by the state board. The schedule shall be aligned to the current eight-year cycle of curriculum framework updates and instructional materials adoptions pursuant to paragraph (1) of subdivision (b) of Section 60200.(b) When academic content standards in a subject area are under review according to the schedule adopted under subdivision (a), the Instructional Quality Commission shall determine if those standards require an update. The determination shall be based upon all of the following considerations:
(1) The amount of time since the standards were adopted or last updated.
(2) If additional research conducted since the standards were adopted or last updated justifies updating the standards.
(3) The potential impact on existing curricula, instructional materials, and assessment systems based upon the standards.
(c) If the Instructional Quality Commission determines that an update to the academic content standards in a subject area under review according to the schedule adopted under subdivision (a) is warranted, it shall convene an academic content standards advisory committee to recommend updates to those standards. The committee shall consist of at least eleven, but not more than twenty, members, who shall be appointed as follows:
(1) A majority of the committee members shall, at time of appointment, be teachers who teach pupils in kindergarten or grades 1-12, inclusive, and have a teaching credential issued pursuant to Article 4 (commencing with Section 44250) of Chapter 2 of Part 25 of Division 3.
(2) At least one member of the committee shall possess thorough knowledge of the academic content standards in the subject area under review.
(3) The committee membership shall reflect the diversity of the pupils, types of school districts, and regions of the state.
(4) At least five members of the committee shall have advanced degrees in the subject area under review.
(5) At least one member of the committee shall have a
doctor of philosophy (Ph.D.), doctor of education (Ed.D.), or an equivalent degree in the subject area under review.
(d) (1) An academic content standards advisory committee established pursuant to subdivision (c) shall review the academic content standards for the subject matter under review, and shall prepare proposed updates to the standards as it deems necessary. The committee shall recommend its proposed updates to the Instructional Quality Commission. At least 60 days before the committee forwards the proposed updates to the Instructional Quality Commission, the department shall post the proposed updates on its internet website, and shall include a link for members of the public to submit comments on the proposed updates. The Instructional Quality Commission shall adopt or reject the proposed updates within 120 days of receipt, and shall recommend proposed updates it adopts to the state board for adoption.
(2) When making their respective recommendations pursuant to paragraph (1), the committee and the Instructional Quality Commission shall consider both of the following:
(A) The extent to which the proposed updates reflect current and confirmed research in the subject area under review.
(B) The impact that the proposed updates will have upon school districts and existing curricula and assessments.
(3) Upon completing its duties required under paragraph (1), the committee shall dissolve.
(e) Each academic content standards advisory committee established pursuant to subdivision (c) shall conduct at least two, but not more than six, face-to-face meetings that are open to the public and include
opportunities for public input. The committee may convene additional meetings by teleconference or over the internet, subject to the requirements of the Bagley-Keene Open Meeting Act (Article 9 (commencing with Section 11120) of Chapter 1 of Part 1 of Division 3 of Title 2 of the Government Code).
(f) Members of each academic content standards advisory committee established pursuant to subdivision (c) shall serve without compensation, except for actual and necessary travel expenses.
(g) The Superintendent shall develop, and the state board shall adopt, guidelines to implement this section.
(h) The convening of each academic content standards advisory committee pursuant to subdivision (c) shall be contingent upon an appropriation in the annual Budget Act for the appropriate fiscal year to the Instructional Quality
Commission for purposes of establishing the committee.