Bill Text: CA AB970 | 2009-2010 | Regular Session | Amended

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Bill Title: Local government: economic development.

Spectrum: Moderate Partisan Bill (Democrat 7-2)

Status: (Engrossed - Dead) 2010-05-06 - Re-referred to Coms. on B., P. & E.D. and REV. & TAX. [AB970 Detail]

Download: California-2009-AB970-Amended.html

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BILL NUMBER: AB 970	AMENDED
	BILL TEXT

	AMENDED IN ASSEMBLY  JUNE 1, 2009
	AMENDED IN ASSEMBLY  MAY 4, 2009
	AMENDED IN ASSEMBLY  APRIL 2, 2009

INTRODUCED BY   Assembly Members Block and Bass
   (Coauthors: Assembly Members Ammiano, Brownley, Carter, Eng,
Miller, Nestande, and Solorio)

                        FEBRUARY 26, 2009

   An act to add Section 51204.7 to the Education Code, relating to
public schools.


	LEGISLATIVE COUNSEL'S DIGEST


   AB 970, as amended, Block. Curriculum and instructional materials:
Native Americans.
   Existing law requires that, when adopting instructional materials
for use in the schools, governing boards shall include only
instructional materials that, in their determination, accurately
portray the cultural and racial diversity of our society, including
the role and contributions of Native Americans to the total
development of California and the United States. Existing law also
requires that instruction in social sciences include the early
history of California and a study of the role and contributions of
American Indians to the economic, political, and social development
of California and the United States of America, with particular
emphasis on portraying the role of these groups in contemporary
society.
   This bill would encourage the State Board of Education and the
Curriculum Development and Supplemental Materials Commission to
ensure that the history-social science framework, evaluation
criteria, and instructional materials include information about
American Indians.  The bill would encourage instruction about
American Indians, emphasizing California Native Americans, including
their tribal and sovereign governments and their relationship with
the California state government and the people of California.
 The bill would require the state board, within one year
following the conclusion of the first adoption cycle for
history-social science instructional materials that occurs on or
after January 1, 2010, to report to the Legislature and the Governor
regarding the progress of achieving the goals set forth by the bill.

   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 51204.7 is added to the Education Code, to
read:
   51204.7.  (a) The State Board of Education and the Curriculum
Development and Supplemental Materials Commission are encouraged to
ensure that the history-social science framework, evaluation
criteria, and instructional materials, adopted in the course of the
next submission cycle following the date on which this section
becomes effective, include information about American Indians,
emphasizing California Native Americans, including their existing
tribal and sovereign governments and their relationship with the
California state government and the people of California. 
   (b) The Legislature encourages instruction about American Indians,
emphasizing California Native Americans, including their tribal and
sovereign governments and their relationship with the California
state government.  
   (c) The Legislature encourages all state and local professional
development activities to provide teachers with content background
and resources to assist in teaching about American Indians,
emphasizing California Native Americans, including their tribal and
sovereign governments and their relationship with the California
state government.  
   (d) 
    (b)  Within one year following the conclusion of the
first adoption cycle for history-social science instructional
materials that occurs on or after January 1, 2010, the state board
shall report to the Legislature and the Governor regarding the
progress of achieving the goals set forth in this section.