Bill Text: CA SB1045 | 2021-2022 | Regular Session | Amended
Bill Title: School curriculum: parental review.
Spectrum: Partisan Bill (Republican 1-0)
Status: (Introduced - Dead) 2022-04-27 - April 27 set for second hearing. Failed passage in committee. (Ayes 2. Noes 5. Page 3539.) Reconsideration granted. [SB1045 Detail]
Download: California-2021-SB1045-Amended.html
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Amended
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Senate
March 14, 2022 |
CALIFORNIA LEGISLATURE—
2021–2022 REGULAR SESSION
Senate Bill
No. 1045
| Introduced by Senator Melendez |
February 15, 2022 |
An act to amend Section 51200 Sections 49091.10 and 49091.14 of the Education Code, relating to school curriculum.
LEGISLATIVE COUNSEL'S DIGEST
SB 1045, as amended, Melendez.
School curriculum: required courses of study. parental review.
Existing law requires all primary supplemental instructional materials and assessments, including textbooks, teacher’s manuals, films, audio and video recordings, and software, to be compiled and stored by the classroom instructor and made available promptly for inspection by a parent or guardian, as provided.
This bill would require a classroom instructor to also provide a parent or a guardian with a copy of the classroom instructor’s lesson plan, as defined, upon request, in hard copy or electronic word processor document format, at the parent or guardian’s choosing, as provided. By imposing additional duties on classroom instructors, the bill would impose a state-mandated local program. The bill would authorize school officials to charge for the lesson plan
an amount not to exceed the cost of duplication.
Existing law requires the curriculum, including titles, descriptions, and instructional aims of every course offered by a public school, to be compiled at least once annually in a prospectus, and requires each schoolsite to make its prospectus available for review upon request, as provided.
This bill would require each schoolsite to also publish the prospectus on its internet website, if it maintains an internet website, at least 3 calendar days before the start of the academic year, and would require any changes to the school’s prospectus to be reflected on the school’s internet website no later than 7 calendar days after the change has been made. To the extent these provisions impose additional requirements on local educational agencies, the bill would impose a state-mandated local program.
The California
Constitution requires the state to reimburse local agencies and school districts for certain costs mandated by the state. Statutory provisions establish procedures for making that reimbursement.
This bill would provide that with regard to certain mandates no reimbursement is required by this act for a specified reason.
With regard to any other mandates, this bill would provide that, if the Commission on State Mandates determines that the bill contains costs so mandated by the state, reimbursement for those costs shall be made pursuant to the statutory provisions noted above.
Existing law prescribes the required courses of study for grades 1 to 12, inclusive.
This bill would make a nonsubstantive change to that provision.
Digest Key
Vote: MAJORITY Appropriation: NO Fiscal Committee:Bill Text
The people of the State of California do enact as follows:
SECTION 1.
Section 49091.10 of the Education Code is amended to read:49091.10.
(a) (1) All primary supplemental instructional materials and assessments, including textbooks, teacher’s manuals, films, audio and video recordings, and(2) A classroom instructor shall also provide a parent or a guardian with a copy of the classroom instructor’s lesson plan upon request, in hard copy or electronic word processor document format, at the parent or guardian’s choosing. School officials may charge for the lesson plan an amount not to exceed the cost of duplication. Any request for a copy of a lesson plan shall be honored within a reasonable timeframe or in accordance with procedures determined by the governing board of the school district, but in all cases no later than three business days from the date of the request.
(b) A parent or guardian has the right to observe instruction and other school activities that involve his or her
their
child in accordance with procedures determined by the governing board of the school district to ensure the safety of pupils and school personnel and to prevent undue interference with instruction or harassment of school personnel. Reasonable accommodation of parents and guardians shall be considered by the governing board of the school district. Upon written request by the parent or guardian, school officials shall arrange for the parental observation of the requested class or classes or activities by that parent or guardian in a reasonable timeframe and in accordance with procedures determined by the governing board of the school district.
(c) For the purposes of this section, “lesson plan” means a comprehensive and detailed document that identifies the core objectives of the course, the learning materials that will be used by pupils as part of
their studies, the individual and group assignments and activities that pupils will be expected to complete and participate in, and the dates and times in which the specific learning materials and activities will be assigned and set for completion.
SEC. 2.
Section 49091.14 of the Education Code is amended to read:49091.14.
(a) The curriculum, including titles, descriptions, and instructional aims of every course offered by a public school, shall be compiled at least once annually in a prospectus. Each schoolsite shall make its prospectus available for physical review upon(b) Any changes to the school’s prospectus shall be reflected on the school’s internet website, if it maintains an internet website, no later than seven calendar days after the change has been made.
SEC. 3.
No reimbursement is required by this act pursuant to Section 6 of Article XIII B of the California Constitution for certain costs that may be incurred by a local agency or school district because, in that regard, a local agency or school district has the authority to levy service charges, fees, or assessments sufficient to pay for the program or level of service mandated by this act, within the meaning of Section 17556 of the Government Code.However, if the Commission on State Mandates determines that this act contains other costs
mandated by the state, reimbursement to local agencies and school districts for those costs shall be made pursuant to Part 7 (commencing with Section 17500) of Division 4 of Title 2 of the Government Code.
Except as otherwise provided, the provisions contained in this chapter are the requirements for courses of study in grades 1 to 12, inclusive.
