Bill Text: CA SB897 | 2013-2014 | Regular Session | Amended

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Bill Title: Educational programs: history-social science framework: adult education: civics instruction.

Spectrum: Partisan Bill (Democrat 1-0)

Status: (Passed) 2014-09-19 - Chaptered by Secretary of State. Chapter 480, Statutes of 2014. [SB897 Detail]

Download: California-2013-SB897-Amended.html

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BILL NUMBER: SB 897	AMENDED
	BILL TEXT

	AMENDED IN SENATE  APRIL 3, 2014
	AMENDED IN SENATE  FEBRUARY 20, 2014

INTRODUCED BY   Senator Steinberg

                        JANUARY 13, 2014

   An act to amend  Section   Sections 33540 and
 84830 of, and to add Section 52377.5 to, the Education Code,
and to repeal Section 86 of Chapter 48 of the Statutes of 2013,
relating to educational programs.



	LEGISLATIVE COUNSEL'S DIGEST


   SB 897, as amended, Steinberg. Educational programs: competitive
grant programs and adult education. 
   (1) Existing law requires the State Board of Education and the
State Department of Education to request that the Instructional
Quality Commission review and revise, as necessary, the course
requirements in the history-social science framework, as specified.
Existing law requires the commission, when revising the
history-social science framework and as appropriate and based on the
subject matter of the course, to ensure that certain historical
documents are incorporated into the framework, consider incorporating
additional specified historical documents into the framework, and
encourage instruction that promotes an understanding of the
governments of California and the United States of America. 

   This bill would also require the commission, when revising the
history-social science framework and as appropriate and based on the
subject matter of the course, to consider whether and how to
incorporate a specified social studies framework into the
history-social science framework.  
   (1) 
    (2)  Existing law provides for the allocation of funds
appropriated by the Budget Act of 2013 for the establishment of the
California Career Pathways Trust. Existing law requires these funds
to be apportioned, and available for expenditure in the 2013-14
fiscal year to the 2015-16 fiscal year, inclusive, to school
districts, county superintendents of schools, charter schools, and
community colleges in the form of one-time competitive grants for
career pathways programs that accomplish certain objectives,
including, among other things, funding specialists in work-based
learning who, through specified actions, connect school districts,
county superintendents of schools, charter schools, and community
colleges with business entities, and establishing regional
collaborative relationships and partnerships with business entities,
community organizations, and local institutions of postsecondary
education. Existing law also requires the Superintendent of Public
Instruction to consult with the Chancellor of the California
Community Colleges and organizations representing businesses in
considering grant applications pursuant to those provisions.
   This bill would provide that business entities include public
sector entities for purposes of these provisions. The bill would
require the Superintendent to also consult with representatives of
the public sector in considering the grant applications.  The
bill, for a career pathways program connected with a public sector
entity, would require the Superintendent to consider whether, as a
condition of receipt of funds, the grant recipient shall be required
to include specified social studies standards in the career pathways
program funded by the grant.  
   (2) 
    (3)  Existing law, pursuant to funding made available in
the annual Budget Act, requires the Chancellor of the California
Community Colleges and the State Department of Education to jointly
provide 2-year planning and implementation grants to regional
consortia of community college districts and school districts for
purposes of developing regional plans to better serve the educational
needs of adults. Existing law requires the grant funds to be used by
each regional consortium to create and implement a plan to better
provide adults in the region with certain classes and programs,
including, among other things, elementary and secondary basic skills,
including classes required for a high school diploma or high school
equivalency certificate and classes and courses for immigrants
eligible for educational services in citizenship and English as a 2nd
language, and workforce preparation classes in basic skills.
   This bill would require the classes and courses related to
elementary and secondary basic skills and the classes and courses for
immigrants, as described above, to  include basic
instruction in   distribute basic information on 
American government and civics that includes, but is not limited to,
instruction on (A) federal, state, and local government, (B) the 3
branches of government, (C) the importance of civic engagement, and
(D) registering to vote. The bill would apply these requirements to
any funding provided for the 2-year planning and implementation
grants in the 2015-16 fiscal year, or any other statute providing
this funding that takes effect on or after January 1, 2015.
   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 33540 of the  
Education Code   is amended to read: 
   33540.  (a) The state board and the department shall request that
the commission review and revise, as necessary, the course
requirements in the history-social science framework developed by the
History-Social Science Curriculum Framework and Criteria Committee
of the state board to ensure that minimum standards for courses in
American government and civics include sufficient attention to
teaching pupils how to interact, in a practical manner, with state
and local governmental agencies and representatives to solve problems
and to petition for changes in laws and procedures.
   (b) When the history-social science framework is revised as
required by law, the commission shall do, as appropriate and based on
the subject matter of the course, all of the following:
   (1) Ensure the following historical documents are incorporated
 in   into  the framework:
   (A) The Declaration of Independence.
   (B) The United States Constitution, including the Bill of Rights.
   (C) The Federalist Papers.
   (D) The Emancipation Proclamation.
   (E) The Gettysburg Address.
   (F) George Washington's Farewell Address.
   (2) Consider incorporating the following historical documents into
the framework:
   (A) The Magna Carta.
   (B) The Articles of Confederation.
   (C) The California Constitution.
   (3) Encourage instruction that promotes an understanding of the
governments of California and the United States of America,
including, but not limited to, the development of democracy and the
history of the development of the United States Constitution. 
   (4) Consider whether and how to incorporate the College, Career,
and Civic Life (C3) Framework for Social Studies State Standards into
the history-social science framework. 
   SECTION 1.   SEC. 2.   Section 52377.5
is added to the Education Code, to read:
   52377.5.  (a) Funding appropriated in Item 6110-280-0001 of the
Budget Act of 2013 for career technical education shall be allocated
for the establishment of the California Career Pathways Trust.
   (b) The funds appropriated in Item 6110-280-0001 of the Budget Act
of 2013 shall be apportioned to school districts, county
superintendents of schools, charter schools, and community colleges
in the form of one-time competitive grants. Funds shall be available
for expenditure in the 2013-14 fiscal year to the 2015-16 fiscal
year, inclusive.
   (c) Grants shall be available for K-14 career pathways programs
that accomplish any of the following:
   (1) Fund specialists in work-based learning, as defined in Section
51760.1, to convene, connect, measure, or broker efforts to
establish or enhance a locally defined career pathways program that
connects school districts, county superintendents of schools, charter
schools, and community colleges with business entities.
   (2) Establish regional collaborative relationships and
partnerships with business entities, community organizations, and
local institutions of postsecondary education.
   (3) Develop and integrate standards-based academics with a career
relevant, sequenced curriculum following industry-themed pathways
that are aligned to high need, high growth, or emerging regional
economic sectors.
   (4) Provide articulated pathways to postsecondary education
aligned with regional economies.
   (5) Leverage and build on any of the following:
   (A) Existing structures, requirements, and resources of the Carl
D.  Perkins,   Perkins Career and Technical
Education Improvement Act of 2006, the  California Partnership
Academies, and regional occupational programs, including staff
knowledge, community relationships, and course development.
   (B) Matching resources and in-kind contributions from public,
private, and philanthropic sources.
   (C) The California Community Colleges Economic and Workforce
Development Program and its sector strategies and deputy sector
navigators.
   (D) Participation in the local California Community Colleges
Skills Panel.
   (d) As a condition of receipt of funds, a grant recipient under
this section shall identify and set aside funding within its own
budget and obtain funding commitments from program partners
sufficient to support the ongoing costs of the program.
   (e) The Superintendent shall consult with the Chancellor of the
California Community Colleges, organizations representing businesses,
and representatives of the public sector in considering grant
applications under this section.
   (f) For purposes of this section, business entities shall include
public sector entities. 
   (g) For a career pathways program connected with a public sector
entity, the Superintendent shall consider whether, as a condition of
receipt of funds, the grant recipient shall be required to include
the College, Career, and Civic Life (C3) Framework for Social Studies
State Standards in the career pathways program funded by the grant.
 
   (h) 
    (g)  No later than December 1, 2016, grant recipients
and the Superintendent shall report to the Department of Finance and
to the relevant policy and fiscal committees of the Legislature
outcome measures that shall include, but not necessarily be limited
to, all of the following:
   (1) Pupil and student academic performance indicators.
   (2) The number and rate of school or program graduates.
   (3) Attainment of certificates, transfer readiness, and
postsecondary education enrollment.
   (4) Transitions to appropriate employment, apprenticeships, or job
training.
   SEC. 2.   SEC. 3.   Section 84830 of the
Education Code is amended to read:
   84830.  (a) The Chancellor of the California Community Colleges
and the State Department of Education shall, pursuant to funding made
available in the annual Budget Act, jointly provide two-year
planning and implementation grants to regional consortia of community
college districts and school districts for the purpose of developing
regional plans to better serve the educational needs of adults.
   (1) Eligibility shall be limited to consortia consisting of at
least one community college district and at least one school district
within the boundaries of the community college district, either of
which may serve as the consortium's fiscal agent, as determined by
the applicant consortium.
   (2) If a community college district chooses not to participate in
a consortium, a neighboring community college district may form a
consortium with school districts within the boundaries of the
nonparticipating community college district.
   (3) Consortia may include other entities providing adult education
courses, including, but not necessarily limited to, correctional
facilities, other local public entities, and community-based
organizations.
   (b) Grant funds provided pursuant to this section shall be used by
each regional consortium to create and implement a plan to better
provide adults in its region with all of the following:
   (1) Elementary and secondary basic skills, including classes
required for a high school diploma or high school equivalency
certificate.
   (2) Classes and courses for immigrants eligible for educational
services in citizenship and English as a second language, and
workforce preparation classes in basic skills.
   (3) Education programs for adults with disabilities.
   (4) Short-term career technical education programs with high
employment potential.
   (5) Programs for apprentices.
   (c) (1) The classes and courses described in paragraphs (1) and
(2) of subdivision (b) shall  include basic instruction in
  distribute basic information on  American
government and civics that includes, but is not limited to,
instruction on all of the following:
   (A) Federal, state, and local government.
   (B) The three branches of government.
   (C) The importance of civic engagement.
   (D) Registering to vote.
   (2) The requirements of paragraph (1) shall apply to any funding
for the regional consortia provided in the 2015-16 fiscal year,
annual Budget Acts enacted after the 2015-16 fiscal year, or other
legislation that takes effect on or after January 1, 2015. 
   (3) It is the intent of the Legislature that, consistent with the
requirements of Sections 51225.3 and 52555, students enrolled in
classes and courses described in paragraphs (1) and (2) of
subdivision (b) in which instruction in American government and
civics is appropriate shall receive instruction in American
government and civics. 
   (d) Each regional consortium's plan shall include, at a minimum:
   (1) An evaluation of current levels and types of adult education
programs within its region, including education for adults in
correctional facilities; credit, noncredit, and enhanced noncredit
adult education coursework; and programs funded through Title II of
the federal Workforce Investment Act  of 1998  , known as
the Adult Education and Family Literacy Act (Public Law 105-220).
   (2) An evaluation of current needs for adult education programs
within its region.
   (3) Plans for parties that make up the consortium to integrate
their existing programs and create seamless transitions into
postsecondary education or the workforce.
   (4) Plans to address the gaps identified pursuant to paragraphs
(1) and (2).
   (5) Plans to employ approaches proven to accelerate a student's
progress toward his or her academic or career goals, such as
contextualized basic skills and career technical education, and other
joint programming strategies between adult education and career
technical education.
   (6) Plans to collaborate in the provision of ongoing professional
development opportunities for faculty and other staff to help them
achieve greater program integration and improve student outcomes.
   (7) Plans to leverage existing regional structures, including, but
not necessarily limited to, local workforce investment areas.
   (e) The Chancellor of the California Community Colleges and the
State Department of Education may identify additional elements that
consortia must include in a plan.
   (f) (1) On or before March 1, 2014, the Chancellor of the
California Community Colleges and the State Department of Education
shall submit a joint report to the Legislature and the Governor. This
report shall include, but not necessarily be limited to, all of the
following:
   (A) The status of developing regional consortia across the state,
including identification of unserved geographic areas or emerging
gaps in regional program delivery.
   (B) The status and allocation of grant awards made to  the
 regional consortia.
   (2) The report shall be submitted to the Legislature as provided
in Section 9795 of the Government Code.
   (g) (1) On or before March 1, 2015, the Chancellor of the
California Community Colleges and the State Department of Education
shall submit a joint report to the Legislature and the Governor. This
report shall include, but is not limited to, all of the following:
   (A) The plans developed by the regional consortia across the
state.
   (B) Recommendations for additional improvements in the delivery
system serving adult learners.
   (2) The report shall be submitted to the Legislature as provided
in Section 9795 of the Government Code.
   (h) It is the intent of the Legislature to work toward developing
common policies related to adult education affecting adult schools at
local educational agencies and community colleges, including
policies on fees and funding levels.
   (i) It is the intent of the Legislature to provide additional
funding in the 2015-16 fiscal year to  the  regional
consortia to expand and improve the provision of adult education.
   SEC. 3.   SEC. 4.   Section 86 of
Chapter 48 of the Statutes of 2013 is repealed.