2009-2010 LEGISLATION prepared by California Science Teachers Association
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| Bill # (author) | Issues (italics represent amendments) |
Analysis | Status | Who Supports It | Who Opposes It | Next Action | CSTA's Position | |
| SBX5 1 (Romero) | Race
to the Top Legislation This bill provides for student achievement data, in the form of the California Longitudinal Pupil Achievement Data System (CALPADS) to be used to make teacher and principal employment decisions, including for purposes of pay, promotion, sanction, or evaluation. The bill also lifts the cap on the number of charter schools that may be authorized by the state. The bill also allows students who are enrolled in low-performing schools to attend a school in a district other than their district of residence. The bill would require the state superintendent to make recommendations on the criteria and conditions for identifying the lowest five percent of historically low-performing schools and would require that each identified school take at least one of three specified alternative governance or restructuring actions required by federal law. |
This bill was introduced in response to federal guidelines outlining requirements that states must meet in order to be eligible for federal Race to the Top (RTTT) money, expected to be between $500 million and $1 billion for California. Governor Schwarzenegger called a special session of the legislature to consider legislation to meet the RTTT requirements. | Passed, signed by governor | Unk. | Unk. | Unk. | ||
| AJR
39 (Beall & Torlakson) | Common
Core Standards for Science and Social Studies |
Passed Senate and Assembly; chaptered by Secretary of State |
CSTA Calif. Council for the Social Studies |
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Unk. | Support | ||
| ACR 88 (Torlakson) | STEM
Task Force Creates a legislative task force on STEM education as a means to raise awareness of issues in STEM education and to support initiatives to improve education of STEM subjects. |
Passed
Assembly and Senate Ed. Cmte.; to full Senate |
CSTA BSMARTE American Chemical Society |
Unk. | Support | |||
| AB 97 (Torlakson) | Content
Standards |
This bill, which
originally called for the review of all subject area content standards,
is the latest in an increasingly long line of bills requiring the state's
content standards to be reviewed and revised as necessary. Each previous
bill has been vetoed by the governor. |
Passed Assembly; passed Senate Education Cmte.; moved to inactive file. May be brought back next year | CSTA |
Unk. | Support | ||
| AB 2019 (Torlakson) | Education
Technology Task Force |
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Passed Assembly; passed Senate Education Cmte.; in Senate Appropriations suspense file | CSTA BSMARTE American Assoc. of Publishers Calif. School Library Assoc. CTA Children Now |
Unk. | Unk. | Support | |
| AB 2069 (Carter) |
Instructional
Materials Amended bill restarts the halted history-social science framework and establishes a timeline for the adoption of instructional materials when they are scheduled to start up in 2013. Schedules the next science adoption for 2017. |
The original bill called for restarting the history-social science framework and reinstating the materials adoption halted in 2009, with the science adoption scheduled for 2016. The amended bill keeps the history framework language but eliminates the reinstatement of the adoption cycle, leaving last year's postponement in effect but establishing a new timeline, with science not being adopted until 2017. | Passed
Assembly Education Cmte.; in Assembly Appropriations Cmte. suspense file |
California Council for the Social Studies CSTA, if amended |
Unk. | Unk. | Support if amended | |
| AB 2446 (Furutani) | Graduation
Requirements Would add completion of a course in career technical education as an alternative to the requirement that a pupil complete a course in visual or performing arts or foreign language. |
Passed Assembly Education Cmte.; in Assembly Appropriations suspense file | Calif. Business
Ed. Assoc., ACSA CSBA Calif. Space Authority CTA |
Calif. Alliance for Arts Ed., Calif. Language Teachers Assoc., CAHPERD | Unk. | Support | ||
| SB 1278 (Wyland) | Instructional
Materials Similarly to the Carter bill (AB 2069, above), restarts the development of the history-social science framework and establishes a new schedule for materials adoptions when they restart in 2013, with science scheduled for 2016. |
The original bill would have repealed the delay of the adoption enacted in 2009 and required the science and history frameworks to be adopted in 2011. The bill was amended to eliminate mention of the science framework altogether, keeps the postponement of materials adoptions until 2013, and establishes a new adoption schedule, with science instructional materials to be adopted in 2016. | Passed Senate; in Assembly | CCSS CSTA, if amended |
Unk. | Unk. | Amend | |
| SB 1444 (Hancock) | STEM
Instruction Defines STEM courses for grades 1-12. |
Bill doesn't require any action, but defines STEM subjects as courses or a sequence of courses that prepare pupils for occupations and careers that require technically sophisticated skills, including the application of math and science skills and concepts. | Passed Senate Education Cmte.; to Assembly | CSTA CBEA |
Unk. | Unk. | Support |