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CALIFORNIA LEGISLATIVE INFORMATION: BILL NUMBER: AB 659
Official California Legislative Information, The State of California
Jan 8 2014
AB 659, as amended, Nazarian. County educational agencies: county
school service fund budgets: posting online.
Pupil instruction: Armenian Genocide.
Existing law requires the State Department of Education to incorporate
materials relating to civil rights, human rights violations, genocide,
slavery, and the Holocaust into publications that provide examples
of curriculum resources, consistent with the subject frameworks on
history and social science and other requirements. Under existing law,
the Legislature encourages the incorporation of survivor, rescuer,
liberator, and witness testimony into the teaching of human rights,
genocide, and the Holocaust.
This bill would also require the incorporation of materials related
to the Armenian Genocide into those publications, and would require
the Armenian Genocide to be considered in the next cycle in which
the history/social science curriculum framework and its accompanying
instructional materials are adopted. The bill would also specify
that the Legislature encourages the incorporation of an oral history
component specifically related to genocide, including, but not limited
to, the Darfur, Rwandan, Cambodian, and Armenian genocides, and the
Jewish Holocaust, and would require testimony incorporated into an
oral history component to consist only of first-hand accounts of
significant historical events presented in a specified format.
Existing law requires the county board of education to hold a public
hearing on the proposed county school service fund budget for that
fiscal year. Existing law further requires that the agenda for that
hearing be posted at least 72 hours prior to the hearing and that it
include the location where the budget will be available for inspection.
This bill would authorize the county board of education to post the
proposed budget on its Internet Web site for public inspection.
Vote: majority. Appropriation: no. Fiscal committee: no yes
. State-mandated local program: no.
THE PEOPLE OF THE STATE OF CALIFORNIA DO ENACT AS FOLLOWS:
SECTION 1. Section 51226.3 of the Education Code is amended to read:
51226.3. (a) The State Department of Education department shall
incorporate, incorporate into publications that provide examples of
curriculum resources for teacher use, use those materials developed
by publishers of nonfiction, trade books, and primary sources, or
other public or private organizations, that are age-appropriate and
consistent with the subject frameworks on history and social science
that deal with civil rights, human rights violations, genocide,
slavery, and the Holocaust , and the Armenian Genocide .
(b) The Legislature encourages the incorporation of survivor, rescuer,
liberator, and witness testimony into the teaching of human rights,
genocide, and the Holocaust , and the Armenian Genocide .
(c) (1) The Legislature encourages the incorporation of an oral history
component specifically related to genocide, including, but not limited
to, the Darfur, Rwandan, Cambodian, and Armenian genocides, and the
Jewish Holocaust.
(2) As used in this subdivision, testimony incorporated into an
oral history component shall consist only of first-hand accounts of
significant historical events presented in a format that includes,
but is not limited to, in-person testimony, video, or a multimedia
option, such as a DVD or online video.
(c) (d) The Legislature encourages all state and local professional
development activities to provide teachers with content background
and resources to assist in teaching about civil rights, human rights
violations, genocide, slavery, and the Holocaust , and the Armenian
Genocide .
(d) (e) The Legislature encourages all state and local professional
development activities to provide teachers with content background
and resources to assist in teaching about the Great Irish Famine
of 1845-50.
(e) (f) The Great Irish Famine of 1845-50 and the Armenian Genocide
shall be considered in the next cycle in which the history/social
science curriculum framework and its accompanying instructional
materials are adopted.
(f) (g) The Model Curriculum for Human Rights and Genocide adopted by
the State Board of Education, state board, pursuant to Section 51226,
shall be made available to schools in grades 7 to 12, inclusive,
as soon as funding is available for this purpose. In addition, the
State Department of Education department shall make the curriculum
available on its Internet Web site.
SECTION 1. Section 1620 of the Education Code is amended to read:
1620. On or before July 1 of each fiscal year, the county board of
education shall hold a public hearing on the proposed county school
service fund budget for that fiscal year (the "budget year").
The public hearing shall be held before the adoption of the budget
by the county board of education, and shall occur not less than
three days following the availability of the proposed budget for
public inspection. The agenda for that hearing shall be posted at
least 72 hours before the hearing and shall include the location of
where the budget will be available for inspection. The county board
of education may post the proposed budget on its Internet Web site
for public inspection. At the hearing, a taxpayer directly affected
by the county school service fund budget may appear before the county
board of education and speak on the proposed budget or an item therein.
For information please visit: http://www.leginfo.ca.gov
From: Emil Lazarian | Ararat NewsPress
Official California Legislative Information, The State of California
Jan 8 2014
AB 659, as amended, Nazarian. County educational agencies: county
school service fund budgets: posting online.
Pupil instruction: Armenian Genocide.
Existing law requires the State Department of Education to incorporate
materials relating to civil rights, human rights violations, genocide,
slavery, and the Holocaust into publications that provide examples
of curriculum resources, consistent with the subject frameworks on
history and social science and other requirements. Under existing law,
the Legislature encourages the incorporation of survivor, rescuer,
liberator, and witness testimony into the teaching of human rights,
genocide, and the Holocaust.
This bill would also require the incorporation of materials related
to the Armenian Genocide into those publications, and would require
the Armenian Genocide to be considered in the next cycle in which
the history/social science curriculum framework and its accompanying
instructional materials are adopted. The bill would also specify
that the Legislature encourages the incorporation of an oral history
component specifically related to genocide, including, but not limited
to, the Darfur, Rwandan, Cambodian, and Armenian genocides, and the
Jewish Holocaust, and would require testimony incorporated into an
oral history component to consist only of first-hand accounts of
significant historical events presented in a specified format.
Existing law requires the county board of education to hold a public
hearing on the proposed county school service fund budget for that
fiscal year. Existing law further requires that the agenda for that
hearing be posted at least 72 hours prior to the hearing and that it
include the location where the budget will be available for inspection.
This bill would authorize the county board of education to post the
proposed budget on its Internet Web site for public inspection.
Vote: majority. Appropriation: no. Fiscal committee: no yes
. State-mandated local program: no.
THE PEOPLE OF THE STATE OF CALIFORNIA DO ENACT AS FOLLOWS:
SECTION 1. Section 51226.3 of the Education Code is amended to read:
51226.3. (a) The State Department of Education department shall
incorporate, incorporate into publications that provide examples of
curriculum resources for teacher use, use those materials developed
by publishers of nonfiction, trade books, and primary sources, or
other public or private organizations, that are age-appropriate and
consistent with the subject frameworks on history and social science
that deal with civil rights, human rights violations, genocide,
slavery, and the Holocaust , and the Armenian Genocide .
(b) The Legislature encourages the incorporation of survivor, rescuer,
liberator, and witness testimony into the teaching of human rights,
genocide, and the Holocaust , and the Armenian Genocide .
(c) (1) The Legislature encourages the incorporation of an oral history
component specifically related to genocide, including, but not limited
to, the Darfur, Rwandan, Cambodian, and Armenian genocides, and the
Jewish Holocaust.
(2) As used in this subdivision, testimony incorporated into an
oral history component shall consist only of first-hand accounts of
significant historical events presented in a format that includes,
but is not limited to, in-person testimony, video, or a multimedia
option, such as a DVD or online video.
(c) (d) The Legislature encourages all state and local professional
development activities to provide teachers with content background
and resources to assist in teaching about civil rights, human rights
violations, genocide, slavery, and the Holocaust , and the Armenian
Genocide .
(d) (e) The Legislature encourages all state and local professional
development activities to provide teachers with content background
and resources to assist in teaching about the Great Irish Famine
of 1845-50.
(e) (f) The Great Irish Famine of 1845-50 and the Armenian Genocide
shall be considered in the next cycle in which the history/social
science curriculum framework and its accompanying instructional
materials are adopted.
(f) (g) The Model Curriculum for Human Rights and Genocide adopted by
the State Board of Education, state board, pursuant to Section 51226,
shall be made available to schools in grades 7 to 12, inclusive,
as soon as funding is available for this purpose. In addition, the
State Department of Education department shall make the curriculum
available on its Internet Web site.
SECTION 1. Section 1620 of the Education Code is amended to read:
1620. On or before July 1 of each fiscal year, the county board of
education shall hold a public hearing on the proposed county school
service fund budget for that fiscal year (the "budget year").
The public hearing shall be held before the adoption of the budget
by the county board of education, and shall occur not less than
three days following the availability of the proposed budget for
public inspection. The agenda for that hearing shall be posted at
least 72 hours before the hearing and shall include the location of
where the budget will be available for inspection. The county board
of education may post the proposed budget on its Internet Web site
for public inspection. At the hearing, a taxpayer directly affected
by the county school service fund budget may appear before the county
board of education and speak on the proposed budget or an item therein.
For information please visit: http://www.leginfo.ca.gov
From: Emil Lazarian | Ararat NewsPress