California 2013-2014 Regular Session Status: Enacted

SB 897 — Educational programs: history-social science framework: adult education: civics instruction.

Last action — Chaptered by Secretary of State. Chapter 480, Statutes of 2014.

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  1. ✓
    Introduced
  2. ✓
    In Committee
  3. ✓
    Passed Senate
  4. ✓
    Passed Assembly
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    To Executive
  6. 6
    Enacted

This bill has been enacted into law. Introduced January 13, 2014. Enacted.

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Likely to advance 70% · moderate confidence

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High

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  • Enacted

    Current position in the legislative process.

  • 1 sponsor

    1 primary, 0 co-sponsors signed on.

  • Cleared a recorded vote

    Passed 8 recorded votes so far.

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Summary

(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science framework and as appropriate and based on the subject matter of the course, to ensure that certain historical documents are incorporated into the framework, consider incorporating additional specified historical documents into the framework, and encourage instruction that promotes an understanding of the governments of California and the United States of America.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, whenever it revises the history-social science framework and as appropriate and based on the subject matter of the course, to, among other things, receive input from civics learning experts for purposes of integrating civics learning content, concepts, and skills, at all appropriate grade levels, with certain standards, and ensure that voter education information is included in the American government and civics curriculum at the high school level, as specified. The bill would state the intent of the Legislature, for purposes of the history-social science framework that is revised any time after July 1, 2015, that the commission consider whether and how to incorporate a specified social studies framework into that framework. The bill also would require the state board to consider incorporating the specified social studies framework into the history-social science content standards when those content standards are next revised after January 1, 2015. (2) 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 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. (3) This bill would incorporate additional changes to Section 33540 of the Education Code proposed by AB 1599 that would become operative if this bill and AB 1599 are both enacted on or before January 1, 2015, and this bill is enacted last.

Bill Text

Action History

  1. Chaptered by Secretary of State. Chapter 480, Statutes of 2014.

  2. Approved by the Governor.

  3. Enrolled and presented to the Governor at 3 p.m.

  4. Assembly amendments concurred in. (Ayes 37. Noes 0. Page 4972.) Ordered to engrossing and enrolling.

  5. In Senate. Concurrence in Assembly amendments pending.

  6. Read third time. Passed. (Ayes 77. Noes 0. Page 6573.) Ordered to the Senate.

  7. Ordered to third reading.

  8. Read third time and amended. (Page 6345.)

  9. Read second time. Ordered to third reading.

  10. Read second time and amended. Ordered to second reading.

  11. From committee: Do pass as amended. (Ayes 13. Noes 0.) (August 14).

  12. Set, first hearing. Referred to APPR. suspense file.

  13. Read second time and amended. Re-referred to Com. on APPR.

  14. From committee: Do pass as amended and re-refer to Com. on APPR. (Ayes 7. Noes 0.) (June 25).

  15. Referred to Com. on ED.

  16. In Assembly. Read first time. Held at Desk.

  17. Read third time. Passed. (Ayes 33. Noes 0. Page 3595.) Ordered to the Assembly.

  18. Read second time. Ordered to third reading.

  19. From committee: Do pass. (Ayes 7. Noes 0. Page 3704.) (May 23).

  20. Set for hearing May 23.

  21. Placed on APPR. suspense file.

  22. Set for hearing April 28.

  23. Read second time and amended. Re-referred to Com. on APPR.

  24. From committee: Do pass as amended and re-refer to Com. on APPR. (Ayes 9. Noes 0. Page 2976.) (March 26).

  25. Set for hearing March 26.

  26. Set, first hearing. Hearing canceled at the request of author.

  27. Set for hearing March 19.

  28. From committee with author's amendments. Read second time and amended. Re-referred to Com. on ED.

  29. Referred to Com. on ED.

  30. From printer. May be acted upon on or after February 13.

  31. Introduced. Read first time. To Com. on RLS. for assignment. To print.

Sponsors

  • Steinberg · Primary

Sponsorship breakdown

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1 sponsors · 0 co-sponsors · 121 not signed on

Sponsors (1)

  • Steinberg

Co-sponsors (0)

None.

Not signed on (121)

121 members have not signed on to this bill.

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Votes

Unfinished Business SB897 Steinberg Concurrence

Passed 37 Yea · 0 Nay · 3 Other
Party YeaNayPresentNot Voting
Unaffiliated 35002
Democratic 2001
Total 37003
% of votes cast 93%0%0%8%
How each member voted (40)
Member Party Vote
Anderson — Yea
Hueso — Yea
Huff — Yea
Lara — Yea
Nielsen — Yea
Pavley — Yea
Steinberg — Yea
Walters — Yea
Wright — Not Voting
Cannella — Yea
Fuller — Yea
Galgiani — Yea
Mitchell — Yea
De León — Yea
Hernandez — Yea
Beall — Yea
Block — Yea
Knight — Yea
Leno — Yea
Lieu — Yea
Liu — Yea
Monning — Yea
Morrell — Yea
Roth — Yea
Torres — Yea
Vidak — Yea
Hill — Yea
Wolk — Yea
Corbett — Yea
Wyland — Yea
Correa — Yea
Evans — Yea
DeSaulnier — Yea
Yee — Not Voting
Hancock — Yea
Beth Gaines — Yea
Bill Berryhill — Yea
Calderon, Lisa Democratic Not Voting
Jackson, Corey A. Democratic Yea
Padilla, Stephen C. Democratic Yea

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SB 897 Steinberg Senate Third Reading By DICKINSON

Passed 77 Yea · 0 Nay · 2 Other
Party YeaNayPresentNot Voting
Unaffiliated 70002
Democratic 4000
Republican 3000
Total 77002
% of votes cast 97%0%0%3%
How each member voted (79)
Member Party Vote
Achadjian — Yea
Alejo — Yea
Bigelow — Yea
Bradford — Yea
Brown — Yea
Buchanan — Yea
Linder — Yea
Maienschein — Yea
Mansoor — Yea
Rendon — Yea
Skinner — Yea
Wagner — Yea
Wieckowski — Yea
Dababneh — Yea
Frazier — Yea
Campos — Yea
Gomez — Yea
Gordon — Yea
Chau — Yea
Allen — Yea
Chesbro — Yea
Bonilla — Yea
Hagman — Yea
Holden — Yea
Logue — Yea
Medina — Yea
Gray — Yea
Mullin — Yea
Nazarian — Yea
Bocanegra — Yea
John A. Pérez — Yea
Salas — Yea
Ammiano — Yea
Bloom — Yea
Chávez — Yea
Conway — Yea
Cooley — Yea
Daly — Yea
Eggman — Yea
Olsen — Yea
Pan — Yea
Quirk — Yea
Ridley-Thomas — Yea
Rodriguez — Yea
Ting — Yea
Weber — Yea
Wilk — Yea
Lowenthal — Yea
Garcia — Yea
Waldron — Yea
Atkins — Yea
Fong — Yea
Gatto — Yea
Harkey — Not Voting
Jones-Sawyer — Yea
Donnelly — Not Voting
Levine — Yea
Melendez — Yea
Nestande — Yea
Perea — Yea
Williams — Yea
Dickinson — Yea
Fox — Yea
Yamada — Yea
Gorell — Yea
Hall — Yea
Beth Gaines — Yea
Jim Patterson — Yea
Lorena Gonzalez — Yea
Mark Stone — Yea
Roger Hernández — Yea
V. Manuel Pérez — Yea
Bonta, Mia Democratic Yea
Calderon, Lisa Democratic Yea
Muratsuchi, Al Democratic Yea
Quirk-Silva, Sharon Democratic Yea
Dahle, Megan Republican Yea
Grove, Shannon Republican Yea
Jones, Brian W. Republican Yea

Official roll call →

Do pass as amended.

Passed 13 Yea · 0 Nay · 4 Other
Party YeaNayPresentNot Voting
Unaffiliated 12003
Democratic 1000
Republican 0001
Total 13004
% of votes cast 76%0%0%24%
How each member voted (17)
Member Party Vote
Bigelow — Not Voting
Bradford — Yea
Linder — Yea
Ridley-Thomas — Yea
Campos — Yea
Gatto — Yea
Bocanegra — Yea
Gomez — Yea
Holden — Yea
Donnelly — Not Voting
Eggman — Yea
Pan — Yea
Quirk — Yea
Wagner — Not Voting
Weber — Yea
Calderon, Lisa Democratic Yea
Jones, Brian W. Republican Not Voting

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3rd Reading

Passed 33 Yea · 0 Nay · 7 Other
Party YeaNayPresentNot Voting
Unaffiliated 31006
Democratic 2001
Total 33007
% of votes cast 83%0%0%18%
How each member voted (40)
Member Party Vote
Anderson — Yea
Beall — Yea
Leno — Yea
Nielsen — Yea
Roth — Yea
Walters — Yea
Wolk — Yea
Cannella — Yea
Wyland — Yea
Corbett — Yea
Evans — Yea
Fuller — Yea
Mitchell — Yea
De León — Yea
Hernandez — Yea
Hill — Yea
Block — Yea
Hueso — Yea
Huff — Yea
Knight — Yea
Lieu — Yea
Liu — Not Voting
Monning — Yea
Morrell — Not Voting
Pavley — Yea
Steinberg — Yea
Torres — Yea
Vidak — Yea
Wright — Not Voting
Lara — Not Voting
Correa — Yea
DeSaulnier — Yea
Galgiani — Yea
Yee — Not Voting
Hancock — Yea
Beth Gaines — Yea
Bill Berryhill — Not Voting
Calderon, Lisa Democratic Not Voting
Jackson, Corey A. Democratic Yea
Padilla, Stephen C. Democratic Yea

Official roll call →

Do pass.

Passed 7 Yea · 0 Nay
Party YeaNayPresentNot Voting
Unaffiliated 6000
Democratic 1000
Total 7000
% of votes cast 100%0%0%0%
How each member voted (7)
Member Party Vote
Hill — Yea
Steinberg — Yea
De León — Yea
Lara — Yea
Walters — Yea
Beth Gaines — Yea
Padilla, Stephen C. Democratic Yea

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Subjects

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Frequently asked questions

What does SB 897 do?
(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, whenever it revises the history-social science framework and as appropriate and based on the subject matter of the course, to, among other things, receive input from civics learning experts for purposes of integrating civics learning content, concepts, and skills, at all appropriate grade levels, with certain standards, and ensure that voter education information is included in the American government and civics curriculum at the high school level, as specified. The bill would state the intent of the Legislature, for purposes of the history-social science framework that is revised any time after July 1, 2015, that the commission consider whether and how to incorporate a specified social studies framework into that framework. The bill also would require the state board to consider incorporating the specified social studies framework into the history-social science content standards when those content standards are next revised after January 1, 2015. (2) 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 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. (3) This bill would incorporate additional changes to Section 33540 of the Education Code proposed by AB 1599 that would become operative if this bill and AB 1599 are both enacted on or before January 1, 2015, and this bill is enacted last.
Who sponsors SB 897?
SB 897 is sponsored by Steinberg.
What is the current status of SB 897?
This bill has been enacted into law. Introduced January 13, 2014. Enacted.
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