2011 LEGISLATION
prepared by California Science Teachers Association

Link to 2009-2010 science education-related legislation.
Last updated: March 18, 2011

Bill # (author)	Issues (italics represent amendments)	Analysis	Status	Who Supports It	Who Opposes It	Next Action	CSTA's Position
AB 224 (Bonilla)	Academic Performance Index Expands the indicators that make up the API, to include high school graduation rates, rates by which students fulfill the requirements for admission to postsecondary institutions, rates by which students complete a course of study that prepares them for entry-level employment.		In Assembly Ed. Cmte.	Unk.	Unk.	3/30/11	Watch
AB 250 (Brownley)	Curriculum Support and Reform Act of 2011 Requires that 1) instructional materials for math be submitted for adoption in 2014 and for English language arts in 2016; 2) the state board adopt curriculum frameworks and evaluation criteria aligned to the common core standards for math by Dec. 31, 2012 and for language arts by March 1, 2013; 3) the state board ensure that curriculum frameworks for K-12 and instructional materials for K-8 include the English language development standards and strategies to address the needs of students with disabilities in the four core subjects, including science; 4) the requirement that the curriculum commission evaluate and recommend instructional materials be deleted; 5) the intent of the legislature be stated to provide to local districts a process by which they may identify, evaluate, and recommend standards-aligned instructional materials for adoption by the state board.		In Assembly Ed. Cmte.	Unk.	Unk.	Unk.
AB 1033 (Feuer)	Academic Content Standards Permits the state supt. to recommend a process for the ongoing update of the science and history-social science standards.		In Assembly Ed. Cmte.	Unk.	Unk.	Unk.	Support
SB 140 (Lowenthal)	Instructional Materials --Common Core Standards Requires the Dept. of Education to develop a list before July 1, 2012 of supplemental instructional materials aligned with the common core standards in language arts and math, and also permits local district governing boards to adopt instructional materials other than those adopted by the state board if the local board determines that other materials are aligned with the common core standards and meet the needs of the students in the district.		Passed Senate Ed. Cmte.; to Senate Appropriations Cmte.	ACSA CSBA LAUSD various school districts	Unk.	Unk.
SB 281 (Wyland)	Career Technical Education States findings and declarations of the legislature with regard to the need for career technical education and provides for the expansion of local districts' career technical education advisory committees.		In Senate Ed. Cmte.	Unk.	Unk.	Unk.
SB 282 (Wyland)	Science Education Requires the state superintendent and state board to consider ways to increase the number of students who go to college and graduate with degrees in scientific and engineering fields; requires the superintendent and state board to direct the appropriate entity to revise the science frameworks and standards and to include in the science curriculum applied mathematics, reading comprehension, expository writing, analytical, intellectual, and creative skills, and engineering elements.		In Senate Ed. Cmte.	CSTA	Unk.	Unk.	Support
SB 300 (Hancock)	Science and History-Social Science Standards Requires the establishment of an Academic Content Standards Commission to develop internationally benchmarked standards in science and history-social science; requires the commission to present the standards to the state board by January 1, 2013 and the state board to either adopt or reject the standards by June 30, 2013.		In Senate Ed. Cmte.	CSTA	Unk.	Unk.	Support (CSTA-sponsored bill)
SB 402 (Correa)	Integration of 21st Century Skills into Frameworks States the intent of the legislature that 21st century skills be integrated into the curriculum frameworks of core curricula, including English language arts, math, science, history-social science, visual and performing arts, and world languages.		In Senate Ed. Cmte.	Partnership for 21st Century Skills CSTA	Unk.	Unk.	Support