BILL NUMBER: SB 426INTRODUCED BILL TEXT INTRODUCED BY Senator Yee FEBRUARY 26, 2009 An act to add Section 60006 to the Education Code, relating to public school instruction. LEGISLATIVE COUNSEL'S DIGEST SB 426, as introduced, Yee. Public school instruction: curriculum frameworks. Existing law requires the State Board of Education to adopt the content of curriculum frameworks and evaluation criteria and worksheets developed to supplement curriculum frameworks in accordance with regulations it adopts to govern the development of curriculum frameworks and the adoption of instructional materials. This bill would require the state board to establish a procedure in which the member of the Senate appointed to the Curriculum Development and Supplemental Materials Commission would present changes to curriculum frameworks proposed by the Legislature to the state board for its consideration. The bill would require the state board to consider the changes proposed by the Legislature as part of its regular process of developing and revising curriculum frameworks and to respond in writing to the Legislature regarding its conclusions on the proposed changes. 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 60006 is added to the Education Code, to read: 60006. (a) The state board shall establish a procedure in which the member of the Senate appointed to the Curriculum Development and Supplemental Materials Commission pursuant to Section 33530 shall present changes to curriculum frameworks proposed by the Legislature to the state board for its consideration. (b) The state board shall consider the changes proposed by the Legislature as part of its regular process of developing and revising curriculum frameworks and shall respond in writing to the Legislature regarding its conclusions on the proposed changes.