California Assembly Bill AB1756 Latest Draft

 BILL NUMBER: AB 1756AMENDED BILL TEXT AMENDED IN ASSEMBLY MARCH 26, 2012 INTRODUCED BY Assembly Member Knight (Principal coauthor: Assembly Member Nielsen) (Coauthors: Assembly Members Conway, Cook, Donnelly, Grove, Hagman, Halderman, Harkey, Jones, Logue, Morrell, Norby, Olsen, Silva, Valadao, and Wagner) FEBRUARY 17, 2012 An act to  add Section 51204.7 to   amend Section 51204.5 of  the Education Code, relating to pupil instruction. LEGISLATIVE COUNSEL'S DIGEST AB 1756, as amended, Knight. Pupil  instruction.   instruction: social sciences: California history.   Existing law requires instruction in social sciences to include the early history of California and a study of the role and contributions of specified groups of people to the economic, political, and social development of California and the United States of America, with particular emphasis on portraying the role of these groups in contemporary society.   This bill would instead authorize instruction in social sciences to include the early history of California and a study of the role and contributions of specified groups of people to the economic, political, and social development of California and the United States of America, with particular emphasis on portraying the role of these groups in contemporary society.   Existing law, commencing January 1, 2012, requires that instruction in social sciences include a study of the role and contributions of lesbian, gay, bisexual, and transgender Americans to the economic, political, and social development of California and the United States.   This bill would authorize a school district to elect not to provide this instruction.  Vote: majority. Appropriation: no. Fiscal committee: no. State-mandated local program: no. THE PEOPLE OF THE STATE OF CALIFORNIA DO ENACT AS FOLLOWS:  SECTION 1.   Section 51204.5 of the     Education Code   is amended to read:  51204.5. Instruction in social sciences  shall   may  include the early history of California and a study of the role and contributions of both men and women, Native Americans, African Americans, Mexican Americans, Asian Americans, Pacific Islanders, European Americans, lesbian, gay, bisexual, and transgender Americans, persons with disabilities, and members of other ethnic and cultural groups, to the economic, political, and social development of California and the United States of America, with particular emphasis on portraying the role of these groups in contemporary society.  SECTION 1.   Section 51204.7 is added to the Education Code, to read: 51204.7. Notwithstanding Section 51204.5, as amended by Chapter 81 of the Statutes of 2011, a school district may elect not to provide instruction relating to the role and contributions of lesbian, gay, bisexual, and transgender Americans to the economic, political, and social development of California and the United States.