BILL NUMBER: SB 1431INTRODUCED BILL TEXT INTRODUCED BY Senator Mitchell FEBRUARY 21, 2014 An act to amend Section 51020 of the Education Code, relating to pupil curriculum. LEGISLATIVE COUNSEL'S DIGEST SB 1431, as introduced, Mitchell. Pupil curriculum: general instructional programs. Existing law sets standards and guidelines for educational programs for the public schools of the state, including establishing required courses of study for specific grades, and defines various terms for purposes of those provisions, including the term "goal." This bill would make a nonsubstantive change to the definition of "goal." 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 51020 of the Education Code is amended to read: 51020. "Goal" means a statement of broad direction or intentwhichthat is general and timeless and is not concerned with a particular achievement within a specified time period.