California Senate Bill SB518 Latest Draft

 BILL NUMBER: SB 518AMENDED BILL TEXT AMENDED IN SENATE APRIL 1, 2013 INTRODUCED BY Senator Wyland FEBRUARY 21, 2013 An act to  amend Section 70103 of   add Sections 33541.5 and 51220.3 to  the Education Code, relating to  student financial aid   pupil instruction: engineering and robotics  . LEGISLATIVE COUNSEL'S DIGEST SB 518, as amended, Wyland.  Student financial aid: State Nursing Assumption Program of Loans for Education.   Pupil instruction: science and mathematics.   Existing law requires the adopted course of study for grades 7 to 12, inclusive, to offer courses in science and mathematics. Existing law also requires the Instructional Quality Commission to recommend to the State Board of Education the adoption of minimum standards for courses of study, and requires public schools to conform to those minimum standards, when adopted.   This bill would require the commission and the state board to ensure that the science and mathematics curriculum frameworks adopted in the course of the next submission cycle include the subjects of engineering and robotics, and, upon the adoption of those curriculum frameworks, would require instruction in the areas of science and mathematics to include instruction in engineering and robotics. To the extent that these requirements would impose new duties on local educational agencies, the bill would impose a state-mandated local program.   The California Constitution requires the state to reimburse local agencies and school districts for certain costs mandated by the state. Statutory provisions establish procedures for making that reimbursement.   This bill would provide that, if the Commission on State Mandates determines that the bill contains costs mandated by the state, reimbursement for those costs shall be made pursuant to these statutory provisions.   Existing law establishes the State Nursing Assumption Program of Loans for Education, administered by the Student Aid Commission, whereby eligible postsecondary education students may enter into loan repayment agreements with the commission, with specified terms, in exchange for serving as nursing faculty in a registered nursing program at an accredited California college or university.   This bill would make a nonsubstantive change in the provision specifying the terms of the loan assumption agreement under this program.  Vote: majority. Appropriation: no. Fiscal committee:  no   yes  . State-mandated local program:  no   yes  . THE PEOPLE OF THE STATE OF CALIFORNIA DO ENACT AS FOLLOWS:  SECTION 1.   Section 33541.5 is added to the   Education Code   , to read:   33541.5. The commission and the state board shall ensure that the science and mathematics curriculum frameworks adopted in the course of the next submission cycle following the date that this section becomes operative include the subjects of engineering and robotics.   SEC. 2.   Section 51220.3 is added to the   Education Code  , to read:   51220.3. Upon the adoption of the science and mathematics curriculum frameworks that incorporate the requirements specified in Section 33541.5, instruction in the areas of science and mathematics, as required pursuant to subdivisions (e) and (f) of Section 51220, shall include instruction in engineering and robotics.   SEC. 3.   If the Commission on State Mandates determines that this act contains costs mandated by the state, reimbursement to local agencies and school districts for those costs shall be made pursuant to Part 7 (commencing with Section 17500) of Division 4 of Title 2 of the Government Code.   SECTION 1.   Section 70103 of the Education Code is amended to read: 70103. The terms of the loan assumptions granted under this article shall be as follows, subject to the specific terms of each loan assumption agreement: (a) After a program participant has completed one academic year, or the equivalent, of full-time teaching nursing studies at one or more regionally accredited, eligible California colleges or universities, pursuant to Section 70102, the commission shall assume up to eight thousand three hundred thirty-three dollars ($8,333) of the outstanding liability of the participant under one or more of the designated loan programs. (b) After the program participant has completed two consecutive academic years, or the equivalent, of full-time teaching at one or more regionally accredited California colleges or universities, pursuant to Section 70102, the commission shall assume up to an additional eight thousand three hundred thirty-three dollars ($8,333) of the outstanding liability of the participant under one or more of the designated loan programs, for a total loan assumption of up to sixteen thousand six hundred sixty-six dollars ($16,666). (c) After a program participant has completed three consecutive academic years, or the equivalent of full-time teaching, at one or more regionally accredited California colleges or universities, pursuant to Section 70102, the commission shall assume up to an additional eight thousand three hundred thirty-four dollars ($8,334) of the outstanding liability of the participant under one or more of the designated loan programs, for a total loan assumption of up to twenty-five thousand dollars ($25,000). (d) The commission may assume liability for loans received by the program participant to pay the costs of obtaining the program participant's undergraduate and graduate degrees. (e) The term of the loan assumption agreement shall be not more than 10 years from the date on which the agreement was executed by the program participant and the commission.