California Assembly Bill AB1204 Introduced / Bill

 BILL NUMBER: AB 1204INTRODUCED BILL TEXT INTRODUCED BY Assembly Member Chau FEBRUARY 27, 2015 An act to amend Sections 33530 and 33532 of the Education Code, relating to the Instructional Quality Commission. LEGISLATIVE COUNSEL'S DIGEST AB 1204, as introduced, Chau. Instructional Quality Commission: membership: pupil members. Existing law establishes the Instructional Quality Commission consisting of certain members, including 13 public members appointed by the State Board of Education. Existing law provides that commission members are required to serve for 4-year terms and may not serve more than one full term. This bill would expand the public membership of the commission appointed by the state board to 15 members, and would encourage at least 2 of those members to be pupils members. The bill would provide that a pupil member of the commission shall serve a one-year term and shall not be eligible to serve more than one full term. The bill would also make nonsubstantive changes to these provisions. 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 33530 of the Education Code is amended to read: 33530. (a) There is in the state government the Instructional Quality Commission consisting of a Member of the Assembly appointed by the Speaker of the Assembly, a Member of the Senate appointed by the Senate Committee on Rules, one public member appointed by the Speaker of the Assembly, one public member appointed by the Senate Committee on Rules, one public member appointed by the Governor, and  13   15  public members appointed by the state board upon the recommendation of the Superintendent or the members of the state board. (b) So far as is practical and consistent with the duties assigned to the commission by the state board, at least 7 of the  13   15  public members appointed by the state board shall be persons, who because they have taught, written, or lectured on the subject matter fields specified in Section 33533, in the course of public or private employment, have become recognized authorities or experienced practitioners in those fields. The state board shall make its appointments to ensure that, at any one time, at least seven of the public members shall be current classroom teachers, or mentor teachers, or both assigned to teach kindergarten or any of grades 1 to 12, inclusive. (c) Notwithstanding the requirement that seven of the public members shall be current classroom teachers or mentor teachers, current members of the commission who were appointed on or before December 31, 1989, shall be allowed to complete their terms. (d) In making the remaining appointments to the commission, and in establishing the commission's advisory task forces or committees, the state board is encouraged to consider the role of other representatives of the educational community in the development of curriculum and instructional materials, including, but not limited to, administrators, governing school board members,  pupils,  and parents who are reflective of the various ethnic groups and types of school districts in California.  (e) The state board is encouraged to include two pupils among the 15 public members appointed by the state board.  SEC. 2. Section 33532 of the Education Code is amended to read: 33532. (a)  Commission members   (1)     Except as provided in paragraph (2), each commission member  shall serve for  a  four-year  terms   term  and shall not be eligible to serve more than one full term. Prior service on the commission for a term of less than three years resulting from an initial appointment or an appointment for the remainder of an unexpired term shall not be counted as a full term.  (2) A pupil member of the commission shall serve a one-year term and shall not be eligible to serve more than one full term.  (b) With respect to the appointment of 13 public members by the  State Board of Education   state board  to the first commission, four shall be appointed for terms of two years, four shall be appointed for terms of three years, and five shall be appointed for a term of four years.