Public school instruction: curriculum frameworks.

Existing law requires the State Board of Education to adopt the content of curriculum frameworks, 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 Senate Committee on Rules to inform the State Department of Education regarding each concurrent resolution adopted by the Legislature that proposes changes to curriculum frameworks that are currently under review by the Curriculum Development and Supplemental Materials Commission. The bill would require the commission, as part of its regular process of developing and revising curriculum frameworks as requested by the state board, to consider each concurrent resolution reported to the department by the Senate Committee on Rules and vote on whether to adopt the resolution. The bill would require the commission to present the resolutions it adopts to the state board. The bill would require the state board to consider each of the resolutions presented by the commission as part of the board's regular process of developing and revising curriculum frameworks. The bill would require the commission and the state board to perform these duties within the existing cycle for developing and revising curriculum frameworks in a manner that does not impose additional costs on the department.