Resolved by the Senate of the State of California, That the Senate hereby encourages the Superintendent of Public Instruction and the State Board of Education to consider ways to increase the number of pupils who go to college and graduate with degrees in the various scientific and engineering fields, including recruiting more science teachers through incentives and public-private partnerships designed to encourage pupils to go to college, major in science and related fields, and enter teaching careers and encouraging businesses in the private sector to participate in educating pupils and in offering them exposure to possible careers in the science and engineering fields; and be it further

Resolved, That, in order to increase the number of pupils who go to college and graduate with degrees in the various scientific and engineering fields, the Senate hereby encourages the Superintendent of Public Instruction and the State Board of Education to direct an appropriate entity to do all of the following: revise the science teaching framework, and standards if necessary, to reflect the model curriculum developed by organizations of outstanding scientists, such as the National Academy of Science; incorporate in the science curriculum applied mathematics, reading comprehension, and expository writing in describing observations and experiments; incorporate in the science curriculum analytical, intellectual, and creative skills required to pose and investigate scientific questions; and incorporate in the science curriculum engineering elements in a manner designed to engage pupils; and be it further

Resolved, That the Secretary of the Senate transmit copies of this resolution to the Superintendent of Public Instruction and the State Board of Education, and to the author for appropriate distribution.