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AB-1718 Elementary and secondary education: visual and performing arts and world languages: instructional materials: professional development.(2021-2022)



As Amends the Law Today


SECTION 1.
 The Legislature finds and declares all of the following:
(a) Visual and performing arts and world languages are vital subjects of study for California pupils. These subjects are included in the state’s graduation requirements and in eligibility standards for admission to the University of California and the California State University, and are important elements of college and career readiness. Skills in these subjects are also widely recognized as valuable in employment.
(b) Revised content standards in visual and performing arts and world languages were adopted by the state board in 2019, revised curriculum frameworks were adopted by the state board in 2020, and instructional materials for kindergarten and grades 1 to 8, inclusive, were adopted by the state board in 2021.
(c) After previous adoptions of revised content standards in mathematics, English language arts, and science, the state appropriated funding to assist local educational agencies in the purchase of standards-aligned instructional materials and for associated professional development. These investments supported local adoption of new content standards in those areas by making instructional materials available for students and training on the new standards available to teachers and other school staff.
(d) A similar investment is needed to ensure that California students and teachers have access to high-quality standards-aligned instruction and instructional materials in visual and performing arts and world languages.
SEC. 2.
 (a) Subject to an appropriation of one-time funds for this purpose in the Budget Act or another statute, the Superintendent of Public Instruction shall allocate funding for the purchase of standards-aligned instructional materials in visual and performing arts and world languages in kindergarten and grades 1 to 12, inclusive, and for professional development in those subjects.
(b) The Superintendent of Public Instruction shall apportion funds to school districts, county offices of education, charter schools, and the state special schools on the basis of an equal amount per unit of regular average daily attendance, as those numbers were reported at the time of the first principal apportionment for the 2019–20 fiscal year.
(c) Funding appropriated pursuant to this section shall be available for encumbrance through the 2025–26 fiscal year.
(d) A school district, county office of education, charter school, or state special school shall expend funds allocated pursuant to this section for any of the following purposes:
(1) Professional development for teachers, administrators, and paraprofessional educators or other classified employees involved in the direct instruction of pupils that is aligned to the adopted content standards in the subjects of visual and performing arts and world languages.
(2) Instructional materials aligned to the adopted content standards in the subjects of visual and performing arts and world languages. For purposes of this section, instructional materials include musical instruments, digital platforms and resources for instruction in all visual and performing arts disciplines and for instruction in world languages, and other materials necessary for standards-aligned instruction in visual and performing arts.
(3) It is the intent of the Legislature that materials and professional learning opportunities funded pursuant to this section reflect the cultural diversity of the state and of the world, consistent with Article 3 (commencing with Section 60040) of Chapter 1 of Part 33 of Division 4 of Title 2 of the Education Code. It is further the intent of the Legislature that the professional learning opportunities funded pursuant to this section be of high quality, such as those offered by the University of California Subject Matter Projects in visual and performing arts and world languages.
(e) Funding allocated pursuant to this section is subject to the annual audits required by Section 41020 of the Education Code.