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AB-1081 Pupil instruction: financial education.(2023-2024)

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Date Published: 03/09/2023 09:00 PM
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Amended  IN  Assembly  March 09, 2023

CALIFORNIA LEGISLATURE— 2023–2024 REGULAR SESSION

Assembly Bill
No. 1081

Introduced by Assembly Member Ortega

February 15, 2023

An act to amend add Section 33316 of 51284.7 to the Education Code, relating to the State Department of Education. pupil instruction.


LEGISLATIVE COUNSEL'S DIGEST


AB 1081, as amended, Ortega. State Department of Education: duties. Pupil instruction: financial education.
Existing law requires the adopted course of study for grades 1 to 6, inclusive, and for grades 7 to 12, inclusive, to offer instruction in specified areas of study, including social sciences. Existing law establishes the Instructional Quality Commission and requires the commission to, among other things, recommend curriculum frameworks to the State Board of Education. Existing law requires the state board, concurrently with, but not before, the next revision of textbooks or curriculum frameworks in the social sciences, health, and mathematics curricula, to ensure that these academic areas integrate components of, among other things, financial literacy. Notwithstanding that requirement on the state board, existing law requires the commission, when the history-social science curriculum framework is revised after January 1, 2017, to consider including age-appropriate information for kindergarten and grades 1 to 12, inclusive, regarding certain topics on financial literacy.
This bill would require the State Department of Education to develop, among other things, curriculum, instructional materials, and professional development resources related to personal finance topics, as provided. The bill would also require the department to communicate to school districts, county offices of education, and charter schools the financial literacy content in the history-social science framework and in other frameworks, as well as strategies for expanding the provision, and increasing the quality, of financial education instruction. The bill would require the department to review financial education curriculum available to local educational agencies and update on an ongoing basis the financial literacy resources listed on its internet website. The bill would make implementation of all of its provisions contingent upon an appropriation of funds by the Legislature for these purposes in the annual Budget Act or another statute.

Existing law establishes the State Department of Education under the administration of the Superintendent of Public Instruction, and assigns to the department numerous responsibilities relating to the governance of the public elementary and secondary schools in the state.

This bill would make nonsubstantive changes to provisions relating to certain duties of the department.

Vote: MAJORITY   Appropriation: NO   Fiscal Committee: NOYES   Local Program: NO  

The people of the State of California do enact as follows:


SECTION 1.

 Section 51284.7 is added to the Education Code, immediately following Section 51284.5, to read:

51284.7.
 (a) For purposes of this section, “local educational agency” means a school district, county office of education, or charter school.
(b) In order to increase the provision of instruction in financial literacy by improving the availability of instructional resources on this content, the department shall do all of the following:
(1) Develop evidence-based curriculum, instructional materials, and professional development resources to equip pupils with the knowledge and skills they need, before they become self-supporting, in order for them to make critical decisions regarding their personal finances. This shall include the achievement of skills and knowledge necessary to make informed judgments and effective decisions regarding the topics listed in subdivision (a) of Section 51284.5.
(2) Communicate to local educational agencies the financial literacy content in the history-social science framework and other frameworks adopted by the state board in which this content is included, including any financial literacy content included in the next revision of the history-social science framework pursuant to Section 51284.5, and strategies for expanding the provision, and increasing the quality, of financial education instruction.
(3) Review on an ongoing basis financial education curriculum that is available to local educational agencies, including instructional materials and programs, online instructional materials and resources, and schoolwide programs that include the important financial skills and content knowledge, and update on an ongoing basis the financial literacy resources listed on its internet website.
(4) Provide guidance for professional development for educators regarding financial literacy instruction, including ways that teachers at different grade levels may integrate financial skills and content knowledge into mathematics, social studies, and other course content areas.
(5) Develop guidelines and standards-based protocols for use by classroom volunteers who participate in delivering financial education to pupils in the public schools.
(c) The implementation of this section is contingent upon an appropriation of funds by the Legislature for these purposes in the annual Budget Act or another statute.

SECTION 1.Section 33316 of the Education Code is amended to read:
33316.

The department shall do all of the following:

(a)Revise and update budget manuals, forms, and guidelines.

(b)Cooperate with federal and state agencies in prescribing rules and regulations, and instructions required by those agencies.

(c)Assess the needs and methods of collecting and disseminating financial information.

(d)Conduct workshops and conferences for the purpose of training school district and county personnel.

(e)Provide consultant services to colleges and universities on courses of instruction relative to school budgets and accounting practices.

(f)For purposes of Section 44421.5, report to the Commission on Teacher Credentialing the identity of any certificated person who knowingly and willfully reports false fiscal expenditure data relative to the conduct of any educational program. This requirement applies only if, in the course of their normal duties, a representative of the department discovers information that gives them reasonable cause to believe that false fiscal expenditure data relative to the conduct of any educational program has been reported.