California Assembly Bill 101
Session 20212022
Pupil instruction: high school graduation requirements: ethnic studies.
Became Law
Became Law on Oct 8, 2021
Sponsors
8 Sponsors
Jose Medina
David Chiu
Cristina Garcia
Ash Kalra
Evan Low
James C. Ramos
Robert Rivas
Weber
First Action
Dec 11, 2020
Latest Action
Oct 8, 2021
Origin Chamber
Assembly
Type
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Bill Number
101
State
California
Session
20212022
Ash Kalra
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Cristina Garcia
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David Chiu
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Evan Low
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James C. Ramos
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Jose Medina
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Motion Text
AB 101 MEDINA Concurrence in Senate Amendments
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Summary
(1) Existing law requires a pupil to complete designated coursework while in grades 9 to 12, inclusive, in order to receive a diploma of graduation from high school. These graduation requirements include, among others, the completion of 3 years of courses in English and 3 years of courses in social studies, including one-year courses in United States history and geography and world history, culture, and geography, a one-semester course in American government and civics, and a one-semester course in economics.
Existing law requires the Instructional Quality Commission to develop, and the State Board of Education to adopt, modify, or revise, a model curriculum in ethnic studies. Existing law also encourages each school district and charter school that maintains any of grades 9 to 12, inclusive, and that does not otherwise offer a standards-based ethnic studies curriculum to offer, beginning in the school year following the adoption of the model curriculum, a course of study in ethnic studies based on the model curriculum.
This bill would add the completion of a one-semester course in ethnic studies, meeting specified requirements, to the graduation requirements commencing with pupils graduating in the 2029–30 school year, including for pupils enrolled in a charter school. The bill would expressly authorize local educational agencies, including charter schools, to require a full-year course in ethnic studies at their discretion. The bill would require local educational agencies, including charter schools, to offer an ethnic studies course commencing with the 2025–26 school year, as specified. The bill would authorize, subject to the course offerings of a local educational agency, including a charter school, a pupil to satisfy the ethnic studies course requirement by completing either (A) a course based on the model curriculum in ethnic studies developed by the commission, (B) an existing ethnic studies course, (C) an ethnic studies course taught as part of a course that has been approved as meeting the A–G requirements of the University of California and the California State University, or (D) a locally developed ethnic studies course approved by the governing board of the school district or the governing body of the charter school. The bill would prohibit a course that does not use ethnic studies content as the primary content through which the subject is taught from being used to satisfy the ethnic studies course requirement. The bill would require a pupil who completes a course described above to also accrue credit for coursework in the subject that the course is offered, including, if applicable, credit towards satisfying a course required for a diploma of graduation from high school. These provisions would become operative only upon an appropriation of funds by the Legislature for these purposes in the annual Budget Act or another statute.
Because the bill would add new duties to local educational agencies, it would constitute a state-mandated local program.
(2) The California Constitution requires the state to reimburse local agencies and school districts for certain costs mandated by the state. Statutory provisions establish procedures for making that reimbursement.
This bill would provide that, if the Commission on State Mandates determines that the bill contains costs mandated by the state, reimbursement for those costs shall be made pursuant to the statutory provisions noted above.
12/11/20 - Introduced
December 11, 2020
04/14/21 - Amended Assembly
April 14, 2021
07/05/21 - Amended Senate
July 5, 2021
07/15/21 - Amended Senate
July 15, 2021
08/31/21 - Amended Senate
August 31, 2021
09/03/21 - Amended Senate
September 3, 2021
09/10/21 - Enrolled
September 10, 2021
10/08/21 - Chaptered
October 8, 2021
03/22/21- Assembly Education
March 22, 2021
04/05/21- Assembly Education
April 5, 2021
04/26/21- Assembly Appropriations
April 26, 2021
05/24/21- ASSEMBLY FLOOR ANALYSIS
May 24, 2021
07/12/21- Senate Education
July 12, 2021
08/13/21- Senate Appropriations
August 13, 2021
08/26/21- Senate Appropriations
August 26, 2021
08/31/21- Sen. Floor Analyses
August 31, 2021
09/07/21- Sen. Floor Analyses
September 7, 2021
09/08/21- ASSEMBLY FLOOR ANALYSIS
September 8, 2021
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10/08/2021
California State Legislature
Chaptered by Secretary of State - Chapter 661, Statutes of 2021.
10/08/2021
California State Legislature
Approved by the Governor.
09/15/2021
California State Legislature
Enrolled and presented to the Governor at 5 p.m.
09/08/2021
Assembly
Senate amendments concurred in. To Engrossing and Enrolling. (Ayes 59. Noes 12. Page 2893.).
09/08/2021
Assembly
Assembly Rule 63 suspended. (Ayes 58. Noes 19. Page 2892.)
09/08/2021
Assembly
Assembly Rule 77 suspended. (Ayes 58. Noes 19. Page 2892.)
09/08/2021
Assembly
In Assembly. Concurrence in Senate amendments pending. May be considered on or after September 10 pursuant to Assembly Rule 77.
09/08/2021
Senate
Read third time. Passed. Ordered to the Assembly. (Ayes 29. Noes 8. Page 2482.).
09/07/2021
Senate
Read second time. Ordered to third reading.
09/03/2021
Senate
Read third time and amended. Ordered to second reading.
08/31/2021
Senate
Read second time and amended. Ordered to third reading.
08/30/2021
Senate
From committee: Amend, and do pass as amended. (Ayes 5. Noes 2.) (August 26).
08/16/2021
Senate
In committee: Referred to suspense file.
07/15/2021
Senate
Read second time and amended. Re-referred to Com. on APPR.
07/14/2021
Senate
From committee: Amend, and do pass as amended and re-refer to Com. on APPR. (Ayes 4. Noes 2.) (July 14).
07/05/2021
Senate
From committee chair, with author's amendments: Amend, and re-refer to committee. Read second time, amended, and re-referred to Com. on ED.
06/10/2021
Senate
In committee: Hearing postponed by committee.
06/09/2021
Senate
Referred to Com. on ED.
05/28/2021
Senate
In Senate. Read first time. To Com. on RLS. for assignment.
05/27/2021
Assembly
Read third time. Passed. Ordered to the Senate. (Ayes 58. Noes 9. Page 1623.)
05/24/2021
Assembly
Read second time. Ordered to third reading.
05/20/2021
Assembly
From committee: Do pass. (Ayes 12. Noes 4.) (May 20).
04/28/2021
Assembly
In committee: Set, first hearing. Referred to APPR. suspense file.
04/15/2021
Assembly
Re-referred to Com. on APPR.
04/14/2021
Assembly
Read second time and amended.
04/13/2021
Assembly
From committee: Amend, and do pass as amended and re-refer to Com. on APPR. (Ayes 5. Noes 2.) (April 7).
03/24/2021
Assembly
In committee: Set, first hearing. Hearing canceled at the request of author.
01/11/2021
Assembly
Referred to Com. on ED.
01/11/2021
Assembly
Read first time.
12/12/2020
Assembly
From printer. May be heard in committee January 11.
12/11/2020
Assembly
Introduced. To print.
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Record Created
Dec 12, 2020 12:01:44 PM
Record Updated
Nov 18, 2022 12:26:18 PM