SECTIONS 13040-13042 - California Statutes

EDUCATION CODE

SECTION 13040-13042

13040. (a) The State Librarian shall expend the funds allocated for
the purposes of this part to develop, in consultation with the State
Department of Education and the Curriculum Development and
Supplemental Materials Commission related to history-social science
curriculum framework and content standards, California Native
American instructional resources for use in the public schools
maintaining any combination of instructional settings from
kindergarten to grade 12, inclusive.
(b) The State Librarian may award grants on a competitive basis or
shall contract with instructional resource developers to prepare the
instructional resources consistent with the state curriculum
framework and content standards where the teaching of Native American
history is identified, and shall consult with a broadly based group
of experts to advise upon and review the instructional resources. The
instructional resources shall be subject to Section 13041 and all
other relevant statutes governing the content of educational
materials prior to distribution to the public schools.
(c) In carrying out subdivision (b), the State Librarian is
encouraged to do or enable each of the following, to the extent
possible:
(1) Involve California Native Americans in the development of the
instructional resources.
(2) Consult with local and regional consortia of organizations and
individuals engaged in similar educational, research, and
development efforts.
(3) Coordinate and collaborate with organizations and individuals
engaging in similar educational, research, and development endeavors.
(4) Utilize creative and innovative methods and approaches in
research for, and development of, the instructional resources.
(5) Seek matching funds, in-kind contributions, or other sources
of support to supplement the funds provided in support of this part.
(6) Propose the use of a variety of media, including new
technology and the arts, to creatively and strategically appeal to
pupils while enhancing and enriching community-based educational
efforts.
(7) Include scholarly inquiry related to the variety of
experiences of California Native Americans.
(8) Add relevant materials to, or catalogue relevant materials in,
libraries and other repositories for the creation, publication, and
distribution of bibliographies, curriculum guides, oral histories,
and other resource directories and supporting the continued
development of scholarly work on this subject by making a broad range
of archival, library, and research materials more accessible to the
American public.

13041. (a) The State Librarian shall submit to the Curriculum
Development and Supplemental Materials Commission the instructional
resources developed pursuant to Section 13040.
(b) The Curriculum Development and Supplemental Materials
Commission shall hold a public hearing regarding the instructional
resources and shall recommend them, along with any modifications that
the commission determines to be appropriate, to the State Board of
Education.
(c) (1) The State Board of Education shall hold a public hearing
regarding the recommendation of the Curriculum Development and
Supplemental Materials Commission pursuant to subdivision (b) and
shall approve the instructional resources along with any
modifications that the State Board of Education determines to be
appropriate.
(2) The State Board of Education shall review the instructional
resources approved pursuant to subdivision (c) in relation to the
history-social science content standards adopted pursuant to Section
60605 and shall, at any subsequent revision, make adjustments, if
any, to the content standards that it determines to be appropriate.
The State Board of Education shall also ensure that the approved
instructional resources are used as an advisory tool in developing
the next revision of the history-social science curriculum framework
and standards.
(d) Upon approval by the State Board of Education pursuant to
subdivision (c), the instructional resources shall be made available
to educators as efficiently and effectively as available funding will
allow.

13042. On or before January 1, 2003, the State Librarian shall
report to the Governor and the appropriate fiscal and policy
committees of each house of the Legislature on the use of funds
provided for the purposes of this part.