Existing law requires the adopted course of study for grades 1 to 6, inclusive, and for grades 7 to 12, inclusive, to offer courses 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 prior to, 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.
California AB 2546 (20152016) — Pupil instruction: history-social science curriculum framework: financial literacy.
Existing law requires the adopted course of study for grades 1 to 6, inclusive, and for grades 7 to 12, inclusive, to offer courses 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 prior to, 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.
Version chain
The bill's text revisions, in order — the diff chain from filing to enrollment.
Do pass and be re-referred to the Committee on [Appropriations] — 6–0 (pass) · lower
Do pass, but first be re-referred to the Committee on [Appropriations] — 5–1 (pass) · upper
AB 2546 CALDERON Assembly Third Reading — 65–8 (pass) · lower
AB 2546 CALDERON Concurrence in Senate Amendments — 66–10 (pass) · lower
Be re-referred to the Committee on [Education] — 11–0 (pass) · lower
Do pass. — 17–3 (pass) · lower
Sponsors
Calderon — primary (person)
Dababneh — coauthor (person)
Leyva — coauthor (person)
Mendoza — coauthor (person)
Vidak — coauthor (person)
Timeline
The legislative action history — every referral, reading, and vote.
2016-02-19 Introduced. To print. introduction
2016-02-21 From printer. May be heard in committee March 22.
2016-02-22 Read first time. reading-1
2016-03-17 Referred to Com. on B. & F. referral-committee
2016-03-17 From committee chair, with author's amendments: Amend, and re-refer to Com. on B. & F. Read second time and amended. reading-2, amendment-introduction, amendment-passage, reading-1
2016-03-28 Re-referred to Com. on B. & F. referral-committee
2016-04-07 From committee chair, with author's amendments: Amend, and re-refer to Com. on B. & F. Read second time and amended. reading-2, amendment-introduction, amendment-passage, reading-1
2016-04-11 Re-referred to Com. on B. & F. referral-committee
2016-04-11 Re-referred to Com. on RLS. pursuant to Assembly Rule 96. referral-committee
2016-04-14 From committee: Be re-referred to Com. on ED. Re-referred. (Ayes 11. Noes 0.) (April 14). Re-referred to Com. on ED. referral-committee, committee-passage
2016-04-21 From committee: Do pass and re-refer to Com. on APPR. (Ayes 6. Noes 0.) (April 20). Re-referred to Com. on APPR. referral-committee, committee-passage-favorable, committee-passage
2016-05-11 From committee: Do pass. (Ayes 17. Noes 3.) (May 11). committee-passage-favorable, committee-passage
2016-05-12 Read second time. Ordered to third reading. reading-2, reading-1
2016-05-19 Read third time. Passed. Ordered to the Senate. (Ayes 65. Noes 8. Page 4863.) reading-3, passage, reading-1
2016-05-19 In Senate. Read first time. To Com. on RLS. for assignment. reading-1
2016-05-26 Referred to Com. on ED. referral-committee
2016-06-15 In committee: Set, first hearing. Hearing canceled at the request of author.
2016-06-29 From committee: Do pass and re-refer to Com. on APPR. (Ayes 5. Noes 1.) (June 29). Re-referred to Com. on APPR. referral-committee, committee-passage-favorable, committee-passage
2016-08-02 From committee: Do pass. (Ayes 7. Noes 0.) (August 1). committee-passage-favorable, committee-passage
2016-08-03 Read second time. Ordered to third reading. reading-2, reading-1
2016-08-11 Read third time and amended. Ordered to second reading. reading-3, amendment-passage, reading-1
2016-08-15 Read second time. Ordered to third reading. reading-2, reading-1
2016-08-16 Read third time. Passed. Ordered to the Assembly. (Ayes 35. Noes 0. Page 5020.). reading-3, passage, reading-1
2016-08-16 In Assembly. Concurrence in Senate amendments pending. May be considered on or after August 18 pursuant to Assembly Rule 77.
2016-08-23 Senate amendments concurred in. To Engrossing and Enrolling. (Ayes 66. Noes 10. Page 6119.). committee-passage-favorable, amendment-passage
2016-08-31 Enrolled and presented to the Governor at 4 p.m.
2016-09-25 Approved by the Governor. executive-signature
2016-09-25 Chaptered by Secretary of State - Chapter 616, Statutes of 2016.
Source
OpenStates / OpenCivicData bulk snapshot 2026-07-01; origin ocd-bill/15cb2153-2854-472d-b994-908eaef28b3f. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official California legislature records).