Pupil instruction: visual and performing arts: content standards in media arts.
Existing law requires the Superintendent of Public Instruction, in consultation with the Instructional Quality Commission, to recommend to the State Board of Education revisions to the visual and performing arts content standards in the subjects of dance, theater, music, and visual arts, and requires the state board to adopt, reject, or modify the recommendations on or before January 31, 2019. Existing law requires the Superintendent, in consultation with the Instructional Quality Commission and the state board, to select a group of experts in visual and performing arts for purposes of assisting the Superintendent in developing those recommendations. Existing law requires that the National Core Arts Standards developed by the National Coalition for Core Arts Standards serve as the basis for deliberations regarding revisions to the visual and performing arts content standards. Existing law requires the Superintendent, in consultation with the Instructional Quality Commission, to hold a minimum of 2 public hearings in order for the public to provide input on the Superintendent's recommendations, and would require the state board to adopt, reject, or modify the recommendations at a subsequent public meeting, in accordance with specified procedures.
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California Legislature
20172018
AB 37
California AB 37 (20172018)
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Pupil instruction: visual and performing arts: content standards in media arts.
California AB 37 (20172018) — Pupil instruction: visual and performing arts: content standards in media arts.
Existing law requires the Superintendent of Public Instruction, in consultation with the Instructional Quality Commission, to recommend to the State Board of Education revisions to the visual and performing arts content standards in the subjects of dance, theater, music, and visual arts, and requires the state board to adopt, reject, or modify the recommendations on or before January 31, 2019. Existing law requires the Superintendent, in consultation with the Instructional Quality Commission and the state board, to select a group of experts in visual and performing arts for purposes of assisting the Superintendent in developing those recommendations. Existing law requires that the National Core Arts Standards developed by the National Coalition for Core Arts Standards serve as the basis for deliberations regarding revisions to the visual and performing arts content standards. Existing law requires the Superintendent, in consultation with the Instructional Quality Commission, to hold a minimum of 2 public hearings in order for the public to provide input on the Superintendent's recommendations, and would require the state board to adopt, reject, or modify the recommendations at a subsequent public meeting, in accordance with specified procedures.
Version chain
The bill's text revisions, in order — the diff chain from filing to enrollment.
Do pass, but first be re-referred to the Committee on [Appropriations] with the recommendation: To Consent Calendar — 7–0 (pass) · upper
AB 37 O'DONNELL Assembly Third Reading — 74–0 (pass) · lower
Sponsors
O'Donnell — primary (person)
Waldron — coauthor (person)
Timeline
The legislative action history — every referral, reading, and vote.
2016-12-05 Read first time. To print. reading-1
2016-12-06 From printer. May be heard in committee January 5.
2017-01-19 Referred to Com. on ED. referral-committee
2017-03-06 From committee chair, with author's amendments: Amend, and re-refer to Com. on ED. Read second time and amended. amendment-introduction, amendment-passage, reading-2, reading-1
2017-03-07 Re-referred to Com. on ED. referral-committee
2017-03-16 Coauthors revised.
2017-03-16 From committee: Do pass and re-refer to Com. on APPR. (Ayes 7. Noes 0.) (March 15). Re-referred to Com. on APPR. committee-passage-favorable, committee-passage, referral-committee
2017-04-05 From committee: Do pass. (Ayes 17. Noes 0.) (April 5). committee-passage-favorable, committee-passage
2017-04-06 Read second time. Ordered to third reading. reading-2, reading-1
2017-04-17 Read third time. Passed. Ordered to the Senate. (Ayes 74. Noes 0. Page 1014.) reading-3, passage, reading-1
2017-04-17 In Senate. Read first time. To Com. on RLS. for assignment. reading-1
2017-05-10 Referred to Com. on ED. referral-committee
2017-06-07 From committee: Do pass and re-refer to Com. on APPR. with recommendation: To Consent Calendar. (Ayes 7. Noes 0.) (June 7). Re-referred to Com. on APPR. committee-passage-favorable, committee-passage, referral-committee
2017-06-26 From committee: Be placed on second reading file pursuant to Senate Rule 28.8 and ordered to consent calendar. committee-passage
2017-06-27 Read second time. Ordered to Consent Calendar. reading-2, reading-1
2017-07-03 Read third time. Passed. Ordered to the Assembly. (Ayes 33. Noes 0. Page 1841.). reading-3, passage, reading-1
2017-07-03 In Assembly. Ordered to Engrossing and Enrolling. committee-passage
2017-07-12 Enrolled and presented to the Governor at 11:30 a.m.
2017-07-24 Approved by the Governor. executive-signature
2017-07-24 Chaptered by Secretary of State - Chapter 102, Statutes of 2017.
Source
OpenStates / OpenCivicData bulk snapshot 2026-07-01; origin ocd-bill/881c2640-b90e-49ab-a321-4b363cfa4da9. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official California legislature records).
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