Curriculum Development and Supplemental Materials Commission
The Curriculum Development and Supplemental Materials Commission (Curriculum Commission) was established in 1927 as an advisory body to the California State Board of Education (SBE). The Curriculum Commission is responsible for advising the SBE on matters related to curriculum and instruction. California Education Code (EC) Section 60204 provides that the Curriculum Commission shall recommend curriculum frameworks to the SBE; develop criteria for evaluating instructional materials submitted for adoption; study and evaluate instructional materials submitted for adoption; recommend to the SBE instructional materials that it approves for adoption; and “recommend to the State Board of Education policies and activities to assist the department and school districts in the use of curriculum frameworks and other available model curriculum materials for the purpose of guiding and strengthening the quality of instruction in the public schools.”
The Curriculum Commission is composed of 18 members: 13 members appointed by the SBE (at least seven of these must be classroom teachers or mentor teachers at the time of appointment); one member appointed by the Governor; one member appointed by the Speaker of the Assembly; one member appointed by the Senate Rules Committee; one State Senator; and one State Assembly member. With the exception of legislative members, commissioners serve a four-year term.
Note: Assembly Bill X4 2 (Chapter 2, Statutes of 2009-10 Fourth Extraordinary Session) signed on July 28, 2009, suspended the process and procedures for adoption of instructional materials, including framework revisions, until the 2013-2014 school year.
For more information regarding the Curriculum Commission, contact Tom Adams, Executive Director, Curriculum Commission, at 916-319-0881 or by e-mail at tadams@cde.ca.gov.
