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Curriculum Frameworks and Instructional
Resources Adoption Processes
Curriculum 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; 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.
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.
Curriculum Frameworks Adoption Process
The California State Board of Education (SBE) adopts curriculum frameworks for
kindergarten through grade twelve (K–12) in accordance with California Education Code
(EC) Section 51002, which calls for the development of “broad minimum standards and
guidelines for educational programs.” Curriculum frameworks in the core curriculum
areas of reading/language arts, mathematics, history-social science, and science are
aligned to the SBE-adopted academic content standards. In addition, the SBE has
adopted content standards in visual and performing arts and physical education and
content standards in health and foreign language are under development. The SBE
adopts curriculum frameworks on a six-year or eight-year cycle. The SBE approved the
current history–social science framework in 2000; the foreign language framework in
2001; the health framework in 2002; the science and visual and performing arts
frameworks in 2004; the mathematics framework in 2005; and the reading/language arts
framework in 2006. The development of a new physical education framework began in
2006.
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