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REQUEST FOR <br />COUNCIL ACTION <br />CITY COUNCIL MEETING DATE: <br />APRIL 17, 2018 <br />TITLE: <br />DISCUSSION AND CONSIDERATION OF <br />LEGISLATIVE POSITION ON SB 895 <br />(VIETNAMESE REFUGEE MODEL <br />CURRICULUM) <br />(STRATEGIC PLAN NO. 2) <br />C1 LY MANAGER <br />RECOMMENDED ACTION <br />CLERK OF COUNCIL USE ONLY: <br />r-WituemAil, <br />❑ As Recommended <br />❑ As Amended <br />❑ Ordinance on 1° Reading <br />❑ Ordinance on 2n° Reading <br />❑ Implementing Resolution <br />❑ Set Public Hearing For_ <br />CONTINUED TO <br />FILE NUMBER <br />Discuss and consider a position on Senate Bill 895 (Nguyen), Vietnamese Refugee Model <br />Curriculum. The City Council may take one of the following positions: (1) support, (2) support if <br />amended, (3) neutral, (4) oppose, (5) oppose unless amended, (6) watch, and (7) provide staff <br />direction other than the positions listed. <br />BACKGROUND <br />In accordance with the adopted 2018 Legislative Platform, a process was established to provide <br />staff with direction on how to take positions on legislative matters on behalf of the City. When a <br />legislative item is silent in the Legislative Platform, it is to be presented to the City Council for <br />consideration. <br />SB 895, as introduced by Senator Nguyen, would establish the first model curriculum for the <br />comprehensive study of the Vietnamese -American refugee experience. It would require the <br />Instructional Quality Commission to develop and recommend to the State Board of Education <br />adoption of model curriculum relative to the Vietnamese -American refugee experience. <br />The model would also include discussion of the members of the Republic of Vietnam Armed <br />Forces, their stories of fighting alongside American soldiers, experiences in reeducation camps <br />and their exodus to America. This bill would also require the inclusion of writings that represent all <br />perspectives of the refugee experience including the oral testimony of Vietnamese refugees and <br />their experiences when teaching about the Vietnam War and post -Vietnam War era. <br />SB 895 would require the Instructional Quality Commission to complete the development of the <br />model curriculum by December 31, 2020 and the State Board of Education to adopt the <br />curriculum by March 31, 2021. <br />65A-1 <br />