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The IQC met on December 18, 2014 to discuss the feedback and proposed edits to the History - Social Science Framework received during the preceding 60-day public comment period. The IQC received an unprecedented number of comments, including a large volume of comments related to LGBT inclusion thanks to all of you. Due to the overwhelming volume of comments on a range of topics, the IQC chose not to use their meeting time to review and take action on every proposed edit. Instead, they will take additional time to consider the proposed revisions and will prepare a new draft of the History - Social Science Framework, which will then receive a new hearing in September 2015.

IQC members expressed appreciation for the specificity of proposed edits and comprehensive scope of comments related to LGBT-inclusion and other topics. The CDE staff have recommended a large number of our proposed edits be considered for adoption. This, in addition to the additional time the IQC is taking, leaves us cautiously optimistic that ultimately we will see more robust inclusion of LGBT people and issues across elementary, middle, and high school in the History - Social Science Framework.

We will continue to monitor the IQC's meeting agendas and any materials they release, and keep you in the loop. In particular, we anticipate there will be additional opportunities in the Fall to submit comments and/or sign on to a letter from this coalition, either affirming what they've proposed or urging additional LGBT inclusion.

The new IQC timeline for revising the History - Social Science Framework is pasted below.

The minutes from the December 2014 meeting have not yet been posted, but should be available here, if you'd like to check back periodically.


 * Instructional Quality Commission approves draft Framework for field review  ||   September 17–18, 2014   ||
 * 60-day field review of draft Framework (required by CCR 9515)  ||   September–November 2014   ||
 * Instructional Quality Commission analyzes field review results and revises draft framework  ||   June—September 2015   ||
 * Instructional Quality Commission holds hearings and takes action on draft framework/sends recommendation to SBE  ||   September 24–25, 2015*   ||
 * Required 60-day period for public review and comment on Instructional Quality Commission’s recommended framework (CCR 9515)  ||   October—December 2015   ||
 * SBE receives Instructional Quality Commission recommendation, holds public hearing and acts on draft framework  ||   March 2016   ||
 * Document Preparation  ||   Spring—Summer 2016   ||
 * Final Publication  ||   Fall 2016   ||