AB 2008 — Local educational agencies: planning and reporting requirements: template: repealer.

Summary

Existing law establishes the State Department of Education and assigns to the department numerous responsibilities relating to the governance of the public elementary and secondary schools in the state. This bill would require the department, on or before October 1, 2027, to create and post to its internet website a standardized template, as specified, for use by school districts, county offices of education, and charter schools when completing programmatic or expenditure reports for competitive state grant programs, except as provided. In drafting the template, the bill would require the department to ensure that the template creates reporting efficiencies for local educational agencies and schools that receive state grants and to consult relevant stakeholders involved in local educational agency reporting, as specified. The bill would require the department, on or before October 1, 2027, to submit the template to the Legislature, as provided, and, commencing January 1, 2028, to issue the template to local educational agencies as part of the notice of award information and again 6 months before the final report due date, and to prepopulate certain local educational agency administrative information. Existing law requires a bill that requires a state agency to submit a report on any subject to either house of the Legislature, a committee or office of either house of the Legislature, or the Legislative Counsel Bureau, to include a provision that repeals the reporting requirement, or makes the requirement inoperative, no later than a date 4 years following the operative date of the bill or 4 years after the due date of any report required every 4 or more years. Existing law requires the Legislative Counsel, in drafting a bill or amendment that includes a reporting requirement as described above, to include a provision repealing the reporting requirement or making the requirement inoperative, as specified, unless directed to do otherwise. This bill, beginning January 1, 2027, would (1) require a bill that would require a school district, county office of education, or charter school to complete a plan or report to include a provision that repeals the planning or reporting requirement, or makes the requirement inoperative, no later than 4 years following the bill's operative date if the planning or reporting requirement has an undefined end date or 4 years after the final due date of any plan or report, and (2) require the Legislative Counsel to include a provision in that bill repealing the planning or reporting requirement or making the requirement inoperative, as specified, unless directed to do otherwise. The bill would require, beginning January 1, 2028, the Legislative Counsel, in drafting a bill or amendment that imposes a new programmatic or expenditure reporting requirement for competitive state grant programs on a local educational agency, except as provided, to include a provision that requires the final programmatic or expenditure report be submitted using the template created by the department, as described above, unless directed to do otherwise.

Bill Text

• Chaptered 09/18/26 - Chaptered html September 18, 2026
• Enrolled 08/27/26 - Enrolled Current pdf August 27, 2026
• Amended 06/18/26 - Amended Senate pdf June 18, 2026
• Amended 06/08/26 - Amended Senate pdf June 08, 2026
• Amended 04/27/26 - Amended Assembly pdf April 27, 2026
• Introduced 02/17/26 - Introduced pdf February 17, 2026
• AB2008 View text html

Action History

1. September 18, 2026

   Chaptered by Secretary of State - Chapter 283, Statutes of 2026.

2. September 18, 2026

   Approved by the Governor.

3. August 31, 2026

   Enrolled and presented to the Governor at 4 p.m.

4. August 25, 2026

   Senate amendments concurred in. To Engrossing and Enrolling. (Ayes 78. Noes 0. Page 6450.).

5. August 20, 2026

   In Assembly. Concurrence in Senate amendments pending.

6. August 20, 2026

   Read third time. Passed. Ordered to the Assembly. (Ayes 39. Noes 0.).

7. August 18, 2026

   Ordered to special consent calendar.

8. August 13, 2026

   Read second time. Ordered to third reading.

9. August 13, 2026

   From committee: Do pass. (Ayes 7. Noes 0.) (August 13).

10. August 03, 2026

    In committee: Referred to APPR. suspense file.

11. June 18, 2026

    Read second time and amended. Re-referred to Com. on APPR.

12. June 17, 2026

    From committee: Amend, and do pass as amended and re-refer to Com. on APPR. (Ayes 7. Noes 0.) (June 17).

13. June 08, 2026

    From committee chair, with author's amendments: Amend, and re-refer to committee. Read second time, amended, and re-referred to Com. on ED.

14. June 03, 2026

    Referred to Com. on ED.

15. May 21, 2026

    In Senate. Read first time. To Com. on RLS. for assignment.

16. May 21, 2026

    Read third time. Passed. Ordered to the Senate. (Ayes 72. Noes 0. Page 5216.)

17. May 18, 2026

    Read second time. Ordered to third reading.

18. May 14, 2026

    From committee: Do pass. (Ayes 15. Noes 0.) (May 14).

19. May 06, 2026

    In committee: Set, first hearing. Referred to APPR. suspense file.

20. April 28, 2026

    Re-referred to Com. on APPR.

21. April 27, 2026

    Read second time and amended.

22. April 23, 2026

    From committee: Amend, and do pass as amended and re-refer to Com. on APPR. with recommendation: To Consent Calendar. (Ayes 9. Noes 0.) (April 22).

23. March 02, 2026

    Referred to Com. on ED.

24. February 18, 2026

    From printer. May be heard in committee March 20.

25. February 17, 2026

    Read first time. To print.

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• Darshana R. Patel · Primary

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