California 2017-2018 Regular Session Status: To Executive

AB 2168 — Special education: teachers: grant program.

Last action — Vetoed by Governor.

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  1. ✓
    Introduced
  2. ✓
    In Committee
  3. ✓
    Passed Assembly
  4. ✓
    Passed Senate
  5. 5
    To Executive
  6. 6
    Enacted

This bill died with 2017-2018 Regular Session. It reached “To Executive” and never advanced before the session ended, so it can no longer move — a new version would have to be reintroduced in the current session.

This bill is no longer active — its legislative session has ended, so there is no live prognosis. It would have to be reintroduced in the current session to move again.

Summary

Existing law requires that every individual with exceptional needs who is eligible to receive special education instruction and related services receive that instruction and those services at no cost to his or her parents or, as appropriate, to him or her. Existing law requires that a special education teacher who provides special education instruction and educational services meet the same "highly qualified" requirements and personnel qualifications as are provided in specified federal law. This bill would require the establishment of a statewide framework and training and support network for the purpose of training and supporting qualified mentor teachers who will be supporting the new statewide influx of special education teachers in California to be contingent upon an appropriation in the annual Budget Act or other legislation for this purpose. The bill would require the State Department of Education to award grants on a competitive basis using criteria it establishes. The bill would require the department to allocate a one-time grant of $500,000, upon the appropriation of funds for the above-described purposes, to an eligible entity, as defined, with demonstrated expertise in the area of teacher retention at elementary and secondary schools. The bill would require the department to offer $1,500,000, upon the appropriation of funds for the above-described purposes, as grants to local educational agencies, as defined, to create or expand local and regional infrastructure to support special education teacher mentoring for the purpose of supporting the retention of new special education teachers.

Bill Text

Action History

  1. Vetoed by Governor.

  2. Enrolled and presented to the Governor at 4:30 p.m.

  3. Senate amendments concurred in. To Engrossing and Enrolling. (Ayes 80. Noes 0. Page 6994.).

  4. In Assembly. Concurrence in Senate amendments pending.

  5. Read third time. Passed. Ordered to the Assembly. (Ayes 39. Noes 0. Page 5953.).

  6. Read second time. Ordered to third reading.

  7. Read third time and amended. Ordered to second reading.

  8. Read second time. Ordered to third reading.

  9. Read second time and amended. Ordered returned to second reading.

  10. From committee: Amend, and do pass as amended. (Ayes 7. Noes 0.) (August 16).

  11. In committee: Referred to APPR. suspense file.

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

  13. From committee: Amend, and do pass as amended and re-refer to Com. on APPR. (Ayes 7. Noes 0.) (June 13).

  14. Referred to Com. on ED.

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

  16. Read third time. Passed. Ordered to the Senate. (Ayes 77. Noes 0. Page 5408.)

  17. Read second time. Ordered to third reading.

  18. From committee: Do pass. (Ayes 16. Noes 0.) (May 25).

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

  20. Re-referred to Com. on APPR.

  21. Read second time and amended.

  22. From committee: Amend, and do pass as amended and re-refer to Com. on APPR. (Ayes 7. Noes 0.) (April 25).

  23. In committee: Set, first hearing. Hearing canceled at the request of author.

  24. Re-referred to Com. on ED.

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

  26. Re-referred to Com. on ED.

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

  28. Referred to Com. on ED.

  29. From printer. May be heard in committee March 15.

  30. Read first time. To print.

Sponsors

  • Thurmond · Primary

Sponsorship breakdown

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1 sponsors · 0 co-sponsors · 121 not signed on

Sponsors (1)

  • Thurmond

Co-sponsors (0)

None.

Not signed on (121)

121 members have not signed on to this bill.

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Votes

AB 2168 THURMOND Concurrence in Senate Amendments

Passed 80 Yea · 0 Nay
Party YeaNayPresentNot Voting
Unaffiliated 58000
Democratic 16000
Republican 6000
Total 80000
% of votes cast 100%0%0%0%
How each member voted (80)
Member Party Vote
Acosta — Yea
Baker — Yea
Bloom — Yea
Brough — Yea
Harper — Yea
Levine — Yea
Mathis — Yea
O'Donnell — Yea
Obernolte — Yea
Steinorth — Yea
Thurmond — Yea
Voepel — Yea
Wood — Yea
Eggman — Yea
Cunningham — Yea
Daly — Yea
Friedman — Yea
Frazier — Yea
Chau — Yea
Gloria — Yea
Gonzalez Fletcher — Yea
Holden — Yea
Jones-Sawyer — Yea
Rubio — Yea
Salas — Yea
Kiley — Yea
Maienschein — Yea
Mayes — Yea
Bigelow — Yea
Chu — Yea
Chávez — Yea
Cooper — Yea
Melendez — Yea
Mullin — Yea
Quirk — Yea
Santiago — Yea
Waldron — Yea
Weber — Yea
Rivas — Yea
Fong — Yea
Gray — Yea
Burke — Yea
Chiu — Yea
Cooley — Yea
Kamlager-Dove — Yea
Low — Yea
McCarty — Yea
Medina — Yea
Nazarian — Yea
Rendon — Yea
Rodriguez — Yea
Ting — Yea
Cristina Garcia — Yea
Eduardo Garcia — Yea
Jim Patterson — Yea
Mark Stone — Yea
Travis Allen — Yea
Wendy Carrillo — Yea
Aguiar-Curry, Cecilia M. Democratic Yea
Arambula, Joaquin Democratic Yea
Berman, Marc Democratic Yea
Bonta, Mia Democratic Yea
Caballero, Anna M. Democratic Yea
Calderon, Lisa Democratic Yea
Cervantes, Sabrina Democratic Yea
Gabriel, Jesse Democratic Yea
Gipson, Mike A. Democratic Yea
Grayson, Timothy S. Democratic Yea
Irwin, Jacqui Democratic Yea
Kalra, Ash Democratic Yea
Limón, Monique Democratic Yea
Muratsuchi, Al Democratic Yea
Quirk-Silva, Sharon Democratic Yea
Reyes, Eloise Gómez Democratic Yea
Chen, Phillip Republican Yea
Choi, Steven S. Republican Yea
Dahle, Megan Republican Yea
Flora, Heath Republican Yea
Gallagher, James Republican Yea
Lackey, Tom Republican Yea

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3rd Reading AB2168 Thurmond By Beall

Passed 39 Yea · 0 Nay · 1 Other
Party YeaNayPresentNot Voting
Unaffiliated 34001
Democratic 5000
Total 39001
% of votes cast 98%0%0%3%
How each member voted (40)
Member Party Vote
Anderson — Yea
Bradford — Yea
Hernandez — Yea
Hueso — Yea
Moorlach — Yea
Nielsen — Yea
Skinner — Yea
Dodd — Yea
Galgiani — Yea
Lara — Yea
Monning — Yea
Chang — Yea
Allen — Yea
Cannella — Yea
De León — Yea
Delgado — Yea
Portantino — Yea
Atkins — Yea
Mitchell — Yea
Fuller — Yea
Glazer — Yea
Hertzberg — Yea
Bates — Yea
Beall — Yea
Hill — Yea
Leyva — Yea
Morrell — Yea
Pan — Yea
Roth — Yea
Vidak — Yea
Wieckowski — Yea
Wilk — Yea
Beth Gaines — Yea
Bill Berryhill — Not Voting
Mark Stone — Yea
Jackson, Corey A. Democratic Yea
McGuire, Mike Democratic Yea
Nguyen, Stephanie Democratic Yea
Stern, Henry I. Democratic Yea
Wiener, Scott D. Democratic Yea

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Do pass as amended

Passed 7 Yea · 0 Nay
Party YeaNayPresentNot Voting
Unaffiliated 6000
Democratic 1000
Total 7000
% of votes cast 100%0%0%0%
How each member voted (7)
Member Party Vote
Bates — Yea
Bradford — Yea
Hill — Yea
Portantino — Yea
Beall — Yea
Nielsen — Yea
Wiener, Scott D. Democratic Yea

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Placed on suspense file

Passed 7 Yea · 0 Nay
Party YeaNayPresentNot Voting
Unaffiliated 6000
Democratic 1000
Total 7000
% of votes cast 100%0%0%0%
How each member voted (7)
Member Party Vote
Beall — Yea
Hill — Yea
Portantino — Yea
Bates — Yea
Bradford — Yea
Nielsen — Yea
Wiener, Scott D. Democratic Yea

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AB 2168 THURMOND Assembly Third Reading

Passed 77 Yea · 0 Nay · 1 Other
Party YeaNayPresentNot Voting
Unaffiliated 56001
Democratic 15000
Republican 6000
Total 77001
% of votes cast 99%0%0%1%
How each member voted (78)
Member Party Vote
Acosta — Yea
Baker — Yea
Bloom — Yea
Brough — Yea
Holden — Yea
Jones-Sawyer — Yea
Levine — Yea
Melendez — Yea
Nazarian — Yea
Obernolte — Yea
Rodriguez — Yea
Santiago — Yea
Voepel — Yea
Chiu — Yea
Eggman — Not Voting
Cooper — Yea
Cunningham — Yea
Daly — Yea
Frazier — Yea
Friedman — Yea
Gloria — Yea
Gonzalez Fletcher — Yea
Harper — Yea
Rubio — Yea
Salas — Yea
Kiley — Yea
Maienschein — Yea
Mathis — Yea
Mayes — Yea
Medina — Yea
Bigelow — Yea
Chau — Yea
Chu — Yea
Chávez — Yea
Mullin — Yea
O'Donnell — Yea
Quirk — Yea
Steinorth — Yea
Waldron — Yea
Weber — Yea
Wood — Yea
Fong — Yea
Gray — Yea
Burke — Yea
Kamlager-Dove — Yea
Low — Yea
Cooley — Yea
McCarty — Yea
Rendon — Yea
Thurmond — Yea
Ting — Yea
Cristina Garcia — Yea
Eduardo Garcia — Yea
Jim Patterson — Yea
Mark Stone — Yea
Travis Allen — Yea
Wendy Carrillo — Yea
Aguiar-Curry, Cecilia M. Democratic Yea
Arambula, Joaquin Democratic Yea
Berman, Marc Democratic Yea
Bonta, Mia Democratic Yea
Caballero, Anna M. Democratic Yea
Calderon, Lisa Democratic Yea
Cervantes, Sabrina Democratic Yea
Gipson, Mike A. Democratic Yea
Grayson, Timothy S. Democratic Yea
Irwin, Jacqui Democratic Yea
Kalra, Ash Democratic Yea
Limón, Monique Democratic Yea
Muratsuchi, Al Democratic Yea
Quirk-Silva, Sharon Democratic Yea
Reyes, Eloise Gómez Democratic Yea
Chen, Phillip Republican Yea
Choi, Steven S. Republican Yea
Dahle, Megan Republican Yea
Flora, Heath Republican Yea
Gallagher, James Republican Yea
Lackey, Tom Republican Yea

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Do pass.

Passed 16 Yea · 0 Nay · 1 Other
Party YeaNayPresentNot Voting
Unaffiliated 12001
Democratic 3000
Republican 1000
Total 16001
% of votes cast 94%0%0%6%
How each member voted (17)
Member Party Vote
Bigelow — Yea
Bloom — Yea
Brough — Not Voting
Obernolte — Yea
Quirk — Yea
Eggman — Yea
Friedman — Yea
Gonzalez Fletcher — Yea
Fong — Yea
Chau — Yea
Nazarian — Yea
Eduardo Garcia — Yea
Wendy Carrillo — Yea
Bonta, Mia Democratic Yea
Calderon, Lisa Democratic Yea
Reyes, Eloise Gómez Democratic Yea
Gallagher, James Republican Yea

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Subjects

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Frequently asked questions

What does AB 2168 do?
Existing law requires that every individual with exceptional needs who is eligible to receive special education instruction and related services receive that instruction and those services at no cost to his or her parents or, as appropriate, to him or her. Existing law requires that a special education teacher who provides special education instruction and educational services meet the same "highly qualified" requirements and personnel qualifications as are provided in specified federal law. This bill would require the establishment of a statewide framework and training and support network for the purpose of training and supporting qualified mentor teachers who will be supporting the new statewide influx of special education teachers in California to be contingent upon an appropriation in the annual Budget Act or other legislation for this purpose. The bill would require the State Department of Education to award grants on a competitive basis using criteria it establishes. The bill would require the department to allocate a one-time grant of $500,000, upon the appropriation of funds for the above-described purposes, to an eligible entity, as defined, with demonstrated expertise in the area of teacher retention at elementary and secondary schools. The bill would require the department to offer $1,500,000, upon the appropriation of funds for the above-described purposes, as grants to local educational agencies, as defined, to create or expand local and regional infrastructure to support special education teacher mentoring for the purpose of supporting the retention of new special education teachers.
Who sponsors AB 2168?
AB 2168 is sponsored by Thurmond.
What is the current status of AB 2168?
This bill died with 2017-2018 Regular Session. It reached “To Executive” and never advanced before the session ended, so it can no longer move — a new version would have to be reintroduced in the current session.
Where can I track AB 2168?
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