California 2019-2020 Regular Session Status: Passed Assembly

AB 2126 — Temporary school closures: notification: survey.

Last action — In committee: Held under submission.

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

This bill died with 2019-2020 Regular Session. It reached “Passed Assembly” 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.

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Summary

Existing law requires the governing board of a school district to maintain all elementary schools and high schools for an equal length of time during the school year unless the school has been closed on account of contagious disease, fire, flood, or other public disaster. This bill would require the State Department of Education to develop and implement an internet website and a web-based application for the purpose of collecting information from a county office of education, school district, or charter school about temporary school closures, as specified. The bill would require the department to have the internet website and web-based application operative no later than July 1, 2021. The bill would require a county superintendent of schools, superintendent of a school district, or charter school administrator to notify the department through the internet website or web-based application of all temporary school closures each day the school is closed. The bill would authorize a county superintendent of schools to assume the responsibility of reporting a temporary school closure on behalf of all school districts and charter schools under the jurisdiction of that county superintendent. The bill would authorize a scheduled temporary school closure to be reported to the department through the internet website or web-based application in advance of the temporary school closure. The bill would require the department to make information related to a temporary school closure publicly available on its internet website. The bill would require the department to develop a survey for the purpose of collecting specified information from local educational agencies during school closures of longer than 5 school days. The bill would require the survey to be automatically distributed to a local educational agency that reports a school closure of longer than 5 school days using the above-described internet website or web-based application developed by the department. The bill would require a county superintendent of schools, superintendent of a school district, or charter school administrator, or their designee, to submit a response to the survey to the department within a timeframe established by the department. The bill would authorize a county superintendent of schools to assume the responsibility of submitting a response to the survey on behalf of all school districts and charter schools under the jurisdiction of that county superintendent. By imposing additional requirements on local educational agencies, the bill would impose a state-mandated local program. The California Constitution requires the state to reimburse local agencies and school districts for certain costs mandated by the state. Statutory provisions establish procedures for making that reimbursement. This bill would provide that, if the Commission on State Mandates determines that the bill contains costs mandated by the state, reimbursement for those costs shall be made pursuant to the statutory provisions noted above.

Bill Text

Action History

  1. In committee: Held under submission.

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

  3. From committee: Do pass and re-refer to Com. on APPR. with recommendation: To Consent Calendar. (Ayes 7. Noes 0.) (July 29). Re-referred to Com. on APPR.

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

  5. Referred to Com. on ED.

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

  7. Read third time. Passed. Ordered to the Senate. (Ayes 76. Noes 0. Page 4711.)

  8. Assembly Rule 63 suspended. (Ayes 59. Noes 17. Page 4700.)

  9. Read second time. Ordered to third reading.

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

  11. From committee: Amend, and do pass as amended. (Ayes 18. Noes 0.) (June 3).

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

  13. Re-referred to Com. on APPR.

  14. Read second time and amended.

  15. From committee: Amend, and do pass as amended and re-refer to Com. on APPR. with recommendation: To Consent Calendar. (Ayes 7. Noes 0.) (May 6).

  16. In committee: Hearing postponed by committee.

  17. Referred to Com. on ED.

  18. From printer. May be heard in committee March 12.

  19. Read first time. To print.

Sponsors

  • O'Donnell · Primary

Sponsorship breakdown

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

Sponsors (1)

  • O'Donnell

Co-sponsors (0)

None.

Not signed on (121)

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Votes

Placed on suspense file

Passed 7 Yea · 0 Nay
Party YeaNayPresentNot Voting
Unaffiliated 6000
Republican 1000
Total 7000
% of votes cast 100%0%0%0%
How each member voted (7)
Member Party Vote
Leyva — Yea
Bates — Yea
Wieckowski — Yea
Portantino — Yea
Bradford — Yea
Hill — Yea
Jones, Brian W. Republican Yea

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AB 2126 O'Donnell Assembly Second Reading

Passed 76 Yea · 0 Nay · 3 Other
Party YeaNayPresentNot Voting
Unaffiliated 49002
Democratic 21001
Republican 6000
Total 76003
% of votes cast 96%0%0%4%
How each member voted (79)
Member Party Vote
Gloria — Yea
Mullin — Yea
Salas — Yea
Fong — Yea
Levine — Yea
Eggman — Yea
Medina — Yea
Waldron — Yea
Gonzalez — Yea
Wood — Yea
Kamlager — Yea
O'Donnell — Yea
Chiu — Yea
Chu — Yea
Cunningham — Yea
Jones-Sawyer — Yea
Ting — Yea
Voepel — Yea
Gray — Yea
Chau — Yea
Mathis — Yea
Frazier — Yea
Obernolte — Yea
Mayes — Yea
Santiago — Yea
Quirk — Not Voting
Daly — Not Voting
Holden — Yea
Maienschein — Yea
Friedman — Yea
Cooper — Yea
Smith — Yea
Kiley — Yea
Brough — Yea
Nazarian — Yea
Weber — Yea
Diep — Yea
Bigelow — Yea
Rendon — Yea
Rodriguez — Yea
McCarty — Yea
Low — Yea
Bloom — Yea
Burke — Yea
Cooley — Yea
Cristina Garcia — Yea
Eduardo Garcia — Yea
Jim Patterson — Yea
Luz Rivas — Yea
Mark Stone — Yea
Wendy Carrillo — Yea
Aguiar-Curry, Cecilia M. Democratic Yea
Arambula, Joaquin Democratic Yea
Bauer-Kahan, Rebecca Democratic Yea
Berman, Marc Democratic Yea
Boerner, Tasha Democratic Yea
Bonta, Mia 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 Not Voting
Petrie-Norris, Cottie Democratic Yea
Quirk-Silva, Sharon Democratic Yea
Ramos, James C. Democratic Yea
Reyes, Eloise Gómez Democratic Yea
Rivas, Robert Democratic Yea
Rubio, Blanca E. Democratic Yea
Wicks, Buffy 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 as amended.

Passed 18 Yea · 0 Nay
Party YeaNayPresentNot Voting
Democratic 6000
Unaffiliated 11000
Republican 1000
Total 18000
% of votes cast 100%0%0%0%
How each member voted (18)
Member Party Vote
Fong — Yea
McCarty — Yea
Voepel — Yea
Chau — Yea
Bloom — Yea
Eggman — Yea
Gonzalez — Yea
Diep — Yea
Bigelow — Yea
Eduardo Garcia — Yea
Wendy Carrillo — Yea
Bauer-Kahan, Rebecca Democratic Yea
Bonta, Mia Democratic Yea
Calderon, Lisa Democratic Yea
Gabriel, Jesse Democratic Yea
Petrie-Norris, Cottie Democratic Yea
Rivas, Robert Democratic Yea
Dahle, Megan Republican Yea

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Subjects

education
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Frequently asked questions

What does AB 2126 do?
Existing law requires the governing board of a school district to maintain all elementary schools and high schools for an equal length of time during the school year unless the school has been closed on account of contagious disease, fire, flood, or other public disaster. This bill would require the State Department of Education to develop and implement an internet website and a web-based application for the purpose of collecting information from a county office of education, school district, or charter school about temporary school closures, as specified. The bill would require the department to have the internet website and web-based application operative no later than July 1, 2021. The bill would require a county superintendent of schools, superintendent of a school district, or charter school administrator to notify the department through the internet website or web-based application of all temporary school closures each day the school is closed. The bill would authorize a county superintendent of schools to assume the responsibility of reporting a temporary school closure on behalf of all school districts and charter schools under the jurisdiction of that county superintendent. The bill would authorize a scheduled temporary school closure to be reported to the department through the internet website or web-based application in advance of the temporary school closure. The bill would require the department to make information related to a temporary school closure publicly available on its internet website. The bill would require the department to develop a survey for the purpose of collecting specified information from local educational agencies during school closures of longer than 5 school days. The bill would require the survey to be automatically distributed to a local educational agency that reports a school closure of longer than 5 school days using the above-described internet website or web-based application developed by the department. The bill would require a county superintendent of schools, superintendent of a school district, or charter school administrator, or their designee, to submit a response to the survey to the department within a timeframe established by the department. The bill would authorize a county superintendent of schools to assume the responsibility of submitting a response to the survey on behalf of all school districts and charter schools under the jurisdiction of that county superintendent. By imposing additional requirements on local educational agencies, the bill would impose a state-mandated local program. The California Constitution requires the state to reimburse local agencies and school districts for certain costs mandated by the state. Statutory provisions establish procedures for making that reimbursement. This bill would provide that, if the Commission on State Mandates determines that the bill contains costs mandated by the state, reimbursement for those costs shall be made pursuant to the statutory provisions noted above.
Who sponsors AB 2126?
AB 2126 is sponsored by O'Donnell.
What is the current status of AB 2126?
This bill died with 2019-2020 Regular Session. It reached “Passed Assembly” 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 2126?
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