California 2015-2016 Regular Session Status: Enacted

AB 224 — Pupils: educational liaison for foster children: notice of educational rights of foster children.

Last action — Chaptered by Secretary of State - Chapter 554, Statutes of 2015.

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

This bill has been enacted into law. Introduced February 03, 2015. Enacted.

Prognosis

Likely to advance 70% · moderate confidence

Where this bill stands today.

Odds of enactment

High

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  • Enacted

    Current position in the legislative process.

  • 1 sponsor

    1 primary, 0 co-sponsors signed on.

  • Cleared a recorded vote

    Passed 8 recorded votes so far.

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Summary

Existing law requires each local educational agency, as defined, to designate a staff person as the educational liaison for foster children, as defined. Existing law requires the educational liaison to ensure and facilitate the proper educational placement, enrollment in school, and checkout from school of foster children, and to assist foster children when transferring from one school to another school or from one school district to another school district in ensuring the proper transfer of credits, records, and grades. This bill would require the State Department of Education, in consultation with the California Foster Youth Education Task Force, to develop a standardized notice of the educational rights of foster children, as specified, and to make the notice available to educational liaisons for foster children for dissemination by posting the notice on its Internet Web site.. The bill would also make conforming and nonsubstantive changes. This bill would incorporate changes to Section 48204 of the Education Code proposed by both this bill and SB 200, which would become operative only if both bills are enacted and become effective on or before January 1, 2016, and this bill is chaptered last. The bill would incorporate changes to Sections 48853 and 48853.5 of the Education Code proposed by this bill and AB 379 which would become operative only if both bills are enacted and become effective on or before January 1, 2016, and this bill is chaptered last. The bill would incorporate changes to Section 317 of the Welfare and Institutions Code proposed by this bill, SB 238, and SB 316, to be operative only if this bill and either or both of those bills are chaptered and become effective on or before January 1, 2016, and this bill is chaptered last.

Bill Text

Action History

  1. Chaptered by Secretary of State - Chapter 554, Statutes of 2015.

  2. Approved by the Governor.

  3. Enrolled and presented to the Governor at 11:30 a.m.

  4. Senate amendments concurred in. To Engrossing and Enrolling. (Ayes 80. Noes 0. Page 2996.).

  5. Assembly Rule 77 suspended. (Page 2990.)

  6. In Assembly. Concurrence in Senate amendments pending. May be considered on or after September 10 pursuant to Assembly Rule 77.

  7. Read third time. Passed. Ordered to the Assembly. (Ayes 40. Noes 0. Page 2595.).

  8. Read second time. Ordered to third reading.

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

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

  11. From committee: Amend, and do pass as amended. (Ayes 7. Noes 0.) (August 27).

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

  13. From committee: Do pass and re-refer to Com. on APPR. with recommendation: To Consent Calendar. (Ayes 9. Noes 0.) (June 24). Re-referred to Com. on APPR.

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

  15. Referred to Com. on ED.

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

  17. Read third time. Passed. Ordered to the Senate. (Ayes 78. Noes 0. Page 1108.)

  18. Read second time. Ordered to Consent Calendar.

  19. From committee: Do pass. To Consent Calendar. (Ayes 16. Noes 0.) (April 15).

  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 6. Noes 0.) (March 25).

  23. Referred to Com. on ED.

  24. From printer. May be heard in committee March 6.

  25. Read first time. To print.

Sponsors

  • Jones-Sawyer · Primary

Sponsorship breakdown

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

Sponsors (1)

  • Jones-Sawyer

Co-sponsors (0)

None.

Not signed on (121)

121 members have not signed on to this bill.

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Votes

AB 224 JONES-SAWYER Concurrence in Senate Amendments

Passed 80 Yea · 0 Nay
Party YeaNayPresentNot Voting
Unaffiliated 71000
Democratic 4000
Republican 5000
Total 80000
% of votes cast 100%0%0%0%
How each member voted (80)
Member Party Vote
Achadjian — Yea
Alejo — Yea
Bigelow — Yea
Bloom — Yea
Brough — Yea
Brown — Yea
Jones-Sawyer — Yea
Levine — Yea
Maienschein — Yea
Mathis — Yea
Medina — Yea
Obernolte — Yea
Quirk — Yea
Rodriguez — Yea
Thurmond — Yea
Ting — Yea
Waldron — Yea
Williams — Yea
Eggman — Yea
Chiu — Yea
Cooley — Yea
Cooper — Yea
Daly — Yea
Frazier — Yea
Burke — Yea
Salas — Yea
Gatto — Yea
Gomez — Yea
Gordon — Yea
Harper — Yea
Chang — Yea
Kim — Yea
Baker — Yea
Chau — Yea
Chu — Yea
Chávez — Yea
Linder — Yea
Low — Yea
Mayes — Yea
McCarty — Yea
Melendez — Yea
Nazarian — Yea
O'Donnell — Yea
Olsen — Yea
Perea — Yea
Rendon — Yea
Ridley-Thomas — Yea
Steinorth — Yea
Weber — Yea
Wilk — Yea
Gray — Yea
Atkins — Yea
Bonilla — Yea
Lopez — Yea
Holden — Yea
Campos — Yea
Dababneh — Yea
Dodd — Yea
Mullin — Yea
Santiago — Yea
Wagner — Yea
Wood — Yea
Hadley — Yea
Beth Gaines — Yea
Cristina Garcia — Yea
Eduardo Garcia — Yea
Jim Patterson — Yea
Lorena Gonzalez — Yea
Mark Stone — Yea
Roger Hernández — Yea
Travis Allen — Yea
Bonta, Mia Democratic Yea
Calderon, Lisa Democratic Yea
Gipson, Mike A. Democratic Yea
Irwin, Jacqui Democratic Yea
Dahle, Megan Republican Yea
Gallagher, James Republican Yea
Grove, Shannon Republican Yea
Jones, Brian W. Republican Yea
Lackey, Tom Republican Yea

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3rd Reading AB224 Jones-Sawyer By Beall

Passed 40 Yea · 0 Nay
Party YeaNayPresentNot Voting
Unaffiliated 37000
Democratic 3000
Total 40000
% of votes cast 100%0%0%0%
How each member voted (40)
Member Party Vote
Anderson — Yea
Beall — Yea
Hertzberg — Yea
Leno — Yea
Monning — Yea
Wolk — Yea
Galgiani — Yea
Glazer — Yea
Hall — Yea
Allen — Yea
Hancock — Yea
Mitchell — Yea
De León — Yea
Runner — Yea
Cannella — Yea
Bates — Yea
Block — Yea
Hernandez — Yea
Hill — Yea
Lara — Yea
Leyva — Yea
Liu — Yea
Mendoza — Yea
Moorlach — Yea
Morrell — Yea
Nielsen — Yea
Pan — Yea
Pavley — Yea
Roth — Yea
Wieckowski — Yea
Hueso — Yea
Huff — Yea
Vidak — Yea
Fuller — Yea
Beth Gaines — Yea
Bill Berryhill — Yea
Mark Stone — Yea
Jackson, Corey A. Democratic Yea
McGuire, Mike Democratic Yea
Nguyen, Stephanie Democratic Yea

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Do pass as amended

Passed 7 Yea · 0 Nay
Party YeaNayPresentNot Voting
Unaffiliated 7000
Total 7000
% of votes cast 100%0%0%0%
How each member voted (7)
Member Party Vote
Hill — Yea
Lara — Yea
Mendoza — Yea
Bates — Yea
Beall — Yea
Leyva — Yea
Nielsen — Yea

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Placed on suspense file

Passed 7 Yea · 0 Nay
Party YeaNayPresentNot Voting
Unaffiliated 7000
Total 7000
% of votes cast 100%0%0%0%
How each member voted (7)
Member Party Vote
Bates — Yea
Beall — Yea
Leyva — Yea
Hill — Yea
Lara — Yea
Mendoza — Yea
Nielsen — Yea

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AB 224 JONES-SAWYER Consent Calendar Second Day

Passed 78 Yea · 0 Nay · 2 Other
Party YeaNayPresentNot Voting
Unaffiliated 68002
Democratic 4000
Republican 6000
Total 78002
% of votes cast 98%0%0%3%
How each member voted (80)
Member Party Vote
Achadjian — Yea
Alejo — Yea
Baker — Yea
Bloom — Yea
Brough — Yea
Brown — Yea
Low — Yea
Maienschein — Yea
Mathis — Yea
Melendez — Yea
O'Donnell — Yea
Perea — Yea
Ridley-Thomas — Yea
Santiago — Yea
Steinorth — Yea
Wilk — Yea
Eggman — Yea
Chu — Yea
Cooper — Yea
Burke — Yea
Frazier — Yea
Gatto — Yea
Gordon — Yea
Harper — Yea
Jones-Sawyer — Yea
Kim — Yea
Chang — Yea
Levine — Yea
Chau — Yea
Chiu — Yea
Chávez — Yea
Cooley — Yea
Linder — Yea
Mayes — Yea
McCarty — Yea
Nazarian — Yea
Obernolte — Yea
Olsen — Yea
Rendon — Yea
Rodriguez — Yea
Thurmond — Yea
Waldron — Yea
Weber — Yea
Williams — Yea
Gray — Yea
Atkins — Yea
Campos — Not Voting
Bonilla — Yea
Lopez — Yea
Holden — Yea
Salas — Not Voting
Dababneh — Yea
Bigelow — Yea
Daly — Yea
Dodd — Yea
Medina — Yea
Mullin — Yea
Quirk — Yea
Ting — Yea
Wagner — Yea
Wood — Yea
Gomez — Yea
Gonzalez — Yea
Hadley — Yea
Beth Gaines — Yea
Cristina Garcia — Yea
Eduardo Garcia — Yea
Mark Stone — Yea
Roger Hernández — Yea
Travis Allen — Yea
Bonta, Mia Democratic Yea
Calderon, Lisa Democratic Yea
Gipson, Mike A. Democratic Yea
Irwin, Jacqui Democratic Yea
Dahle, Megan Republican Yea
Gallagher, James Republican Yea
Grove, Shannon Republican Yea
Jones, Brian W. Republican Yea
Lackey, Tom Republican Yea
Patterson, Joe Republican Yea

Official roll call →

Do pass. To Consent Calendar.

Passed 16 Yea · 0 Nay · 1 Other
Party YeaNayPresentNot Voting
Democratic 2000
Unaffiliated 12001
Republican 2000
Total 16001
% of votes cast 94%0%0%6%
How each member voted (17)
Member Party Vote
Holden — Yea
Weber — Yea
Eggman — Yea
Chang — Yea
Gomez — Yea
Bigelow — Yea
Daly — Yea
Quirk — Yea
Rendon — Yea
Wagner — Yea
Wood — Yea
Bonilla — Not Voting
Eduardo Garcia — Yea
Bonta, Mia Democratic Yea
Calderon, Lisa Democratic Yea
Gallagher, James Republican Yea
Jones, Brian W. Republican Yea

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Subjects

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Frequently asked questions

What does AB 224 do?
Existing law requires each local educational agency, as defined, to designate a staff person as the educational liaison for foster children, as defined. Existing law requires the educational liaison to ensure and facilitate the proper educational placement, enrollment in school, and checkout from school of foster children, and to assist foster children when transferring from one school to another school or from one school district to another school district in ensuring the proper transfer of credits, records, and grades. This bill would require the State Department of Education, in consultation with the California Foster Youth Education Task Force, to develop a standardized notice of the educational rights of foster children, as specified, and to make the notice available to educational liaisons for foster children for dissemination by posting the notice on its Internet Web site.. The bill would also make conforming and nonsubstantive changes. This bill would incorporate changes to Section 48204 of the Education Code proposed by both this bill and SB 200, which would become operative only if both bills are enacted and become effective on or before January 1, 2016, and this bill is chaptered last. The bill would incorporate changes to Sections 48853 and 48853.5 of the Education Code proposed by this bill and AB 379 which would become operative only if both bills are enacted and become effective on or before January 1, 2016, and this bill is chaptered last. The bill would incorporate changes to Section 317 of the Welfare and Institutions Code proposed by this bill, SB 238, and SB 316, to be operative only if this bill and either or both of those bills are chaptered and become effective on or before January 1, 2016, and this bill is chaptered last.
Who sponsors AB 224?
AB 224 is sponsored by Jones-Sawyer.
What is the current status of AB 224?
This bill has been enacted into law. Introduced February 03, 2015. Enacted.
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