The end of May marked the State Legislature’s House of Origin deadline and the latest milestone in the ongoing journey of CSBA’s SOS for Student Achievement: Close State Accountability Gaps legislative package. Only bills which pass from the Assembly to the Senate and vice versa receive further consideration in the 2026 session, a hurdle cleared by the entire four-bill suite of SOS for Student Achievement legislation. Each of the bills passed from the Assembly with broad bipartisan and nearly unanimous support and will now be heard in the Senate as they continue to progress through the Legislature.

The following is a rundown of notable legislative education measures that passed their respective houses and are moving to the opposite house for consideration.

Assembly Bill 2225 (Patel, D-San Diego) would convene a broad stakeholder workgroup to create a plan for greater state-level support — with clear goals and benchmarks, annual performance targets and evaluations of key state education bodies and programs — to help local educational agencies close achievement gaps.

AB 2514 (Ransom, (D-Tracy) would establish a dashboard to provide a clear and concise method of informing the public of the state’s progress in implementing the state plan for closing the achievement gap.

AB 2149 (Garcia, D-San Bernardino) would require the Legislative Analyst’s Office to annually evaluate and report on the alignment between the state plan and the state’s proposed and adopted budgets, including a review of the funded status of mandates.

AB 2202 (Muratsuchi, D-Torrance) would establish a Close the Achievement Gap Commission under the State Board of Education (SBE) to help develop and recommend to the SBE and other policymakers a publicly available system of monitoring the performance of new and existing state programs to support LEAs in closing the achievement gap, consistent with the state plan.

AB 2008 (Patel) — co-sponsored with the California Association of School Business Officials (CASBO), the Association of California School Administrators (ACSA) and the Small School Districts Association — would place a time limit on report requirements, including procedural requirements.

AB 2496 (Solache, Jr., D-Lynwood), co-sponsored by CASBO and ACSA, would identify School Accountability Report Card requirements that are duplicative to the California School Dashboard for potential elimination, makes the mid-year Local Control and Accountability Plan update optional, and eliminates duplicative and overlapping reports.

House Resolution 87 (Muratsuchi), co-sponsored with CASBO and ACSA, urges the Governor, Assembly and Senate to analyze questions of purpose, audience, value, feasibility, duplication and duration when considering new LEA reporting or planning requirements.

AB 2490 (Valencia, D-Anaheim), co-sponsored with ACSA, the California County Superintendents and CASBO, would expand the amount of time an authorized substitute teacher could serve in a single general, special or career technical education classroom from 30 days to 60 days.

AB 1381 (Muratsuchi) would provide no-interest grants to LEAs to support workforce housing predevelopment work.

AB 2615 (Zbur, D-Santa Monica) attempts to address prejudice and discrimination to provide a safe and supporting learning environment, which includes addressing incidences of antisemitism. This follow up to AB 715 (2025) makes some provisions more problematic as it relates to teacher instruction, instructional materials and what is considered “factually accurate.” CSBA position: Oppose Unless Amended to retain local control and protections against discrimination and bias in teacher instruction and instructional materials.

Senate Bill 1067 (Weber-Pierson, D-San Diego) would require the SBE to adopt a list of approved screening instruments for identifying math difficulties and require LEAs to use one of these instruments to screen students in grades K-2. CSBA position: Oppose due to costs and no funding.

AB 1204 (Alvarez, D-San Diego) would “remodel” the Local Control Funding Formula (LCFF) by establishing a minimum cost-of-living adjustment (COLA), developing regional COLA adjustments, increasing supplemental grants and lowering the concentration grant threshold, and adding homeless students as unduplicated pupils. CSBA position: Oppose Unless Amended to focus LCFF reform on increasing base funding and establishing a minimum annual COLA of 4 percent.

AB 1644 (Muratsuchi) would require LEAs to adopt and update a “bell-to-bell” ban on smartphone use for students in grades TK-8 and strongly encourages a similar ban for high schools. CSBA position: Oppose due to cost and impact on local control.

AB 2117 (Alvarez) would transfer oversight and administrative responsibilities of the California Department of Education to a gubernatorially appointed education commissioner. CSBA position: Support — CSBA secured amendments ensuring that the commissioner is approved by the State Senate, has experience in public education leadership and has managed a large private or public organization.

AB 2651 (Bonta, D-Alameda) would require LEAs to notify parents when their child’s school vaccination rate falls below the level required to achieve herd immunity within 10 business days of receiving notice from the California Department of Public Health. CSBA position: Tracking

Senate Bill 1082 (Niello, R-Roseville) would require a school district to determine whether an interdistrict transfer is incomplete and notify the parent within 30 days if additional information is needed. CSBA Position: Neutral

AB 1564 (Ahrens, D-Santa Clara) would establish a right to privilege for communications between a labor representative and a represented employee, similar to doctor-patient, marital and other forms of protected communications. In doing so, it would restrict the ability of LEAs to investigate or address issues of inappropriate behavior or violations of LEA policies. CSBA position: Oppose

AB 2142 (Garcia) would make it more difficult for an LEA to hire temporary classified staff by mandating the LEA to make temporary staff permanent if they work up to 75 percent of a school year, even if the employee quits or is terminated and is then rehired at a later date. CSBA position: Oppose

SB 1083 (Renée Pérez, D-Pasadena) would undo some of the advancements made via SB 848 (2025), which CSBA supported and put in place needed changes to help LEAs address incidences of inappropriate interactions between staff and students, i.e. egregious behavior. It also includes the ability to appeal the finding of a substantiated allegation to an administrative law judge (ALJ) and makes the ruling of the ALJ final, removing the final decision-making authority from the board of education. CSBA position: Oppose

The Senate and Assembly have until Aug. 31 to conduct policy hearings, after which the Legislature must adjourn the two-year 2025–26 session. Gov. Gavin Newsom will then have 30 days from adjournment to sign or veto measures that have passed the Legislature.