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AB 542

Authors

Celeste Rodriguez
Coauthors: Alanis

Subject

Continuation schools and classes: youth workforce development programs.

Relating To

relating to school attendance.

Title

An act to amend Section 46170 of the Education Code, relating to school attendance.

Last Action Dt

2025-10-13

State

Chaptered

Status

Chaptered

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Vote Required

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Appropriation

Fiscal Committee

Local Program

Substantive Changes

None

Urgency

Tax Levy

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2025-10-13		Chaptered by Secretary of State - Chapter 696, Statutes of 2025.
2025-10-13		Approved by the Governor.
2025-09-15		Enrolled and presented to the Governor at 4:30 p.m.
2025-09-08		Senate amendments concurred in. To Engrossing and Enrolling. (Ayes 79. Noes 0. Page 3033.).
2025-09-04		In Assembly. Concurrence in Senate amendments pending.
2025-09-04		Read third time. Passed. Ordered to the Assembly. (Ayes 39. Noes 0. Page 2521.).
2025-09-02		Ordered to special consent calendar.
2025-08-29		Read second time. Ordered to third reading.
2025-08-29		From committee: Do pass. (Ayes 7. Noes 0.) (August 29).
2025-07-14		In committee: Referred to APPR. suspense file.
2025-07-02		From committee: Do pass and re-refer to Com. on APPR. with recommendation: To Consent Calendar. (Ayes 7. Noes 0.) (July 2). Re-referred to Com. on APPR.
2025-06-23		From committee chair, with author's amendments: Amend, and re-refer to committee. Read second time, amended, and re-referred to Com. on ED.
2025-06-18		Referred to Coms. on ED. and APPR.
2025-06-05		In Senate. Read first time. To Com. on RLS. for assignment.
2025-06-04		Read third time. Passed. Ordered to the Senate. (Ayes 79. Noes 0. Page 2065.)
2025-05-27		Read second time. Ordered to third reading.
2025-05-23		Read second time and amended. Ordered returned to second reading.
2025-05-23		From committee: Amend, and do pass as amended. (Ayes 11. Noes 0.) (May 23).
2025-05-23		Assembly Rule 63 suspended. (Ayes 51. Noes 16. Page 1644.)
2025-05-14		In committee: Set, first hearing. Referred to suspense file.
2025-05-01		From committee: Do pass and re-refer to Com. on APPR. with recommendation: To Consent Calendar. (Ayes 9. Noes 0.) (April 30). Re-referred to Com. on APPR.
2025-04-07		Re-referred to Com. on ED.
2025-04-03		From committee chair, with author's amendments: Amend, and re-refer to Com. on ED. Read second time and amended.
2025-03-20		In committee: Hearing postponed by committee.
2025-02-27		Re-referred to Com. on ED.
2025-02-26		From committee chair, with author's amendments: Amend, and re-refer to Com. on ED. Read second time and amended.
2025-02-24		Referred to Com. on ED.
2025-02-12		From printer. May be heard in committee March 14.
2025-02-11		Read first time. To print.

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Chaptered		2025-10-13
Enrolled		2025-09-10
Amended Senate		2025-06-23
Amended Assembly		2025-05-23
Amended Assembly		2025-04-03
Amended Assembly		2025-02-26
Introduced		2025-02-11

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Existing law requires the governing board of each school district to fix the length of the schoolday for grades and classes of the schools maintained by the school district, subject to certain conditions and requirements. Under existing law, in continuation high schools and continuation education classes, a day of attendance is 180 minutes of attendance and a pupil is prohibited from being credited with more than 15 hours of attendance per school week, proportionately reduced for those school weeks having weekday holidays on which classes are not held. This bill would authorize the governing board of a school district that maintains a continuation high school or continuation education classes to offer youth workforce development programs, as defined, to pupils on one or 2 weekdays per school week if it ensures that those pupils are otherwise enrolled in at least 15 hours of class attendance per school week. The bill would require a school district that implements a youth workforce development program for these purposes to establish procedures to track pupil attendance and pupil participation while engaging in a youth workforce development program.