--- type: "Bill" title: "County community schools: funding." description: "Existing law provides that a county board of education may establish and maintain one or more community schools. Existing law authorizes the county board of education to enroll pupils in a community school who meet specified criteria. Existing law establishes a public school financing system that requires state funding for county superintendents of schools, school districts, and charter schools to be calculated pursuant to a local control funding formula, as specified. Existing law provides, in a specified situation, any attendance generated by a pupil enrolled in a school operated by the county superintendent of schools to be credited to the school district of residence." jurisdiction: "us/states/ca" legislature: "California Legislature" session: "20172018" identifier: "AB 2235" citation: "California AB 2235 (20172018)" classification: ["bill"] subjects: ["County community schools: funding."] status: "enacted" primary_sponsors: ["Quirk-Silva"] version_count: 5 action_count: 22 vote_count: 5 first_action: "2018-02-13" last_action: "2018-07-16" source: "openstates" source_identifier: "ocd-bill/1c457520-b756-4f9b-93be-b2fa879eba4a" source_url: "http://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/billNavClient.xhtml?bill_id=201720180AB2235" source_hash: "0ca2f80c0dd85b8fe8ecbd66c05ee3594c7e23c302ebc00f63b36d6f9bc1c711" vintage: "2026-07-01" source_snapshot: "https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump" retrieved_at: "2026-07-06" confidence: "reported" tags: ["legislation", "bill", "us-ca"] --- # California AB 2235 (20172018) — County community schools: funding. Existing law provides that a county board of education may establish and maintain one or more community schools. Existing law authorizes the county board of education to enroll pupils in a community school who meet specified criteria. Existing law establishes a public school financing system that requires state funding for county superintendents of schools, school districts, and charter schools to be calculated pursuant to a local control funding formula, as specified. Existing law provides, in a specified situation, any attendance generated by a pupil enrolled in a school operated by the county superintendent of schools to be credited to the school district of residence. ## Version chain The bill's text revisions, in order — the diff chain from filing to enrollment. 1. **02/13/18 - Introduced** (filed) — [source](https://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/billPdf.xhtml?bill_id=201720180AB2235&version=20170AB223599INT) 2. **05/16/18 - Amended Assembly** (committee substitute) — [source](https://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/billPdf.xhtml?bill_id=201720180AB2235&version=20170AB223598AMD) 3. **07/16/18 - Chaptered** (committee substitute) — [source](https://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/billPdf.xhtml?bill_id=201720180AB2235&version=20170AB223596CHP) 4. **AB2235** (committee substitute) — [source](http://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/billNavClient.xhtml?bill_id=201720180AB2235) 5. **07/05/18 - Enrolled** (enrolled) — [source](https://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/billPdf.xhtml?bill_id=201720180AB2235&version=20170AB223597ENR) ## Votes - Consent Calendar AB2235 — **37–0** (pass) · upper - Do pass, but first be re-referred to the Committee on [Appropriations] with the recommendation: To Consent Calendar — **7–0** (pass) · upper - AB 2235 QUIRK-SILVA Assembly Third Reading — **76–1** (pass) · lower - Do pass. — **16–0** (pass) · lower - Do pass as amended. To Consent Calendar. — **6–0** (pass) · lower ## Sponsors - Quirk-Silva — primary (person) ## Timeline The legislative action history — every referral, reading, and vote. - **2018-02-13** Read first time. To print. `reading-1` - **2018-02-14** From printer. May be heard in committee March 16. - **2018-03-01** Referred to Com. on ED. `referral-committee` - **2018-05-15** From committee: Amend, and do pass as amended. To Consent Calendar. (Ayes 6. Noes 0.) (May 9). `amendment-passage, committee-passage, amendment-introduction` - **2018-05-16** Read second time and amended. Ordered returned to second reading. `reading-1, amendment-passage, reading-2` - **2018-05-17** Read second time. Ordered to Consent Calendar. `reading-2, reading-1` - **2018-05-17** Re-referred to Com. on APPR. pursuant to Joint Rule 10.5. `referral-committee` - **2018-05-23** In committee: Set, first hearing. Referred to APPR. suspense file. `referral-committee` - **2018-05-25** Joint Rule 62(a), file notice suspended. (Page 5298.) - **2018-05-25** From committee: Do pass. (Ayes 16. Noes 0.) (May 25). `committee-passage-favorable, committee-passage` - **2018-05-25** Read second time. Ordered to third reading. `reading-2, reading-1` - **2018-05-30** Read third time. Passed. Ordered to the Senate. (Ayes 76. Noes 1. Page 5470.) `reading-3, passage, reading-1` - **2018-05-31** In Senate. Read first time. To Com. on RLS. for assignment. `reading-1` - **2018-06-07** Referred to Com. on ED. `referral-committee` - **2018-06-13** From committee: Do pass and re-refer to Com. on APPR. with recommendation: To Consent Calendar. (Ayes 7. Noes 0.) (June 13). Re-referred to Com. on APPR. `committee-passage-favorable, committee-passage, referral-committee` - **2018-06-25** From committee: Be ordered to second reading file pursuant to Senate Rule 28.8 and ordered to Consent Calendar. `committee-passage, reading-2` - **2018-06-26** Read second time. Ordered to Consent Calendar. `reading-2, reading-1` - **2018-07-02** Read third time. Passed. Ordered to the Assembly. (Ayes 37. Noes 0. Page 5039.). `reading-3, passage, reading-1` - **2018-07-03** In Assembly. Ordered to Engrossing and Enrolling. `committee-passage` - **2018-07-10** Enrolled and presented to the Governor at 3 p.m. - **2018-07-16** Approved by the Governor. `executive-signature` - **2018-07-16** Chaptered by Secretary of State - Chapter 99, Statutes of 2018. ## Source OpenStates / OpenCivicData bulk snapshot [2026-07-01](https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump); origin `ocd-bill/1c457520-b756-4f9b-93be-b2fa879eba4a`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official California legislature records).