---
type: "Bill"
title: "Relative to Purple Star Schools."
description: "This measure would request the State Department of Education to establish and manage a program designating schools that support military-connected pupils as Purple Star Schools and use the Military Child Education Coalition for resources and information regarding the Purple Star School Program."
jurisdiction: "us/states/ca"
legislature: "California Legislature"
session: "20212022"
identifier: "ACR 53"
citation: "California ACR 53 (20212022)"
classification: ["concurrent resolution"]
subjects: ["Purple Star School Program."]
status: "enacted"
primary_sponsors: ["Ward"]
version_count: 5
action_count: 17
vote_count: 5
first_action: "2021-03-22"
last_action: "2021-07-01"
source: "openstates"
source_identifier: "ocd-bill/3324d215-06b5-476f-88a8-4b0a1d5f5ad0"
source_url: "http://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/billNavClient.xhtml?bill_id=202120220ACR53"
source_hash: "87f901cef01267799bdad9399ca06581397d7f9e14b5de5517c5742005d37d46"
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 ACR 53 (20212022) — Relative to Purple Star Schools.

This measure would request the State Department of Education to establish and manage a program designating schools that support military-connected pupils as Purple Star Schools and use the Military Child Education Coalition for resources and information regarding the Purple Star School Program.

## Version chain

The bill's text revisions, in order — the diff chain from filing to enrollment.

1. **03/22/21 - Introduced** (filed) — [source](https://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/billPdf.xhtml?bill_id=202120220ACR53&version=20210ACR5399INT)
2. **03/29/21 - Amended Assembly** (committee substitute) — [source](https://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/billPdf.xhtml?bill_id=202120220ACR53&version=20210ACR5398AMD)
3. **07/01/21 - Chaptered** (committee substitute) — [source](https://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/billPdf.xhtml?bill_id=202120220ACR53&version=20210ACR5396CHP)
4. **ACR53** (committee substitute) — [source](http://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/billNavClient.xhtml?bill_id=202120220ACR53)
5. **06/25/21 - Enrolled** (enrolled) — [source](https://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/billPdf.xhtml?bill_id=202120220ACR53&version=20210ACR5397ENR)

## Votes

- ACR 53 Ward Consent Calendar Second Day — **77–0** (pass) · lower
- Be adopted, but first be re-referred to the Committee on [Appropriations] with recommendation: To Consent Calendar — **7–0** (pass) · upper
- Be adopted, and re-refer to the Committee on [Appropriations] with recommendation: To Consent Calendar — **7–0** (pass) · lower
- Be adopted. To Consent Calendar. — **14–0** (pass) · lower
- Consent Calendar ACR53 — **39–0** (pass) · upper

## Sponsors

- Ward — primary (person)

## Timeline

The legislative action history — every referral, reading, and vote.

- **2021-03-22** Introduced. To print. `introduction`
- **2021-03-23** From printer.
- **2021-03-25** Referred to Com. on ED. `referral-committee`
- **2021-03-29** From committee chair, with author's amendments: Amend, and re-refer to Com. on ED. Amended. `amendment-introduction`
- **2021-03-30** Re-referred to Com. on ED. `referral-committee`
- **2021-04-08** From committee: Be adopted, and re-refer to Com. on APPR. with recommendation: To Consent Calendar. (Ayes 7. Noes 0.) (April 7). Re-referred to Com. on APPR. `committee-passage, committee-passage-favorable, referral-committee`
- **2021-04-21** From committee: Be adopted. To Consent Calendar. (Ayes 14. Noes 0.) (April 21). `committee-passage, committee-passage-favorable`
- **2021-04-26** Adopted and to Senate. (Ayes 77. Noes 0. Page 1189.) `amendment-passage, passage`
- **2021-04-27** In Senate. To Com. on RLS.
- **2021-05-05** Referred to Com. on ED. `referral-committee`
- **2021-06-09** From committee: Be adopted, and re-refer to Com. on APPR with recommendation: To Consent Calendar. (Ayes 7. Noes 0.) (June 9). Re-referred to Com. on APPR. `committee-passage, committee-passage-favorable, referral-committee`
- **2021-06-21** From committee: Be ordered to second reading file pursuant to Senate Rule 28.8 and ordered to Consent Calendar. `committee-passage, reading-2`
- **2021-06-22** Read second time. Ordered to Consent Calendar. `reading-1, reading-2`
- **2021-06-24** Adopted and to Assembly. (Ayes 39. Noes 0. Page 1635.) `amendment-passage, passage`
- **2021-06-24** In Assembly. Ordered to Engrossing and Enrolling. `committee-passage`
- **2021-07-01** Enrolled and filed with the Secretary of State at 11 a.m.
- **2021-07-01** Chaptered by Secretary of State - Res. Chapter 57, Statutes of 2021. `became-law`

## Source

OpenStates / OpenCivicData bulk snapshot [2026-07-01](https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump); origin `ocd-bill/3324d215-06b5-476f-88a8-4b0a1d5f5ad0`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official California legislature records).