---
type: "Bill"
title: "Juveniles: educational decisions."
description: "Existing law authorizes the court to limit the right of a parent to make educational decisions for a dependent child or ward of the court under specific circumstances. If the court limits a parent's right to make educational decisions for his or her child, existing law authorizes the court to temporarily appoint a responsible adult to make educational decisions for the child. Under existing law, if the court cannot identify a responsible adult to fulfill that role while dependency proceedings are pending, the court may make educational decisions for the child, except as specified. After a child has been adjudged a dependent child or a ward of the juvenile court, if the court cannot identify a responsible adult to make educational decisions for the child, the court is required to refer the child to the local educational agency for appointment of a surrogate parent if the child has special education needs. If appointment of a surrogate parent is not warranted because the child does not have special education needs, and the child does not have a foster parent, the court may make educational decisions for the child."
jurisdiction: "us/states/ca"
legislature: "California Legislature"
session: "20112012"
identifier: "AB 2060"
citation: "California AB 2060 (20112012)"
classification: ["bill"]
subjects: ["Juveniles: educational decisions."]
status: "enacted"
primary_sponsors: ["Bonilla"]
version_count: 6
action_count: 29
vote_count: 7
first_action: "2012-02-23"
last_action: "2012-08-17"
source: "openstates"
source_identifier: "ocd-bill/d612e7d5-1de9-4926-9b63-119fa0475ca6"
source_url: "http://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/billNavClient.xhtml?bill_id=201120120AB2060"
source_hash: "ce2be218a046c2624ff63fb3c36ad18428326a5436b40bc159160fa3ec59b72c"
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 2060 (20112012) — Juveniles: educational decisions.

Existing law authorizes the court to limit the right of a parent to make educational decisions for a dependent child or ward of the court under specific circumstances. If the court limits a parent's right to make educational decisions for his or her child, existing law authorizes the court to temporarily appoint a responsible adult to make educational decisions for the child. Under existing law, if the court cannot identify a responsible adult to fulfill that role while dependency proceedings are pending, the court may make educational decisions for the child, except as specified. After a child has been adjudged a dependent child or a ward of the juvenile court, if the court cannot identify a responsible adult to make educational decisions for the child, the court is required to refer the child to the local educational agency for appointment of a surrogate parent if the child has special education needs. If appointment of a surrogate parent is not warranted because the child does not have special education needs, and the child does not have a foster parent, the court may make educational decisions for the child.

## Version chain

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

1. **02/23/12 - Introduced** (filed) — [source](https://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/billPdf.xhtml?bill_id=201120120AB2060&version=20110AB206099INT)
2. **04/30/12 - Amended Assembly** (committee substitute) — [source](https://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/billPdf.xhtml?bill_id=201120120AB2060&version=20110AB206098AMD)
3. **08/07/12 - Amended Senate** (committee substitute) — [source](https://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/billPdf.xhtml?bill_id=201120120AB2060&version=20110AB206097AMD)
4. **08/17/12 - Chaptered** (committee substitute) — [source](https://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/billPdf.xhtml?bill_id=201120120AB2060&version=20110AB206095CHP)
5. **AB2060** (committee substitute) — [source](http://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/billNavClient.xhtml?bill_id=201120120AB2060)
6. **08/13/12 - Enrolled** (enrolled) — [source](https://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/billPdf.xhtml?bill_id=201120120AB2060&version=20110AB206096ENR)

## Votes

- AB 2060 BONILLA Concurrence in Senate Amendments — **79–0** (pass) · lower
- Do pass, to Consent Calendar. — **17–0** (pass) · lower
- Consent Calendar 2nd — **36–0** (pass) · upper
- AB 2060 BONILLA Consent Calendar Second Day — **70–0** (pass) · lower
- Do pass as amended and re-refer to Committee on Appropriations with recommendation: To Consent Calendar. — **10–0** (pass) · lower
- Do pass, but re-refer to the Committee on Appropriations Recommend Consent. — **5–0** (pass) · upper
- 3rd Reading AB2060 Bonilla By Liu — **39–0** (pass) · upper

## Sponsors

- Bonilla — primary (person)

## Timeline

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

- **2012-02-23** Read first time. To print. `reading-1`
- **2012-02-24** From printer. May be heard in committee March 25.
- **2012-04-09** Referred to Com. on JUD. `referral-committee`
- **2012-04-26** From committee: Do pass as amended and re-refer to Com. on APPR. with recommendation: to consent calendar. (Ayes 10. Noes 0.) (April 24). `amendment-passage, committee-passage, committee-passage-favorable`
- **2012-04-30** Read second time and amended. `reading-2, reading-1, amendment-passage`
- **2012-05-01** Re-referred to Com. on APPR. `referral-committee`
- **2012-05-16** From committee: Do pass. To consent calendar. (Ayes 17. Noes 0.) (May 16). `committee-passage, committee-passage-favorable`
- **2012-05-17** Read second time. Ordered to consent calendar. `reading-2, reading-1`
- **2012-05-25** Read third time. Passed. Ordered to the Senate. (Ayes 70. Noes 0. Page 4985.) `reading-3, reading-1, passage`
- **2012-05-25** In Senate. Read first time. To Com. on RLS. for assignment. `reading-1`
- **2012-06-07** Referred to Com. on JUD. `referral-committee`
- **2012-06-20** From committee: Do pass and re-refer to Com. on APPR. with recommendation: to consent calendar. (Ayes 5. Noes 0.) (June 19). Re-referred to Com. on APPR. `referral-committee, committee-passage, committee-passage-favorable`
- **2012-07-02** From committee: Be placed on second reading file pursuant to Senate Rule 28.8 and ordered to consent calendar. `committee-passage`
- **2012-07-03** Read second time. Ordered to consent calendar. `reading-2, reading-1`
- **2012-07-06** Read third time. Passed. Ordered to the Assembly. (Ayes 36. Noes 0. Page 4318.). `reading-3, reading-1, passage`
- **2012-07-06** In Assembly. Ordered to Engrossing and Enrolling. `committee-passage`
- **2012-08-06** Withdrawn from Engrossing and Enrolling.
- **2012-08-06** Ordered to the Senate.
- **2012-08-06** In Senate. Held at Desk.
- **2012-08-07** Action rescinded whereby the bill was read third time, passed, and to Assembly. `reading-3, passage`
- **2012-08-07** Ordered to third reading.
- **2012-08-07** Read third time and amended. Ordered to second reading. `reading-3, reading-1, amendment-passage`
- **2012-08-08** Read second time. Ordered to third reading. `reading-2, reading-1`
- **2012-08-09** Read third time. Passed. Ordered to the Assembly. (Ayes 39. Noes 0. Page 4434.). `reading-3, reading-1, passage`
- **2012-08-09** In Assembly. Concurrence in Senate amendments pending. May be considered on or after August 11 pursuant to Assembly Rule 77.
- **2012-08-13** Senate amendments concurred in. To Engrossing and Enrolling. (Ayes 79. Noes 0. Page 5890.). `committee-passage-favorable, amendment-passage`
- **2012-08-13** Enrolled and presented to the Governor at 4:30 p.m.
- **2012-08-17** Approved by the Governor. `executive-signature`
- **2012-08-17** Chaptered by Secretary of State - Chapter 176, Statutes of 2012.

## Source

OpenStates / OpenCivicData bulk snapshot [2026-07-01](https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump); origin `ocd-bill/d612e7d5-1de9-4926-9b63-119fa0475ca6`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official California legislature records).