republic-os/legislation/us/states/ca/20112012/ab-180.md

---
type: "Bill"
title: "Education: academic performance."
description: "Existing law requires the Superintendent of Public Instruction, with approval of the State Board of Education, to develop an Academic Performance Index (API) , as part of the Public School Performance Accountability Program, to measure the performance of schools, especially the academic performance of pupils. The API consists of a variety of indicators including specified achievement test scores, attendance rates, and graduation rates. Existing law requires the Superintendent, with approval of the state board, to develop an alternative accountability system for specified types of schools, including, among others, community day schools and continuation schools. Existing law allows these schools to receive an API score, but prohibits them from being included in the API rankings of schools."
jurisdiction: "us/states/ca"
legislature: "California Legislature"
session: "20112012"
identifier: "AB 180"
citation: "California AB 180 (20112012)"
classification: ["bill"]
subjects: ["Education: academic performance."]
status: "enacted"
primary_sponsors: ["Carter"]
version_count: 8
action_count: 24
vote_count: 8
first_action: "2011-01-24"
last_action: "2011-10-09"
source: "openstates"
source_identifier: "ocd-bill/bbbb41e7-42b5-4562-abf2-a93c055617a3"
source_url: "http://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/billNavClient.xhtml?bill_id=201120120AB180"
source_hash: "44b3a9c316c3636839b147fca586126843076ed912854d57e9fce9dbbef69eb0"
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 180 (20112012) — Education: academic performance.

Existing law requires the Superintendent of Public Instruction, with approval of the State Board of Education, to develop an Academic Performance Index (API) , as part of the Public School Performance Accountability Program, to measure the performance of schools, especially the academic performance of pupils. The API consists of a variety of indicators including specified achievement test scores, attendance rates, and graduation rates. Existing law requires the Superintendent, with approval of the state board, to develop an alternative accountability system for specified types of schools, including, among others, community day schools and continuation schools. Existing law allows these schools to receive an API score, but prohibits them from being included in the API rankings of schools.

## Version chain

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

1. **01/24/11 - Introduced** (filed) — [source](https://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/billPdf.xhtml?bill_id=201120120AB180&version=20110AB18099INT)
2. **03/25/11 - Amended Assembly** (committee substitute) — [source](https://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/billPdf.xhtml?bill_id=201120120AB180&version=20110AB18098AMD)
3. **06/14/11 - Amended Senate** (committee substitute) — [source](https://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/billPdf.xhtml?bill_id=201120120AB180&version=20110AB18097AMD)
4. **08/30/11 - Amended Senate** (committee substitute) — [source](https://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/billPdf.xhtml?bill_id=201120120AB180&version=20110AB18096AMD)
5. **09/02/11 - Amended Senate** (committee substitute) — [source](https://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/billPdf.xhtml?bill_id=201120120AB180&version=20110AB18095AMD)
6. **10/09/11 - Chaptered** (committee substitute) — [source](https://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/billPdf.xhtml?bill_id=201120120AB180&version=20110AB18093CHP)
7. **AB180** (committee substitute) — [source](http://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/billNavClient.xhtml?bill_id=201120120AB180)
8. **09/19/11 - Enrolled** (enrolled) — [source](https://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/billPdf.xhtml?bill_id=201120120AB180&version=20110AB18094ENR)

## Votes

- Do pass as amended, but re-refer to the Committee on Appropriations Recommend Consent. — **10–0** (pass) · upper
- Do pass as amended and re-refer to Committee on Appropriations with recommendation: To Consent Calendar. — **10–0** (pass) · lower
- AB 180 CARTER Consent Calendar Second Day — **60–0** (pass) · lower
- Do pass, to Consent Calendar. — **16–0** (pass) · lower
- Do pass as amended. — **9–0** (pass) · upper
- 3rd Reading AB180 Carter By Lowenthal — **35–0** (pass) · upper
- AB 180 CARTER Concurrence in Senate Amendments — **79–0** (pass) · lower
- Placed on Appropriations Suspense file. — **8–0** (pass) · upper

## Sponsors

- Carter — primary (person)
- Ammiano — coauthor (person)
- Dickinson — coauthor (person)
- Furutani — coauthor (person)
- Lowenthal — coauthor (person)
- Negrete McLeod — coauthor (person)
- V. Manuel Pérez — coauthor (person)

## Timeline

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

- **2011-01-24** Read first time. To print. `reading-1`
- **2011-01-25** From printer. May be heard in committee February 24.
- **2011-02-03** Referred to Com. on ED. `referral-committee`
- **2011-03-24** From committee: Do pass as amended and re-refer to Com. on APPR. with recommendation: to consent calendar. (Ayes 10. Noes 0.) (March 23). `amendment-passage, committee-passage, committee-passage-favorable`
- **2011-03-25** Read second time and amended. `reading-2, reading-1, amendment-passage`
- **2011-03-29** Re-referred to Com. on APPR. `referral-committee`
- **2011-04-06** From committee: Do pass. To consent calendar. (Ayes 16. Noes 0.) (April 6). `committee-passage, committee-passage-favorable`
- **2011-04-07** Read second time. Ordered to consent calendar. `reading-2, reading-1`
- **2011-04-14** Read third time. Passed. Ordered to the Senate. (Ayes 60. Noes 0. Page 982.) `reading-3, reading-1, passage`
- **2011-04-14** In Senate. Read first time. To Com. on RLS. for assignment. `reading-1`
- **2011-05-12** Referred to Com. on ED. `referral-committee`
- **2011-06-13** From committee: Do pass as amended and re-refer to Com. on APPR. with recommendation: to consent calendar. (Ayes 10. Noes 0.) (June 8). `amendment-passage, committee-passage, committee-passage-favorable`
- **2011-06-14** Read second time and amended. Re-referred to Com. on APPR. `reading-2, reading-1, amendment-passage, referral-committee`
- **2011-06-27** In committee: Placed on APPR. suspense file.
- **2011-08-29** From committee: Do pass as amended. (Ayes 9. Noes 0.) (August 25). `amendment-passage, committee-passage, committee-passage-favorable`
- **2011-08-30** Read second time and amended. Ordered to third reading. `reading-2, reading-1, amendment-passage`
- **2011-09-02** Read third time and amended. Ordered to second reading. `reading-3, reading-1, amendment-passage`
- **2011-09-06** Read second time. Ordered to third reading. `reading-2, reading-1`
- **2011-09-07** Read third time. Passed. Ordered to the Assembly. (Ayes 35. Noes 0. Page 2356.). `reading-3, reading-1, passage`
- **2011-09-07** In Assembly. Concurrence in Senate amendments pending.
- **2011-09-08** Senate amendments concurred in. To Engrossing and Enrolling. (Ayes 79. Noes 0. Page 3058.). `committee-passage-favorable, amendment-passage`
- **2011-09-21** Enrolled and presented to the Governor at 3:30 p.m.
- **2011-10-09** Approved by the Governor. `executive-signature`
- **2011-10-09** Chaptered by Secretary of State - Chapter 669, Statutes of 2011.

## Source

OpenStates / OpenCivicData bulk snapshot [2026-07-01](https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump); origin `ocd-bill/bbbb41e7-42b5-4562-abf2-a93c055617a3`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official California legislature records).