republic-os/legislation/us/states/ca/20112012/ab-189.md

---
type: "Bill"
title: "Education funding."
description: "(1) Existing law establishes various categorical education programs and appropriates the funding for those programs in the annual Budget Act. Existing law requires the Superintendent of Public Instruction, for the 2008–09 to 2014–15 fiscal years, inclusive, to apportion from the amounts provided in the annual Budget Act for specified categorical education programs an amount based on the same relative proportion that the local educational agency received in the 2008–09 fiscal year for those programs and authorizes school districts, for those fiscal years, to use these funds, with specified exceptions, for any educational purpose, to the extent permitted by federal law."
jurisdiction: "us/states/ca"
legislature: "California Legislature"
session: "20112012"
identifier: "AB 189"
citation: "California AB 189 (20112012)"
classification: ["bill"]
subjects: ["Education funding."]
status: "enacted"
primary_sponsors: ["Eng"]
version_count: 8
action_count: 26
vote_count: 8
first_action: "2011-01-26"
last_action: "2011-10-08"
source: "openstates"
source_identifier: "ocd-bill/9ba64fd0-7501-4f55-800a-984441a0b567"
source_url: "http://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/billNavClient.xhtml?bill_id=201120120AB189"
source_hash: "bb446fb061079d8a66a2046cab25ce03810fc6a05cf2540fb5ff350b3f6e32eb"
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 189 (20112012) — Education funding.

(1) Existing law establishes various categorical education programs and appropriates the funding for those programs in the annual Budget Act. Existing law requires the Superintendent of Public Instruction, for the 2008–09 to 2014–15 fiscal years, inclusive, to apportion from the amounts provided in the annual Budget Act for specified categorical education programs an amount based on the same relative proportion that the local educational agency received in the 2008–09 fiscal year for those programs and authorizes school districts, for those fiscal years, to use these funds, with specified exceptions, for any educational purpose, to the extent permitted by federal law.

## Version chain

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

1. **01/26/11 - Introduced** (filed) — [source](https://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/billPdf.xhtml?bill_id=201120120AB189&version=20110AB18999INT)
2. **03/03/11 - Amended Assembly** (committee substitute) — [source](https://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/billPdf.xhtml?bill_id=201120120AB189&version=20110AB18998AMD)
3. **04/07/11 - Amended Assembly** (committee substitute) — [source](https://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/billPdf.xhtml?bill_id=201120120AB189&version=20110AB18997AMD)
4. **05/27/11 - Amended Assembly** (committee substitute) — [source](https://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/billPdf.xhtml?bill_id=201120120AB189&version=20110AB18996AMD)
5. **08/30/11 - Amended Senate** (committee substitute) — [source](https://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/billPdf.xhtml?bill_id=201120120AB189&version=20110AB18995AMD)
6. **10/08/11 - Chaptered** (committee substitute) — [source](https://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/billPdf.xhtml?bill_id=201120120AB189&version=20110AB18993CHP)
7. **AB189** (committee substitute) — [source](http://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/billNavClient.xhtml?bill_id=201120120AB189)
8. **09/09/11 - Enrolled** (enrolled) — [source](https://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/billPdf.xhtml?bill_id=201120120AB189&version=20110AB18994ENR)

## Votes

- AB 189 ENG Assembly Third Reading — **60–15** (pass) · lower
- 3rd Reading AB189 Eng By Lowenthal — **23–16** (pass) · upper
- Do pass, but re-refer to the Committee on Appropriations. — **7–2** (pass) · upper
- Do pass as amended and be re-referred to the Committee on Appropriations. — **8–0** (pass) · lower
- Placed on Appropriations Suspense file. — **9–0** (pass) · upper
- Do pass as amended. — **12–5** (pass) · lower
- AB 189 ENG Concurrence in Senate Amendments — **54–23** (pass) · lower
- Do pass as amended. — **6–3** (pass) · upper

## Sponsors

- Eng — primary (person)
- Alejo — coauthor (person)
- Fong — coauthor (person)
- Mendoza — coauthor (person)
- Roger Hernández — coauthor (person)
- Swanson — coauthor (person)
- Torres — coauthor (person)

## Timeline

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

- **2011-01-26** Read first time. To print. `reading-1`
- **2011-01-27** From printer. May be heard in committee February 26.
- **2011-02-10** Referred to Com. on ED. `referral-committee`
- **2011-03-03** From committee chair, with author's amendments: Amend, and re-refer to Com. on ED. Read second time and amended. `reading-2, amendment-introduction, reading-1, amendment-passage`
- **2011-03-07** Re-referred to Com. on ED. `referral-committee`
- **2011-04-06** From committee: Do pass as amended and re-refer to Com. on APPR. (Ayes 8. Noes 0.) (March 30). `amendment-passage, committee-passage, committee-passage-favorable`
- **2011-04-07** Read second time and amended. `reading-2, reading-1, amendment-passage`
- **2011-04-11** Re-referred to Com. on APPR. `referral-committee`
- **2011-05-04** In committee: Set, first hearing. Referred to APPR. suspense file. `referral-committee`
- **2011-05-27** From committee: Do pass as amended. (Ayes 12. Noes 5.) (May 27). `amendment-passage, committee-passage, committee-passage-favorable`
- **2011-05-27** Read second time and amended. Ordered to second reading. `reading-2, reading-1, amendment-passage`
- **2011-05-31** Read second time. Ordered to third reading. `reading-2, reading-1`
- **2011-06-01** Read third time. Passed. Ordered to the Senate. (Ayes 60. Noes 15. Page 1727.) `reading-3, reading-1, passage`
- **2011-06-01** In Senate. Read first time. To Com. on RLS. for assignment. `reading-1`
- **2011-06-08** Referred to Com. on ED. `referral-committee`
- **2011-06-22** From committee: Do pass and re-refer to Com. on APPR. (Ayes 7. Noes 2.) (June 22). Re-referred to Com. on APPR. `referral-committee, committee-passage, committee-passage-favorable`
- **2011-07-11** In committee: Placed on APPR. suspense file.
- **2011-08-29** From committee: Do pass as amended. (Ayes 6. Noes 3.) (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`
- **2011-09-06** Read third time. Passed. Ordered to the Assembly. (Ayes 23. Noes 16. Page 2309.). `reading-3, reading-1, passage`
- **2011-09-06** In Assembly. Concurrence in Senate amendments pending. May be considered on or after September 8 pursuant to Assembly Rule 77.
- **2011-09-07** Assembly Rule 77 suspended. (Page 2964.)
- **2011-09-07** Senate amendments concurred in. To Engrossing and Enrolling. (Ayes 54. Noes 23. Page 2971.). `committee-passage-favorable, amendment-passage`
- **2011-09-14** Enrolled and presented to the Governor at 3 p.m.
- **2011-10-08** Approved by the Governor. `executive-signature`
- **2011-10-08** Chaptered by Secretary of State - Chapter 606, Statutes of 2011.

## Source

OpenStates / OpenCivicData bulk snapshot [2026-07-01](https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump); origin `ocd-bill/9ba64fd0-7501-4f55-800a-984441a0b567`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official California legislature records).