Existing law requires each school district that has one or more pupils who are English learners, and, to the extent required by federal law, a county office of education and a charter school, to assess the English language development of each of those pupils in order to determine the pupil's level of proficiency. Existing law requires the State Department of Education, with the approval of the State Board of Education, to establish procedures for conducting the assessment and for the reclassification of a pupil from English learner to English proficient.
California AB 2193 (20112012) — Long-term English learners.
Existing law requires each school district that has one or more pupils who are English learners, and, to the extent required by federal law, a county office of education and a charter school, to assess the English language development of each of those pupils in order to determine the pupil's level of proficiency. Existing law requires the State Department of Education, with the approval of the State Board of Education, to establish procedures for conducting the assessment and for the reclassification of a pupil from English learner to English proficient.
Version chain
The bill's text revisions, in order — the diff chain from filing to enrollment.
Placed on Appropriations Suspense file. — 7–0 (pass) · upper
Do pass as amended and be re-referred to the Committee on Appropriations. — 10–0 (pass) · lower
Sponsors
Lara — primary (person)
Solorio — coauthor (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.
2012-03-08 Referred to Com. on ED. referral-committee
2012-03-20 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
2012-03-21 Re-referred to Com. on ED. referral-committee
2012-04-09 From committee: Do pass as amended and re-refer to Com. on APPR. (Ayes 10. Noes 0.) (March 28). amendment-passage, committee-passage, committee-passage-favorable
2012-04-10 Read second time and amended. reading-2, reading-1, amendment-passage
2012-04-11 Re-referred to Com. on APPR. referral-committee
2012-04-25 In committee: Set, first hearing. Referred to APPR. suspense file. referral-committee
2012-05-25 From committee: Do pass as amended. (Ayes 12. Noes 5.) (May 25). amendment-passage, committee-passage, committee-passage-favorable
2012-05-25 Read second time and amended. Ordered to second reading. reading-2, reading-1, amendment-passage
2012-05-29 Read second time. Ordered to third reading. reading-2, reading-1
2012-05-30 Read third time. Passed. Ordered to the Senate. (Ayes 68. Noes 10. Page 5127.) reading-3, reading-1, passage
2012-05-31 In Senate. Read first time. To Com. on RLS. for assignment. reading-1
2012-06-14 Referred to Com. on ED. referral-committee
2012-07-05 From committee: Do pass as amended and re-refer to Com. on APPR. (Ayes 8. Noes 0.) (June 27). amendment-passage, committee-passage, committee-passage-favorable
2012-07-06 Read second time and amended. Re-referred to Com. on APPR. reading-2, reading-1, amendment-passage, referral-committee
2012-08-06 From committee chair, with author's amendments: Amend, and re-refer to committee. Read second time, amended, and re-referred to Com. on APPR. reading-2, amendment-introduction, reading-1, amendment-passage, referral-committee
2012-08-06 In committee: Referred to APPR. suspense file. referral-committee
2012-08-20 From committee: Do pass as amended. (Ayes 7. Noes 0.) (August 16). amendment-passage, committee-passage, committee-passage-favorable
2012-08-21 Read second time and amended. Ordered to third reading. reading-2, reading-1, amendment-passage
2012-08-22 Read third time. Passed. Ordered to the Assembly. (Ayes 36. Noes 0. Page 4707.). reading-3, reading-1, passage
2012-08-22 In Assembly. Concurrence in Senate amendments pending. May be considered on or after August 24 pursuant to Assembly Rule 77.
2012-08-27 Senate amendments concurred in. To Engrossing and Enrolling. (Ayes 79. Noes 1. Page 6316.). committee-passage-favorable, amendment-passage
2012-09-10 Enrolled and presented to the Governor at 11:25 a.m.
2012-09-21 Approved by the Governor. executive-signature
2012-09-21 Chaptered by Secretary of State - Chapter 427, Statutes of 2012.
Source
OpenStates / OpenCivicData bulk snapshot 2026-07-01; origin ocd-bill/21fca0ca-61ac-4492-8613-e3e110bdff7f. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official California legislature records).