republic-os/legislation/us/states/ca/20112012/ab-2262.md

---
type: "Bill"
title: "School districts: governing boards: notification: parent rights and responsibilities."
description: "Existing law requires the governing board of a school district, at the beginning of the first semester or quarter of each school year, to notify parents or guardians of minor pupils of specified rights and responsibilities of the parent or guardian and of specified school district policies and procedures. Existing law provides that the notice may be sent by regular mail or by any other method normally used to communicate with parents or guardians in writing. Existing law requires the notice to be signed by the parent or guardian and returned to the school. Existing law requires that, if 15% or more of the pupils enrolled in a public school speak a single primary language other than English, all notices, reports, statements, or records sent to the parent or guardian of such pupil be written in English and that primary language, as specified."
jurisdiction: "us/states/ca"
legislature: "California Legislature"
session: "20112012"
identifier: "AB 2262"
citation: "California AB 2262 (20112012)"
classification: ["bill"]
subjects: ["School districts: governing boards: notification: parent rights and responsibilities."]
status: "enacted"
primary_sponsors: ["Bradford"]
version_count: 7
action_count: 20
vote_count: 5
first_action: "2012-02-24"
last_action: "2012-06-15"
source: "openstates"
source_identifier: "ocd-bill/e4d4144e-436e-418a-9e5c-2f207e7b4e31"
source_url: "http://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/billNavClient.xhtml?bill_id=201120120AB2262"
source_hash: "f514cb04e1b055704f97644f6a39869e08442ecf18f96b6467f63b584102a921"
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 2262 (20112012) — School districts: governing boards: notification: parent rights and responsibilities.

Existing law requires the governing board of a school district, at the beginning of the first semester or quarter of each school year, to notify parents or guardians of minor pupils of specified rights and responsibilities of the parent or guardian and of specified school district policies and procedures. Existing law provides that the notice may be sent by regular mail or by any other method normally used to communicate with parents or guardians in writing. Existing law requires the notice to be signed by the parent or guardian and returned to the school. Existing law requires that, if 15% or more of the pupils enrolled in a public school speak a single primary language other than English, all notices, reports, statements, or records sent to the parent or guardian of such pupil be written in English and that primary language, as specified.

## Version chain

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

1. **02/24/12 - Introduced** (filed) — [source](https://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/billPdf.xhtml?bill_id=201120120AB2262&version=20110AB226299INT)
2. **03/20/12 - Amended Assembly** (committee substitute) — [source](https://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/billPdf.xhtml?bill_id=201120120AB2262&version=20110AB226298AMD)
3. **04/10/12 - Amended Assembly** (committee substitute) — [source](https://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/billPdf.xhtml?bill_id=201120120AB2262&version=20110AB226297AMD)
4. **05/23/12 - Amended Senate** (committee substitute) — [source](https://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/billPdf.xhtml?bill_id=201120120AB2262&version=20110AB226296AMD)
5. **06/15/12 - Chaptered** (committee substitute) — [source](https://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/billPdf.xhtml?bill_id=201120120AB2262&version=20110AB226294CHP)
6. **AB2262** (committee substitute) — [source](http://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/billNavClient.xhtml?bill_id=201120120AB2262)
7. **06/01/12 - Enrolled** (enrolled) — [source](https://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/billPdf.xhtml?bill_id=201120120AB2262&version=20110AB226295ENR)

## Votes

- Consent Calendar 2nd — **33–0** (pass) · upper
- AB 2262 BRADFORD Concurrence in Senate Amendments — **78–0** (pass) · lower
- Do pass as amended, to Consent Calendar. — **10–0** (pass) · lower
- AB 2262 BRADFORD Consent Calendar Second Day — **77–0** (pass) · lower
- Do pass as amended. To Consent Calendar. — **8–0** (pass) · upper

## Sponsors

- Bradford — primary (person)

## Timeline

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

- **2012-02-24** Introduced. To print. `introduction`
- **2012-02-26** From printer. May be heard in committee March 27.
- **2012-02-27** Read first time. `reading-1`
- **2012-03-12** 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. To consent calendar. (Ayes 10. Noes 0.) (March 28). `amendment-passage, committee-passage, committee-passage-favorable`
- **2012-04-10** Read second time and amended. Ordered to second reading. `reading-2, reading-1, amendment-passage`
- **2012-04-11** Read second time. Ordered to consent calendar. `reading-2, reading-1`
- **2012-04-16** Read third time. Passed. Ordered to the Senate. (Ayes 77. Noes 0. Page 4373.) `reading-3, reading-1, passage`
- **2012-04-16** In Senate. Read first time. To Com. on RLS. for assignment. `reading-1`
- **2012-04-26** Referred to Com. on ED. `referral-committee`
- **2012-05-22** From committee: Do pass as amended. To consent calendar. (Ayes 8. Noes 0.) (May 16). `amendment-passage, committee-passage, committee-passage-favorable`
- **2012-05-23** Read second time and amended. Ordered to consent calendar. `reading-2, reading-1, amendment-passage`
- **2012-05-25** Read third time. Passed. Ordered to the Assembly. (Ayes 33. Noes 0. Page 3619.). `reading-3, reading-1, passage`
- **2012-05-25** In Assembly. Concurrence in Senate amendments pending. May be considered on or after May 30 pursuant to Assembly Rule 77.
- **2012-05-30** Senate amendments concurred in. To Engrossing and Enrolling. (Ayes 78. Noes 0. Page 5085.). `committee-passage-favorable, amendment-passage`
- **2012-06-05** Enrolled and presented to the Governor at 1:45 p.m.
- **2012-06-15** Approved by the Governor. `executive-signature`
- **2012-06-15** Chaptered by Secretary of State - Chapter 17, Statutes of 2012.

## Source

OpenStates / OpenCivicData bulk snapshot [2026-07-01](https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump); origin `ocd-bill/e4d4144e-436e-418a-9e5c-2f207e7b4e31`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official California legislature records).