Existing law establishes the Administrator Training Program, to be administered by the Superintendent of Public Instruction, with the approval of the State Board of Education. Existing law requires the Superintendent to award incentive funding from funds appropriated for that purpose, to provide instruction and training to school administrators in various areas, including, among others, school financial and personnel management, instructional leadership and management strategies, and the use of state and local pupil assessments. Existing law states the intent of the Legislature that local educational agencies give highest priority to training school administrators assigned to, and practicing in, high-priority or hard-to-staff schools.
California SB 1292 (20112012) — School employees: principals: evaluation.
Existing law establishes the Administrator Training Program, to be administered by the Superintendent of Public Instruction, with the approval of the State Board of Education. Existing law requires the Superintendent to award incentive funding from funds appropriated for that purpose, to provide instruction and training to school administrators in various areas, including, among others, school financial and personnel management, instructional leadership and management strategies, and the use of state and local pupil assessments. Existing law states the intent of the Legislature that local educational agencies give highest priority to training school administrators assigned to, and practicing in, high-priority or hard-to-staff schools.
Version chain
The bill's text revisions, in order — the diff chain from filing to enrollment.
Do pass as amended and be re-referred to the Committee on Appropriations. — 7–2 (pass) · lower
Do pass. — 12–5 (pass) · lower
Do pass as amended. — 9–0 (pass) · upper
Unfinished Business SB1292 Liu Concurrence — 38–0 (pass) · upper
3rd Reading — 38–0 (pass) · upper
SB 1292 Liu Senate Third Reading By BONILLA — 65–12 (pass) · lower
Sponsors
Liu — primary (person)
Alquist — coauthor (person)
Bonilla — principal coauthor (person)
Lowenthal — principal coauthor (person)
Timeline
The legislative action history — every referral, reading, and vote.
2012-02-23 Introduced. Read first time. To Com. on RLS. for assignment. To print. introduction, reading-1
2012-02-24 From printer. May be acted upon on or after March 25.
2012-03-08 Referred to Com. on ED. referral-committee
2012-03-29 Set for hearing April 18.
2012-04-11 Set, first hearing. Hearing canceled at the request of author.
2012-04-13 Set for hearing April 25.
2012-04-16 From committee with author's amendments. Read second time and amended. Re-referred to Com. on ED. reading-2, reading-1, committee-passage, amendment-passage, referral-committee
2012-05-01 From committee: Do pass as amended. (Ayes 9. Noes 0. Page 3302.) (April 25). amendment-passage, committee-passage, committee-passage-favorable
2012-05-02 Read second time and amended. Ordered to third reading. reading-2, reading-1, amendment-passage
2012-05-07 Read third time. Passed. (Ayes 38. Noes 0. Page 3430.) Ordered to the Assembly. reading-3, reading-1, passage
2012-05-07 In Assembly. Read first time. Held at Desk. reading-1
2012-05-17 Referred to Com. on ED. referral-committee
2012-06-19 From committee: Do pass as amended and re-refer to Com. on APPR. (Ayes 7. Noes 2.) (June 13). amendment-passage, committee-passage, committee-passage-favorable
2012-06-20 Read second time and amended. Re-referred to Com. on APPR. reading-2, reading-1, amendment-passage, referral-committee
2012-08-08 Set, first hearing. Referred to APPR. suspense file. referral-committee
2012-08-16 From committee: Do pass. (Ayes 12. Noes 5.) (August 16). committee-passage, committee-passage-favorable
2012-08-20 Read second time. Ordered to third reading. reading-2, reading-1
2012-08-21 Read third time. Passed. (Ayes 65. Noes 12. Page 6069.) Ordered to the Senate. reading-3, reading-1, passage
2012-08-21 In Senate. Concurrence in Assembly amendments pending.
2012-08-23 Assembly amendments concurred in. (Ayes 38. Noes 0. Page 4762.) Ordered to engrossing and enrolling. committee-passage-favorable, amendment-passage
2012-08-30 Enrolled and presented to the Governor at 4 p.m.
2012-09-21 Approved by the Governor. executive-signature
2012-09-21 Chaptered by Secretary of State. Chapter 435, Statutes of 2012.
Source
OpenStates / OpenCivicData bulk snapshot 2026-07-01; origin ocd-bill/8b91a1a3-2fc8-4765-b516-57de8bd1291b. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official California legislature records).