republic-os/legislation/us/states/ca/20112012/sb-1568.md

---
type: "Bill"
title: "Pupils: foster children: educational placement."
description: "(1) Existing law requires a local educational agency serving a foster child to allow the foster child to continue his or her education in the school of origin for the duration of the jurisdiction of the court over the child. Existing law requires the local educational agency to allow a foster child to continue in the school of origin through the duration of the academic school year if the jurisdiction of the court is terminated before the end of the school year."
jurisdiction: "us/states/ca"
legislature: "California Legislature"
session: "20112012"
identifier: "SB 1568"
citation: "California SB 1568 (20112012)"
classification: ["bill"]
subjects: ["Pupils: foster children: educational placement."]
status: "enacted"
primary_sponsors: ["DeSaulnier"]
version_count: 9
action_count: 33
vote_count: 9
first_action: "2012-02-24"
last_action: "2012-09-26"
source: "openstates"
source_identifier: "ocd-bill/341e5eb6-8c76-4b96-863d-6e8c22afb3af"
source_url: "http://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/billNavClient.xhtml?bill_id=201120120SB1568"
source_hash: "1d87573cf374d20da24f87093d112318e62ec01e549a2077f6107c2dccb7c73e"
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 SB 1568 (20112012) — Pupils: foster children: educational placement.

(1) Existing law requires a local educational agency serving a foster child to allow the foster child to continue his or her education in the school of origin for the duration of the jurisdiction of the court over the child. Existing law requires the local educational agency to allow a foster child to continue in the school of origin through the duration of the academic school year if the jurisdiction of the court is terminated before the end of the school year.

## 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=201120120SB1568&version=20110SB156899INT)
2. **05/29/12 - Amended Senate** (committee substitute) — [source](https://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/billPdf.xhtml?bill_id=201120120SB1568&version=20110SB156898AMD)
3. **06/20/12 - Amended Assembly** (committee substitute) — [source](https://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/billPdf.xhtml?bill_id=201120120SB1568&version=20110SB156897AMD)
4. **07/03/12 - Amended Assembly** (committee substitute) — [source](https://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/billPdf.xhtml?bill_id=201120120SB1568&version=20110SB156896AMD)
5. **08/24/12 - Amended Assembly** (committee substitute) — [source](https://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/billPdf.xhtml?bill_id=201120120SB1568&version=20110SB156895AMD)
6. **08/29/12 - Amended Assembly** (committee substitute) — [source](https://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/billPdf.xhtml?bill_id=201120120SB1568&version=20110SB156894AMD)
7. **09/26/12 - Chaptered** (committee substitute) — [source](https://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/billPdf.xhtml?bill_id=201120120SB1568&version=20110SB156892CHP)
8. **SB1568** (committee substitute) — [source](http://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/billNavClient.xhtml?bill_id=201120120SB1568)
9. **09/10/12 - Enrolled** (enrolled) — [source](https://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/billPdf.xhtml?bill_id=201120120SB1568&version=20110SB156893ENR)

## Votes

- SB 1568 DeSaulnier Senate Third Reading By BROWNLEY — **79–0** (pass) · lower
- Do pass as amended and be re-referred to the Committee on Appropriations. — **9–0** (pass) · lower
- Unfinished Business SB1568 DeSaulnier By Wolk Concurrence — **26–0** (pass) · upper
- Do pass and be re-referred to the Committee on Education to Consent Calendar. — **6–0** (pass) · lower
- Do pass, but re-refer to the Committee on Appropriations. — **8–0** (pass) · upper
- Special Consent #12 — **38–0** (pass) · upper
- Do pass. — **17–0** (pass) · lower
- Placed on Appropriations Suspense file. — **7–0** (pass) · upper
- Do pass as amended. — **7–0** (pass) · upper

## Sponsors

- DeSaulnier — primary (person)

## Timeline

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

- **2012-02-24** Introduced. To Com. on RLS. for assignment. To print. `introduction`
- **2012-02-26** From printer. May be acted upon on or after March 27.
- **2012-02-27** Read first time. `reading-1`
- **2012-03-22** Referred to Com. on ED. `referral-committee`
- **2012-03-28** Set for hearing April 18.
- **2012-04-19** From committee: Do pass and re-refer to Com. on APPR. (Ayes 8. Noes 0. Page 3232.) (April 18). Re-referred to Com. on APPR. `referral-committee, committee-passage, committee-passage-favorable`
- **2012-04-27** Set for hearing May 7.
- **2012-05-07** Placed on APPR. suspense file.
- **2012-05-18** Set for hearing May 24.
- **2012-05-25** From committee: Do pass as amended. (Ayes 7. Noes 0. Page 3599.) (May 24). `amendment-passage, committee-passage, committee-passage-favorable`
- **2012-05-29** Read second time and amended. Ordered to third reading. `reading-2, reading-1, amendment-passage`
- **2012-05-29** Ordered to special consent calendar.
- **2012-05-31** Read third time. Passed. (Ayes 38. Noes 0. Page 3750.) Ordered to the Assembly. `reading-3, reading-1, passage`
- **2012-05-31** In Assembly. Read first time. Held at Desk. `reading-1`
- **2012-06-14** Referred to Coms. on HUM. S. and ED. `referral-committee`
- **2012-06-20** From committee with author's amendments. Read second time and amended. Re-referred to Com. on HUM. S. `reading-2, reading-1, committee-passage, amendment-passage, referral-committee`
- **2012-06-21** Assembly Rule 56 suspended. (Page 5388.)
- **2012-06-21** Joint Rule 62(a) file notice suspended. (Page 5388.)
- **2012-06-26** From committee: Do pass and re-refer to Com. on ED. with recommendation: To consent calendar. (Ayes 6. Noes 0.) (June 26). Re-referred to Com. on ED. `referral-committee, committee-passage, committee-passage-favorable`
- **2012-07-02** From committee: Do pass as amended and re-refer to Com. on APPR. (Ayes 9. Noes 0.) (June 27). `amendment-passage, committee-passage, committee-passage-favorable`
- **2012-07-03** Read second time and amended. Re-referred to Com. on APPR. `reading-2, reading-1, amendment-passage, referral-committee`
- **2012-08-09** From committee: Do pass. (Ayes 17. Noes 0.) (August 8). `committee-passage, committee-passage-favorable`
- **2012-08-13** Read second time. Ordered to third reading. `reading-2, reading-1`
- **2012-08-24** Read third time and amended. (Page 6251.) `reading-3, reading-1, amendment-passage`
- **2012-08-24** Ordered to third reading.
- **2012-08-29** Read third time and amended. (Page 6555.) `reading-3, reading-1, amendment-passage`
- **2012-08-29** Ordered to third reading.
- **2012-08-30** Read third time. Passed. (Ayes 79. Noes 0. Page 6667.) Ordered to the Senate. `reading-3, reading-1, passage`
- **2012-08-30** In Senate. Concurrence in Assembly amendments pending.
- **2012-08-31** Assembly amendments concurred in. (Ayes 26. Noes 0. Page 5115.) Ordered to engrossing and enrolling. `committee-passage-favorable, amendment-passage`
- **2012-09-12** Enrolled and presented to the Governor at 11 a.m.
- **2012-09-26** Approved by the Governor. `executive-signature`
- **2012-09-26** Chaptered by Secretary of State. Chapter 578, Statutes of 2012.

## Source

OpenStates / OpenCivicData bulk snapshot [2026-07-01](https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump); origin `ocd-bill/341e5eb6-8c76-4b96-863d-6e8c22afb3af`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official California legislature records).