School personnel: professional development for classified school employees.
Existing law authorizes the governing board of any school district to grant any classified employee a leave of absence not to exceed one year, as provided, for the purpose of permitting study by the employee or for the purpose of retraining the employee to meet changing conditions within the district. Existing law authorizes the governing board of a school district to grant reimbursement of the costs, including tuition fees, to a permanent classified employee who satisfactorily completes approved training to improve his or her job knowledge, ability, or skill.
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20132014
SB 590
California SB 590 (20132014)
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School personnel: professional development for classified school employees.
California SB 590 (20132014) — School personnel: professional development for classified school employees.
Existing law authorizes the governing board of any school district to grant any classified employee a leave of absence not to exceed one year, as provided, for the purpose of permitting study by the employee or for the purpose of retraining the employee to meet changing conditions within the district. Existing law authorizes the governing board of a school district to grant reimbursement of the costs, including tuition fees, to a permanent classified employee who satisfactorily completes approved training to improve his or her job knowledge, ability, or skill.
Version chain
The bill's text revisions, in order — the diff chain from filing to enrollment.
SB 590 De León Senate Third Reading By GONZALEZ — 51–24 (pass) · lower
Placed on Appropriations Suspense file. — 7–0 (pass) · upper
Do pass as amended. — 5–2 (pass) · upper
Unfinished Business SB590 De León Concurrence — 27–10 (pass) · upper
3rd Reading SB590 De León — 28–9 (pass) · upper
Do pass as amended, and re-refer to the Committee on Appropriations. — 7–2 (pass) · upper
Do pass as amended and be re-referred to the Committee on Appropriations. — 5–2 (pass) · lower
Sponsors
De León — primary (person)
Timeline
The legislative action history — every referral, reading, and vote.
2013-02-22 Introduced. To Com. on RLS. for assignment. To print. introduction
2013-02-23 From printer. May be acted upon on or after March 25.
2013-02-25 Read first time. reading-1
2013-03-11 Referred to Com. on ED. referral-committee
2013-03-15 Set for hearing April 10.
2013-04-22 From committee: Do pass as amended and re-refer to Com. on APPR. (Ayes 7. Noes 2. Page 484.) (April 10). committee-passage-favorable, committee-passage, amendment-passage
2013-04-23 Read second time and amended. Re-referred to Com. on APPR. amendment-passage, reading-2, reading-1, referral-committee
2013-04-26 Set for hearing May 6.
2013-05-06 Placed on APPR. suspense file.
2013-05-17 Set for hearing May 23.
2013-05-23 From committee: Do pass as amended. (Ayes 5. Noes 2. Page 1017.) (May 23). committee-passage-favorable, committee-passage, amendment-passage
2013-05-24 Read second time and amended. Ordered to third reading. reading-2, reading-1, amendment-passage
2013-05-29 Read third time. Passed. (Ayes 28. Noes 9. Page 1187.) Ordered to the Assembly. reading-3, reading-1, passage
2013-05-30 In Assembly. Read first time. Held at Desk. reading-1
2013-06-17 Referred to Com. on ED. referral-committee
2013-07-02 From committee: Do pass as amended and re-refer to Com. on APPR. (Ayes 5. Noes 2.) (June 26). committee-passage-favorable, committee-passage, amendment-passage
2013-07-03 Read second time and amended. Re-referred to Com. on APPR. amendment-passage, reading-2, reading-1, referral-committee
2013-08-14 Set, first hearing. Hearing canceled at the request of author.
2013-08-14 From committee with author's amendments. Read second time and amended. Re-referred to Com. on APPR. committee-passage, amendment-passage, reading-2, reading-1, referral-committee
2013-08-21 From committee: Do pass. (Ayes 12. Noes 5.) (August 21). committee-passage-favorable, committee-passage
2013-08-22 Read second time. Ordered to third reading. reading-2, reading-1
2013-09-04 Read third time. Passed. (Ayes 51. Noes 24. Page 2867.) Ordered to the Senate. reading-3, reading-1, passage
2013-09-05 In Senate. Concurrence in Assembly amendments pending.
2013-09-06 Assembly amendments concurred in. (Ayes 27. Noes 10. Page 2169.) Ordered to engrossing and enrolling. committee-passage-favorable, amendment-passage
2013-09-11 Enrolled and presented to the Governor at 3 p.m.
2013-10-10 Approved by the Governor. executive-signature
2013-10-10 Chaptered by Secretary of State. Chapter 723, Statutes of 2013.
Source
OpenStates / OpenCivicData bulk snapshot 2026-07-01; origin ocd-bill/2a4b5ab5-f614-4e35-8cef-a313f076bcda. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official California legislature records).