School finance: The John B. Mockler School Finance Act.
The California Constitution requires from all state revenues that there first be set apart the moneys to be applied by the state for support of the public school system and public institutions of higher education and requires, commencing with the 1990–91 fiscal year, that the moneys to be applied by the state for the support of school districts and community college districts be not less than the greater of certain amounts. Existing law provides the method for calculating the amount of moneys required to be applied by the state for the support of school districts and community college districts, and defines the words and phrases used in specifying the method of calculating that amount.
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AB 158
California AB 158 (20152016)
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School finance: The John B. Mockler School Finance Act.
California AB 158 (20152016) — School finance: The John B. Mockler School Finance Act.
The California Constitution requires from all state revenues that there first be set apart the moneys to be applied by the state for support of the public school system and public institutions of higher education and requires, commencing with the 1990–91 fiscal year, that the moneys to be applied by the state for the support of school districts and community college districts be not less than the greater of certain amounts. Existing law provides the method for calculating the amount of moneys required to be applied by the state for the support of school districts and community college districts, and defines the words and phrases used in specifying the method of calculating that amount.
Version chain
The bill's text revisions, in order — the diff chain from filing to enrollment.
AB 158 O'DONNELL Assembly Third Reading By MCCARTY — 77–0 (pass) · lower
Do pass, but first be re-referred to the Committee on [Appropriations] with the recommendation: To Consent Calendar — 8–0 (pass) · upper
3rd Reading AB158 O'Donnell By De León — 37–0 (pass) · upper
Sponsors
O'Donnell — primary (person)
Atkins — author (person)
Block — principal coauthor (person)
De León — principal coauthor (person)
Hertzberg — principal coauthor (person)
Liu — principal coauthor (person)
McCarty — author (person)
Timeline
The legislative action history — every referral, reading, and vote.
2015-01-20 Read first time. To print. reading-1
2015-01-21 From printer. May be heard in committee February 20.
2015-02-02 Referred to Com. on ED. referral-committee
2015-03-05 From committee chair, with author's amendments: Amend, and re-refer to Com. on ED. Read second time and amended. reading-2, amendment-introduction, amendment-passage, reading-1
2015-03-09 Re-referred to Com. on ED. referral-committee
2015-03-26 From committee: Do pass. (Ayes 7. Noes 0.) (March 25). committee-passage-favorable, committee-passage
2015-04-06 Read second time. Ordered to third reading. reading-2, reading-1
2015-04-09 Read third time. Passed. Ordered to the Senate. (Ayes 77. Noes 0. Page 851.) reading-3, passage, reading-1
2015-04-09 In Senate. Read first time. To Com. on RLS. for assignment. reading-1
2015-04-13 Referred to Com. on ED. referral-committee
2015-04-16 From committee: Do pass and re-refer to Com. on APPR. with recommendation: To Consent Calendar. (Ayes 8. Noes 0.) (April 15). Re-referred to Com. on APPR. referral-committee, committee-passage-favorable, committee-passage
2015-04-16 Withdrawn from committee.
2015-04-16 Ordered to second reading.
2015-04-20 Read second time. Ordered to third reading. reading-2, reading-1
2015-04-23 Read third time. Passed. Ordered to the Assembly. (Ayes 37. Noes 0. Page 745.). reading-3, passage, reading-1
2015-04-23 In Assembly. Ordered to Engrossing and Enrolling. committee-passage
2015-04-23 Enrolled and presented to the Governor at 2:45 p.m.
2015-04-27 Approved by the Governor. executive-signature
2015-04-27 Chaptered by Secretary of State - Chapter 3, Statutes of 2015.
Source
OpenStates / OpenCivicData bulk snapshot 2026-07-01; origin ocd-bill/8ebc67dd-d9cf-40cf-8c64-efcd4e046edc. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official California legislature records).