Education finance: Safe Neighborhoods and Schools Fund: Learning Communities for School Success Program.
Existing law, the Safe Neighborhoods and Schools Act, enacted by Proposition 47, as approved by the voters at the November 4, 2014, statewide general election, among other things, established the Safe Neighborhoods and Schools Fund, a continuously appropriated fund, which is funded by savings that accrue to the state from the implementation of the act. The act provides that, among other purposes, 25% of the funds shall be disbursed to the State Department of Education to administer a grant program to public agencies aimed at improving outcomes for public school pupils by reducing truancy and supporting pupils who are at risk of dropping out of school or are victims of crime.
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SB 527
California SB 527 (20152016)
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Education finance: Safe Neighborhoods and Schools Fund: Learning Communities for School Success Program.
California SB 527 (20152016) — Education finance: Safe Neighborhoods and Schools Fund: Learning Communities for School Success Program.
Existing law, the Safe Neighborhoods and Schools Act, enacted by Proposition 47, as approved by the voters at the November 4, 2014, statewide general election, among other things, established the Safe Neighborhoods and Schools Fund, a continuously appropriated fund, which is funded by savings that accrue to the state from the implementation of the act. The act provides that, among other purposes, 25% of the funds shall be disbursed to the State Department of Education to administer a grant program to public agencies aimed at improving outcomes for public school pupils by reducing truancy and supporting pupils who are at risk of dropping out of school or are victims of crime.
Version chain
The bill's text revisions, in order — the diff chain from filing to enrollment.
Do pass, but first be re-referred to the Committee on [Appropriations] — 7–0 (pass) · upper
SB 527 Liu Senate Third Reading By THURMOND — 63–15 (pass) · lower
3rd Reading — 24–10 (pass) · upper
Unfinished Business SB527 Liu Concurrence — 39–0 (pass) · upper
Do pass — 5–1 (pass) · upper
That the Assembly amendments be concurred in — 9–0 (pass) · upper
Do pass as amended. — 16–1 (pass) · lower
Placed on suspense file — 7–0 (pass) · upper
Do pass and be re-referred to the Committee on [Appropriations] — 7–0 (pass) · lower
Sponsors
Liu — primary (person)
Thurmond — coauthor (person)
Timeline
The legislative action history — every referral, reading, and vote.
2015-02-26 Introduced. Read first time. To Com. on RLS. for assignment. To print. introduction, reading-1
2015-02-27 From printer. May be acted upon on or after March 29.
2015-03-12 Referred to Com. on ED. referral-committee
2015-04-02 Set for hearing April 15.
2015-04-07 April 15 set for first hearing canceled at the request of author.
2015-04-17 Set for hearing April 29.
2015-04-20 From committee with author's amendments. Read second time and amended. Re-referred to Com. on ED. referral-committee, reading-2, amendment-passage, committee-passage, reading-1
2015-04-29 From committee: Do pass and re-refer to Com. on APPR. (Ayes 7. Noes 0. Page 814.) (April 29). Re-referred to Com. on APPR. referral-committee, committee-passage-favorable, committee-passage
2015-05-08 Set for hearing May 18.
2015-05-18 May 18 hearing: Placed on APPR. suspense file.
2015-05-23 Set for hearing May 28.
2015-05-28 May 28 hearing: Held in committee and under submission.
2016-01-13 From committee with author's amendments. Read second time and amended. Re-referred to Com. on APPR. referral-committee, reading-2, amendment-passage, committee-passage, reading-1
2016-01-16 Set for hearing January 21.
2016-01-21 From committee: Do pass. (Ayes 5. Noes 1. Page 2934.) (January 21). committee-passage-favorable, committee-passage
2016-01-25 Read second time. Ordered to third reading. reading-2, reading-1
2016-01-26 Read third time. Passed. (Ayes 24. Noes 10. Page 2953.) Ordered to the Assembly. reading-3, passage, reading-1
2016-01-26 In Assembly. Read first time. Held at Desk. reading-1
2016-04-28 Referred to Com. on ED. referral-committee
2016-06-06 From committee with author's amendments. Read second time and amended. Re-referred to Com. on ED. referral-committee, reading-2, amendment-passage, committee-passage, reading-1
2016-06-16 From committee: Do pass and re-refer to Com. on APPR. (Ayes 7. Noes 0.) (June 15). Re-referred to Com. on APPR. referral-committee, committee-passage-favorable, committee-passage
2016-06-29 June 29 set for first hearing. Placed on APPR. suspense file.
2016-08-12 From committee: Do pass as amended. (Ayes 16. Noes 1.) (August 11). committee-passage-favorable, committee-passage, amendment-passage
2016-08-15 Read second time and amended. Ordered to second reading. amendment-passage, reading-2, reading-1
2016-08-16 Read second time. Ordered to third reading. reading-2, reading-1
2016-08-18 Read third time. Passed. (Ayes 63. Noes 15. Page 5916.) Ordered to the Senate. reading-3, passage, reading-1
2016-08-25 In Senate. Concurrence in Assembly amendments pending.
2016-08-26 Re-referred to Com. on RLS. pursuant to Senate Rule 29.10(d). referral-committee
2016-08-26 From committee: Be re-referred to Com. on ED. pursuant to Senate Rule 29.10(d). (Ayes 5. Noes 0. Page 5448.) Re-referred to Com. on ED. referral-committee, committee-passage
2016-08-26 From committee: That the Assembly amendments be concurred in. (Ayes 9. Noes 0. Page 5456.) committee-passage
2016-08-31 Assembly amendments concurred in. (Ayes 39. Noes 0. Page 5570.) Ordered to engrossing and enrolling. committee-passage-favorable, amendment-passage
2016-09-09 Enrolled and presented to the Governor at 3:30 p.m.
2016-09-23 Approved by the Governor. executive-signature
2016-09-23 Chaptered by Secretary of State. Chapter 533, Statutes of 2016.
Source
OpenStates / OpenCivicData bulk snapshot 2026-07-01; origin ocd-bill/81adef08-f4ab-4d36-8f71-14a6134775bf. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official California legislature records).