republic-os/legislation/us/states/ca/20172018/ab-2826.md

---
type: "Bill"
title: "Pupil enrollment: interdistrict attendance."
description: "Existing law authorizes the governing boards of 2 or more school districts to enter into an agreement, for a term not to exceed 5 school years, for the interdistrict attendance of pupils who are residents of the school districts. Existing law requires the agreement to stipulate the terms and conditions under which interdistrict attendance shall be permitted or denied. Existing law authorizes the person having legal custody of the pupil to appeal, within 30 calendar days of the failure or refusal to issue a permit or to enter into an agreement allowing the attendance, to the county board of education having jurisdiction over the school district of residence. Existing law also authorizes the governing board of a school district to provisionally admit a pupil who resides in another school district, pending a decision of the governing boards of the two school districts, or by the county board of education upon appeal, regarding the interdistrict attendance."
jurisdiction: "us/states/ca"
legislature: "California Legislature"
session: "20172018"
identifier: "AB 2826"
citation: "California AB 2826 (20172018)"
classification: ["bill"]
subjects: ["Pupil enrollment: interdistrict attendance."]
status: "enacted"
primary_sponsors: ["Friedman"]
version_count: 8
action_count: 23
vote_count: 5
first_action: "2018-02-16"
last_action: "2018-09-19"
source: "openstates"
source_identifier: "ocd-bill/6db3aafe-af52-463a-b063-f62c19bcc166"
source_url: "http://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/billNavClient.xhtml?bill_id=201720180AB2826"
source_hash: "c77a341cae86ab6389b5ddba2234eebbce98c7bc509832c8bee3c8fa4b72c2c0"
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 AB 2826 (20172018) — Pupil enrollment: interdistrict attendance.

Existing law authorizes the governing boards of 2 or more school districts to enter into an agreement, for a term not to exceed 5 school years, for the interdistrict attendance of pupils who are residents of the school districts. Existing law requires the agreement to stipulate the terms and conditions under which interdistrict attendance shall be permitted or denied. Existing law authorizes the person having legal custody of the pupil to appeal, within 30 calendar days of the failure or refusal to issue a permit or to enter into an agreement allowing the attendance, to the county board of education having jurisdiction over the school district of residence. Existing law also authorizes the governing board of a school district to provisionally admit a pupil who resides in another school district, pending a decision of the governing boards of the two school districts, or by the county board of education upon appeal, regarding the interdistrict attendance.

## Version chain

The bill's text revisions, in order — the diff chain from filing to enrollment.

1. **02/16/18 - Introduced** (filed) — [source](https://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/billPdf.xhtml?bill_id=201720180AB2826&version=20170AB282699INT)
2. **05/01/18 - Amended Assembly** (committee substitute) — [source](https://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/billPdf.xhtml?bill_id=201720180AB2826&version=20170AB282698AMD)
3. **05/16/18 - Amended Assembly** (committee substitute) — [source](https://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/billPdf.xhtml?bill_id=201720180AB2826&version=20170AB282697AMD)
4. **06/20/18 - Amended Senate** (committee substitute) — [source](https://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/billPdf.xhtml?bill_id=201720180AB2826&version=20170AB282696AMD)
5. **08/20/18 - Amended Senate** (committee substitute) — [source](https://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/billPdf.xhtml?bill_id=201720180AB2826&version=20170AB282695AMD)
6. **09/19/18 - Chaptered** (committee substitute) — [source](https://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/billPdf.xhtml?bill_id=201720180AB2826&version=20170AB282693CHP)
7. **AB2826** (committee substitute) — [source](http://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/billNavClient.xhtml?bill_id=201720180AB2826)
8. **08/31/18 - Enrolled** (enrolled) — [source](https://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/billPdf.xhtml?bill_id=201720180AB2826&version=20170AB282694ENR)

## Votes

- Do pass as amended. To Consent Calendar. — **6–0** (pass) · lower
- AB 2826 FRIEDMAN Concurrence in Senate Amendments — **80–0** (pass) · lower
- AB 2826 FRIEDMAN Consent Calendar Second Day — **70–0** (pass) · lower
- 3rd Reading AB2826 Friedman By Bradford — **39–0** (pass) · upper
- Do pass as amended, and be ordered to the Consent Calendar — **7–0** (pass) · upper

## Sponsors

- Friedman — primary (person)

## Timeline

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

- **2018-02-16** Read first time. To print. `reading-1`
- **2018-02-17** From printer. May be heard in committee March 19.
- **2018-03-08** Referred to Com. on ED. `referral-committee`
- **2018-05-01** From committee chair, with author's amendments: Amend, and re-refer to Com. on ED. Read second time and amended. `amendment-introduction, amendment-passage, reading-2, reading-1`
- **2018-05-02** Re-referred to Com. on ED. `referral-committee`
- **2018-05-15** From committee: Amend, and do pass as amended. To Consent Calendar. (Ayes 6. Noes 0.) (May 9). `amendment-passage, committee-passage, amendment-introduction`
- **2018-05-16** Read second time and amended. Ordered returned to second reading. `reading-1, amendment-passage, reading-2`
- **2018-05-17** Read second time. Ordered to Consent Calendar. `reading-2, reading-1`
- **2018-05-25** Read third time. Passed. Ordered to the Senate. (Ayes 70. Noes 0. Page 5305.) `reading-3, passage, reading-1`
- **2018-05-25** In Senate. Read first time. To Com. on RLS. for assignment. `reading-1`
- **2018-06-07** Referred to Com. on ED. `referral-committee`
- **2018-06-19** From committee: Amend, and do pass as amended. To Consent Calendar. (Ayes 7. Noes 0.) (June 13). `amendment-passage, committee-passage, amendment-introduction`
- **2018-06-20** Read second time and amended. Ordered to consent calendar. `reading-1, amendment-passage, reading-2`
- **2018-06-21** From Consent Calendar.
- **2018-06-21** Ordered to third reading.
- **2018-08-20** Read third time and amended. Ordered to second reading. `amendment-passage, reading-3, reading-1`
- **2018-08-21** Read second time. Ordered to third reading. `reading-2, reading-1`
- **2018-08-27** Read third time. Passed. Ordered to the Assembly. (Ayes 39. Noes 0. Page 5768.). `reading-3, passage, reading-1`
- **2018-08-27** In Assembly. Concurrence in Senate amendments pending. May be considered on or after August 29 pursuant to Assembly Rule 77.
- **2018-08-29** Senate amendments concurred in. To Engrossing and Enrolling. (Ayes 80. Noes 0. Page 6789.). `committee-passage-favorable, amendment-passage`
- **2018-09-07** Enrolled and presented to the Governor at 2:30 p.m.
- **2018-09-19** Approved by the Governor. `executive-signature`
- **2018-09-19** Chaptered by Secretary of State - Chapter 550, Statutes of 2018.

## Source

OpenStates / OpenCivicData bulk snapshot [2026-07-01](https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump); origin `ocd-bill/6db3aafe-af52-463a-b063-f62c19bcc166`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official California legislature records).