Special education: visually impaired pupils: braille: Unified English Braille.
Existing law requires local educational agencies to identify, locate, and assess individuals with exceptional needs and to provide those pupils with a free appropriate public education in the least restrictive environment, with special education and related services as reflected in an individualized education program. Existing law requires local educational agencies to provide opportunities for braille instruction for pupils who, due to a prognosis of visual deterioration, may be expected to have a need for braille as a reading medium. Existing law defines braille for these purposes as the system of reading and writing through touch commonly known as "Standard English Braille, American Edition."
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California Legislature
20172018
AB 3223
California AB 3223 (20172018)
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Special education: visually impaired pupils: braille: Unified English Braille.
California AB 3223 (20172018) — Special education: visually impaired pupils: braille: Unified English Braille.
Existing law requires local educational agencies to identify, locate, and assess individuals with exceptional needs and to provide those pupils with a free appropriate public education in the least restrictive environment, with special education and related services as reflected in an individualized education program. Existing law requires local educational agencies to provide opportunities for braille instruction for pupils who, due to a prognosis of visual deterioration, may be expected to have a need for braille as a reading medium. Existing law defines braille for these purposes as the system of reading and writing through touch commonly known as "Standard English Braille, American Edition."
Version chain
The bill's text revisions, in order — the diff chain from filing to enrollment.
AB 3223 GRAYSON Consent Calendar Second Day — 70–0 (pass) · lower
Do pass and be ordered to the Consent Calendar — 7–0 (pass) · upper
Do pass as amended. To Consent Calendar. — 6–0 (pass) · lower
Consent Calendar AB3223 — 36–0 (pass) · upper
Sponsors
Grayson — 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.
2018-03-09 Introduced measure version corrected. introduction
2018-03-12 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
2018-06-13 From committee: Do pass. To Consent Calendar. (Ayes 7. Noes 0.) (June 13). committee-passage-favorable, committee-passage
2018-06-14 Read second time. Ordered to Consent Calendar. reading-2, reading-1
2018-06-25 Read third time. Passed. Ordered to the Assembly. (Ayes 36. Noes 0. Page 4879.). reading-3, passage, reading-1
2018-06-25 In Assembly. Ordered to Engrossing and Enrolling. committee-passage
2018-06-29 Enrolled and presented to the Governor at 3 p.m.
2018-07-09 Approved by the Governor. executive-signature
2018-07-09 Chaptered by Secretary of State - Chapter 85, Statutes of 2018.
Source
OpenStates / OpenCivicData bulk snapshot 2026-07-01; origin ocd-bill/e91ed52f-8d60-487f-8545-820922429950. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official California legislature records).