School finance: school districts: annual budgets: reserve balance.
Existing law, unless the school district is granted an exemption, limits the amount of the combined assigned or unassigned ending fund balance contained in a school district's annual budget in any fiscal year immediately after a fiscal year in which a transfer is made into the Public School System Stabilization Account. Existing law establishes formulas for calculating the maximum amount allowable for school districts with less than 400,000 units of average daily attendance and for school districts with more than 400,000 units of average daily attendance, as specified.
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California Legislature
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SB 751
California SB 751 (20172018)
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School finance: school districts: annual budgets: reserve balance.
California SB 751 (20172018) — School finance: school districts: annual budgets: reserve balance.
Existing law, unless the school district is granted an exemption, limits the amount of the combined assigned or unassigned ending fund balance contained in a school district's annual budget in any fiscal year immediately after a fiscal year in which a transfer is made into the Public School System Stabilization Account. Existing law establishes formulas for calculating the maximum amount allowable for school districts with less than 400,000 units of average daily attendance and for school districts with more than 400,000 units of average daily attendance, as specified.
Version chain
The bill's text revisions, in order — the diff chain from filing to enrollment.
3rd Reading SB751 Hill et al. — 38–0 (pass) · upper
Do pass and be re-referred to the Committee on [Appropriations] — 7–0 (pass) · lower
Do pass, but first be re-referred to the Committee on [Appropriations] — 7–0 (pass) · upper
Do pass as amended — 7–0 (pass) · upper
Do pass. — 15–0 (pass) · lower
SB 751 Hill Senate Third Reading By O'DONNELL — 73–0 (pass) · lower
Unfinished Business SB751 Hill et al. Concurrence — 39–0 (pass) · upper
That the Assembly amendments be concurred in — 6–0 (pass) · upper
Sponsors
Hill — primary (person)
Allen — coauthor (person)
Glazer — author (person)
Gray — principal coauthor (person)
Irwin — coauthor (person)
Limón — coauthor (person)
O'Donnell — principal coauthor (person)
Roth — coauthor (person)
Rubio — coauthor (person)
Wilk — coauthor (person)
Timeline
The legislative action history — every referral, reading, and vote.
2017-02-17 Introduced. Read first time. To Com. on RLS. for assignment. To print. introduction, reading-1
2017-02-21 From printer. May be acted upon on or after March 23.
2017-03-09 Referred to Com. on ED. referral-committee
2017-03-24 Set for hearing April 19.
2017-04-20 From committee: Do pass and re-refer to Com. on APPR. (Ayes 7. Noes 0. Page 783.) (April 19). Re-referred to Com. on APPR. committee-passage-favorable, committee-passage, referral-committee
2017-04-21 Set for hearing May 1.
2017-05-01 From committee: Do pass as amended. (Ayes 7. Noes 0. Page 913.) (May 1). committee-passage-favorable, committee-passage, amendment-passage
2017-05-02 Read second time and amended. Ordered to third reading. reading-1, amendment-passage, reading-2
2017-05-02 Published May 2 at 9 p.m.
2017-05-08 Amendments by Senator Moorlach tabled on motion of Senator Monning. (Ayes 25. Noes 11. Page 987.)
2017-05-08 Read third time. Passed. (Ayes 38. Noes 0. Page 987.) Ordered to the Assembly. reading-3, passage, reading-1
2017-05-09 In Assembly. Read first time. Held at Desk. reading-1
2017-05-26 Referred to Com. on ED. referral-committee
2017-07-13 From committee: Do pass and re-refer to Com. on APPR. (Ayes 7. Noes 0.) (July 12). Re-referred to Com. on APPR. committee-passage-favorable, committee-passage, referral-committee
2017-08-23 From committee: Do pass. (Ayes 15. Noes 0.) (August 23). committee-passage-favorable, committee-passage
2017-08-24 Read second time. Ordered to third reading. reading-2, reading-1
2017-09-05 Read third time and amended. amendment-passage, reading-3, reading-1
2017-09-05 Ordered to third reading.
2017-09-11 Read third time. Passed. (Ayes 73. Noes 0. Page 3162.) Ordered to the Senate. reading-3, passage, reading-1
2017-09-11 In Senate. Concurrence in Assembly amendments pending.
2017-09-12 Re-referred to Com. on RLS. pursuant to Senate Rule 29.10(d). referral-committee
2017-09-12 From committee: Be re-referred to Com. on ED. pursuant to Senate Rule 29.10(d). (Ayes 5. Noes 0. Page 2726.) Re-referred to Com. on ED. committee-passage, referral-committee
2017-09-13 From committee: That the Assembly amendments be concurred in. (Ayes 6. Noes 0. Page 2866.) committee-passage
2017-09-14 Assembly amendments concurred in. (Ayes 39. Noes 0. Page 2922.) Ordered to engrossing and enrolling. committee-passage-favorable, amendment-passage
2017-09-21 Enrolled and presented to the Governor at 5:30 p.m.
2017-10-11 Approved by the Governor. executive-signature
2017-10-11 Chaptered by Secretary of State. Chapter 674, Statutes of 2017.
Source
OpenStates / OpenCivicData bulk snapshot 2026-07-01; origin ocd-bill/aafadb6b-c095-4361-aecf-22fc088ec016. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official California legislature records).