Pupil instruction: high school coursework and graduation requirements: exemptions and alternatives.
(1) Existing law requires a local educational agency, as defined, to exempt a pupil in foster care, a pupil who is a homeless child or youth, a former juvenile court school pupil, a pupil who is a child of a military family, or a pupil who is a migratory child who transfers between schools any time after the completion of the pupil's 2nd year of high school, or a pupil participating in an English language proficiency program for newly arrived immigrant pupils and who is in their 3rd or 4th year of high school, from all coursework and other requirements adopted by the governing body of the local educational agency that are in addition to the statewide coursework requirements necessary to receive a diploma of graduation from high school, unless the local educational agency makes a finding that the pupil is reasonably able to complete the local educational agency's graduation requirements in time to graduate from high school by the end of the pupil's 4th year of high school.
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SB 532
California SB 532 (20212022)
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Pupil instruction: high school coursework and graduation requirements: exemptions and alternatives.
California SB 532 (20212022) — Pupil instruction: high school coursework and graduation requirements: exemptions and alternatives.
(1) Existing law requires a local educational agency, as defined, to exempt a pupil in foster care, a pupil who is a homeless child or youth, a former juvenile court school pupil, a pupil who is a child of a military family, or a pupil who is a migratory child who transfers between schools any time after the completion of the pupil's 2nd year of high school, or a pupil participating in an English language proficiency program for newly arrived immigrant pupils and who is in their 3rd or 4th year of high school, from all coursework and other requirements adopted by the governing body of the local educational agency that are in addition to the statewide coursework requirements necessary to receive a diploma of graduation from high school, unless the local educational agency makes a finding that the pupil is reasonably able to complete the local educational agency's graduation requirements in time to graduate from high school by the end of the pupil's 4th year of high school.
Version chain
The bill's text revisions, in order — the diff chain from filing to enrollment.
Do pass as amended and be re-referred to the Committee on [Appropriations] — 6–0 (pass) · lower
Do pass — 7–0 (pass) · upper
Placed on suspense file — 7–0 (pass) · upper
Do pass as amended, but first amend, and re-refer to the Committee on [Appropriations] with the recommendation: To Consent Calendar — 7–0 (pass) · upper
Sponsors
Caballero — primary (person)
Wilk — coauthor (person)
Timeline
The legislative action history — every referral, reading, and vote.
2021-02-17 Introduced. Read first time. To Com. on RLS. for assignment. To print. introduction, reading-1
2021-02-18 From printer. May be acted upon on or after March 20.
2021-02-22 Art. IV. Sec. 8(a) of the Constitution dispensed with.
2021-02-25 Referred to Com. on ED. referral-committee
2021-03-01 Set for hearing March 10.
2021-03-03 March 10 hearing postponed by committee.
2021-03-05 Set for hearing March 17.
2021-03-09 From committee with author's amendments. Read second time and amended. Re-referred to Com. on ED. amendment-passage, committee-passage, reading-1, reading-2, referral-committee
2021-03-23 From committee: Do pass as amended and re-refer to Com. on APPR with recommendation: To consent calendar. (Ayes 7. Noes 0. Page 669.) (March 17). amendment-passage, committee-passage, committee-passage-favorable
2021-03-24 Read second time and amended. Re-referred to Com. on APPR. amendment-passage, reading-1, reading-2, referral-committee
2021-04-06 Set for hearing April 19.
2021-04-08 From committee with author's amendments. Read second time and amended. Re-referred to Com. on APPR. amendment-passage, committee-passage, reading-1, reading-2, referral-committee
2021-04-20 April 19 hearing: Placed on APPR suspense file.
2021-05-14 Set for hearing May 20.
2021-05-20 From committee: Do pass. (Ayes 7. Noes 0. Page 1195.) (May 20). committee-passage, committee-passage-favorable
2021-05-20 Read second time. Ordered to third reading. reading-1, reading-2
2021-06-02 Ordered to inactive file on request of Senator Caballero.
2022-01-18 From inactive file on motion of Senator Caballero.
2022-01-18 Ordered to second reading.
2022-01-19 Read second time. Ordered to third reading. reading-1, reading-2
2022-01-24 Read third time. Passed. (Ayes 36. Noes 0. Page 2802.) Ordered to the Assembly. passage, reading-1, reading-3
2022-01-24 In Assembly. Read first time. Held at Desk. reading-1
2022-05-05 Referred to Com. on ED. referral-committee
2022-05-12 From committee with author's amendments. Read second time and amended. Re-referred to Com. on ED. amendment-passage, committee-passage, reading-1, reading-2, referral-committee
2022-06-21 From committee: Do pass as amended and re-refer to Com. on APPR. (Ayes 6. Noes 0.) (June 15). amendment-passage, committee-passage, committee-passage-favorable
2022-06-22 Read second time and amended. Re-referred to Com. on APPR. amendment-passage, reading-1, reading-2, referral-committee
2022-08-03 August 3 set for first hearing. Placed on suspense file.
2022-08-11 From committee: Do pass. (Ayes 16. Noes 0.) (August 11). committee-passage, committee-passage-favorable
2022-08-15 Read second time. Ordered to third reading. reading-1, reading-2
2022-08-23 Read third time. Passed. Ordered to the Senate. passage, reading-1, reading-3
2022-08-24 In Senate. Concurrence in Assembly amendments pending.
2022-08-30 Ordered to special consent calendar.
2022-08-30 Assembly amendments concurred in. (Ayes 38. Noes 0. Page 5343.) Ordered to engrossing and enrolling. amendment-passage, committee-passage-favorable
2022-09-06 Enrolled and presented to the Governor at 3:30 p.m.
2022-09-30 Approved by the Governor. executive-signature
2022-09-30 Chaptered by Secretary of State. Chapter 918, Statutes of 2022. became-law
Source
OpenStates / OpenCivicData bulk snapshot 2026-07-01; origin ocd-bill/c70fa597-07d7-47a5-b8fc-5d017a4a1d01. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official California legislature records).