Teachers: professional development: Bilingual Teacher Professional Development Program: eligibility.
(1) Existing law establishes the Bilingual Teacher Professional Development Program, administered by the State Department of Education, in consultation with the Commission on Teacher Credentialing, for teachers seeking to provide instruction in bilingual and multilingual settings. Existing law, for the 2023–24 fiscal year, appropriates $20,000,000 from the General Fund to the Superintendent of Public Instruction for purposes of the program, to be available for grants totaling $4,000,000 each fiscal year, from the 2023–24 fiscal year to the 2027–28 fiscal year, inclusive, as provided.
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California Legislature
20232024
AB 1127
California AB 1127 (20232024)
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Bilingual Teacher Professional Development Program
California AB 1127 (20232024) — Teachers: professional development: Bilingual Teacher Professional Development Program: eligibility.
(1) Existing law establishes the Bilingual Teacher Professional Development Program, administered by the State Department of Education, in consultation with the Commission on Teacher Credentialing, for teachers seeking to provide instruction in bilingual and multilingual settings. Existing law, for the 2023–24 fiscal year, appropriates $20,000,000 from the General Fund to the Superintendent of Public Instruction for purposes of the program, to be available for grants totaling $4,000,000 each fiscal year, from the 2023–24 fiscal year to the 2027–28 fiscal year, inclusive, as provided.
Version chain
The bill's text revisions, in order — the diff chain from filing to enrollment.
Special Consent AB1127 Reyes et al. By Ashby — 39–0 (pass) · upper
AB 1127 Reyes Assembly Third Reading — 77–0 (pass) · lower
Do pass. — 15–0 (pass) · lower
AB 1127 Reyes Concurrence in Senate Amendments — 80–0 (pass) · lower
Do pass, but first be re-referred to the Committee on [Appropriations] with the recommendation: To Consent Calendar — 7–0 (pass) · upper
Do pass and be re-referred to the Committee on [Appropriations] with recommendation: To Consent Calendar — 7–0 (pass) · lower
Placed on suspense file — 7–0 (pass) · upper
Sponsors
Reyes — primary (person)
Ashby — principal coauthor (person)
Juan Carrillo — coauthor (person)
McCarty — author (person)
Rubio — principal coauthor (person)
Timeline
The legislative action history — every referral, reading, and vote.
2023-02-15 Read first time. To print. reading-1
2023-02-16 From printer. May be heard in committee March 18.
2023-03-02 Referred to Com. on ED. referral-committee
2023-03-23 Coauthors revised.
2023-03-23 From committee: Do pass and re-refer to Com. on APPR. with recommendation: To Consent Calendar. (Ayes 7. Noes 0.) (March 22). Re-referred to Com. on APPR. committee-passage, committee-passage-favorable, referral-committee
2023-04-19 In committee: Set, first hearing. Referred to APPR. suspense file. referral-committee
2023-05-18 From committee: Do pass. (Ayes 15. Noes 0.) (May 18). committee-passage, committee-passage-favorable
2023-05-18 Read second time. Ordered to third reading. reading-1, reading-2
2023-05-25 Read third time. Passed. Ordered to the Senate. (Ayes 77. Noes 0. Page 1761.) passage, reading-1, reading-3
2023-05-26 In Senate. Read first time. To Com. on RLS. for assignment. reading-1
2023-06-07 Referred to Com. on ED. referral-committee
2023-06-21 From committee: Do pass and re-refer to Com. on APPR with recommendation: To Consent Calendar. (Ayes 7. Noes 0.) (June 21). Re-referred to Com. on APPR. committee-passage, committee-passage-favorable, referral-committee
2023-07-03 In committee: Referred to APPR suspense file. referral-committee
2023-09-01 From committee: Amend, and do pass as amended. (Ayes 7. Noes 0.) (September 1). amendment-introduction, amendment-passage, committee-passage
2023-09-01 Read second time and amended. Ordered returned to second reading. amendment-passage, reading-1, reading-2
2023-09-05 Read second time. Ordered to third reading. reading-1, reading-2
2023-09-08 Ordered to special consent calendar.
2023-09-13 Read third time. Passed. Ordered to the Assembly. (Ayes 39. Noes 0. Page 2767.). passage, reading-1, reading-3
2023-09-13 In Assembly. Concurrence in Senate amendments pending.
2023-09-14 Senate amendments concurred in. To Engrossing and Enrolling. (Ayes 80. Noes 0. Page 3551.). amendment-passage, committee-passage-favorable
2023-09-21 Enrolled and presented to the Governor at 3:30 p.m.
2023-10-13 Approved by the Governor. executive-signature
2023-10-13 Chaptered by Secretary of State - Chapter 830, Statutes of 2023. became-law
Source
OpenStates / OpenCivicData bulk snapshot 2026-07-01; origin ocd-bill/7d2518a3-9515-4da5-937e-649f7e3395f3. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official California legislature records).