Existing law requires the governing board of a school district to annually notify parents or guardians of minor pupils of specified rights and responsibilities of the parent or guardian and of specified school district policies and procedures. Existing law requires, as part of the annual notification, a school district offering any of grades 9 to 12, inclusive, to provide the parent or guardian of each minor pupil enrolled in any of those grades in the school district with written notification that includes, among other things, a brief explanation of college admission requirements and a brief description of what career technical education is, as provided.
California AB 1796 (20232024) — Pupil instruction: course offerings: parental notification.
Existing law requires the governing board of a school district to annually notify parents or guardians of minor pupils of specified rights and responsibilities of the parent or guardian and of specified school district policies and procedures. Existing law requires, as part of the annual notification, a school district offering any of grades 9 to 12, inclusive, to provide the parent or guardian of each minor pupil enrolled in any of those grades in the school district with written notification that includes, among other things, a brief explanation of college admission requirements and a brief description of what career technical education is, as provided.
Version chain
The bill's text revisions, in order — the diff chain from filing to enrollment.
AB 1796 Alanis Consent Calendar Second Day — 72–0 (pass) · lower
Do pass. To Consent Calendar. — 14–0 (pass) · lower
Do pass, but first be re-referred to the Committee on [Appropriations] with the recommendation: To Consent Calendar — 7–0 (pass) · upper
Sponsors
Alanis — primary (person)
Dixon — coauthor (person)
Joe Patterson — coauthor (person)
Lackey — coauthor (person)
Nguyen — coauthor (person)
Sanchez — coauthor (person)
Wilk — coauthor (person)
Timeline
The legislative action history — every referral, reading, and vote.
2024-01-04 Read first time. To print. reading-1
2024-01-05 From printer. May be heard in committee February 4.
2024-01-16 Referred to Com. on ED. referral-committee
2024-03-21 From committee: Amend, and do pass as amended and re-refer to Com. on APPR. with recommendation: To Consent Calendar. (Ayes 7. Noes 0.) (March 20). amendment-introduction, amendment-passage, committee-passage, referral-committee
2024-04-01 Read second time and amended. amendment-passage, reading-1, reading-2
2024-04-02 Re-referred to Com. on APPR. referral-committee
2024-04-10 From committee: Do pass. To Consent Calendar. (Ayes 14. Noes 0.) (April 10). committee-passage, committee-passage-favorable
2024-04-11 Read second time. Ordered to Consent Calendar. reading-1, reading-2
2024-04-18 Read third time. Passed. Ordered to the Senate. (Ayes 72. Noes 0.) passage, reading-1, reading-3
2024-04-18 In Senate. Read first time. To Com. on RLS. for assignment. reading-1
2024-05-01 Referred to Com. on ED. referral-committee
2024-05-15 From committee chair, with author's amendments: Amend, and re-refer to committee. Read second time, amended, and re-referred to Com. on ED. amendment-introduction, amendment-passage, reading-1, reading-2, referral-committee
2024-05-29 From committee: Do pass and re-refer to Com. on APPR with recommendation: To Consent Calendar. (Ayes 7. Noes 0.) (May 29). Re-referred to Com. on APPR. committee-passage, committee-passage-favorable, referral-committee
2024-06-10 From committee: Be ordered to second reading file pursuant to Senate Rule 28.8 and ordered to Consent Calendar. committee-passage, reading-2
2024-06-11 Read second time. Ordered to Consent Calendar. reading-1, reading-2
2024-06-13 Read third time. Passed. Ordered to the Assembly. (Ayes 37. Noes 0. Page 4490.). passage, reading-1, reading-3
2024-06-13 In Assembly. Concurrence in Senate amendments pending. May be considered on or after June 15 pursuant to Assembly Rule 77.
2024-07-03 Senate amendments concurred in. To Engrossing and Enrolling. (Ayes 70. Noes 0. Page 6145.). amendment-passage, committee-passage-favorable
2024-07-18 Enrolled and presented to the Governor at 12:30 p.m.
2024-07-18 Approved by the Governor. executive-signature
2024-07-18 Chaptered by Secretary of State - Chapter 143, Statutes of 2024. became-law
Source
OpenStates / OpenCivicData bulk snapshot 2026-07-01; origin ocd-bill/16d6c19a-a998-4df2-8d0c-6cb64bcedaf1. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official California legislature records).