School governance: governing boards: pupil members: compensation.
Existing law establishes a system of public elementary and secondary schools in this state, and provides for their governance. Existing law establishes county boards of education and school districts throughout the state to administer the public elementary and secondary schools within their respective jurisdictions. Existing law requires county boards of education and the governing board of each school district to prescribe and enforce rules not inconsistent with state law for their own government. Existing law requires a petition to establish a charter school to include, among other things, a reasonably comprehensive description of the governance structure of the charter school. Existing law requires county boards of education, school district governing boards, and, commencing July 1, 2023, the governing body of a charter school or of an entity managing multiple charter schools to appoint at least one high school pupil as a pupil member of the board or body, as applicable, in response to a petition from high school pupils requesting the appointment of one or more pupil members.
California AB 275 (20232024) — School governance: governing boards: pupil members: compensation.
Existing law establishes a system of public elementary and secondary schools in this state, and provides for their governance. Existing law establishes county boards of education and school districts throughout the state to administer the public elementary and secondary schools within their respective jurisdictions. Existing law requires county boards of education and the governing board of each school district to prescribe and enforce rules not inconsistent with state law for their own government. Existing law requires a petition to establish a charter school to include, among other things, a reasonably comprehensive description of the governance structure of the charter school. Existing law requires county boards of education, school district governing boards, and, commencing July 1, 2023, the governing body of a charter school or of an entity managing multiple charter schools to appoint at least one high school pupil as a pupil member of the board or body, as applicable, in response to a petition from high school pupils requesting the appointment of one or more pupil members.
Version chain
The bill's text revisions, in order — the diff chain from filing to enrollment.
Do pass and be ordered to the Consent Calendar — 7–0 (pass) · upper
AB 275 Ward Concurrence in Senate Amendments — 79–0 (pass) · lower
AB 275 Ward Assembly Third Reading — 67–0 (pass) · lower
3rd Reading AB275 Ward et al. By Glazer — 39–0 (pass) · upper
Sponsors
Ward — primary (person)
Boerner — coauthor (person)
Bonta — coauthor (person)
Chen — coauthor (person)
Connolly — coauthor (person)
Glazer — coauthor (person)
Jackson — coauthor (person)
Juan Carrillo — coauthor (person)
Lee — coauthor (person)
Weber — coauthor (person)
Timeline
The legislative action history — every referral, reading, and vote.
2023-01-23 Read first time. To print. reading-1
2023-01-24 From printer. May be heard in committee February 23.
2023-02-02 Referred to Com. on ED. referral-committee
2023-02-16 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-1, reading-2
2023-02-17 Re-referred to Com. on ED. referral-committee
2023-03-23 From committee: Do pass. (Ayes 7. Noes 0.) (March 22). committee-passage, committee-passage-favorable
2023-03-27 Read second time. Ordered to third reading. reading-1, reading-2
2023-04-10 Read third time. Passed. Ordered to the Senate. (Ayes 67. Noes 0. Page 1076.) passage, reading-1, reading-3
2023-04-10 In Senate. Read first time. To Com. on RLS. for assignment. reading-1
2023-05-03 Referred to Com. on ED. referral-committee
2023-05-31 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
2023-06-07 From committee: Do pass. To Consent Calendar. (Ayes 7. Noes 0.) (June 7). committee-passage, committee-passage-favorable
2023-06-08 Read second time. Ordered to Consent Calendar. reading-1, reading-2
2023-06-12 From Consent Calendar.
2023-06-12 Ordered to third reading.
2023-06-19 Read third time and amended. Ordered to second reading. amendment-passage, reading-1, reading-3
2023-06-20 Read second time. Ordered to third reading. reading-1, reading-2
2023-09-05 Read third time. Passed. Ordered to the Assembly. (Ayes 38. Noes 0. Page 2352.). passage, reading-1, reading-3
2023-09-05 In Assembly. Concurrence in Senate amendments pending. May be considered on or after September 7 pursuant to Assembly Rule 77.
2023-09-07 Senate amendments concurred in. To Engrossing and Enrolling. (Ayes 79. Noes 0. Page 3016.). amendment-passage, committee-passage-favorable
2023-09-13 Enrolled and presented to the Governor at 3 p.m.
2023-10-07 Approved by the Governor. executive-signature
2023-10-07 Chaptered by Secretary of State - Chapter 321, Statutes of 2023. became-law
Source
OpenStates / OpenCivicData bulk snapshot 2026-07-01; origin ocd-bill/244dafaf-4f4f-4425-a1ec-d67bb952b720. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official California legislature records).
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