Special education: braille instructional aide: notice of teacher credentialing programs.
Existing law authorizes a local educational agency to reinforce braille instruction using a braille instructional aide who meets specified criteria under the supervision of a teacher who holds an appropriate credential to teach pupils who are functionally blind or visually impaired. Existing law requires a local educational agency to provide a braille instructional aide with information regarding certain teacher credentialing programs, including the Wildman-Keeley-Solis Exemplary Teacher Training Act of 1997 and the Teacher Education Internship Act of 1967.
California AB 497 (20232024) — Special education: braille instructional aide: notice of teacher credentialing programs.
Existing law authorizes a local educational agency to reinforce braille instruction using a braille instructional aide who meets specified criteria under the supervision of a teacher who holds an appropriate credential to teach pupils who are functionally blind or visually impaired. Existing law requires a local educational agency to provide a braille instructional aide with information regarding certain teacher credentialing programs, including the Wildman-Keeley-Solis Exemplary Teacher Training Act of 1997 and the Teacher Education Internship Act of 1967.
Version chain
The bill's text revisions, in order — the diff chain from filing to enrollment.
AB 497 Quirk-Silva Consent Calendar Second Day — 79–0 (pass) · lower
Sponsors
Quirk-Silva — primary (person)
Timeline
The legislative action history — every referral, reading, and vote.
2023-02-07 Read first time. To print. reading-1
2023-02-08 From printer. May be heard in committee March 10.
2023-02-17 Referred to Com. on ED. referral-committee
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 From committee: Do pass. To Consent Calendar. (Ayes 14. Noes 0.) (April 19). committee-passage, committee-passage-favorable
2023-04-20 Read second time. Ordered to Consent Calendar. reading-1, reading-2
2023-04-27 Read third time. Passed. Ordered to the Senate. (Ayes 79. Noes 0. Page 1363.) passage, reading-1, reading-3
2023-04-27 In Senate. Read first time. To Com. on RLS. for assignment. reading-1
2023-05-10 Referred to Com. on ED. 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
2023-06-15 Read third time. Passed. Ordered to the Assembly. (Ayes 40. Noes 0. Page 1574.). passage, reading-1, reading-3
2023-06-15 In Assembly. Ordered to Engrossing and Enrolling. committee-passage
2023-06-23 Enrolled and presented to the Governor at 3 p.m.
2023-06-29 Approved by the Governor. executive-signature
2023-06-29 Chaptered by Secretary of State - Chapter 15, Statutes of 2023. became-law
Source
OpenStates / OpenCivicData bulk snapshot 2026-07-01; origin ocd-bill/580b05d4-d49f-449e-968b-0e8e676f436d. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official California legislature records).