Education finance: education omnibus budget trailer bill.
(1) Existing law requires a county board of education, on or before July 1 of each fiscal year, to adopt an annual budget for the budget year and file the budget with the Superintendent of Public Instruction, the county board of supervisors, and the county auditor. Existing law requires the Superintendent to examine the budget and, on or before September 15, approve, conditionally approve, or disapprove the budget, as specified. Under existing law, in the event of the conditional approval or disapproval of the budget of a county office of education, the county superintendent of schools and the county board of education are required, on or before October 8, to review and respond to the Superintendent's recommendations, including any revisions to the adopted budget and other proposed actions to be taken, if any, as a result of those recommendations, as provided.
California AB 121 (20252026) — Education finance: education omnibus budget trailer bill.
(1) Existing law requires a county board of education, on or before July 1 of each fiscal year, to adopt an annual budget for the budget year and file the budget with the Superintendent of Public Instruction, the county board of supervisors, and the county auditor. Existing law requires the Superintendent to examine the budget and, on or before September 15, approve, conditionally approve, or disapprove the budget, as specified. Under existing law, in the event of the conditional approval or disapproval of the budget of a county office of education, the county superintendent of schools and the county board of education are required, on or before October 8, to review and respond to the Superintendent's recommendations, including any revisions to the adopted budget and other proposed actions to be taken, if any, as a result of those recommendations, as provided.
Version chain
The bill's text revisions, in order — the diff chain from filing to enrollment.
3rd Reading AB121 BUDGET (Gabriel) By Wiener — 32–1 (pass) · upper
AB 121 BUDGET Concurrence in Senate Amendments By GABRIEL — 70–0 (pass) · lower
AB 121 Gabriel Assembly Third Reading — 53–17 (pass) · lower
Sponsors
Committee on Budget — primary (person)
Timeline
The legislative action history — every referral, reading, and vote.
2025-01-08 Read first time. To print. reading-1
2025-01-09 From printer. May be heard in committee February 8.
2025-02-03 Referred to Com. on BUDGET. referral-committee
2025-03-17 Withdrawn from committee.
2025-03-17 Ordered to second reading.
2025-03-17 (Ayes 53. Noes 17. Page 643.)
2025-03-18 Read second time. Ordered to third reading. reading-1, reading-2
2025-03-20 Read third time. Passed. Ordered to the Senate. (Ayes 53. Noes 17. Page 723.) passage, reading-1, reading-3
2025-03-20 In Senate. Read first time. To Com. on RLS. for assignment. reading-1
2025-04-02 Referred to Com. on B. & F. R. referral-committee
2025-06-24 From committee chair, with author's amendments: Amend, and re-refer to committee. Read second time, amended, and re-referred to Com. on B. & F. R. amendment-introduction, amendment-passage, reading-1, reading-2, referral-committee
2025-06-25 From committee: Do pass. (Ayes 13. Noes 0.) (June 25). committee-passage, committee-passage-favorable
2025-06-26 Read second time. Ordered to third reading. reading-1, reading-2
2025-06-27 Read third time. Passed. Ordered to the Assembly. (Ayes 32. Noes 1. Page 1805.). passage, reading-1, reading-3
2025-06-27 In Assembly. Concurrence in Senate amendments pending.
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