republic-os/legislation/us/states/ca/20192020/ab-1240.md

---
type: "Bill"
title: "School accountability: local control and accountability plans: state priorities: pupil achievement."
description: "Existing law requires the governing board of each school district and county board of education to adopt a local control and accountability plan and to update its respective local control and accountability plan before July 1 of each year. Existing law requires a local control and accountability plan to include, among other things, a description of the annual goals to be achieved for each state priority, as specified, for all pupils and certain subgroups of pupils. The state's delineated priorities include, among others, pupil achievement as measured by, and as applicable, among other things, the percentage of pupils who have successfully completed courses that satisfy the requirements for entrance to the University of California and the California State University, or career technical education sequences or programs of study that align with State Board of Education-approved career technical education standards and frameworks, as prescribed."
jurisdiction: "us/states/ca"
legislature: "California Legislature"
session: "20192020"
identifier: "AB 1240"
citation: "California AB 1240 (20192020)"
classification: ["bill"]
subjects: ["School accountability: local control and accountability plans: state priorities: pupil achievement."]
status: "enacted"
primary_sponsors: ["Weber"]
version_count: 6
action_count: 24
vote_count: 6
first_action: "2019-02-21"
last_action: "2019-10-12"
source: "openstates"
source_identifier: "ocd-bill/23c4300f-0392-4e9f-92b5-dd9e138d13b0"
source_url: "http://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/billNavClient.xhtml?bill_id=201920200AB1240"
source_hash: "08d0265d24329146d1383b0972398dda97bc10ae145e5d66f62b071b20e591fd"
vintage: "2026-07-01"
source_snapshot: "https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump"
retrieved_at: "2026-07-06"
confidence: "reported"
tags: ["legislation", "bill", "us-ca"]
---

# California AB 1240 (20192020) — School accountability: local control and accountability plans: state priorities: pupil achievement.

Existing law requires the governing board of each school district and county board of education to adopt a local control and accountability plan and to update its respective local control and accountability plan before July 1 of each year. Existing law requires a local control and accountability plan to include, among other things, a description of the annual goals to be achieved for each state priority, as specified, for all pupils and certain subgroups of pupils. The state's delineated priorities include, among others, pupil achievement as measured by, and as applicable, among other things, the percentage of pupils who have successfully completed courses that satisfy the requirements for entrance to the University of California and the California State University, or career technical education sequences or programs of study that align with State Board of Education-approved career technical education standards and frameworks, as prescribed.

## Version chain

The bill's text revisions, in order — the diff chain from filing to enrollment.

1. **02/21/19 - Introduced** (filed) — [source](https://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/billPdf.xhtml?bill_id=201920200AB1240&version=20190AB124099INT)
2. **06/11/19 - Amended Senate** (committee substitute) — [source](https://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/billPdf.xhtml?bill_id=201920200AB1240&version=20190AB124098AMD)
3. **09/06/19 - Amended Senate** (committee substitute) — [source](https://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/billPdf.xhtml?bill_id=201920200AB1240&version=20190AB124097AMD)
4. **10/12/19 - Chaptered** (committee substitute) — [source](https://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/billPdf.xhtml?bill_id=201920200AB1240&version=20190AB124095CHP)
5. **AB1240** (committee substitute) — [source](http://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/billNavClient.xhtml?bill_id=201920200AB1240)
6. **09/16/19 - Enrolled** (enrolled) — [source](https://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/billPdf.xhtml?bill_id=201920200AB1240&version=20190AB124096ENR)

## Votes

- 3rd Reading AB1240 Weber By Wilk — **40–0** (pass) · upper
- Do pass as amended, but first amend, and re-refer to the Committee on [Appropriations] with the recommendation: To Consent Calendar — **7–0** (pass) · upper
- Do pass. To Consent Calendar. — **18–0** (pass) · lower
- AB 1240 Weber Consent Calendar Second Day — **76–0** (pass) · lower
- AB 1240 Weber Concurrence in Senate Amendments — **79–0** (pass) · lower
- Do pass and be re-referred to the Committee on [Appropriations] with recommendation: To Consent Calendar — **6–0** (pass) · lower

## Sponsors

- Weber — primary (person)

## Timeline

The legislative action history — every referral, reading, and vote.

- **2019-02-21** Read first time. To print. `reading-1`
- **2019-02-22** From printer. May be heard in committee March 24.
- **2019-03-11** Referred to Com. on ED. `referral-committee`
- **2019-04-11** From committee: Do pass and re-refer to Com. on APPR. with recommendation: To Consent Calendar. (Ayes 6. Noes 0.) (April 10). Re-referred to Com. on APPR. `committee-passage-favorable, committee-passage, referral-committee`
- **2019-04-24** From committee: Do pass. To Consent Calendar. (Ayes 18. Noes 0.) (April 24). `committee-passage-favorable, committee-passage`
- **2019-04-25** Read second time. Ordered to Consent Calendar. `reading-1, reading-2`
- **2019-05-02** Read third time. Passed. Ordered to the Senate. (Ayes 76. Noes 0. Page 1478.) `passage, reading-3, reading-1`
- **2019-05-02** In Senate. Read first time. To Com. on RLS. for assignment. `reading-1`
- **2019-05-16** Referred to Com. on ED. `referral-committee`
- **2019-06-10** From committee: Amend, and do pass as amended and re-refer to Com. on APPR. with recommendation: To Consent Calendar. (Ayes 7. Noes 0.) (June 5). `amendment-passage, committee-passage, amendment-introduction`
- **2019-06-11** Read second time and amended. Re-referred to Com. on APPR. `reading-1, reading-2, amendment-passage, referral-committee`
- **2019-06-24** From committee: Be ordered to second reading file pursuant to Senate Rule 28.8 and ordered to Consent Calendar. `committee-passage, reading-2`
- **2019-06-25** Read second time. Ordered to Consent Calendar. `reading-1, reading-2`
- **2019-07-01** From Consent Calendar.
- **2019-07-01** Ordered to third reading.
- **2019-09-06** Read third time and amended. Ordered to second reading. `amendment-passage, reading-3, reading-1`
- **2019-09-09** Read second time. Ordered to third reading. `reading-1, reading-2`
- **2019-09-10** Read third time. Passed. Ordered to the Assembly. (Ayes 40. Noes 0. Page 2776.). `passage, reading-3, reading-1`
- **2019-09-10** In Assembly. Concurrence in Senate amendments pending. May be considered on or after September 12 pursuant to Assembly Rule 77.
- **2019-09-11** Assembly Rule 77 suspended. (Page 3370.)
- **2019-09-11** Senate amendments concurred in. To Engrossing and Enrolling. (Ayes 79. Noes 0. Page 3387.). `amendment-passage, committee-passage-favorable`
- **2019-09-23** Enrolled and presented to the Governor at 3:30 p.m.
- **2019-10-12** Approved by the Governor. `executive-signature`
- **2019-10-12** Chaptered by Secretary of State - Chapter 783, Statutes of 2019.

## Source

OpenStates / OpenCivicData bulk snapshot [2026-07-01](https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump); origin `ocd-bill/23c4300f-0392-4e9f-92b5-dd9e138d13b0`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official California legislature records).