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type: "Bill"
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title: "Special education: resource specialists: special classes."
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description: "(1) Existing law requires local educational agencies, as defined, to identify, locate, and assess individuals with exceptional needs and to provide those pupils with a free appropriate public education in the least restrictive environment, with special education and related services as reflected in an individualized education program. Existing law requires each special education local plan area to ensure that a continuum of program options is available to meet the needs of individuals with exceptional needs for special education and related services, as required by federal law. Existing law requires the continuum of program options to include, among other options, a resource specialist program, designated instruction and services, and special classes, as provided."
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jurisdiction: "us/states/ca"
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legislature: "California Legislature"
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session: "20252026"
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identifier: "AB 560"
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citation: "California AB 560 (20252026)"
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classification: ["bill"]
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subjects: ["Specialeducation", "resourcespecialists", "specialclasses"]
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status: "enacted"
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primary_sponsors: ["Addis"]
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version_count: 8
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action_count: 26
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vote_count: 8
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first_action: "2025-02-12"
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last_action: "2025-10-10"
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source: "openstates"
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source_identifier: "ocd-bill/8aea259f-653f-4dca-9996-96a58dc66f68"
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source_url: "http://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/billNavClient.xhtml?bill_id=202520260AB560"
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source_hash: "1887360a21efdecc6a74771d775e5aa6751a0a0aa8a2a2a6c3cd9c087e369b08"
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vintage: "2026-07-01"
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source_snapshot: "https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump"
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retrieved_at: "2026-07-06"
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confidence: "reported"
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tags: ["legislation", "bill", "us-ca"]
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---
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# California AB 560 (20252026) — Special education: resource specialists: special classes.
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(1) Existing law requires local educational agencies, as defined, to identify, locate, and assess individuals with exceptional needs and to provide those pupils with a free appropriate public education in the least restrictive environment, with special education and related services as reflected in an individualized education program. Existing law requires each special education local plan area to ensure that a continuum of program options is available to meet the needs of individuals with exceptional needs for special education and related services, as required by federal law. Existing law requires the continuum of program options to include, among other options, a resource specialist program, designated instruction and services, and special classes, as provided.
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## Version chain
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The bill's text revisions, in order — the diff chain from filing to enrollment.
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1. **02/12/25 - Introduced** (filed) — [source](https://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/billPdf.xhtml?bill_id=202520260AB560&version=20250AB56099INT)
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2. **03/24/25 - Amended Assembly** (committee substitute) — [source](https://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/billPdf.xhtml?bill_id=202520260AB560&version=20250AB56098AMD)
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3. **04/21/25 - Amended Assembly** (committee substitute) — [source](https://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/billPdf.xhtml?bill_id=202520260AB560&version=20250AB56097AMD)
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4. **06/30/25 - Amended Senate** (committee substitute) — [source](https://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/billPdf.xhtml?bill_id=202520260AB560&version=20250AB56096AMD)
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5. **08/29/25 - Amended Senate** (committee substitute) — [source](https://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/billPdf.xhtml?bill_id=202520260AB560&version=20250AB56095AMD)
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6. **10/10/25 - Chaptered** (committee substitute) — [source](https://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/billPdf.xhtml?bill_id=202520260AB560&version=20250AB56093CHP)
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7. **AB560** (committee substitute) — [source](http://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/billNavClient.xhtml?bill_id=202520260AB560)
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8. **09/11/25 - Enrolled** (enrolled) — [source](https://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/billPdf.xhtml?bill_id=202520260AB560&version=20250AB56094ENR)
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## Votes
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- Do pass. — **14–0** (pass) · lower
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- Placed on suspense file — **7–0** (pass) · upper
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- AB 560 Addis Concurrence in Senate Amendments — **79–0** (pass) · lower
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- 3rd Reading AB560 Addis et al. By Cortese — **36–0** (pass) · upper
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- AB 560 Addis Assembly Third Reading — **79–0** (pass) · lower
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- Do pass, but first be re-referred to the Committee on [Appropriations] — **7–0** (pass) · upper
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- Do pass as amended — **6–1** (pass) · upper
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- Do pass and be re-referred to the Committee on [Appropriations] — **9–0** (pass) · lower
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## Sponsors
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- Addis — primary (person)
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- Alanis — coauthor (person)
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- Jeff Gonzalez — coauthor (person)
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## Timeline
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The legislative action history — every referral, reading, and vote.
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- **2025-02-12** Read first time. To print. `reading-1`
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- **2025-02-13** From printer. May be heard in committee March 15.
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- **2025-03-24** Referred to Com. on ED. `referral-committee`
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- **2025-03-24** 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`
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- **2025-03-25** Re-referred to Com. on ED. `referral-committee`
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- **2025-04-21** 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`
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- **2025-04-22** Re-referred to Com. on ED. `referral-committee`
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- **2025-05-01** From committee: Do pass and re-refer to Com. on APPR. (Ayes 9. Noes 0.) (April 30). Re-referred to Com. on APPR. `committee-passage, committee-passage-favorable, referral-committee`
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- **2025-05-14** In committee: Set, first hearing. Referred to suspense file. `referral-committee`
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- **2025-05-23** From committee: Do pass. (Ayes 14. Noes 0.) (May 23). `committee-passage, committee-passage-favorable`
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- **2025-05-27** Read second time. Ordered to third reading. `reading-1, reading-2`
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- **2025-06-02** Read third time. Passed. Ordered to the Senate. (Ayes 79. Noes 0. Page 1837.) `passage, reading-1, reading-3`
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- **2025-06-03** In Senate. Read first time. To Com. on RLS. for assignment. `reading-1`
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- **2025-06-11** Referred to Com. on ED. `referral-committee`
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- **2025-06-30** 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`
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- **2025-07-09** From committee: Do pass and re-refer to Com. on APPR. (Ayes 7. Noes 0.) (July 9). Re-referred to Com. on APPR. `committee-passage, committee-passage-favorable, referral-committee`
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- **2025-08-18** In committee: Referred to suspense file. `referral-committee`
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- **2025-08-29** From committee: Amend, and do pass as amended. (Ayes 6. Noes 1.) (August 29). `amendment-introduction, amendment-passage, committee-passage`
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- **2025-08-29** Read second time and amended. Ordered returned to second reading. `amendment-passage, reading-1, reading-2`
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- **2025-09-02** Read second time. Ordered to third reading. `reading-1, reading-2`
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- **2025-09-08** Read third time. Passed. Ordered to the Assembly. (Ayes 36. Noes 0. Page 2617.). `passage, reading-1, reading-3`
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- **2025-09-08** In Assembly. Concurrence in Senate amendments pending.
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- **2025-09-09** Senate amendments concurred in. To Engrossing and Enrolling. (Ayes 79. Noes 0. Page 3108.). `amendment-passage, committee-passage-favorable`
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- **2025-09-16** Enrolled and presented to the Governor at 2 p.m.
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- **2025-10-10** Approved by the Governor. `executive-signature`
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- **2025-10-10** Chaptered by Secretary of State - Chapter 560, Statutes of 2025. `became-law`
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## Source
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OpenStates / OpenCivicData bulk snapshot [2026-07-01](https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump); origin `ocd-bill/8aea259f-653f-4dca-9996-96a58dc66f68`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official California legislature records).
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