CaliforniaTeachers: exchange programs: local educational agencies.
What it does
Existing law, the World Language Teacher Exchange and Recruitment Law of 1963, requires the State Board of Education to adopt rules and regulations under which teachers employed by California school districts may exchange positions with teachers in schools in other countries for a period of one year or less. Existing law requires the arrangements for the exchanges to be made through the State Department of Education and in cooperation with the teacher exchange programs administered by agencies of the federal government.
More detail
This bill would revise and recast those provisions by, among other things, (1) no longer requiring the state board to adopt regulations, (2) no longer requiring the department to administer the program or take actions necessary to carry out the program, (3) expressly providing for exchanges with Mexico and Spain, (4) expanding the authorized exchanges to include county offices of education and charter schools, (5) eliminating the one-year time limit on the exchanges, and (6), if regulations are adopted, requiring those regulations to authorize specified visa sponsors designated by the United States Department of State to sponsor teachers from other countries, including Mexico and Spain, for placement in California school districts, county offices of education, and charter schools to promote cultural exchange for specified purposes.
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Where it stands
- Introduced
- Passed Assembly
- Passed Senate
- To Governor
- Became Law
Looking ahead
No hearings or votes scheduled.
History
- 2026
- Aug 24Chaptered by Secretary of State - Chapter 122, Statutes of 2026.Latest
- Aug 24Approved by the Governor Gavin Newsom.Became Law
- Aug 12Enrolled and presented to the Governor at 12 p.m.To Governor
- Aug 6Senate amendments concurred in. To Engrossing and Enrolling. (Ayes 75. Noes 0. Page 6072.).Major
- Vote recorded AB 2056 Alvarez Concurrence in Senate Amendments. Result: pass.Lower
- Jun 18In Assembly. Concurrence in Senate amendments pending.
- Vote recorded Consent Calendar 2nd AB2056 Alvarez et al. Result: pass.Upper
- Jun 18Read third time. Passed. Ordered to the Assembly. (Ayes 37. Noes 0. Page 4860.).Passed Senate
- Jun 16Read second time. Ordered to Consent Calendar.Minor
- Jun 15From committee: Be ordered to second reading file pursuant to Senate Rule 28.8 and ordered to Consent Calendar.Minor
- Jun 9From committee chair, with author's amendments: Amend, and re-refer to committee. Read second time, amended, and re-referred to Com. on APPR.Major
- Jun 4From committee: Do pass and re-refer to Com. on APPR. with recommendation: To Consent Calendar. (Ayes 7. Noes 0.) (June 3). Re-referred to Com. on APPR.Minor
- Jun 3
- Vote recorded Do pass, but first be re-referred to the Committee on [Appropriations] with the recommendation: To Consent Calendar. Result: pass.Upper
- May 6Referred to Com. on ED.Minor
- Apr 23In Senate. Read first time. To Com. on RLS. for assignment.Minor
- Vote recorded AB 2056 Alvarez Consent Calendar Second Day. Result: pass.Lower
- Apr 23Read third time. Passed. Ordered to the Senate. (Ayes 74. Noes 0. Page 4795.)Passed Assembly
- Apr 16Read second time. Ordered to Consent Calendar.Minor
- Apr 15From committee: Do pass. To Consent Calendar. (Ayes 13. Noes 0.) (April 15).Minor
- Vote recorded Do pass. To Consent Calendar. Result: pass.Lower
- Mar 25From committee: Do pass and re-refer to Com. on APPR. with recommendation: To Consent Calendar. (Ayes 9. Noes 0.) (March 25). Re-referred to Com. on APPR.Minor
- Vote recorded Do pass and be re-referred to the Committee on [Appropriations] with recommendation: To Consent Calendar. Result: pass.Lower
- Mar 25Coauthors revised.
- Mar 2Referred to Com. on ED.Minor
- Feb 19From printer. May be heard in committee March 21.
- Feb 18Read first time. To print.Introduced