CaliforniaParents unable to attend in person may meet teachers remotely
California law allows a public school pupil’s parent, guardian, or educational rights holder who cannot attend in person to meet the teacher by phone or approved online platform.
What it does
If they cannot attend an individual teacher meeting in person, a pupil’s parent, guardian, or educational rights holder may meet by phone or a school-approved online platform. The school must warn about privacy risks, and no one may record or transcribe the meeting.
Argument forParents and other legal representatives who cannot attend in person could still speak with a teacher by phone or an approved online platform.
Argument againstRemote meetings could make it harder to protect private information when families discuss sensitive matters, even though schools must warn them about that risk.
More detail
A parent, guardian, or educational rights holder may speak with the child’s teacher by phone or on a school-approved online platform. This applies to parents, guardians, and educational rights holders of children enrolled in public schools who cannot attend an individual in-person meeting with a teacher about the child. The school must not record or transcribe the meeting. The school must tell the adult about possible privacy and confidentiality risks. Both sides must follow existing laws on recording without consent.
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- Introduced
- Passed Senate
- Passed Assembly
- To Governor
- Became Law
Looking ahead
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History
- 2026
- Sep 28Chaptered by Secretary of State. Chapter 736, Statutes of 2026.Latest
- Sep 28Approved by the Governor Gavin Newsom.Became Law
- Aug 30Enrolled and presented to the Governor at 6 p.m.To Governor
- Aug 25Assembly amendments concurred in. (Ayes 40. Noes 0. Page 5744.) Ordered to engrossing and enrolling.Major
- Vote recorded Unfinished Business SB1412 Rubio Concurrence. Result: pass.Upper
- Aug 24In Senate. Concurrence in Assembly amendments pending.
- Vote recorded SB 1412 Rubio Senate Third Reading By Patel. Result: pass.Lower
- Aug 24Read third time. Passed. (Ayes 78. Noes 0. Page 6416.) Ordered to the Senate.Passed Assembly
- Aug 19Ordered to third reading.Minor
- Aug 19Read third time and amended.Major
- Aug 13Read second time. Ordered to third reading.Minor
- Vote recorded Do pass. Result: pass.Lower
- Aug 13From committee: Do pass. (Ayes 15. Noes 0.) (August 13).Minor
- Aug 13Assembly Rule 63 suspended.
- Aug 5August 5 set for first hearing. Placed on suspense file.
- Jun 22Read second time and amended. Re-referred to Com. on APPR.Major
- Jun 18From committee: Do pass as amended and re-refer to Com. on APPR. with recommendation: To consent calendar. (Ayes 8. Noes 0.) (June 17).Major
- Jun 17
- Vote recorded Do pass as amended, and be re-referred to the Committee on [Appropriations] with recommendation: To Consent Calendar. Result: pass.Lower
- Jun 1Referred to Com. on ED.Minor
- May 22In Assembly. Read first time. Held at Desk.Minor
- Vote recorded Special Consent. Result: pass.Upper
- May 22Read third time. Passed. (Ayes 33. Noes 0. Page 4422.) Ordered to the Assembly.Passed Senate
- May 20Ordered to special consent calendar.
- May 14Read second time. Ordered to third reading.Minor
- Vote recorded Do pass. Result: pass.Upper
- May 14From committee: Do pass. (Ayes 7. Noes 0. Page 4276.) (May 14).Minor
- May 8Set for hearing May 14.
- Apr 27April 27 hearing: Placed on APPR. suspense file.
- Vote recorded Placed on suspense file. Result: pass.Upper
- Apr 17Set for hearing April 27.
- Apr 15From committee: Do pass and re-refer to Com. on APPR. with recommendation: To consent calendar. (Ayes 7. Noes 0. Page 3899.) (April 15). Re-referred to Com. on APPR.Minor
- Vote recorded Do pass, but first be re-referred to the Committee on [Appropriations] with the recommendation: To Consent Calendar. Result: pass.Upper
- Apr 9Set for hearing April 15.
- Apr 8Re-referred to Com. on ED.Minor
- Mar 25From committee with author's amendments. Read second time and amended. Re-referred to Com. on RLS.Major
- Mar 4Referred to Com. on RLS.Minor
- Feb 23Read first time.Minor
- Feb 23From printer. May be acted upon on or after March 23.
- Feb 20Introduced. To Com. on RLS. for assignment. To print.Introduced
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