CaliforniaCalifornia's education department would coordinate dual language programs
If the Legislature provides funding, California's education department must establish a coordinator by July 1, 2027, to help local agencies share program resources and publish a directory.
What it does
If the Legislature sets aside money, the Department of Education must establish a coordinator to help local education agencies share resources and knowledge about dual language programs.
The coordinator must be a department contact for agencies seeking to start or expand dual language programs and help them share resources and good practices.
The coordinator must publish and maintain an online directory listing operating programs, their school sites, languages, teaching models, and contacts.
Argument forSchools seeking to start or grow language programs may find department contacts, shared practices, and examples of operating programs in one place.
Argument againstSchools could have extra work keeping program details current for the state directory; reimbursement would depend on a state mandate finding.
More detail
The Department of Education must establish a coordinator to help local education agencies share resources and knowledge about dual language programs. Covered agencies are school districts, charter schools, county offices of education, and regional occupational centers or programs run by a joint powers authority or county office. The Legislature must appropriate money for this work. The department must establish the coordinator by July 1, 2027.
The coordinator must serve as a department contact and help agencies share resources and good practices. This covers local education agencies seeking to establish or expand dual language immersion programs, which combine academic instruction with learning English and another language. These duties begin once the coordinator is established.
The coordinator must publish and maintain an online directory of operating dual language immersion programs. The directory must list agencies and school sites with operating programs, the partner languages and program model at each site, and a program contact. The directory must be published by January 1, 2028, and maintained afterward.
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History
- 2026
- Sep 27Chaptered by Secretary of State - Chapter 598, Statutes of 2026.Latest
- Sep 27Approved by the Governor Gavin Newsom.Became Law
- Sep 3Enrolled and presented to the Governor at 4 p.m.To Governor
- Aug 26Senate amendments concurred in. To Engrossing and Enrolling. (Ayes 79. Noes 0. Page 6583.).Major
- Vote recorded AB 2332 Mark González Concurrence in Senate Amendments. Result: pass.Lower
- Aug 25In Assembly. Concurrence in Senate amendments pending.
- Vote recorded 3rd Reading AB2332 Mark González et al. By Wahab. Result: pass.Upper
- Aug 25Read third time. Passed. Ordered to the Assembly. (Ayes 39. Noes 0.).Passed Senate
- Aug 17Read second time. Ordered to third reading.Minor
- Aug 13Read second time and amended. Ordered returned to second reading.Major
- Vote recorded Do pass as amended. Result: pass.Upper
- Aug 13From committee: Amend, and do pass as amended. (Ayes 7. Noes 0.) (August 13).Major
- Aug 10In committee: Referred to APPR. suspense file.Minor
- Vote recorded Placed on suspense file. Result: pass.Upper
- Aug 3In committee: Hearing postponed by committee.
- Jun 25From committee: Do pass and re-refer to Com. on APPR. with recommendation: To Consent Calendar. (Ayes 7. Noes 0.) (June 24). Re-referred to Com. on APPR.Minor
- Jun 24
- Vote recorded Do pass, but first be re-referred to the Committee on [Appropriations] with the recommendation: To Consent Calendar. Result: pass.Upper
- May 27Referred to Com. on ED.Minor
- May 14In Senate. Read first time. To Com. on RLS. for assignment.Minor
- Vote recorded AB 2332 Mark González Consent Calendar Second Day. Result: pass.Lower
- May 14Read third time. Passed. Ordered to the Senate. (Ayes 77. Noes 0. Page 5055.)Passed Assembly
- May 7Read second time. Ordered to Consent Calendar.Minor
- May 6From committee: Do pass. To Consent Calendar. (Ayes 14. Noes 0.) (May 6).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 9Referred to Com. on ED.Minor
- Feb 20From printer. May be heard in committee March 22.
- Feb 19Read first time. To print.Introduced
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