Average daily attendance: emergencies: major safety hazard.
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What it does
Official summary
For purposes of state apportionments based on average daily attendance, as provided, if the average daily attendance of a school district, county office of education, or charter school has been materially decreased during a fiscal year because of a specified emergency, including, among others, the imminence of a major safety hazard as determined by a local law enforcement agency, existing law requires the Superintendent of Public Instruction to estimate the average daily attendance in a manner that credits to the school district, county office of education, or charter school approximately the total average daily attendance that would have been credited to the school district, county office of education, or charter school had the emergency not occurred.
More detail
This bill, for the above-described purposes, would additionally allow a local fire agency to make a determination of the imminence of a major safety hazard.
This bill would declare that it is to take effect immediately as an urgency statute.
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Introduced
Passed Senate
Passed Assembly
To Governor
Became Law
Looking ahead
No hearings or votes scheduled.
History
2026
Sep 29Chaptered by Secretary of State. Chapter 773, Statutes of 2026.Latest
Sep 2Enrolled and presented to the Governor at 3 p.m.To Governor
Aug 27Assembly amendments concurred in. (Ayes 40. Noes 0. Page 6018.) Ordered to engrossing and enrolling.Major
Vote recorded Unfinished Business SB959 Grayson et al. Urgency Clause Concurrence. Result: pass.Upper
Aug 26In Senate. Concurrence in Assembly amendments pending.
Vote recorded SB 959 Grayson Third Reading Urgency By Bauer-Kahan. Result: pass.Lower
Aug 26Read third time. Urgency clause adopted. Passed. (Ayes 79. Noes 0. Page 6553.) Ordered to the Senate.Passed Assembly
Aug 17Ordered to third reading.Minor
Aug 17Read third time and amended.Major
Aug 3Ordered to third reading.Minor
Aug 3From consent calendar on motion of Assembly Member Aguiar-Curry.
Jul 2Read second time. Ordered to consent calendar.Minor
Jul 1From committee: Do pass. Ordered to consent calendar. (Ayes 11. Noes 0.) (July 1).Minor
Vote recorded Do pass. To Consent Calendar. Result: pass.Lower
Jun 18From committee: Do pass and re-refer to Com. on APPR. with recommendation: To consent calendar. (Ayes 8. Noes 0.) (June 17). Re-referred to Com. on APPR.Minor
Jun 17
Vote recorded Do pass and be re-referred to the Committee on [Appropriations] with recommendation: To Consent Calendar. Result: pass.Lower
May 26Referred to Com. on ED.Minor
May 20In Assembly. Read first time. Held at Desk.Minor
May 19Read third time. Urgency clause adopted. Passed. (Ayes 39. Noes 0. Page 4344.) Ordered to the Assembly.Passed Senate
Vote recorded 3rd Reading SB959 Grayson et al. Urgency Clause. Result: pass.Upper
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 4259.) (May 14).Minor
May 8Set for hearing May 14.
Apr 13April 13 hearing: Placed on APPR. suspense file.
Vote recorded Placed on suspense file. Result: pass.Upper
Mar 27Set for hearing April 13.
Mar 25From committee: Do pass and re-refer to Com. on APPR. with recommendation: To consent calendar. (Ayes 7. Noes 0. Page 3688.) (March 25). 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
Mar 12Set for hearing March 25.
Mar 9From committee with author's amendments. Read second time and amended. Re-referred to Com. on ED.Major
Feb 11Referred to Com. on ED.Minor
Feb 4From printer. May be acted upon on or after March 6.
Feb 3Introduced. Read first time. To Com. on RLS. for assignment. To print.Introduced