How these bills before Gov. Gavin Newsom could change education in California

by: EdSource Staff
2023-09-19
Source: EdSource
09/19/2023

Within the past week, the Legislature dispatched hundreds of bills, including several dozen affecting TK-12 and higher education.

Important education bills heading to Gov. Gavin Newsom include extending the ban on suspending students for willful defiance in high schools, creating more training for bilingual teachers, requiring gender-neutral student bathrooms by 2026, and enticing retired teachers to return to the classroom for the next few years.

We include one bill dealing with the Local Control Funding Formula that was withdrawn at the last minute but could find its way into next year’s budget. Newsom has through Oct. 14 to sign or veto bills he received by Sept. 14. Two bills to place a school bond before voters next year were also pulled; negotiations with Gov. Gavin Newsom will determine which moves forward next year.

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