California Assembly Bill 542
Session 20252026
Continuation schools and classes: youth workforce development programs.
Became Law
Became Law on Oct 13, 2025
Origin Chamber
Assembly
Type
Bill
Bill Number
542
State
California
Session
20252026
Motion Text
AB 542 Celeste Rodriguez Concurrence in Senate Amendments By LOWENTHAL
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Ávila Farías
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Johnson
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Summary
Existing law requires the governing board of each school district to fix the length of the schoolday for grades and classes of the schools maintained by the school district, subject to certain conditions and requirements. Under existing law, in continuation high schools and continuation education classes, a day of attendance is 180 minutes of attendance and a pupil is prohibited from being credited with more than 15 hours of attendance per school week, proportionately reduced for those school weeks having weekday holidays on which classes are not held.
This bill would authorize the governing board of a school district that maintains a continuation high school or continuation education classes to offer youth workforce development programs, as defined, to pupils on one or 2 weekdays per school week if it ensures that those pupils are otherwise enrolled in at least 15 hours of class attendance per school week. The bill would require a school district that implements a youth workforce development program for these purposes to establish procedures to track pupil attendance and pupil participation while engaging in a youth workforce development program.
02/11/25 - Introduced
February 11, 2025
02/26/25 - Amended Assembly
February 26, 2025
04/03/25 - Amended Assembly
April 3, 2025
05/23/25 - Amended Assembly
May 23, 2025
06/23/25 - Amended Senate
June 23, 2025
09/10/25 - Enrolled
September 10, 2025
10/13/25 - Chaptered
October 13, 2025
04/28/25- Assembly Education
April 28, 2025
05/12/25- Assembly Appropriations
May 12, 2025
05/28/25- ASSEMBLY FLOOR ANALYSIS
May 28, 2025
06/30/25- Senate Education
June 30, 2025
07/11/25- Senate Appropriations
July 11, 2025
08/29/25- Sen. Floor Analyses
August 29, 2025
09/04/25- ASSEMBLY FLOOR ANALYSIS
September 4, 2025
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10/13/2025
California State Legislature
Chaptered by Secretary of State - Chapter 696, Statutes of 2025.
10/13/2025
California State Legislature
Approved by the Governor.
09/15/2025
California State Legislature
Enrolled and presented to the Governor at 4:30 p.m.
09/08/2025
Assembly
Senate amendments concurred in. To Engrossing and Enrolling. (Ayes 79. Noes 0. Page 3033.).
09/04/2025
Assembly
In Assembly. Concurrence in Senate amendments pending.
09/04/2025
Senate
Read third time. Passed. Ordered to the Assembly. (Ayes 39. Noes 0.).
09/02/2025
Senate
Ordered to special consent calendar.
08/29/2025
Senate
Read second time. Ordered to third reading.
08/29/2025
Senate
From committee: Do pass. (Ayes 7. Noes 0.) (August 29).
07/14/2025
Senate
In committee: Referred to APPR. suspense file.
07/02/2025
Senate
From committee: Do pass and re-refer to Com. on APPR. with recommendation: To Consent Calendar. (Ayes 7. Noes 0.) (July 2). Re-referred to Com. on APPR.
06/23/2025
Senate
From committee chair, with author's amendments: Amend, and re-refer to committee. Read second time, amended, and re-referred to Com. on ED.
06/18/2025
Senate
Referred to Coms. on ED. and APPR.
06/05/2025
Senate
In Senate. Read first time. To Com. on RLS. for assignment.
06/04/2025
Assembly
Read third time. Passed. Ordered to the Senate. (Ayes 79. Noes 0. Page 2065.)
05/27/2025
Assembly
Read second time. Ordered to third reading.
05/23/2025
Assembly
Read second time and amended. Ordered returned to second reading.
05/23/2025
Assembly
From committee: Amend, and do pass as amended. (Ayes 11. Noes 0.) (May 23).
05/23/2025
Assembly
Assembly Rule 63 suspended. (Ayes 51. Noes 16. Page 1644.)
05/14/2025
Assembly
In committee: Set, first hearing. Referred to suspense file.
05/01/2025
Assembly
From committee: Do pass and re-refer to Com. on APPR. with recommendation: To Consent Calendar. (Ayes 9. Noes 0.) (April 30). Re-referred to Com. on APPR.
04/07/2025
Assembly
Re-referred to Com. on ED.
04/03/2025
Assembly
From committee chair, with author's amendments: Amend, and re-refer to Com. on ED. Read second time and amended.
03/20/2025
Assembly
In committee: Hearing postponed by committee.
02/27/2025
Assembly
Re-referred to Com. on ED.
02/26/2025
Assembly
From committee chair, with author's amendments: Amend, and re-refer to Com. on ED. Read second time and amended.
02/24/2025
Assembly
Referred to Com. on ED.
02/12/2025
Assembly
From printer. May be heard in committee March 14.
02/11/2025
Assembly
Read first time. To print.
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Feb 12, 2025 3:58:43 PM
Record Updated
Oct 15, 2025 8:49:27 AM