Bill Sponsor
California Assembly Bill 640
Session 20252026
Local educational agencies: governance training.
Became Law
Became Law
Became Law on Oct 11, 2025
Sponsors
First Action
Feb 13, 2025
Latest Action
Oct 11, 2025
Origin Chamber
Assembly
Type
Bill
Bill Number
640
State
California
Session
20252026
Sponsorship by Party
Democrat
Author
Democrat
Author
Assembly Votes (4)
Senate Votes (4)
Summary
(1) Existing law requires all local agency officials to receive training in ethics, at specified intervals, if the local agency provides certain monetary payments to a member of a legislative body, as provided. Existing law requires a local agency to provide information on available ethics training to its officials and authorizes a local agency or an association of local agencies to offer the ethics training, as provided. Existing law requires a local agency to maintain specified records related to the ethics training of its officials. Existing law defines "local agency" to include, among others, a school district, county office of education, and charter school, and defines "local agency official" to include, among others, a member of the governing board of a school district, a county board of education, or the governing body of a charter school, for these purposes. This bill would require all local educational agency officials, as defined to include any regular member of a governing board of a school district or a county board of education, or any regular member of the governing body of a charter school or a nonprofit public benefit corporation operating a charter school, as specified, to receive training in K–12 public education school finance laws, as defined, except as otherwise provided. The bill would prescribe the timelines within which the training is required to be completed and the methods that a local educational agency or a consortium of local educational agencies may offer or arrange to provide that training, as provided. The bill would require the County Office Fiscal Crisis and Management Assistance Team to create curriculum covering specified topics of K–12 school finance laws that would be required to be used to satisfy the training requirement, as provided. The bill would require local educational agencies to maintain specified records related to this training. By imposing new duties on school districts, county offices of education, and charter schools, the bill would constitute a state-mandated local program. (2) The California Constitution requires the state to reimburse local agencies and school districts for certain costs mandated by the state. Statutory provisions establish procedures for making that reimbursement. This bill would provide that, if the Commission on State Mandates determines that the bill contains costs mandated by the state, reimbursement for those costs shall be made pursuant to the statutory provisions noted above.
Documents (8)
10/11/2025
California State Legislature
Chaptered by Secretary of State - Chapter 618, Statutes of 2025.
10/11/2025
California State Legislature
Approved by the Governor.
09/22/2025
California State Legislature
Enrolled and presented to the Governor at 3 p.m.
09/10/2025
Assembly
Senate amendments concurred in. To Engrossing and Enrolling. (Ayes 78. Noes 0. Page 3234.).
09/09/2025
Assembly
In Assembly. Concurrence in Senate amendments pending.
09/09/2025
Senate
Read third time. Passed. Ordered to the Assembly. (Ayes 39. Noes 0.).
09/02/2025
Senate
Read second time. Ordered to third reading.
08/29/2025
Senate
Read second time and amended. Ordered returned to second reading.
08/29/2025
Senate
From committee: Amend, and do pass as amended. (Ayes 7. Noes 0.) (August 29).
08/18/2025
Senate
In committee: Referred to suspense file.
07/09/2025
Senate
From committee: Do pass and re-refer to Com. on APPR. (Ayes 7. Noes 0.) (July 9). Re-referred to Com. on APPR.
06/30/2025
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.
06/19/2025
Senate
In committee: Set, first hearing. Hearing canceled at the request of author.
06/18/2025
Senate
Referred to Com. on ED.
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 74. Noes 0. Page 2056.)
05/27/2025
Assembly
Read second time. Ordered to third reading.
05/23/2025
Assembly
From committee: Do pass. (Ayes 13. Noes 0.) (May 23).
05/23/2025
Assembly
Coauthors revised.
04/23/2025
Assembly
In committee: Set, first hearing. Referred to suspense file.
04/10/2025
Assembly
From committee: Do pass and re-refer to Com. on APPR. (Ayes 7. Noes 0.) (April 9). Re-referred to Com. on APPR.
03/28/2025
Assembly
Re-referred to Com. on ED.
03/27/2025
Assembly
From committee chair, with author's amendments: Amend, and re-refer to Com. on ED. Read second time and amended.
03/19/2025
Assembly
In committee: Hearing postponed by committee.
02/24/2025
Assembly
Referred to Com. on ED.
02/14/2025
Assembly
From printer. May be heard in committee March 16.
02/13/2025
Assembly
Read first time. To print.
Sources
Record Created
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Oct 14, 2025 8:37:53 AM