California Assembly Bill 1797
Session 20252026
Pupil instruction: Open Enrollment Act.
Introduced
Introduced in Assembly on Feb 10, 2026
Origin Chamber
Assembly
Type
Bill
Bill Number
1797
State
California
Session
20252026
Failed on April 22, 2026
Motion Text
Do pass and be re-referred to the Committee on [Appropriations]
Assembly Roll Call Votes
Summary
The Open Enrollment Act authorizes the parent of a pupil enrolled in a low-achieving school to submit an application for the pupil to attend a school in a school district other than the school district in which the parent resides, as specified. The act defines "low-achieving school" to mean a school on a list created annually by the Superintendent of Public Instruction of 1,000 schools ranked by increasing Academic Performance Index score with the same ratio of elementary, middle, and high schools as existed in decile 1 in the 2008–09 school year.
This bill would recast and revise the act. The bill would delete the definition of, and references to, the term "low-achieving school" in the act. The bill would instead generally revise the terminology of the act to specify that the parent of a pupil enrolled in a school district of residence, as defined, is authorized to submit an application for the pupil to attend a school district of enrollment, as defined. The bill would also delete from the act obsolete references to the Academic Performance Index and to the federal Race to the Top Fund.
04/20/26- Assembly Education
April 20, 2026
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04/22/2026
Assembly
In committee: Set, first hearing. Failed passage.
02/23/2026
Assembly
Referred to Com. on ED.
02/11/2026
Assembly
From printer. May be heard in committee March 13.
02/10/2026
Assembly
Read first time. To print.
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Record Created
Feb 11, 2026 8:32:14 AM
Record Updated
Apr 24, 2026 8:50:27 AM