Bill Text: CA AB1973 | 2021-2022 | Regular Session | Enrolled

California Assembly Bill 1973 (Prior Session Legislation)

CA State Legislature page for AB1973

Bill Title: Kindergarten: minimum schoolday.

Spectrum: Partisan Bill (Democrat 1-0)

Status: (Vetoed) 2022-09-25 - Vetoed by Governor. [AB1973 Detail]

Download: California-2021-AB1973-Enrolled.html

Enrolled September 01, 2022

Passed IN Senate August 29, 2022

Passed IN Assembly August 30, 2022

Amended IN Senate June 30, 2022

Amended IN Assembly May 02, 2022

CALIFORNIA LEGISLATURE— 2021–2022 REGULAR SESSION

Assembly Bill

No. 1973

Introduced by Assembly Member McCarty

February 10, 2022

An act to add Section 46121 to the Education Code, relating to kindergarten.

LEGISLATIVE COUNSEL'S DIGEST

AB 1973, McCarty. Kindergarten: minimum schoolday.

Existing law requires a school district maintaining a kindergarten to admit a child who will have their 5th birthday on or before September 1 of the school year. Existing law authorizes, under certain circumstances, school districts offering kindergarten to maintain kindergarten classes at different schoolsites for different lengths of time.

This bill would require, from the 2027–28 to the 2029–30 school year, inclusive, a school district or charter school that has an enrolled unduplicated pupil percentage of 50% or more and offers a kindergarten program, to provide, at each schoolsite that offers a kindergarten program, a minimum of one class that offers a minimum schoolday for the kindergarten day that is at least equivalent to the minimum schoolday provided for grades 1 to 3, inclusive. The bill would impose the same requirement on a school district or charter school, commencing with the 2030–31 school year, regardless of the enrolled unduplicated pupil percentage. The bill would provide that these provisions do not apply to transitional kindergarten. By imposing new duties on a school district or charter school the bill would impose a state-mandated local program.

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.

Vote: MAJORITY Appropriation: NO Fiscal Committee: YES Local Program: YES

The people of the State of California do enact as follows:

SECTION 1.

Section 46121 is added to the Education Code, immediately following Section 46120, to read:

46121.

(a) From the 2027–28 school year to the 2029–30 school year, inclusive, notwithstanding any other law, including Sections 46111 and 46117, a school district or charter school that has an enrolled unduplicated pupil percentage of 50 percent or more and provides a kindergarten program shall offer, at each schoolsite that provides the program, a minimum of one class that offers a minimum schoolday for the kindergarten day that is at least equivalent to the minimum schoolday provided for grades 1 to 3, inclusive.

(b) Commencing with the 2030–31 school year, notwithstanding any other law, including Sections 46111 and 46117, a school district or charter school that provides a kindergarten program shall offer, at each schoolsite that provides the program, a minimum of one class that offers a minimum schoolday for the kindergarten day that is at least equivalent to the minimum schoolday provided for grades 1 to 3, inclusive.

SEC. 2.

If the Commission on State Mandates determines that this act contains costs mandated by the state, reimbursement to local agencies and school districts for those costs shall be made pursuant to Part 7 (commencing with Section 17500) of Division 4 of Title 2 of the Government Code.