California AB1969: California Community Schools Partnership Program: Promise Neighborhoods.

What the bill says

An act to amend Section 8903 of the Education Code, relating to community schools, and making an appropriation therefor. community schools, and making an appropriation therefor California Community Schools Partnership Program: Promise Neighborhoods…

From the chaptered text, September 30, 2026:

An act to amend Section 8903 of the Education Code, relating to community schools, and making an appropriation therefor. community schools, and making an appropriation therefor California Community Schools Partnership Program: Promise Neighborhoods. The Budget Act of 2026 appropriates, for the 2026–27 fiscal year, $1,000,000,000 from the General Fund to the State Department of Education to administer the California Community Schools Partnership Program to distribute funding to local educational agencies, as defined, in accordance with a specified formula, to support a network of their eligible schoolsites to implement new, and provide ongoing support for existing, community schools, as provided. Existing law authorizes a local educational agency who receives funds under these provisions to retain up to 10% of the total funds awarded for its eligible schoolsites each fiscal year to be used for specified activities, including, among other things, administering community schools established at eligible schoolsites. This bill, to be known as the It Takes a Village Act of 2026, would (1) require any retained funds described above to be used consistent with a specified community schools framework, as provided, and (2) authorize a local educational agency that retains those funds to also use those funds to serve as a network lead for multiple schoolsites located in a Promise Neighborhood, as provided. By expanding the purposes for which previously appropriated …

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Sponsors

• Mia Bonta (D, AD18) · primary sponsor
• David Alvarez (D, AD80) · primary sponsor
• Corey Jackson (D, AD60) · primary sponsor
• Angelique Ashby (D, SD08)
• Patrick Ahrens (D, AD26)
• Isaac Bryan (D, AD55)
• Damon Connolly (D, AD12)
• Matt Haney (D, AD17)
• Liz Ortega (D, AD20)
• Rhodesia Ransom (D, AD13)
• Jesse Arreguín (D, SD07)
• Pérez, Sasha Renée (D, SD25)

Latest actions

1. September 30, 2026: Chaptered by Secretary of State - Chapter 911, Statutes of 2026.
2. September 30, 2026: Approved by the Governor.
3. September 14, 2026: Enrolled and presented to the Governor at 1:30 p.m.
4. August 31, 2026: Senate amendments concurred in. To Engrossing and Enrolling. (Ayes 79. Noes 0. Page 7056.).
5. August 31, 2026: Assembly Rule 63 suspended. (Page 7056.)
6. August 31, 2026: Senate amendments concurred in. To Engrossing and Enrolling. (Ayes 79. Noes 0.).
7. August 31, 2026: Assembly Rule 63 suspended.
8. August 31, 2026: In Assembly. Concurrence in Senate amendments pending.
9. August 31, 2026: Read third time. Passed. Ordered to the Assembly. (Ayes 38. Noes 0.).
10. August 30, 2026: Read second time. Ordered to third reading.

Votes

• Assembly 3rd Reading AB1969 Bonta et al. By Ashby (August 31, 2026): 39 yea, 0 nay, passed
• AB 1969 BONTA Concurrence in Senate Amendments (August 31, 2026): 79 yea, 0 nay, passed
• That the measure be returned to Senate Floor for consideration. Ordered to third reading. (August 26, 2026): 7 yea, 0 nay, passed
• Do pass (August 13, 2026): 5 yea, 2 nay, passed
• Placed on suspense file (June 29, 2026): 7 yea, 0 nay, passed
• Do pass, but first be re-referred to the Committee on [Appropriations] (June 15, 2026): 3 yea, 1 nay, passed

Common questions

What is AB1969?

AB1969 is a bill in the California Legislature (2025-2026 Regular Session): California Community Schools Partnership Program: Promise Neighborhoods.

What does AB1969 do?

In its own words: An act to amend Section 8903 of the Education Code, relating to community schools, and making an appropriation therefor. community schools, and making an appropriation therefor California Community Schools Partnership Program: Promise Neighborhoods…

What is the status of AB1969?

Chaptered as of September 30, 2026. Latest action: Chaptered by Secretary of State - Chapter 911, Statutes of 2026. (September 30, 2026).

Who sponsored AB1969?

Mia Bonta (D, AD18), with 11 co-sponsors.

Where is the official record for AB1969?

On the California Legislature website: https://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/billNavClient.xhtml?bill_id=202520260AB1969