CA AB 2056
enactedTeachers: exchange programs: local educational agencies.
California · 2025-2026 Regular Session · lower
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Quick answers
Did CA AB 2056 pass?
Yes. CA AB 2056 has been enacted into law. Latest recorded action (2026-08-24): Chaptered by Secretary of State - Chapter 122, Statutes of 2026.
What is CA AB 2056 about?
Existing law, the World Language Teacher Exchange and Recruitment Law of 1963, requires the State Board of Education to adopt rules and regulations under which teachers employed by California school districts may exchange positions with teachers in schools in other countries for a period of one year or less. Existing law requires the arrangements for the exchanges to be made through the State Department of Education and in cooperation with the teacher exchange programs administered by agencies of the federal government. This bill would revise and recast those provisions by, among other things, (1) no longer requiring the state board to adopt regulations, (2) no longer requiring the department to administer the program or take actions necessary to carry out the program, (3) expressly providing for exchanges with Mexico and Spain, (4) expanding the authorized exchanges to include county offices of education and charter schools, (5) eliminating the one-year time limit on the exchanges, and (6) , if regulations are adopted, requiring those regulations to authorize specified visa sponsors designated by the United States Department of State to sponsor teachers from other countries, including Mexico and Spain, for placement in California school districts, county offices of education, and charter schools to promote cultural exchange for specified purposes.
Who sponsors CA AB 2056?
Alvarez is the primary sponsor of CA AB 2056, joined by 4 cosponsors.
Description
Existing law, the World Language Teacher Exchange and Recruitment Law of 1963, requires the State Board of Education to adopt rules and regulations under which teachers employed by California school districts may exchange positions with teachers in schools in other countries for a period of one year or less. Existing law requires the arrangements for the exchanges to be made through the State Department of Education and in cooperation with the teacher exchange programs administered by agencies of the federal government. This bill would revise and recast those provisions by, among other things, (1) no longer requiring the state board to adopt regulations, (2) no longer requiring the department to administer the program or take actions necessary to carry out the program, (3) expressly providing for exchanges with Mexico and Spain, (4) expanding the authorized exchanges to include county offices of education and charter schools, (5) eliminating the one-year time limit on the exchanges, and (6) , if regulations are adopted, requiring those regulations to authorize specified visa sponsors designated by the United States Department of State to sponsor teachers from other countries, including Mexico and Spain, for placement in California school districts, county offices of education, and charter schools to promote cultural exchange for specified purposes.
- Introduced
- 2026-06-09
- Latest action
- 2026-08-24 — Chaptered by Secretary of State - Chapter 122, Statutes of 2026.
- Bill type
- bill
- Last updated
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Subjects
Sponsors
- Alvarezauthor
- Garciacoauthor
- Jeff Gonzalezcoauthor
- Solachecoauthor
- Ahrenscoauthor
Committees
Not provided by source.
Action timeline
Newest first
2026-08-24
Chaptered by Secretary of State - Chapter 122, Statutes of 2026.
2026-08-24
Approved by the Governor.
2026-08-12
Enrolled and presented to the Governor at 12 p.m.
2026-08-06
Senate amendments concurred in. To Engrossing and Enrolling. (Ayes 75. Noes 0.).
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2026-08-06
Senate amendments concurred in. To Engrossing and Enrolling. (Ayes 75. Noes 0. Page 6072.).
2026-06-18
In Assembly. Concurrence in Senate amendments pending.
2026-06-18
Read third time. Passed. Ordered to the Assembly. (Ayes 37. Noes 0.).
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2026-06-18
Read third time. Passed. Ordered to the Assembly. (Ayes 37. Noes 0. Page 4860.).
2026-06-16
Read second time. Ordered to Consent Calendar.
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2026-06-15
From committee: Be ordered to second reading file pursuant to Senate Rule 28.8 and ordered to Consent Calendar.
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2026-06-09
From committee chair, with author's amendments: Amend, and re-refer to committee. Read second time, amended, and re-referred to Com. on APPR.
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2026-06-04
From committee: Do pass and re-refer to Com. on APPR. with recommendation: To Consent Calendar. (Ayes 7. Noes 0.) (June 3). Re-referred to Com. on APPR.
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2026-05-06
Referred to Com. on ED.
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2026-04-23
In Senate. Read first time. To Com. on RLS. for assignment.
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2026-04-23
Read third time. Passed. Ordered to the Senate. (Ayes 74. Noes 0. Page 4795.)
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2026-04-16
Read second time. Ordered to Consent Calendar.
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2026-04-15
From committee: Do pass. To Consent Calendar. (Ayes 13. Noes 0.) (April 15).
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2026-03-25
Coauthors revised.
2026-03-25
From committee: Do pass and re-refer to Com. on APPR. with recommendation: To Consent Calendar. (Ayes 9. Noes 0.) (March 25). Re-referred to Com. on APPR.
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2026-03-02
Referred to Com. on ED.
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2026-02-19
From printer. May be heard in committee March 21.
2026-02-18
Read first time. To print.
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Votes
Do pass and be re-referred to the Committee on [Appropriations] with recommendation: To Consent Calendar
2026-03-25 · pass · 9-0
Member-level votes (9)
- Garcia: yes
- Alanis: yes
- Lowenthal: yes
- Patel: yes
- Alvarez: yes
- Hoover: yes
- Zbur: yes
- Pellerin: yes
- Bonta: yes
Do pass. To Consent Calendar.
2026-04-15 · pass · 13-0
Member-level votes (15)
- Dixon: yes
- Fong: yes
- Hoover: yes
- Arambula: yes
- Solache: yes
- Caloza: yes
- Pacheco: yes
- Krell: yes
- Tangipa: yes
- Wicks: yes
- Ta: yes
- Calderon: yes
- Mark González: yes
- Pellerin: other
- Muratsuchi: other
AB 2056 Alvarez Consent Calendar Second Day
2026-04-23 · pass · 74-0
Member-level votes (80)
- Irwin: yes
- Ellis: yes
- Quirk-Silva: yes
- Ramos: yes
- Arambula: yes
- Jackson: yes
- Gabriel: yes
- Gipson: yes
- Schultz: yes
- Ta: yes
- Rivas: yes
- Bryan: yes
- Bennett: yes
- Davies: yes
- Bauer-Kahan: yes
- Elhawary: yes
- Garcia: yes
- Jeff Gonzalez: yes
- Ahrens: yes
- Haney: yes
- Johnson: yes
- Hart: yes
- Patterson: yes
- Pellerin: yes
- Petrie-Norris: yes
- Solache: yes
- Hoover: yes
- Nguyen: yes
- Krell: yes
- Caloza: yes
- Wallis: yes
- Berman: yes
- Valencia: yes
- Ransom: yes
- Pacheco: yes
- Rogers: yes
- Dixon: yes
- Lowenthal: yes
- Zbur: yes
- Castillo: yes
- Ávila Farías: yes
- Mark González: yes
- Gallagher: yes
- Alvarez: yes
- Sanchez: yes
- Bonta: yes
- Connolly: yes
- Lee: yes
- Chen: yes
- DeMaio: yes
- Flora: yes
- Muratsuchi: yes
- Fong: yes
- Ward: yes
- Carrillo: yes
- Stefani: yes
- Papan: yes
- Wilson: yes
- Schiavo: yes
- Ortega: yes
- Lackey: yes
- Harabedian: yes
- Macedo: yes
- Aguiar-Curry: yes
- Bains: yes
- Tangipa: yes
- Blanca Rubio: yes
- McKinnor: yes
- Patel: yes
- Calderon: yes
- Kalra: yes
- Alanis: yes
- Boerner: yes
- Michelle Rodriguez: yes
- Hadwick: other
- Soria: other
- Addis: other
- Wicks: other
- Celeste Rodriguez: other
- Sharp-Collins: other
Do pass, but first be re-referred to the Committee on [Appropriations] with the recommendation: To Consent Calendar
2026-06-03 · pass · 7-0
Member-level votes (7)
- Choi: yes
- Reyes: yes
- Pérez: yes
- Cabaldon: yes
- Cortese: yes
- Ochoa Bogh: yes
- Gonzalez: yes
Consent Calendar 2nd AB2056 Alvarez et al.
2026-06-18 · pass · 37-0
Member-level votes (40)
- Blakespear: yes
- McGuire: yes
- Smallwood-Cuevas: yes
- Hurtado: yes
- Cabaldon: yes
- Cortese: yes
- Valladares: yes
- Weber Pierson: yes
- Ochoa Bogh: yes
- McNerney: yes
- Archuleta: yes
- Alvarado-Gil: yes
- Umberg: yes
- Niello: yes
- Caballero: yes
- Allen: yes
- Cervantes: yes
- Pérez: yes
- Durazo: yes
- Rubio: yes
- Grayson: yes
- Dahle: yes
- Menjivar: yes
- Jones: yes
- Padilla: yes
- Choi: yes
- Arreguín: yes
- Limón: yes
- Richardson: yes
- Stern: yes
- Reyes: yes
- Strickland: yes
- Gonzalez: yes
- Wahab: yes
- Wiener: yes
- Laird: yes
- Becker: yes
- Grove: other
- Ashby: other
- Seyarto: other
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