CA AB 2121
enactedCommunity colleges: current expense of education: exclusions.
California · 2025-2026 Regular Session · lower
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Did CA AB 2121 pass?
Yes. CA AB 2121 has been enacted into law. Latest recorded action (2026-09-27): Chaptered by Secretary of State - Chapter 580, Statutes of 2026.
What is CA AB 2121 about?
Existing law establishes the California Community Colleges, under the administration of the Board of Governors of the California Community Colleges, as one of the segments of public postsecondary education in this state. Existing law establishes community college districts throughout the state and authorizes these districts to provide instruction at community college campuses. Existing law requires the expenditure, during each fiscal year, for the payment of salaries of classroom instructors by a community college district, of 50% of the district's current expense of education. Existing law defines "current expense of education" as the gross total expended for certain expenses that include academic salaries, classified salaries, employee benefits, and books, supplies, and equipment replacement, but that generally exclude expenses for student transportation, food services, and community services. This bill, notwithstanding the above-described provisions, would authorize a community college district, for a period of 5 fiscal years following the 2025–26 fiscal year, or until specified federal funding is fully restored to every community college district, whichever occurs first, to exclude from its current expense of education any local unrestricted expenditures from the community college district's unrestricted general fund, as provided, and not to exceed a specified amount, that maintain student support functions that were previously funded though federal discretionary grants that have been terminated, nonrenewed, or defunded due to federal action on or after September 10, 2025. If a community college district exercises its authority pursuant to these provisions, the bill would require the community college district to annually certify eligibility to the office of the Chancellor of the California Community Colleges, as specified, and would require the chancellor's office to maintain documentation and include as part of another specified report, any certifications it receives, as provided. The bill would require the above-described action to exclude local unrestricted expenditures from a community college district's current expense of education to be taken at a regular public meeting of the governing board of the community college district, as specified. The bill would make its provisions inoperative on July 1, 2031, or on the first day of the fiscal year following the full restoration of specified federal funding to every community college district, whichever occurs first, and would repeal them on January 1 of the year following the inoperative date.
Who sponsors CA AB 2121?
Berman is the primary sponsor of CA AB 2121.
Description
Existing law establishes the California Community Colleges, under the administration of the Board of Governors of the California Community Colleges, as one of the segments of public postsecondary education in this state. Existing law establishes community college districts throughout the state and authorizes these districts to provide instruction at community college campuses. Existing law requires the expenditure, during each fiscal year, for the payment of salaries of classroom instructors by a community college district, of 50% of the district's current expense of education. Existing law defines "current expense of education" as the gross total expended for certain expenses that include academic salaries, classified salaries, employee benefits, and books, supplies, and equipment replacement, but that generally exclude expenses for student transportation, food services, and community services. This bill, notwithstanding the above-described provisions, would authorize a community college district, for a period of 5 fiscal years following the 2025–26 fiscal year, or until specified federal funding is fully restored to every community college district, whichever occurs first, to exclude from its current expense of education any local unrestricted expenditures from the community college district's unrestricted general fund, as provided, and not to exceed a specified amount, that maintain student support functions that were previously funded though federal discretionary grants that have been terminated, nonrenewed, or defunded due to federal action on or after September 10, 2025. If a community college district exercises its authority pursuant to these provisions, the bill would require the community college district to annually certify eligibility to the office of the Chancellor of the California Community Colleges, as specified, and would require the chancellor's office to maintain documentation and include as part of another specified report, any certifications it receives, as provided. The bill would require the above-described action to exclude local unrestricted expenditures from a community college district's current expense of education to be taken at a regular public meeting of the governing board of the community college district, as specified. The bill would make its provisions inoperative on July 1, 2031, or on the first day of the fiscal year following the full restoration of specified federal funding to every community college district, whichever occurs first, and would repeal them on January 1 of the year following the inoperative date.
- Introduced
- 2026-04-08
- Latest action
- 2026-09-27 — Chaptered by Secretary of State - Chapter 580, Statutes of 2026.
- Bill type
- bill
- Last updated
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Subjects
Sponsors
- Bermanauthor
Committees
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Action timeline
Newest first
2026-09-27
Chaptered by Secretary of State - Chapter 580, Statutes of 2026.
became-law
2026-09-27
Approved by the Governor.
executive-signature
2026-09-10
Enrolled and presented to the Governor at 3 p.m.
executive-receipt
2026-08-30
Read third time. Passed. Ordered to the Assembly. (Ayes 31. Noes 0.).
2026-08-30
In Assembly. Concurrence in Senate amendments pending.
2026-08-30
Senate amendments concurred in. To Engrossing and Enrolling.
2026-08-30
Senate amendments concurred in. To Engrossing and Enrolling. (Ayes 73. Noes 1.).
amendment-passage,committee-passage,committee-passage-favorable
2026-08-30
Senate amendments concurred in. To Engrossing and Enrolling. (Ayes 73. Noes 1. Page 6916.).
amendment-passage,committee-passage,committee-passage-favorable
2026-08-17
Read second time. Ordered to third reading.
2026-08-13
Read third time and amended. Ordered to second reading.
2026-08-05
Read second time. Ordered to third reading.
2026-08-04
Read third time and amended. Ordered to second reading.
2026-06-23
Read second time. Ordered to third reading.
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2026-06-22
From committee: Be ordered to second reading pursuant to Senate Rule 28.8.
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2026-06-10
From committee: Do pass and re-refer to Com. on APPR. (Ayes 6. Noes 0.) (June 10). Re-referred to Com. on APPR.
committee-passage,committee-passage-favorable,referral-committee
2026-05-27
Referred to Com. on ED.
referral-committee
2026-05-14
In Senate. Read first time. To Com. on RLS. for assignment.
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2026-05-14
Read third time. Urgency clause adopted. Passed. Ordered to the Senate. (Ayes 72. Noes 1. Page 5048.).
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2026-05-07
Read second time. Ordered to third reading.
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2026-05-06
From committee: Do pass. (Ayes 14. Noes 0.) (May 6).
committee-passage,committee-passage-favorable
2026-04-13
Re-referred to Com. on APPR.
referral-committee
2026-04-09
Read second time and amended.
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2026-04-08
From committee: Amend, and do pass as amended and re-refer to Com. on APPR. (Ayes 9. Noes 1.) (April 7).
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2026-03-02
Referred to Com. on HIGHER ED.
referral-committee
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 as amended and be re-referred to the Committee on [Appropriations]
2026-04-07 · pass · 9-1
Member-level votes (10)
- Tangipa: yes
- Jackson: yes
- Irwin: yes
- Jeff Gonzalez: yes
- Fong: yes
- Bennett: yes
- Sharp-Collins: yes
- Boerner: yes
- Patel: yes
- DeMaio: no
Do pass.
2026-05-06 · pass · 14-0
Member-level votes (15)
- Sharp-Collins: yes
- Aguiar-Curry: yes
- Solache: yes
- Tangipa: yes
- Fong: yes
- Pellerin: yes
- Pacheco: yes
- Dixon: yes
- Caloza: yes
- Mark González: yes
- Ta: yes
- Wicks: yes
- Krell: yes
- Hoover: yes
- Arambula: other
AB 2121 Berman Third Reading Urgency
2026-05-14 · pass · 72-1
Member-level votes (80)
- Ward: yes
- Krell: yes
- Sanchez: yes
- Wicks: yes
- Quirk-Silva: yes
- Petrie-Norris: yes
- Chen: yes
- Harabedian: yes
- Alvarez: yes
- Carrillo: yes
- Ta: yes
- Addis: yes
- Lowenthal: yes
- Stefani: yes
- Bryan: yes
- Berman: yes
- Ahrens: yes
- Solache: yes
- Connolly: yes
- Schultz: yes
- Wilson: yes
- Michelle Rodriguez: yes
- Ellis: yes
- Bonta: yes
- Lackey: yes
- Blanca Rubio: yes
- Hart: yes
- Ortega: yes
- Mark González: yes
- Jeff Gonzalez: yes
- Ávila Farías: yes
- Schiavo: yes
- Dixon: yes
- Kalra: yes
- Papan: yes
- Sharp-Collins: yes
- Patel: yes
- Davies: yes
- Elhawary: yes
- Valencia: yes
- Irwin: yes
- Caloza: yes
- Bains: yes
- Jackson: yes
- Alanis: yes
- Hoover: yes
- McKinnor: yes
- Nguyen: yes
- Haney: yes
- Johnson: yes
- Gipson: yes
- Wallis: yes
- Ransom: yes
- Rogers: yes
- Macedo: yes
- Ramos: yes
- Tangipa: yes
- Lee: yes
- Bauer-Kahan: yes
- Gabriel: yes
- Pacheco: yes
- Patterson: yes
- Rivas: yes
- Gallagher: yes
- Fong: yes
- Calderon: yes
- Castillo: yes
- Pellerin: yes
- Aguiar-Curry: yes
- Soria: yes
- Boerner: yes
- Bennett: yes
- DeMaio: no
- Zbur: other
- Celeste Rodriguez: other
- Flora: other
- Hadwick: other
- Arambula: other
- Muratsuchi: other
- Garcia: other
Do pass, but first be re-referred to the Committee on [Appropriations]
2026-06-10 · pass · 6-0
Member-level votes (7)
- Pérez: yes
- Reyes: yes
- Cabaldon: yes
- Cortese: yes
- Menjivar: yes
- Ochoa Bogh: yes
- Choi: other
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