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CA AB 745

in committee

School districts: reorganization: state board approval: qualified special taxes.

California · 2025-2026 Regular Session · lower

Description

(1) Upon receipt of a petition or resolution seeking reorganization of a school district, existing law requires a county committee on school district reorganization to hold one or more public hearings on the petition or resolution and, following the hearing or hearings, to grant or deny the petition. If the county committee grants the petition, existing law requires it to adopt a tentative recommendation and hold one or more further public hearings in the area proposed for reorganization. Following the last public hearing, existing law authorizes the county committee to adopt a final recommendation and requires the county committee to (A) transmit that recommendation with the petition or resolution to the State Board of Education for hearing, (B) transmit the petition to the state board and order the reorganization granted, or (C) transmit the petition to the state board and order that an election be held. Existing law authorizes an action of the county committee under (B) or (C) to be appealed to the state board, as specified. Existing law authorizes the state board to approve proposals for the reorganization of school districts if the state board determines that certain conditions are substantially met, and also authorizes the state board to approve a proposal for the reorganization of school districts if the state board determines that it is not practical or possible to apply the specified criteria literally, and that the circumstances with respect to the proposal provide an exceptional situation sufficient to justify approval of the proposal. If the state board approves the plans and recommendations for the unification or other reorganization of the school districts in any area, existing law requires the county superintendent of schools, within 35 days after being notified of that approval, to call an election in the territory of the districts as determined by the state board, as specified. This bill, notwithstanding any other law, and until January 1, 2030, would authorize the state board to approve a proposal for the reorganization of school districts if the governing board of a school district that is an excess tax entity, as specified, with an enrollment of fewer than 10,000 pupils and the governing board or body of a city, county, special district, or local agency formation commission with a population of more than 10,000 residents that adopted a resolution seeking reorganization of the original school district, have executed one or more legally binding and enforceable written agreements intended to effectuate the reorganization, and the state board determines that the agreements satisfactorily address the specified criteria and provide an exceptional situation sufficient to justify approval of the proposed reorganization. (2) Existing law prohibits the reorganization of a school district or districts from affecting the classification of certificated employees already employed by a school district affected by the reorganization and from affecting the rights of persons employed in positions not requiring certification qualifications to retain the salary, leaves, and other benefits that they would have had if the reorganization had not occurred. Existing law requires that persons employed in positions not requiring certification qualifications in a school district whose territory is included in a unification of districts continue as employees of the unified school district for not less than 2 years and prohibits those persons from being deprived, by reason of the unification, of any benefit that they would have had if the unification had not taken place. When a school district is reorganized as described in this bill, the bill would (A) require, in addition to the above-prescribed prohibitions, both permanent and probationary certificated and noncertificated employees who elect to remain employees of reorganized portion of the divided district to have the same rights as persons employed in positions not requiring certification qualifications in a school district whose territory is included in a unification of districts, including, but not limited to, continuing as employees of the reorganized portion of the divided district for not less than 2 years and (B) require, notwithstanding any other law, any collective bargaining agreement in effect immediately before the effective date of reorganization to remain in full force and effect until the expiration or renewal of the agreement, as specified. (3) When a school district is reorganized and the allocation of funds, property, and obligations are not fixed by terms, conditions, or recommendations as provided by law, existing law requires the funds, property, and obligations of a former district to be allocated in a specified manner. Existing law authorizes a school district to impose qualified special taxes, as defined, subject to specified constitutional and statutory provisions. When a school district is reorganized as described in this bill, the bill would authorize the reorganized portion of the divided school district and the remaining portion of the divided school district, as defined, to continue to impose within their respective geographical boundaries any qualified special taxes imposed in the boundaries of the original school district, as defined, before it was divided.

Introduced
2025-03-12
Status date
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Latest action
2026-06-25 — In committee: Set, first hearing. Hearing canceled at the request of author.
Bill type
bill
Last updated
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Subjects

Sponsors

  • Irwinauthor

Committees

Not provided by source.

Action timeline

  1. 2025-02-18

    Read first time. To print.

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  2. 2025-02-19

    From printer. May be heard in committee March 21.

  3. 2025-03-03

    Referred to Com. on U. & E.

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  4. 2025-03-12

    From committee chair, with author's amendments: Amend, and re-refer to Com. on U. & E. Read second time and amended.

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  5. 2025-03-13

    Re-referred to Com. on U. & E.

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  6. 2025-04-02

    In committee: Set, first hearing. Hearing canceled at the request of author.

  7. 2025-04-22

    From committee chair, with author's amendments: Amend, and re-refer to Com. on U. & E. Read second time and amended.

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  8. 2025-04-23

    Re-referred to Com. on U. & E.

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  9. 2025-04-23

    In committee: Set, second hearing. Hearing canceled at the request of author.

  10. 2025-05-01

    From committee: Do pass and re-refer to Com. on APPR. (Ayes 11. Noes 4.) (April 30). Re-referred to Com. on APPR.

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  11. 2025-05-14

    In committee: Set, first hearing. Referred to APPR. suspense file.

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  12. 2025-05-23

    Assembly Rule 63 suspended. (Ayes 51. Noes 16. Page 1644.)

  13. 2025-05-23

    From committee: Amend, and do pass as amended. (Ayes 10. Noes 3.) (May 23).

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  14. 2025-05-23

    Read second time and amended. Ordered returned to second reading.

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  15. 2025-05-27

    Read second time. Ordered to third reading.

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  16. 2025-05-30

    Read third time and amended. Ordered to third reading.

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  17. 2025-05-30

    Re-referred to Com. on U. & E. pursuant to Assembly Rule 77.2.

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  18. 2025-06-03

    From committee: Do pass. (Ayes 18. Noes 0.) (June 3).

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  19. 2025-06-04

    Read second time. Ordered to third reading.

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  20. 2025-06-05

    Read third time. Passed. Ordered to the Senate. (Ayes 68. Noes 0. Page 2115.)

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  21. 2025-06-09

    In Senate. Read first time. To Com. on RLS. for assignment.

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  22. 2025-06-18

    Referred to Com. on E., U & C.

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  23. 2025-07-16

    From committee: Do pass and re-refer to Com. on APPR. (Ayes 16. Noes 0.) (July 15). Re-referred to Com. on APPR.

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  24. 2025-08-18

    In committee: Referred to suspense file.

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  25. 2025-08-29

    From committee: Do pass. (Ayes 7. Noes 0.) (August 29).

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  26. 2025-08-29

    Read second time. Ordered to third reading.

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  27. 2025-09-10

    Ordered to inactive file at the request of Senator Allen.

  28. 2026-06-15

    From inactive file.

  29. 2026-06-15

    Ordered to second reading.

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  30. 2026-06-15

    Read second time and amended. Ordered returned to second reading.

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  31. 2026-06-15

    Re-referred to Com. on RLS. pursuant to Senate Rule 29.10 (c).

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  32. 2026-06-22

    Re-referred to Coms. on ED. and L., P.E. & R.

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  33. 2026-06-22

    Joint Rule 62(a) suspended. (Ayes 26. Noes 7.)

  34. 2026-06-25

    In committee: Set, first hearing. Hearing canceled at the request of author.

Versions

  • 02/18/25 - Introduced — 2025-02-18Compare
  • 03/12/25 - Amended Assembly — 2025-03-12Compare
  • 04/22/25 - Amended Assembly — 2025-04-22Compare
  • 05/23/25 - Amended Assembly — 2025-05-23Compare
  • 05/30/25 - Amended Assembly — 2025-05-30Compare
  • 06/15/26 - Amended Senate — 2026-06-15Compare
  • AB745Compare
  • (document, no version)Compare

Documents

Votes

  • Do pass and be re-referred to the Committee on [Appropriations]

    2025-04-30 · pass · 11-4

    Member-level votes (18)
    • Boerner: yes
    • Hart: yes
    • Irwin: yes
    • Rogers: yes
    • Fong: yes
    • Solache: yes
    • Petrie-Norris: yes
    • Harabedian: yes
    • Papan: yes
    • Schiavo: yes
    • Mark González: yes
    • Patterson: no
    • Ta: no
    • Davies: no
    • Wallis: no
    • Zbur: other
    • Calderon: other
    • Chen: other

  • Do pass as amended.

    2025-05-23 · pass · 10-3

    Member-level votes (15)
    • Elhawary: yes
    • Hart: yes
    • Mark González: yes
    • Arambula: yes
    • Pacheco: yes
    • Solache: yes
    • Caloza: yes
    • Wicks: yes
    • Pellerin: yes
    • Fong: yes
    • Ta: no
    • Dixon: no
    • Tangipa: no
    • Sanchez: other
    • Calderon: other

  • Do pass.

    2025-06-03 · pass · 18-0

    Member-level votes (18)
    • Boerner: yes
    • Davies: yes
    • Ta: yes
    • Zbur: yes
    • Petrie-Norris: yes
    • Patterson: yes
    • Schiavo: yes
    • Calderon: yes
    • Wallis: yes
    • Schultz: yes
    • Harabedian: yes
    • Irwin: yes
    • Chen: yes
    • Mark González: yes
    • Papan: yes
    • Rogers: yes
    • Hart: yes
    • Kalra: yes

  • AB 745 Irwin Assembly Third Reading

    2025-06-06 · pass · 68-0

    Member-level votes (79)
    • Lee: yes
    • Bennett: yes
    • Caloza: yes
    • Connolly: yes
    • Irwin: yes
    • Mark González: yes
    • Pacheco: yes
    • Calderon: yes
    • Bonta: yes
    • Hoover: yes
    • Rogers: yes
    • DeMaio: yes
    • Pellerin: yes
    • Alvarez: yes
    • Stefani: yes
    • Valencia: yes
    • Ta: yes
    • Boerner: yes
    • Elhawary: yes
    • Jackson: yes
    • Berman: yes
    • Soria: yes
    • Zbur: yes
    • Gallagher: other
    • Muratsuchi: other
    • Wilson: other
    • Blanca Rubio: other
    • Bryan: other
    • Michelle Rodriguez: other
    • Flora: other
    • Alanis: other
    • Ellis: other
    • Tangipa: other
    • Ortega: other
    • Castillo: yes
    • Hadwick: yes
    • Petrie-Norris: yes
    • Jeff Gonzalez: yes
    • Schultz: yes
    • Aguiar-Curry: yes
    • Carrillo: yes
    • Patel: yes
    • Solache: yes
    • Quirk-Silva: yes
    • Nguyen: yes
    • Wallis: yes
    • Macedo: yes
    • Gabriel: yes
    • Gipson: yes
    • Kalra: yes
    • Patterson: yes
    • Bains: yes
    • Haney: yes
    • Lackey: yes
    • Krell: yes
    • Ransom: yes
    • Sharp-Collins: yes
    • Ward: yes
    • Wicks: yes
    • Fong: yes
    • Addis: yes
    • Harabedian: yes
    • Lowenthal: yes
    • Ávila Farías: yes
    • Dixon: yes
    • Chen: yes
    • Hart: yes
    • Sanchez: yes
    • Schiavo: yes
    • Bauer-Kahan: yes
    • Papan: yes
    • Rivas: yes
    • McKinnor: yes
    • Ahrens: yes
    • Davies: yes
    • Arambula: yes
    • Garcia: yes
    • Ramos: yes
    • Celeste Rodriguez: yes

  • Do pass, but first be re-referred to the Committee on [Appropriations]

    2025-07-15 · pass · 16-0

    Member-level votes (17)
    • Gonzalez: yes
    • Hurtado: yes
    • Arreguín: yes
    • Rubio: yes
    • Stern: yes
    • Becker: yes
    • Allen: yes
    • Dahle: yes
    • Strickland: yes
    • Caballero: yes
    • Archuleta: yes
    • McNerney: yes
    • Grove: yes
    • Wahab: yes
    • Limón: yes
    • Ochoa Bogh: yes
    • Ashby: other

  • Placed on suspense file

    2025-08-18 · pass · 7-0

    Member-level votes (7)
    • Richardson: yes
    • Seyarto: yes
    • Caballero: yes
    • Cabaldon: yes
    • Dahle: yes
    • Wahab: yes
    • Grayson: yes

  • Do pass

    2025-08-29 · pass · 7-0

    Member-level votes (7)
    • Richardson: yes
    • Grayson: yes
    • Wahab: yes
    • Dahle: yes
    • Seyarto: yes
    • Caballero: yes
    • Cabaldon: yes

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