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CA SB 341

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Instructional School Gardens Program: reestablishment: Department of Food and Agriculture.

California · 2025-2026 Regular Session · upper

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Did CA SB 341 pass?

No. CA SB 341 did not pass — it was defeated or died in the legislative process. Latest recorded action (2026-02-02): Returned to Secretary of Senate pursuant to Joint Rule 56.

What is CA SB 341 about?

Existing law establishes the Instructional School Gardens Program for the promotion, creation, and support of instructional school gardens through the allocation of grants, and through technical assistance provided, to school districts, charter schools, or county offices of education. Existing law requires the State Department of Education to administer the program, as provided. This bill would revise and recast the Instructional School Gardens Program by, among other things, reestablishing the program under the administration of the Department of Food and Agriculture for the promotion, creation, and support of instructional school gardens through the allocation of grants and the provision of technical assistance to support instructional school garden programming in school districts, county offices of education, and charter schools. The bill would require the department to convene a working group consisting of the department, the State Department of Education, the Department of Resources Recycling and Recovery, the Department of Forestry and Fire Protection, and instructional school garden community-based organizations. The bill would require the working group to advise and assist the Department of Food and Agriculture in carrying out the program, as provided. The bill would establish the Instructional School Gardens and Maintenance Fund in the State Treasury and would require moneys in the fund to be available, upon appropriation by the Legislature, to the department for purposes of the program, as specified. This bill, contingent upon an appropriation or receipt of sufficient private funds, as specified, for its purposes, would require the department, on or before July 1, 2026, and in consultation with the working group, to develop a competitive grant process, including selection criteria, goals, prioritizations, and guidelines, for purposes of the program, as provided. The bill would require eligible applicants to be local educational agencies or other entities that have an established track record of operating outdoor, experiential learning programs in schools and that are in partnership, as defined, with at least one local educational agency, and would require applicants to designate one of 2 grant categories for each proposed schoolsite, as provided, and to submit a plan and measurable outcomes for a program of experiential, outdoor instruction that meet specified requirements. Before developing the competitive grant process, the bill would require the department to hold at least 2 public meetings to gather public input on the development of the competitive grant process.

Who sponsors CA SB 341?

Pérez is the primary sponsor of CA SB 341, joined by 4 cosponsors.

Description

Existing law establishes the Instructional School Gardens Program for the promotion, creation, and support of instructional school gardens through the allocation of grants, and through technical assistance provided, to school districts, charter schools, or county offices of education. Existing law requires the State Department of Education to administer the program, as provided. This bill would revise and recast the Instructional School Gardens Program by, among other things, reestablishing the program under the administration of the Department of Food and Agriculture for the promotion, creation, and support of instructional school gardens through the allocation of grants and the provision of technical assistance to support instructional school garden programming in school districts, county offices of education, and charter schools. The bill would require the department to convene a working group consisting of the department, the State Department of Education, the Department of Resources Recycling and Recovery, the Department of Forestry and Fire Protection, and instructional school garden community-based organizations. The bill would require the working group to advise and assist the Department of Food and Agriculture in carrying out the program, as provided. The bill would establish the Instructional School Gardens and Maintenance Fund in the State Treasury and would require moneys in the fund to be available, upon appropriation by the Legislature, to the department for purposes of the program, as specified. This bill, contingent upon an appropriation or receipt of sufficient private funds, as specified, for its purposes, would require the department, on or before July 1, 2026, and in consultation with the working group, to develop a competitive grant process, including selection criteria, goals, prioritizations, and guidelines, for purposes of the program, as provided. The bill would require eligible applicants to be local educational agencies or other entities that have an established track record of operating outdoor, experiential learning programs in schools and that are in partnership, as defined, with at least one local educational agency, and would require applicants to designate one of 2 grant categories for each proposed schoolsite, as provided, and to submit a plan and measurable outcomes for a program of experiential, outdoor instruction that meet specified requirements. Before developing the competitive grant process, the bill would require the department to hold at least 2 public meetings to gather public input on the development of the competitive grant process.

Introduced
2025-02-12
Latest action
2026-02-02 — Returned to Secretary of Senate pursuant to Joint Rule 56.
Bill type
bill
Last updated
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Subjects

Sponsors

  • Pérezauthor
  • Ochoa Boghprincipal coauthor
  • Rubioprincipal coauthor
  • Limóncoauthor
  • Sterncoauthor

Committees

Not provided by source.

Action timeline

Newest first

  1. 2026-02-02

    Returned to Secretary of Senate pursuant to Joint Rule 56.

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  2. 2025-05-23

    May 23 hearing: Held in committee and under submission.

  3. 2025-05-16

    Set for hearing May 23.

  4. 2025-05-12

    May 12 hearing: Placed on APPR. suspense file.

  5. 2025-05-02

    Set for hearing May 12.

  6. 2025-04-29

    From committee: Do pass and re-refer to Com. on APPR. with recommendation: To consent calendar. (Ayes 4. Noes 0. Page 932.) (April 29). Re-referred to Com. on APPR.

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  7. 2025-04-22

    From committee with author's amendments. Read second time and amended. Re-referred to Com. on AGRI.

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  8. 2025-03-28

    Set for hearing April 29.

  9. 2025-03-20

    Read second time and amended. Re-referred to Com. on AGRI.

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  10. 2025-03-19

    From committee: Do pass as amended and re-refer to Com. on AGRI. (Ayes 6. Noes 0. Page 420.) (March 19).

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  11. 2025-03-03

    Set for hearing March 19.

  12. 2025-02-19

    Referred to Coms. on ED. and AGRI.

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  13. 2025-02-13

    From printer. May be acted upon on or after March 15.

  14. 2025-02-12

    Introduced. Read first time. To Com. on RLS. for assignment. To print.

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Versions

  • 02/12/25 - Introduced — 2025-02-12Compare
  • 03/20/25 - Amended Senate — 2025-03-20Compare
  • 04/22/25 - Amended Senate — 2025-04-22Compare
  • SB341Compare
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Documents

Votes

  • Do pass as amended, but first amend, and re-refer to the Committee on [Agriculture]

    2025-03-19 · pass · 6-0

    Member-level votes (7)
    • Cabaldon: yes
    • Gonzalez: yes
    • Choi: yes
    • Pérez: yes
    • Cortese: yes
    • Laird: yes
    • Ochoa Bogh: other

  • Do pass, but first be re-referred to the Committee on [Appropriations] with the recommendation: To Consent Calendar

    2025-04-29 · pass · 4-0

    Member-level votes (5)
    • McNerney: yes
    • Alvarado-Gil: yes
    • Hurtado: yes
    • Cortese: yes
    • Padilla: other

  • Placed on suspense file

    2025-05-12 · pass · 7-0

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

Related bills

No related bills recorded for this bill.

Official source

http://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/billNavClient.xhtml?bill_id=202520260SB341

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