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California bills · 2025-2026 Regular Session

California AB 542

Continuation schools and classes: youth workforce development programs.

  1. Introduced
  2. In committee
  3. Passed House
  4. Passed Senate
  5. To Governor
  6. Became law

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Summary

Official abstract published by the California legislature· summary

Existing law requires the governing board of each school district to fix the length of the schoolday for grades and classes of the schools maintained by the school district, subject to certain conditions and requirements. Under existing law, in continuation high schools and continuation education classes, a day of attendance is 180 minutes of attendance and a pupil is prohibited from being credited with more than 15 hours of attendance per school week, proportionately reduced for those school weeks having weekday holidays on which classes are not held. This bill would authorize the governing board of a school district that maintains a continuation high school or continuation education classes to offer youth workforce development programs, as defined, to pupils on one or 2 weekdays per school week if it ensures that those pupils are otherwise enrolled in at least 15 hours of class attendance per school week. The bill would require a school district that implements a youth workforce development program for these purposes to establish procedures to track pupil attendance and pupil participation while engaging in a youth workforce development program.

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Roll-call votes

State vote data last updated Oct 16, 2026, 4:38 PM.

DateVoteResultYour legislators
Sep 8, 2025
House		AB 542 Celeste Rodriguez Concurrence in Senate Amendments By LOWENTHALpassSet your home in California to see
Sep 4, 2025
Senate		Special Consent AB542 Celeste RodriguezpassSet your home in California to see
Aug 29, 2025
Senate		Do passpassSet your home in California to see
Jul 14, 2025
Senate		Placed on suspense filepassSet your home in California to see
Jul 2, 2025
Senate		Do pass, but first be re-referred to the Committee on [Appropriations] with the recommendation: To Consent CalendarpassSet your home in California to see
Jun 4, 2025
House		AB 542 Celeste Rodriguez Assembly Third ReadingpassSet your home in California to see
May 23, 2025
House		Do pass as amended.passSet your home in California to see
Apr 30, 2025
House		Do pass and be re-referred to the Committee on [Appropriations] with recommendation: To Consent CalendarpassSet your home in California to see

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