AB 2303: School accountability: local educational agencies: required plans and reports.
- Session Year: 2025-2026
- House: Assembly
- Latest Version Date: 2026-04-27
Current Status:
In Progress
(2026-05-14: In committee: Held under submission.)
Introduced
In Committee
Awaiting First Chamber Vote
Passed First Chamber
In Committee
Awaiting Second Chamber Vote
Passed Second Chamber
Enacted
What does this bill do?
The bill directs the Legislative Analyst’s Office to prepare recommendations to reduce duplicate or conflicting plans and reporting deadlines for local education agencies (school districts, county offices of education, and charter schools). It also requires recommendations for a statewide data submission portal to let agencies enter information once to populate multiple plans and reports and for a statewide calendar of deadlines, and to include input from statewide education organizations about how those tools should work and be maintained.
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Existing law requires the governing board of each school district to adopt a local control and accountability plan (LCAP) using a template adopted by the State Board of Education. Existing law requires the governing board of each school district to update its LCAP before July 1 of each year and requires that annual update to be developed using a template adopted by the state board.
Existing law establishes the California Longitudinal Pupil Achievement Data System (CalPADS) and requires, among other things, the State Department of Education, in consultation with the Department of Finance and the Legislative Analysts Office, to include data on a quarterly rate of pupil attendance in the system, if federal funds are received for this purpose.This bill would require the Legislative Analysts Office to review existing required reports, planning documents, and deadlines associated with those reports and documents, and to prepare a report that includes recommendations to reduce and remove for (1) reducing and removing conflicting or redundant reports and reporting deadlines, as provided, recommendations for (2) a statewide data submission portal, as provided, and (3) a statewide accountability calendar that identifies all recommended reporting deadlines. the deadlines of all plans and reports required to be submitted by school districts, county offices of education, or charter schools, as provided. The bill would require the Legislative Analysts Office, on or before July 1, 2027, January 1, 2028, to submit the report to the appropriate budget and policy committees of the Legislature and to the Governor. The bill would also require the State Department of Education, on or before July 1 of each year thereafter, to update the statewide accountability calendar. Governor and, in preparing the report, to solicit and incorporate feedback from statewide organizations, as provided.
Existing law requires the governing board of each school district to adopt a local control and accountability plan (LCAP) using a template adopted by the State Board of Education. Existing law requires the governing board of each school district to update its LCAP before July 1 of each year and requires that annual update to be developed using a template adopted by the state board.
Existing law establishes the California Longitudinal Pupil Achievement Data System (CalPADS) and requires, among other things, the State Department of Education, in consultation with the Department of Finance and the Legislative Analysts Office, to include data on a quarterly rate of pupil attendance in the system, if federal funds are received for this purpose.
This bill would state the intent of the Legislature to enact future legislation to create a task force to evaluate and provide recommendations to the Governor and Legislature related to the necessary components of a single, centralized statewide data reporting system for local educational agencies, on behalf of the pupils served by local educational agencies in kindergarten and grades 1 to 12, inclusive. The recommended statewide data reporting system would be used to submit required reports and data elements, including, but not limited to, those in CalPADS and LCAPs.This bill would require the Legislative Analysts Office to review existing required reports, planning documents, and deadlines associated with those reports and documents, and to prepare a report that includes recommendations to reduce and remove conflicting or redundant reports and reporting deadlines, as provided, recommendations for a statewide data submission portal, as provided, and a statewide accountability calendar that identifies all recommended reporting deadlines. The bill would require the Legislative Analysts Office, on or before July 1, 2027, to submit the report to the appropriate budget and policy committees of the Legislature and to the Governor. The bill would also require the State Department of Education, on or before July 1 of each year thereafter, to update the statewide accountability calendar.
Existing law requires the governing board of each school district to adopt a local control and accountability plan (LCAP) using a template adopted by the State Board of Education. Existing law requires the governing board of each school district to update its LCAP before July 1 of each year and requires that annual update to be developed using a template adopted by the state board.
Existing law establishes the California Longitudinal Pupil Achievement Data System (CalPADS) and requires, among other things, the State Department of Education, in consultation with the Department of Finance and the Legislative Analysts Office, to include data on a quarterly rate of pupil attendance in the system, if federal funds are received for this purpose.
This bill would state the intent of the Legislature to enact future legislation to create a task force to evaluate and provide recommendations to the Governor and Legislature related to the necessary components of a single, centralized statewide data reporting system for local educational agencies, on behalf of the pupils served by local educational agencies in kindergarten and grades 1 to 12, inclusive. The recommended statewide data reporting system would be used to submit required reports and data elements, including, but not limited to, those in CalPADS and LCAPs.
(a)The Legislature finds and declares both of the following:
(1)The multiplicity of procedures, portals, and timelines for submission of required compliance and expenditure reports and plans by local educational agencies imposes burdens on the time, human resources, and funding of public schools.
(2)Better aligned and coherent reporting mechanisms and methodologies will reduce these burdens, result in more complete, uniform, and quality data, and further the purposes of the statewide system of support.
(b)The purpose of this section is to accomplish both of the following goals:
(1)Reduce the duplication and burden of reporting requirements required plans and reports on local educational agencies.
(2)Improve coherence in the statewide system of support and the quality and utility of information.
(c)In order to accomplish the goals specified in subdivision (b), the Legislative Analysts Office, shall do Office shall prepare a report that includes recommendations for all of the following:
(1)Review existing required reports and planning documents, including, but not limited to, the California Longitudinal Pupil Achievement Data System and the reporting requirements of a local control and accountability plan.(2)Review reporting deadlines for local educational agencies across and within state agencies, departments, and offices.(3)(A)Prepare a report that includes all of the following:(i)Recommendations to reduce and remove conflicting(1)Reducing and removing conflicting or redundant reports and reporting deadlines to allow local educational agencies sufficient time to plan, prepare for, and meet the reporting requirements.
(ii)(I)Recommendations for a(2)(A)A statewide data submission portal that would allow a local educational agency to enter reporting plan or report information once, and that could be used to generate autopopulate fields of multiple reports. plans or reports, including, but not limited to, all of the following:
(i)The data fields that should be included in the portal.
(ii)The reports that could be populated by data in the portal.
(iii)Which state entities are best suited to create, host, and maintain the portal.
(II)(B)In preparing the recommendations pursuant to subclause (I), subparagraph (A), the Legislative Analysts Office shall confer with the department and other state agencies that operate similar data portals or may be able to create a data portal and shall research data submission portals in use in other states.
(iii)(3)A statewide reporting calendar that identifies all the deadlines recommended for retention pursuant to clause (i). of all plans and reports required to be submitted by local educational agencies. These recommendations shall include, but not be limited to, all of the following:
(A)The content that should be included in the calendar.
(B)Which entities are best suited to create, host, and maintain the calendar.
(C)The frequency and methods that should be used to update the calendar.
(B)(d)In preparing the report described in subparagraph (A), subdivision (c), the Legislative Analysts Office shall solicit and incorporate feedback from statewide organizations, including, but not limited to, organizations representing the following:
(i)School boards.
(ii)County offices of education.
(iii)School administrators.
(iv)School business officers.
(v)Small school districts.
(vi)Medium-sized school districts.
(vii)Large school districts.
(viii)Labor unions.
(d)(e)(1)On or before July 1, 2027, January 1, 2028, the Legislative Analysts Office shall submit the report prepared pursuant to paragraph (3) of subdivision (c) to the appropriate budget and policy committees of the Legislature and to the Governor.
(2)The report submitted pursuant to paragraph (1) shall be submitted in compliance with section 9795 of the Government Code.
(e)On or before July 1, 2028, and on or before July 1 of each year thereafter, the department shall update the statewide reporting calendar.(f)For purposes of this section, local educational agency means a school district, county office of education, or charter school.
(a)The Legislature finds and declares both of the following:
(1)The multiplicity of procedures, portals, and timelines for submission of required compliance and expenditure reports by local educational agencies imposes burdens on the time, human resources, and funding of public schools.
(2)Better aligned and coherent reporting mechanisms and methodologies will reduce these burdens, result in more complete, uniform, and quality data, and further the purposes of the statewide system of support.
(b)The purpose of this section is to accomplish both of the following goals:
(1)Reduce the duplication and burden of reporting requirements on local educational agencies.
(2)Improve coherence in the statewide system of support and the quality and utility of information.
(c)In order to accomplish the goals specified in subdivision (b), the Legislative Analysts Office, shall do all of the following:
(1)Review existing required reports and planning documents, including, but not limited to, the California Longitudinal Pupil Achievement Data System and the reporting requirements of a local control and accountability plan.
(2)Review reporting deadlines for local educational agencies across and within state agencies, departments, and offices.
(3)(A)Prepare a report that includes all of the following:
(i)Recommendations to reduce and remove conflicting or redundant reports and reporting deadlines to allow local educational agencies sufficient time to plan, prepare for, and meet the reporting requirements.
(ii)(I)Recommendations for a statewide data submission portal that would allow a local educational agency to enter reporting information once, and that could be used to generate multiple reports.
(II)In preparing the recommendations pursuant to subclause (I), the Legislative Analysts Office shall confer with the department and research data submission portals in use in other states.
(iii)A statewide reporting calendar that identifies all deadlines recommended for retention pursuant to clause (i).
(B)In preparing the report described in subparagraph (A), the Legislative Analysts Office shall solicit and incorporate feedback from statewide organizations, including, but not limited to, organizations representing the following:
(i)School boards.
(ii)County offices of education.
(iii)School administrators.
(iv)School business officers.
(v)Small school districts.
(vi)Medium-sized school districts.
(vii)Large school districts.
(viii)Labor unions.
(d)(1)On or before July 1, 2027, the Legislative Analysts Office shall submit the report prepared pursuant to paragraph (3) of subdivision (c) to the appropriate budget and policy committees of the Legislature and to the Governor.
(2)The report submitted pursuant to paragraph (1) shall be submitted in compliance with section 9795 of the Government Code.
(e)On or before July 1, 2028, and on or before July 1 of each year thereafter, the department shall update the statewide reporting calendar.
(f)For purposes of this section, local educational agency means a school district, county office of education, or charter school.
SECTION 1.It is the intent of the Legislature to enact future legislation to create a task force to evaluate and provide recommendations to the Governor and Legislature related to the necessary components of a single, centralized statewide data reporting system for local educational agencies, on behalf of the pupils served by local educational agencies in kindergarten and grades 1 to 12, inclusive. The recommended statewide data reporting system would be used to submit required reports and data elements, including, but not limited to, those in the California Longitudinal Pupil Achievement Data System and in local control and accountability plans.It is the intent of the Legislature to enact future legislation to create a task force to evaluate and provide recommendations to the Governor and Legislature related to the necessary components of a single, centralized statewide data reporting system for local educational agencies, on behalf of the pupils served by local educational agencies in kindergarten and grades 1 to 12, inclusive. The recommended statewide data reporting system would be used to submit required reports and data elements, including, but not limited to, those in the California Longitudinal Pupil Achievement Data System and in local control and accountability plans.
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| May 14, 2026 | In committee: Held under submission. |
| May 6, 2026 | In committee: Set, first hearing. Referred to APPR. suspense file. |
| Apr 28, 2026 | Re-referred to Com. on APPR. |
| Apr 27, 2026 | Read second time and amended. |
| Apr 23, 2026 | From committee: Amend, and do pass as amended and re-refer to Com. on APPR. with recommendation: To Consent Calendar. (Ayes 9. Noes 0.) (April 22). |
| Mar 23, 2026 | Re-referred to Com. on ED. |
| Mar 19, 2026 | From committee chair, with author's amendments: Amend, and re-refer to Com. on ED. Read second time and amended. |
| Mar 19, 2026 | Referred to Com. on ED. |
| Feb 20, 2026 | From printer. May be heard in committee March 22. |
| Feb 19, 2026 | Read first time. To print. |
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| Apr 22, 2026 | Do pass as amended, and be re-referred to the Committee on [Appropriations] with recommendation: To Consent Calendar | Assembly Standing Committee on Education |
Passed |
This list shows positions taken on this bill by organizations on the date displayed, which is linked to the original source.
Positions by individuals are not included.
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| California Association Of Suburban School Districts | ** Support | |
| Central Valley Education Coalition | ** Support | |
| Fresno County Office Of Education | ** Support | |
| Teach Plus - California | ** Support |
Date of Hearing: May 6, 2026
ASSEMBLY COMMITTEE ON APPROPRIATIONS
Buffy Wicks, Chair
ABPCA Bill Id:AB 2303
Author:(Muratsuchi) – As Amended Ver:April 27, 2026
Policy Committee: | Education | Vote: | 9 - 0 |
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Urgency: No State Mandated Local Program: No Reimbursable: No
SUMMARY:
This bill requires the Legislative Analyst’s Office (LAO), by January 1, 2028, to prepare and submit a report including recommendations for improving the efficiency of reporting requirements for local educational agencies (LEAs).
FISCAL EFFECT:
The bill’s requirement is within the scope of the LAO’s mission and does not entail increased state costs. However, generally, the committee will move to the suspense file any bill it determines to have the primary purpose of creating a report.
COMMENTS:
- Purpose. According to the author:
AB 2303 will bring more transparency on performance data and create more targeted help for students in kindergarten and grades 1 to 12. The bill would reduce administrative burdens for school governing boards and streamline reporting data to the California Department of Education. AB 2303 will better inform educators, parents and policymakers on the state of our school attendance, achievements and outcomes across all counties.
- Background. In 2025, the CDE provided a report to the Legislature identifying a total of 59 examples of data it collects from LEAs reported across 39 different submission portals. These data collections do not include federal program reporting requirements. Generally, these collections fit into the categories of accountability, safety and transportation, state block grants and special funds, special education, pandemic recovery programs, and discretionary grants. A separate report by Fresno County office of education identified more than 204 reporting requirements submitted to 17 different divisions at CDE with individual school administrators spending an estimated 30% of their time each work on reporting related workload. As a result, many LEAs lament the increasing reporting burden experienced by LEAs, especially post the COVID-19 pandemic with the enactment of several new state and federally funded programs. According to the California Association of Suburban School Districts, this bill “takes a measured and fiscally responsible approach to a problem that has long burdened California’s LEAs: a fragmented, duplicative, landscape of state and federal reporting requirements.”
- Related Legislation. AB 2008 (Patel), of the current legislative session, requires CDE to release a standardized template for local educational agencies (LEAs) for programmatic or expenditure reports and places specified timelines on reporting requirements introduced by future legislation. AB 2008 is pending hearing in this committee.
Analysis Prepared by: Aaron Heredia / APPR. / (916) 319-2081
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