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AB 862

California School Dashboard: local control and accountability plans: college and career pathway data.

2025-2026 Regular Session Introduced by Leticia Castillo

AB 862 adds two pupil postsecondary intention measures (college enrollment plans and apprenticeship/career pathway goals) to LCAP data and asks SBE to consider them for the statewi

In committee: Held under submission.
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Bill Summary · AB 862

AB 862 — California School Dashboard: LCAP college and career pathway data

Author: Assemblymember Castillo
Status: In committee — Held under submission (last action: 2025-05-23)
Introduced: February 19, 2025

Purpose / Intent

AB 862 would expand what outcome data local educational agencies (LEAs) report in Local Control and Accountability Plans (LCAPs) and what the State Board of Education (SBE) considers including in the California School Dashboard’s College/Career Indicator (CCI). The bill aims to add pupil postsecondary intentions (college and career pathway/apprenticeship intentions) as locally measured indicators of pupil achievement and school climate.

Key provisions

  • Dashboard consideration (state-level)

    • Requires the State Board of Education, on or before July 1, 2027 (upon the next revision of the California School Dashboard), to consider including— for purposes of the College/Career Indicator (CCI) — both:
    • The percentage of pupils who intend to enroll in a two‑year or four‑year college; and
    • The percentage of pupils who intend to enter or be employed through a registered apprenticeship program, skilled trade, or industry‑aligned career pathway (examples listed: industrial trades, construction trades, cosmetology).

  • LCAP and charter school reporting (local-level)

    • Adds the two percentages above as local measurements that school districts and county offices must use when determining pupil achievement and school climate in LCAPs.
    • Requires charter school governing bodies to include these percentages in their LCAPs and to report LCAP updates consistent with the Dashboard format "to the extent practicable."
    • Specifies charter school procedural requirements already in statute remain (public hearing to adopt/update LCAP; consulting stakeholders).
    • Requires charter schools to present the annual LCAP update and Local Control Funding Formula (LCFF) budget overview to parents on or before February 28 each year, including midyear outcome and expenditure data.

Who is affected

  • State Board of Education and California Department of Education (data consideration/ Dashboard revision).
  • School districts, county offices of education, and charter schools (LCAP content and reporting).
  • Students (data subjects), parents, teachers and local communities (stakeholders in LCAP process).

Procedural / fiscal notes

  • The bill amends Education Code Section 47606.5.
  • Contains a state‑mandated local program disclosure: if the Commission on State Mandates finds costs are imposed, reimbursement procedures under state law apply.
  • Digest notes: Majority vote; no appropriation; referred to fiscal committee.

Legislative status / timeline highlights

  • 2025-02-19: Introduced/read first time.
  • 2025-03-27 to 03-28: Amended in Assembly Education Committee.
  • 2025-04-01: Re‑referred to Assembly Appropriations.
  • 2025-04-23: Referred to suspense file; first hearing set.
  • 2025-05-23: Held under submission (current status).

This summary focuses on substantive changes to reporting and accountability requirements: adding pupil postsecondary intentions as local measures and asking the SBE to consider their inclusion in the statewide Dashboard CCI.

Compiled from official sources — confirm details with the bill’s official record.

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