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AB-1797 • 2026

Pupil instruction: Open Enrollment Act.

Pupil instruction: Open Enrollment Act.

Education
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Sponsor
Johnson
Last action
Official status
Assembly - Died - Education
Effective date
Not listed

Plain English Breakdown

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Pupil instruction: Open Enrollment Act.

AB 1797, as introduced, Johnson.

What This Bill Does

  • AB 1797, as introduced, Johnson.
  • Pupil instruction: Open Enrollment Act.
  • The Open Enrollment Act authorizes the parent of a pupil enrolled in a low-achieving school to submit an application for the pupil to attend a school in a school district other than the school district in which the parent resides, as specified.
  • The act defines “low-achieving school” to mean a school on a list created annually by the Superintendent of Public Instruction of 1,000 schools ranked by increasing Academic Performance Index score with the same ratio of elementary, middle, and high schools as existed in decile 1 in the 2008–09 school year.

Limits and Unknowns

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Bill History

  1. California Legislative Information

    Assembly - Died - Education

Official Summary Text

Pupil instruction: Open Enrollment Act.