AB-1969 • 2026

California Coordinated Neighborhood and Community Schools Incentive Grant Program.

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Sponsor: Bonta
Last action: 2026-06-10
Official status: From committee chair, with author's amendments: Amend, and re-refer to committee. Read second time, amended, and re-referred to Com. on HUMAN S.
Effective date: Not listed

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California Coordinated Neighborhood and Community Schools Incentive Grant Program.

AB 1969, as amended, Bonta.

What This Bill Does

AB 1969, as amended, Bonta.
California Coordinated Neighborhood and Community Services Schools Incentive Grant Program.
Existing law requires the Department of Community Services and Development to, among other things, plan and evaluate strategies for overcoming poverty in the state, mobilize resources in support of antipoverty and community services programs, and administer public and private funds designed to support antipoverty programs that are not currently administered by other departments.
Existing law establishes the Cradle-to-Career Data System for the purpose of connecting individuals and organizations to trusted information and resources, as a source for actionable data and research on education, economic, and health outcomes for individuals, families, and communities, and to provide for expanded access to tools and services that support the education-to-employment pipeline, as specified.

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Bill History

2026-06-10 California Legislative Information
From committee chair, with author's amendments: Amend, and re-refer to committee. Read second time, amended, and re-referred to Com. on HUMAN S.
2026-06-03 California Legislative Information
Referred to Com. on HUMAN S.
2026-05-21 California Legislative Information
In Senate. Read first time. To Com. on RLS. for assignment.
2026-05-21 California Legislative Information
Read third time. Passed. Ordered to the Senate. (Ayes 56. Noes 14. Page 5212.)
2026-05-18 California Legislative Information
Read second time. Ordered to third reading.
2026-05-14 California Legislative Information
From committee: Do pass. (Ayes 11. Noes 4.) (May 14).
2026-04-15 California Legislative Information
In committee: Set, first hearing. Referred to APPR. suspense file.
2026-04-06 California Legislative Information
Re-referred to Com. on APPR.
2026-03-26 California Legislative Information
Read second time and amended.
2026-03-25 California Legislative Information
From committee: Amend, and do pass as amended and re-refer to Com. on APPR. (Ayes 5. Noes 2.) (March 24).
2026-03-02 California Legislative Information
Referred to Com. on HUM. S.
2026-02-14 California Legislative Information
From printer. May be heard in committee March 16.
2026-02-13 California Legislative Information
Read first time. To print.

Official Summary Text

AB 1969, as amended, Bonta.
California Coordinated Neighborhood and Community
Services
Schools Incentive
Grant Program.
Existing law requires the Department of Community Services and Development to, among other things, plan and evaluate strategies for overcoming poverty in the state, mobilize resources in support of antipoverty and community services programs, and administer public and private funds designed to support antipoverty programs that are not currently administered by other departments.
Existing law establishes the Cradle-to-Career Data System for the purpose of connecting individuals and organizations to trusted information and resources, as a source for actionable data and research on education, economic, and health outcomes for individuals, families, and communities, and to provide for expanded access to tools and services that support the education-to-employment pipeline, as specified.
This bill, the It Takes
a Village Act of 2026, upon appropriation in the annual Budget Act or another statute for these purposes, would establish the California Coordinated Neighborhood and Community
Services
Schools Incentive
Grant Program to be administered by the State Department of Social Services or another department within the California Health and Human Services Agency. The bill would require the department to grant awards for the 2026–27 and 2027–28 fiscal years to eligible entities that are neighborhood
partnerships
partnerships, Promise Neighborhoods,
or regional partnerships, as those terms are defined, to
support educational outcomes,
reduce child
poverty
poverty,
and advance economic mobility for children and families disproportionately affected by intergenerational poverty. The bill would require the department, in consultation with
the State Board of Education and
the State Department of Education, to develop an application process and would require the department to establish performance standards to measure progress on indicators and results relevant to the evaluation of the grant program. The bill would require each grant recipient to prepare and submit an annual report to the department that includes information about the number and percentage of children, family members, and community members served by the grant recipient and disaggregated data at population and program levels related to the grant recipient’s program’s success, as specified. The bill would make that data subject to all applicable privacy laws and
would require the department to enforce data privacy and protection policies with all grant recipients.

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