AB-2056 • 2026

Teachers: exchange programs: local educational agencies.

Education

Passed Legislature

This bill passed both chambers and reached final enrollment, even if later executive action is not shown here.

Sponsor: Alvarez
Last action: 2026-06-09
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 APPR.
Effective date: Not listed

Plain English Breakdown

The official source material does not provide details on funding allocation or the exact groups that can sponsor foreign teachers.

Teachers Exchange Programs: Local Educational Agencies

This law changes the rules for teacher exchange programs between California and Mexico or Spain, allowing local educational agencies to participate without a one-year limit.

What This Bill Does

Removes the requirement for the State Board of Education to create specific rules for teacher exchanges.
Allows county offices of education and charter schools to participate in exchange programs.
Eliminates the one-year limit on how long teachers can be exchanged.
Adds Mexico and Spain as countries where California teachers can swap jobs with local teachers.

Who It Names or Affects

Teachers in California school districts
County offices of education
Charter schools

Terms To Know

World Language Teacher Exchange and Recruitment Law of 1963: A law that allowed teachers to exchange jobs with those from other countries for up to one year.
Visa sponsors: Groups or organizations that help foreign teachers get the right paperwork to work in California schools.

Limits and Unknowns

The bill does not specify how much funding will be allocated for these exchanges.
It is unclear if and when new rules might be made by the State Board of Education.
Details about which groups can sponsor foreign teachers are left to future regulations.

Bill History

2026-06-09 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 APPR.
2026-06-04 California Legislative Information
From committee: Do pass and re-refer to Com. on APPR. with recommendation: To Consent Calendar. (Ayes 7. Noes 0.) (June 3). Re-referred to Com. on APPR.
2026-05-06 California Legislative Information
Referred to Com. on ED.
2026-04-23 California Legislative Information
In Senate. Read first time. To Com. on RLS. for assignment.
2026-04-23 California Legislative Information
Read third time. Passed. Ordered to the Senate. (Ayes 74. Noes 0. Page 4795.)
2026-04-16 California Legislative Information
Read second time. Ordered to Consent Calendar.
2026-04-15 California Legislative Information
From committee: Do pass. To Consent Calendar. (Ayes 13. Noes 0.) (April 15).
2026-03-25 California Legislative Information
From committee: Do pass and re-refer to Com. on APPR. with recommendation: To Consent Calendar. (Ayes 9. Noes 0.) (March 25). Re-referred to Com. on APPR.
2026-03-25 California Legislative Information
Coauthors revised.
2026-03-02 California Legislative Information
Referred to Com. on ED.
2026-02-19 California Legislative Information
From printer. May be heard in committee March 21.
2026-02-18 California Legislative Information
Read first time. To print.

Official Summary Text

AB 2056, as amended, Alvarez.
Teachers: exchange programs: local educational agencies.
Existing law, the World Language Teacher Exchange and Recruitment Law of 1963, requires the State Board of Education to adopt rules and regulations under which teachers employed by California school districts may exchange positions with teachers in schools in other countries for a period of one year or less. Existing law requires the arrangements for the exchanges to be made through the State Department of Education and in cooperation with the teacher exchange programs administered by agencies of the federal government.
This bill would revise and recast those provisions by, among other things, (1) no longer requiring the state board to adopt regulations, (2) no longer requiring the department to administer the program or take actions necessary to carry out the program, (3) expressly providing for exchanges with
Mexico,
Mexico and Spain,
(4) expanding the authorized exchanges to include county offices of education and charter schools, (5) eliminating the one-year time limit on the exchanges, and (6), if regulations are adopted, requiring those regulations to authorize specified visa sponsors designated by the United States Department of State to sponsor teachers from
other countries, including
Mexico
and Spain,
for placement in California school districts, county offices of education, and charter schools to promote cultural exchange for specified purposes.

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