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AB-2071 • 2026

Pupil instruction: digital wellness.

Pupil instruction: digital wellness.

Education Technology
Passed Legislature

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

Sponsor
Hoover
Last action
2026-04-14
Official status
Re-referred to Com. on APPR.
Effective date
Not listed

Plain English Breakdown

The bill summary and digest do not specify which middle and high school grades are affected.

Pupil Instruction: Digital Wellness

This law requires health education courses for middle and high school students to include lessons on digital wellness and asks the State Department of Education to create a plan to expand these lessons in California public schools by January 1, 2028.

What This Bill Does

  • Requires health education courses offered by certain educational institutions to include instruction in digital wellness.
  • Asks the State Department of Education to develop a plan for expanding digital wellness instruction in California public schools by January 1, 2028.

Who It Names or Affects

  • Middle and high school students who take health education classes.
  • School districts, county offices of education, state special schools, and charter schools that offer health education courses.

Terms To Know

Digital Wellness
Instruction in the safe and responsible use of technology.

Limits and Unknowns

  • The bill does not specify what happens if educational institutions do not follow the new requirements.
  • It is unclear how much funding will be provided to support the implementation of digital wellness instruction.

Bill History

  1. 2026-04-14 California Legislative Information

    Re-referred to Com. on APPR.

  2. 2026-04-13 California Legislative Information

    Read second time and amended.

  3. 2026-04-09 California Legislative Information

    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 8).

  4. 2026-03-02 California Legislative Information

    Referred to Com. on ED.

  5. 2026-02-19 California Legislative Information

    From printer. May be heard in committee March 21.

  6. 2026-02-18 California Legislative Information

    Read first time. To print.

Official Summary Text

AB 2071, as amended, Hoover.
Pupil instruction: digital wellness.
If a school district, county office of education, state special school, or charter school offers one or more courses in health education to pupils in middle school or high school, existing law requires that the course or courses include instruction in mental health that meet certain requirements, as provided. Existing
Existing
law requires the State Department of Education, on or before January 1, 2024, to develop a plan to expand mental health instruction in California public schools.
This bill
would require the
above-described course or courses in health education to also include instruction in digital wellness, as defined, that meets certain requirements, as provided. The bill would require the
department, on or before January 1, 2028, to develop a plan to expand digital wellness instruction in California public schools, as provided.

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