AB-2325 • 2026

Teachers: bilingual teachers: Pathways to Bilingual Teaching Program.

Budget Education Energy

Passed Legislature

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

Sponsor: Alvarez
Last action: 2026-04-21
Official status: Re-referred to Com. on APPR.
Effective date: Not listed

Plain English Breakdown

The official source material does not provide specific details on the exact requirements for yearly reporting or the conditions under which the program will be approved by the Legislature.

Pathways to Bilingual Teaching Program

This law sets up a program that gives grants to schools and colleges to help bilingual students become teachers, and it also creates an online database to connect these future teachers with jobs.

What This Bill Does

Establishes the Pathways to Bilingual Teaching Program to award competitive grants of up to $600,000 to consortia of local educational agencies, community colleges, and four-year institutions to help bilingual students earn teaching credentials.
Requires the State Department of Education and the Commission on Teacher Credentialing to work together to set up an online database for connecting teachers seeking instruction in bilingual and multilingual settings with employment opportunities.

Who It Names or Affects

Bilingual students who want to become teachers
Schools and colleges that work with bilingual education programs

Terms To Know

bilingual authorization: A special permission for a teacher to teach in more than one language.
consortia: Groups of schools and colleges working together on a project.

Limits and Unknowns

The program will only start if the Legislature gives it money.
It is not clear how many grants will be given or which institutions will receive them.
The bill does not specify exactly what information the online database will track.

Bill History

2026-04-21 California Legislative Information
Re-referred to Com. on APPR.
2026-04-20 California Legislative Information
Read second time and amended.
2026-04-16 California Legislative Information
From committee: Amend, and do pass as amended and re-refer to Com. on APPR. (Ayes 9. Noes 0.) (April 15).
2026-04-02 California Legislative Information
In committee: Hearing postponed by committee.
2026-03-23 California Legislative Information
Re-referred to Com. on ED.
2026-03-19 California Legislative Information
From committee chair, with author's amendments: Amend, and re-refer to Com. on ED. Read second time and amended.
2026-03-19 California Legislative Information
Referred to Com. on ED.
2026-02-20 California Legislative Information
From printer. May be heard in committee March 22.
2026-02-19 California Legislative Information
Read first time. To print.

Official Summary Text

AB 2325, as amended, Alvarez.
Teachers: bilingual teachers:
online database and pipeline.
Pathways to Bilingual Teaching Program.
Existing law establishes a system of public elementary and secondary schools in this state and authorizes local educational agencies throughout the state to operate schools and provide instruction to pupils in kindergarten and grades 1 to 12, inclusive. Existing law establishes various programs for the recruitment of teachers. Existing law establishes the Bilingual Teacher Professional Development Program, administered by the State Department of Education in consultation with the Commission on Teacher Credentialing, for teachers seeking to provide instruction in bilingual and multilingual settings.
This bill, which would be operative upon appropriation by the Legislature, would establish the Pathways to Bilingual Teaching Program and would require the commission
to develop and implement a program to award, on a competitive basis, grants of up to $600,000 to consortia of local educational agencies, community colleges, and 4-year institutions of higher education to establish or expand pathways to bilingual teaching to enable bilingual pupils to earn a multiple subject, single subject, or education specialist teaching credential, with a bilingual authorization, as provided. The bill would require the commission to conduct outreach to eligible institutions to encourage applications and support institutions that need assistance in developing partnerships, as provided. The bill would require the commission to annually report to the appropriate fiscal and policy committees of the Legislature on any grants funded until funds are fully expended, as specified.
This bill would require the department, in consultation with the commission, to establish an online database for purposes of connecting the preparation, credentialing, and long-term retention of teachers seeking to provide instruction in bilingual
and multilingual settings and require the database to, among other things, track local educational agencies, as defined, capable of employing teachers seeking to provide instruction in bilingual and multilingual settings, as provided. The bill would state the Legislature’s intent to build a statewide bilingual teacher pipeline for specified purposes, including, among other purposes, for purposes of using eligible grant programs to address the bilingual teacher shortage.

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