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AB-2675 • 2026

School accountability: local control and accountability plans: education technology: best practices.

School accountability: local control and accountability plans: education technology: best practices.

Education Taxes Technology
Passed Legislature

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

Sponsor
Arambula
Last action
2026-04-23
Official status
From committee: Do pass and re-refer to Com. on APPR. with recommendation: To Consent Calendar. (Ayes 9. Noes 0.) (April 22). Re-referred to Com. on APPR.
Effective date
Not listed

Plain English Breakdown

The bill's summary does not provide specific details on how much money will be used for the creation and dissemination of best practices, leaving this as an unknown.

School Technology Best Practices

The bill requires the State Department of Education to create a guide for schools receiving federal funding on how to use technology better, hold webinars about it, and showcase successful tech integration.

What This Bill Does

  • Requires the State Department of Education to prepare a compilation of best practices for using technology in schools by December 31, 2027, specifically for those that receive federal funding.
  • Needs the department to conduct at least three informational webinars in 2028 about incorporating these best practices into LCAPs.
  • Asks the department to identify ways to encourage local educational agencies receiving federal funds to incorporate these tech guidelines and showcase examples of successful integration.

Who It Names or Affects

  • School districts that receive specified federal funding
  • County offices of education that receive specified federal funding
  • Charter schools that receive specified federal funding

Terms To Know

Local Control and Accountability Plan (LCAP)
A plan that school districts, county offices of education, and charter schools must make to show how they will use money to help students meet state goals.
California Collaborative for Educational Excellence
An organization that helps improve California's public schools by working with the State Department of Education.

Limits and Unknowns

  • The bill does not specify how much funding will be allocated to create and share these best practices.
  • It is unclear if all schools, or only those receiving federal funds, must follow this guidance.
  • Future legislation about elementary and secondary education is intended but not detailed in this bill.

Bill History

  1. 2026-04-23 California Legislative Information

    From committee: Do pass and re-refer to Com. on APPR. with recommendation: To Consent Calendar. (Ayes 9. Noes 0.) (April 22). Re-referred to Com. on APPR.

  2. 2026-03-23 California Legislative Information

    Re-referred to Com. on ED.

  3. 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.

  4. 2026-03-19 California Legislative Information

    Referred to Com. on ED.

  5. 2026-02-21 California Legislative Information

    From printer. May be heard in committee March 23.

  6. 2026-02-20 California Legislative Information

    Read first time. To print.

Official Summary Text

AB 2675, as amended, Arambula.
Elementary and secondary education.
School accountability: local control and accountability plans: education technology: best practices.
Existing law requires school districts, county superintendents of schools, and charter schools to adopt and update a local control and accountability plan (LCAP) using a template adopted by the State Board of Education that requires an LCAP to include certain information, including, among other information, (1) a description of the annual goals to be achieved for specified state priorities, including, among others, pupil achievement and pupil outcomes, (2) a description of the specific actions that the local educational agency will take during each year of the LCAP to achieve these goals, and (3) an assessment of the effectiveness of the specific actions described in the existing LCAP toward achieving the goals, as provided.
This bill would, among other things,
require the State Department of Education, in consultation with the state board and the California Collaborative for Educational Excellence, to (1) on or before December 31, 2027, prepare a compilation of best practices to harness the power of technology to support pupil academic success and accelerate pupil academic achievement for school districts, county offices of education, and charter schools that receive specified federal funding, including a model policy for incorporation of those best practices into their LCAPs, (2) conduct at least 3 informational webinars in 2028 for those local educational agencies to understand how to incorporate the best practices and model policy into their LCAPs, and (3) on or before December 31, 2028, identify ways to (A) encourage local educational agencies to incorporate the compilation of best practices and the model policy into their LCAPs, and (B) showcase local educational agencies that have demonstrated success integrating technology in a manner than has positively
impacted pupil achievement.
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.
This bill would state the intent of the Legislature to enact future legislation relating to elementary and secondary education.

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