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AB-776 • 2026

School administration: school districts.

School administration: school districts.

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The official status still shows this bill as active or still awaiting another formal step.

Sponsor
Garcia
Last action
Official status
Assembly - Died
Effective date
Not listed

Plain English Breakdown

The source confirms the bill passed the Legislature but died at the Governor's desk, so it did not become law.

School District Naming Rules

AB-776 proposes small, non-substantive updates to the rules about how new school districts choose their names.

What This Bill Does

  • Updates existing laws that require a new school district's first board to pick a name.
  • Keeps the rule that naming must happen at the first meeting or as soon as practicable thereafter.

Who It Names or Affects

  • The first governing boards of new school districts

Limits and Unknowns

  • The bill text does not list the specific words that were changed.
  • This measure died at the Governor's desk and did not become law.

Bill History

  1. California Legislative Information

    Assembly - Died

Official Summary Text

School administration: school districts.