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AB-842 • 2026

Paradise Unified School District: school construction funding.

Paradise Unified School District: school construction funding.

Budget Education
Passed Legislature

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

Sponsor
Gallagher
Last action
2026-02-02
Official status
From committee: Filed with the Chief Clerk pursuant to Joint Rule 56.
Effective date
Not listed

Plain English Breakdown

The candidate explanation included details about updating the curriculum framework to include financial literacy and estate planning which are not directly supported in the official source material. The bill text mentions these updates but does not provide specific details on implementation or timing.

Paradise Unified School District: Funding for School Construction

This bill provides $21.5 million from the state budget to help rebuild schools damaged by the Camp Fire of 2018 in Paradise, California.

What This Bill Does

  • Provides $21,500,000 from the General Fund to the Paradise Unified School District for completing construction of schools damaged by the Camp Fire of 2018.

Who It Names or Affects

  • Paradise Unified School District

Terms To Know

Instructional Quality Commission
A group that recommends educational materials to help students learn different subjects, including history and social sciences.
Camp Fire
A large wildfire in 2018 that damaged many buildings, including schools, in Paradise, California.

Limits and Unknowns

  • The bill does not specify when the curriculum updates will be completed or how they will be taught.
  • It is unclear if there are any additional requirements for school districts beyond those already set by state law.

Bill History

  1. 2026-02-02 California Legislative Information

    From committee: Filed with the Chief Clerk pursuant to Joint Rule 56.

  2. 2026-01-31 California Legislative Information

    Died pursuant to Art. IV, Sec. 10(c) of the Constitution.

  3. 2025-03-18 California Legislative Information

    In committee: Hearing postponed by committee.

  4. 2025-03-06 California Legislative Information

    Re-referred to Com. on ED.

  5. 2025-03-05 California Legislative Information

    From committee chair, with author's amendments: Amend, and re-refer to Com. on ED. Read second time and amended.

  6. 2025-03-03 California Legislative Information

    Referred to Com. on ED.

  7. 2025-02-20 California Legislative Information

    From printer. May be heard in committee March 22.

  8. 2025-02-19 California Legislative Information

    Read first time. To print.

Official Summary Text

AB 842, as amended, Gallagher.
Pupil instruction: history-social science curriculum framework: financial literacy: estate planning and trusts.
Paradise Unified School District: school construction funding.
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 appropriate $21,500,000 from the General Fund to the Paradise Unified School District for the purpose of completing construction of schools damaged by the Camp Fire of 2018.
This bill would make legislative findings and declarations as to the necessity of a special statute for the Paradise Unified School District.
Funds appropriated by this bill would be applied toward the minimum​
funding requirements for school districts and community college districts imposed by​ Section 8 of Article XVI of the California Constitution.
Existing law requires the adopted course of study for grades 1 to 6, inclusive, to offer instruction in, and for grades 7 to 12, inclusive, to offer courses in, specified areas of study, including social sciences. Existing law establishes the Instructional Quality Commission and requires the commission to, among other things, recommend curriculum frameworks to the State Board of Education. Existing law requires the state board, concurrently with, but not before, the next revision of textbooks or curriculum frameworks in the social sciences, health, and mathematics curricula, to ensure that these academic areas integrate components of, among other things, financial literacy. Notwithstanding that requirement on the state board, existing law requires the commission, when the history-social science curriculum framework is revised after January 1, 2017, to consider including age-appropriate
information for kindergarten and grades 1 to 12, inclusive, regarding certain topics on financial literacy.
This bill would require the commission, when the history-social science curriculum framework is revised after January 1, 2026, to also consider including age-appropriate information and content for kindergarten and grades 1 to 12, inclusive, on the importance of estate planning and the use of trusts.

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