SB-1140 • 2026

Pupil safety: limiting school access to unauthorized individuals.

Education Labor

Passed Legislature

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

Sponsor: Ashby
Last action: 2026-05-26
Official status: Referred to Com. on ED.
Effective date: Not listed

Plain English Breakdown

The official source material does not provide specific details on how the bill affects charter schools, only that it imposes additional duties on local educational agencies in general.

Keeping Schools Safe: Limiting Access

This law requires schools to have safety plans that limit access by unauthorized individuals during construction, maintenance, and repair work.

What This Bill Does

Requires school districts and county offices of education to include in their comprehensive school safety plans procedures for excluding unauthorized individuals from school property during construction, facilities maintenance, and repair projects.

Who It Names or Affects

School districts
County offices of education

Terms To Know

Unauthorized individuals: People who are not allowed to be on school property without permission.
State-mandated local program: A program that the state requires local schools or districts to follow, even if it costs them money.

Limits and Unknowns

The bill does not specify how much extra money schools will need to spend.
It is unclear who decides which individuals are unauthorized and when access should be limited.

Bill History

2026-05-26 California Legislative Information
Referred to Com. on ED.
2026-05-19 California Legislative Information
In Assembly. Read first time. Held at Desk.
2026-05-18 California Legislative Information
Read third time. Passed. (Ayes 37. Noes 0.) Ordered to the Assembly.
2026-05-14 California Legislative Information
Read second time. Ordered to third reading.
2026-05-14 California Legislative Information
From committee: Do pass. (Ayes 7. Noes 0.) (May 14).
2026-05-08 California Legislative Information
Set for hearing May 14.
2026-04-13 California Legislative Information
April 13 hearing: Placed on APPR. suspense file.
2026-03-27 California Legislative Information
Set for hearing April 13.
2026-03-25 California Legislative Information
From committee: Do pass and re-refer to Com. on APPR. (Ayes 7. Noes 0. Page 3688.) (March 25). Re-referred to Com. on APPR.
2026-03-12 California Legislative Information
Set for hearing March 25.
2026-02-26 California Legislative Information
Referred to Com. on ED.
2026-02-19 California Legislative Information
From printer. May be acted upon on or after March 21.
2026-02-18 California Legislative Information
Introduced. Read first time. To Com. on RLS. for assignment. To print.

Official Summary Text

SB 1140, as introduced, Ashby.
Pupil safety: limiting school access to unauthorized individuals.
Under existing law, each school district and county office of education is responsible for the overall development, as specified, of a comprehensive school safety plan for each of its schools operating kindergarten or any of grades 1 to 12, inclusive. Existing law requires that the plan include, among other things, procedures for safe ingress and egress of pupils, parents, and school employees to and from school.
Existing law prohibits a chartering authority from denying a petition for the establishment of a charter school unless it makes written factual findings supporting at least one of specified bases for denial. One of those bases for denying a petition is if the petition does not contain a reasonably comprehensive description of the development of a school safety plan that includes the same safety topics required in the comprehensive school
safety plan of a school district or county office of education.
This bill would require a comprehensive school plan to include plans to exclude unauthorized individuals from school property by limiting access points during construction, facilities maintenance, and repair projects. By imposing additional duties on local educational agencies, the bill would impose a state-mandated local program.
The California Constitution requires the state to reimburse local agencies and school districts for certain costs mandated by the state. Statutory provisions establish procedures for making that reimbursement.
This bill would provide that, if the Commission on State Mandates determines that the bill contains costs mandated by the state, reimbursement for those costs shall be made pursuant to the statutory provisions noted above.

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