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SB-226 • 2026

Community colleges: territory transfers between districts.

Community colleges: territory transfers between districts.

Education Labor
Passed Legislature

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

Sponsor
Cabaldon
Last action
2025-07-09
Official status
July 8 set for first hearing canceled at the request of author.
Effective date
Not listed

Plain English Breakdown

The bill summary does not provide specific details about how often territory transfers can occur, leaving this aspect open-ended.

Community College District Territory Transfers

This law allows the Board of Governors to approve territory transfers between community college districts based on their own decision or a petition from district boards, ensuring compliance with existing laws.

What This Bill Does

  • Allows the Board of Governors to transfer parts of one community college district to another without needing special permission.
  • Requires that any transfer follows existing laws and does not change how teachers are classified in affected areas.
  • Ensures that agreements between districts include details about money, property, and responsibilities after a territory transfer.

Who It Names or Affects

  • Community college districts in California
  • The Board of Governors of the California Community Colleges

Terms To Know

Board of Governors
The group that runs the California Community College system.
Territory transfer
Moving parts of one community college district to another.

Limits and Unknowns

  • Does not specify how often territory transfers can happen.
  • Does not explain what happens if districts disagree about a transfer.

Bill History

  1. 2025-07-09 California Legislative Information

    July 8 set for first hearing canceled at the request of author.

  2. 2025-06-09 California Legislative Information

    Referred to Com. on HIGHER ED.

  3. 2025-06-03 California Legislative Information

    In Assembly. Read first time. Held at Desk.

  4. 2025-06-02 California Legislative Information

    Read third time. Passed. (Ayes 32. Noes 0. Page 1390.) Ordered to the Assembly.

  5. 2025-05-23 California Legislative Information

    Read second time. Ordered to third reading.

  6. 2025-05-23 California Legislative Information

    From committee: Do pass. (Ayes 5. Noes 0. Page 1192.) (May 23).

  7. 2025-05-16 California Legislative Information

    Set for hearing May 23.

  8. 2025-05-12 California Legislative Information

    May 12 hearing: Placed on APPR. suspense file.

  9. 2025-05-02 California Legislative Information

    Set for hearing May 12.

  10. 2025-04-23 California Legislative Information

    From committee: Do pass and re-refer to Com. on APPR. (Ayes 5. Noes 0. Page 865.) (April 23). Re-referred to Com. on APPR.

  11. 2025-04-04 California Legislative Information

    Set for hearing April 23.

  12. 2025-02-05 California Legislative Information

    Referred to Com. on ED.

  13. 2025-01-29 California Legislative Information

    From printer. May be acted upon on or after February 28.

  14. 2025-01-28 California Legislative Information

    Introduced. Read first time. To Com. on RLS. for assignment. To print.

Official Summary Text

SB 226, as introduced, Cabaldon.
Community colleges: territory transfers between districts.
Existing law establishes the California Community Colleges, under the administration of the Board of Governors of the California Community Colleges, as one of the segments of public postsecondary education in the state. The segment comprises 73 community college districts and a total of 116 community colleges throughout the state. Existing law establishes requirements and procedures for the initiation and approval of proposals to reorganize community college districts through the transfer of territory between existing districts.
This bill, notwithstanding certain requirement and procedure provisions described above, would authorize the board of governors to approve the transfer of territory, in whole or in part, from specified community college districts to another district upon its own initiative or upon the filing of a petition by the governing
board of a district or the county committee on school district organization for the county where territory would be transferred. The bill would require the board of governors to ensure that a transfer of territory and any necessary agreements between the community college districts comply with and meet the requirements of specified provisions of existing state law, including, among others, that the reorganization of any district or districts does not affect the classification of academic employees already employed by any district affected and that the transfer agreement provides for the allocation of funds, property, and obligations affected by the transfer, as provided.

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