AB 1797: Pupil instruction: Open Enrollment Act.

Official summary

Legislative Counsel’s Digest (official, as of the latest version). Written by nonpartisan legislative staff; reproduced verbatim.

The Open Enrollment Act authorizes the parent of a pupil enrolled in a low-achieving school to submit an application for the pupil to attend a school in a school district other than the school district in which the parent resides, as specified. The act defines “low-achieving school” to mean a school on a list created annually by the Superintendent of Public Instruction of 1,000 schools ranked by increasing Academic Performance Index score with the same ratio of elementary, middle, and high schools as existed in decile 1 in the 2008–09 school year.

This bill would recast and revise the act. The bill would delete the definition of, and references to, the term “low-achieving school” in the act. The bill would instead generally revise the terminology of the act to specify that the parent of a pupil enrolled in a school district of residence, as defined, is authorized to submit an application for the pupil to attend a school district of enrollment, as defined. The bill would also delete from the act obsolete references to the Academic Performance Index and to the federal Race to the Top Fund.

Sponsors

Sponsors by party (alphabetical): Republican 1

“Support” is shown only as formal sponsorship recorded by the legislature. Roll-call votes are available on the official bill page.

Recent official actions

1. May 19, 2026From committee: Without further action pursuant to Joint Rule 62(a).
2. April 22, 2026In committee: Set, first hearing. Failed passage.
3. February 23, 2026Referred to Com. on ED.
4. February 11, 2026From printer. May be heard in committee March 13.
5. February 10, 2026Read first time. To print.