SB 330: Budgets: multiyear financial commitments.

Official summary

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

Existing law requires the Superintendent of Public Instruction, the Controller, and the Director of Finance to develop and update as necessary, standards and criteria to be reviewed and adopted by the State Board of Education and to be used by local educational agencies in the development of annual budgets and the management of subsequent expenditures from that budget, as specified. Existing law requires these standards and criteria to include, among other things, multiyear commitments, including cost-of-living adjustments.

This bill would specify that the multiyear commitments are for only the current fiscal year and the subsequent fiscal year. The bill would require the state board, on or before March 1, 2027, to amend specified related regulations, as provided, and would require the State Department of Education to modify the Standardized Account Code Structure reporting software infrastructure to eliminate reporting fields for a 2nd subsequent fiscal year and, commencing with the 2027–28 fiscal year, ensure that the system reflects a 2-year operational and forecasting structure.

Existing law requires the governing board of a school district and each county board of education, on or before July 1 of each year, to adopt a budget, as specified, and requires that budget to be filed with the county superintendent of schools or the Superintendent, respectively. Existing law requires the county superintendent of schools or the Superintendent, as applicable, to, among other things, examine the adopted budget to determine whether it complies with the standards and criteria adopted by the state board for local educational agency budgets and determine whether the adopted budget (1) will allow the school district or county office of education to meet its financial obligations during the fiscal year and (2) is consistent with a financial plan that will enable the school district or county office of education to satisfy its multiyear financial commitments.

Existing law requires the governing board of each school district and each county superintendent of schools to certify whether the school district or county office of education is able to meet its financial obligations for the remainder of the fiscal year and for the subsequent 2 fiscal years. Existing law requires (1) a negative certification to be assigned to any school district or county office of education that will be unable to meet its financial obligations for the remainder of the fiscal year or the subsequent fiscal year, (2) a qualified certification to be assigned to the school district or county office of education that may not meet its financial obligations for the current fiscal year or 2 subsequent fiscal years, and (3) a positive certification to be assigned to a school district or county office of education that will meet its financial obligations for the current fiscal year and subsequent 2 fiscal years. Existing law requires a copy of the school district’s or county superintendent’s certification to be filed with the county superintendent of schools or the Superintendent, respectively.

The bill would instead only require certification for the current fiscal year and the subsequent fiscal year, and would require determinations for qualified and positive certifications to instead be assigned based only on the current fiscal year and the subsequent fiscal year. The bill would also make conforming changes to related provisions.

Sponsors

Sponsors by party (alphabetical): Democratic 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. June 15, 2026Re-referred to Com. on ED. pursuant to Assembly Rule 96.
2. June 11, 2026From committee with author's amendments. Read second time and amended. Re-referred to Com. on U. & E.
3. July 16, 2025July 16 set for second hearing canceled at the request of author.
4. July 9, 2025July 9 set for first hearing canceled at the request of author.
5. June 30, 2025From committee with author's amendments. Read second time and amended. Re-referred to Com. on U. & E.
6. June 9, 2025Referred to Coms. on U. & E. and NAT. RES.
7. June 4, 2025In Assembly. Read first time. Held at Desk.
8. June 3, 2025Read third time. Passed. (Ayes 28. Noes 10. Page 1443.) Ordered to the Assembly.
9. May 23, 2025Read second time. Ordered to third reading.
10. May 23, 2025From committee: Do pass. (Ayes 5. Noes 1. Page 1196.) (May 23).
11. May 16, 2025Set for hearing May 23.
12. May 12, 2025May 12 hearing: Placed on APPR. suspense file.