SB 98: Elementary, secondary, and postsecondary education: immigration enforcement: notification.

Official summary

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

(1)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 a comprehensive school safety plan to, among other things, identify appropriate strategies and programs that will provide or maintain a high level of school safety and address the school’s procedures for complying with existing laws related to school safety.

This bill would additionally require, until January 1, 2031, when a comprehensive school safety plan is next reviewed and updated, or by no later than March 1, 2026, those plans to include procedures specifically designed to notify parents and guardians of pupils, teachers, administrators, and school personnel when the school confirms the presence of immigration enforcement, as defined, on the schoolsite.

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 authorize, until January 1, 2031, a chartering authority to deny a charter school petition that does not include in its proposed development of a school safety plan the same provisions on procedures and policies relating to notifying parents and guardians of pupils, teachers, administrators, and charter school personnel when the charter school confirms the presence of immigration enforcement, as defined, on the schoolsite as are required by the bill in a school district or county office of education comprehensive school safety plan. The bill also would make conforming changes.

To the extent that this bill would impose new duties on local educational agencies, the bill would impose a state-mandated local program.

(2)Existing law establishes the California State University, under the administration of the Trustees of the California State University, the University of California, under the administration of the Regents of the University of California, the California Community Colleges, under the administration of the Board of Governors of the California Community Colleges, and independent institutions of higher education as 4 segments of postsecondary education in the state.

Sponsors

Sponsors by party (alphabetical): Democratic 12

“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. September 20, 2025Chaptered by Secretary of State. Chapter 124, Statutes of 2025.
2. September 20, 2025Approved by the Governor.
3. September 9, 2025Enrolled and presented to the Governor at 2 p.m.
4. September 2, 2025Assembly amendments concurred in. (Ayes 31. Noes 8. Page 2404.) Ordered to engrossing and enrolling.
5. September 2, 2025In Senate. Concurrence in Assembly amendments pending.
6. September 2, 2025Read third time. Urgency clause adopted. Passed. (Ayes 59. Noes 10. Page 2811.) Ordered to the Senate.
7. August 28, 2025Read third time and amended.
8. August 28, 2025Ordered to third reading.
9. August 25, 2025Read second time. Ordered to third reading.
10. August 21, 2025Read second time and amended. Ordered to second reading.
11. August 20, 2025From committee: Do pass as amended. (Ayes 11. Noes 3.) (August 20).
12. July 9, 2025From committee: Do pass and re-refer to Com. on APPR. (Ayes 7. Noes 2.) (July 8). Re-referred to Com. on APPR.