AB 842 California Assembly · 2025-2026 Regular Session

Paradise Unified School District: school construction funding.

Summary

Existing law establishes a system of public elementary and secondary schools in this state, and authorizes local educational agencies throughout the state to operate schools and provide instruction to pupils in kindergarten and grades 1 to 12, inclusive. This bill would appropriate $21,500,000 from the General Fund to the Paradise Unified School District for the purpose of completing construction of schools damaged by the Camp Fire of 2018. This bill would make legislative findings and declarations as to the necessity of a special statute for the Paradise Unified School District. Funds appropriated by this bill would be applied toward the minimum funding requirements for school districts and community college districts imposed by Section 8 of Article XVI of the California Constitution.

Bill status failed 1 of 4 stages cleared

Introduction

Feb 2025

Committee Review

Floor Vote

Governor

Introduced Feb 19, 2025 Last action Feb 2, 2026

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03/05/25 - Amended Assembly → AB842 · 1 edit

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No substantive policy changes were made between these two versions of AB 842. The diff reflects a reformatting of the same bill text from a plain-text legislative document layout into a web page rendering, adding navigation elements and changing typographic presentation while leaving all operative provisions identical.

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The bill text was reformatted from a plain-text legislative document (with line numbers and page breaks) into a web page layout with navigation menus, search tools, and metadata fields. All substantive provisions - the $21,500,000 appropriation to Paradise Unified School District for Camp Fire school construction, the special statute findings, and the amendment to Education Code Section 51284.5 adding estate planning and trusts to financial literacy curriculum - remain unchanged.

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Committee

Amendments

Feb 2, 2026

Lower · Passed

From committee: Filed with the Chief Clerk pursuant to Joint Rule 56.

lower

Mar 18, 2025

Lower · Passed

In committee: Hearing postponed by committee.

lower

Mar 6, 2025

Committee

Re-referred to Com. on ED.

lower

Mar 5, 2025

Introduced

From committee chair, with author's amendments: Amend, and re-refer to Com. on ED. Read second time and amended.

lower

Mar 3, 2025

Committee

Referred to Com. on ED.

lower

Feb 20, 2025

Lower · Passed

From printer. May be heard in committee March 22.

lower

1 primary · 0 co-sponsors