SB 330 California Senate · 2025-2026 Regular Session

Budgets: multiyear financial commitments.

Summary

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.

Bill status passed 3 of 5 stages cleared

Introduction

Feb 2025

Committee Review

Jun 2026

Senate Passage

Jun 2025

Assembly Passage

Governor

Introduced Feb 12, 2025 Last action Jun 15, 2026

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What changed between versions

06/11/26 - Amended Assembly → SB330 · 5 edits

MODERATE

SB 330 narrows the multiyear financial commitment and certification period for school districts and county offices of education from three years (current plus two subsequent fiscal years) to two years (current plus one subsequent fiscal year). The bill also requires the State Board of Education to amend related regulations by March 1, 2027, and requires the State Department of Education to modify its reporting software to eliminate fields for a second subsequent fiscal year, with the new two-year structure taking effect in the 2027-28 fiscal year.

Scope change

The bill's scope is unchanged in terms of which agencies it applies to (school districts and county offices of education), but the temporal scope of financial planning and oversight requirements is reduced from a three-year horizon to a two-year horizon across all affected provisions.

REQUIREMENT

Financial certification requirements for school districts and county offices of education are narrowed from covering the current fiscal year plus two subsequent fiscal years to only the current fiscal year plus one subsequent fiscal year. This affects positive, qualified, and negative certification determinations under Education Code Section 1240.

Fiscal distress determinations by the Superintendent under Education Code Section 1630 are narrowed from assessing whether a county office of education can meet obligations for the current year plus two subsequent years to only the current year plus one subsequent year. This affects when going concern notices and intervention actions are triggered.

New requirement that the State Board of Education amend regulations (Subchapters 8 and 9 of Chapter 14, Division 1, Title 5) by March 1, 2027 to replace references to 'two subsequent fiscal years' with 'the subsequent fiscal year.' These amendments are exempt from standard administrative rulemaking procedures.

TECHNICAL

New requirement that the State Department of Education modify the Standardized Account Code Structure reporting software to eliminate reporting fields for a second subsequent fiscal year and ensure the system reflects a two-year operational and forecasting structure commencing with the 2027-28 fiscal year.

DEFINITION

Education Code Section 33128 now explicitly defines that multiyear commitments in budget standards and criteria are limited to only the current fiscal year and the subsequent fiscal year, including cost-of-living adjustments.

03/28/25 - Amended Senate → 06/30/25 - Amended Assembly · 6 edits · Jun 30, 2025

MODERATE

The Assembly amendment to SB 330 adds a new section (25572) requiring pilot project owners to participate in the state Wildfire Fund, including insurance requirements, wildfire mitigation plan submissions, and oversight by the Office of Energy Infrastructure Safety. It also replaces the project labor agreement requirement with a reference to specific statutory sections, adds new eligibility criteria for maintenance contractors and PUC General Order 95 compliance, and changes the bill's appropriation status from 'no' to 'yes' because it expands the purposes for which the continuously appropriated Wildfire Fund may be used.

Scope change

The bill's scope expands to include wildfire fund participation requirements and wildfire safety oversight for pilot project owners, effectively bringing these new transmission entities under the same wildfire liability framework that applies to existing electrical corporations. The appropriation status change reflects this expanded use of the Wildfire Fund.

REQUIREMENT

New Section 25572 requires pilot project owners to participate in the Wildfire Fund, maintain reasonable insurance coverage, submit wildfire mitigation plans to the Office of Energy Infrastructure Safety, and allows recovery of participation costs through FERC transmission revenue requirements.

New Section 25570(a)(5) requires pilot projects to comply with the Public Utilities Commission's General Order 95.

ELIGIBILITY

Section 25570(a)(3) replaces the requirement that pilot projects be implemented pursuant to project labor agreements with a requirement that the infrastructure meets the requirements of Sections 25545.3.3 and 25545.3.5.

New Section 25570(a)(4) requires that unless maintained by an electrical corporation, the transmission infrastructure must be maintained by a contractor that has frequently performed electrical transmission maintenance work for an electrical corporation during the prior 10 years.

FISCAL

The bill's appropriation status changes from 'no' to 'yes' because it expands the purposes for which the continuously appropriated Wildfire Fund may be used, making an appropriation therefor.

ENFORCEMENT

The Office of Energy Infrastructure Safety is given authority to review and approve wildfire mitigation plans for pilot projects and to oversee wildfire safety performance by pilot project owners.

Floor votes · Senate Jun 3, 2025

How they voted

28–10

Passed · 2 other

Total votes 40

Jun 3, 2025

D Democratic30

28 Yea 2

93% Yea

R Republican10

10 Nay

100% Nay

Vote distribution

All Yea All Nay Mixed No data

Full legislative history

Actions timeline

Total actions

Key actions

Committee

Amendments

Jun 15, 2026

Committee

Re-referred to Com. on ED. pursuant to Assembly Rule 96.

lower

Jun 11, 2026

Lower · Passed

From committee with author's amendments. Read second time and amended. Re-referred to Com. on U. & E.

lower

Jun 30, 2025

Lower · Passed

From committee with author's amendments. Read second time and amended. Re-referred to Com. on U. & E.

lower

Jun 9, 2025

Committee

Referred to Coms. on U. & E. and NAT. RES.

lower

Jun 3, 2025

Upper · Passed

Read third time. Passed. (Ayes 28. Noes 10. Page 1443.) Ordered to the Assembly.

upper

May 23, 2025

Upper · Passed

From committee: Do pass. (Ayes 5. Noes 1. Page 1196.) (May 23).

upper

May 1, 2025

Upper · Passed

From committee: Do pass and re-refer to Com. on APPR. (Ayes 6. Noes 2. Page 963.) (April 30). Re-referred to Com. on APPR.

upper

Apr 29, 2025

Upper · Passed

From committee: Do pass and re-refer to Com. on E.Q. (Ayes 13. Noes 3. Page 935.) (April 29). Re-referred to Com. on E.Q.

upper

Mar 28, 2025

Upper · Passed

From committee with author's amendments. Read second time and amended. Re-referred to Com. on E., U & C.

upper

Mar 17, 2025

Upper · Passed

From committee with author's amendments. Read second time and amended. Re-referred to Com. on E., U & C.

upper

Feb 19, 2025

Committee

Referred to Coms. on E., U & C. and E.Q.

upper

Feb 12, 2025

Introduced

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

upper

1 primary · 0 co-sponsors