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Home/Bills/AB 477California · 2025–2026 Regular Session
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AB 477: Fair Pay for Educators Act: local control funding formula: base grants: funding targets.

California · Assembly · 2025–2026 Regular Session · last verified December 7, 2025

What AB 477 does, verified December 7, 2025

This bill aims to amend the education finance system in California, making several changes to the local control funding formula. Starting with the 2036-37 fiscal year, the bill would increase funding amounts for school districts and charter schools. The new amounts would include: base grants for average daily attendance in different grade spans, increased from $6,845 to $14,879 per pupil for kindergarten to 3rd grade, and from $7,154 to $18,023 per pupil for 9th to 12th grade; add-ons for supplemental and concentration grants, based on the percentage of unduplicated pupils served by the school district or charter school; increased funding for small schools and high schools, with new per-pupil and per-teacher amounts; and an additional add-on for transitional kindergarten, increased from $2,813 to $8,318 per year, adjusted for inflation. The bill would also make changes to the inflation…

Bill journey
IntroducedComplete
In CommitteeComplete
First Chamber FloorComplete
4Second ChamberCurrent
5GovernorPending
6ChapteredPending
Last action: In committee: Held under submission. (2025-06-03)Alert me
Recent actions19 total · showing 5
Aug. 29, 2025In committee: Held under submission.
Jul. 14, 2025In committee: Referred to APPR. suspense file.
Jul. 02, 2025From committee: Do pass and re-refer to Com. on APPR. (Ayes 4. Noes 1.) (July 2). Re-referred to Com. on APPR.
Jun. 23, 2025From committee chair, with author's amendments: Amend, and re-refer to committee. Read second time, amended, and re-referred to Com. on ED.
Jun. 18, 2025Referred to Com. on ED.
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