School employee housing to benefit retention and recruitment
AB 2788 (Thurmond, D-Richmond) expresses the intent of the Legislature to enact legislation that would help close the achievement gap by providing a school employee housing tool to school districts that addresses California’s current crisis of low recruitment and retention of school employees.

Limits on charter school petitions
SB 1362 (Beall, D-San Jose) prohibits the governing board of a school district from denying a petition unless, the governing board of the district makes a finding that the petition does not contain a reasonably comprehensive description of the means by which the charter school will achieve a racial and ethnic balance among its pupils, and a balance of pupils receiving special education services.