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 03/19/26 - Amended Assembly
 02/19/26 - Introduced

 AB-2325 Teachers: bilingual teachers: Pathways to Bilingual Teaching Program.(2025-2026)

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 Date Published: 06/15/2026 09:00 PM

AB2325:v96#DOCUMENTBill Start

 Amended
 IN 
 Senate
 June 15, 2026

 Amended
 IN 
 Assembly
 April 20, 2026

 Amended
 IN 
 Assembly
 March 19, 2026

 CALIFORNIA LEGISLATURE—
 2025–2026 REGULAR SESSION

 Assembly Bill

No. 2325

Introduced by Assembly Member Alvarez
(Principal coauthor: Assembly Member Patel)
(Coauthor: Assembly Member Bonta)

February 19, 2026

An act to add Section 44259.4 to the Education Code, relating to teachers.

LEGISLATIVE COUNSEL'S DIGEST

AB 2325, as amended, Alvarez.
 Teachers: bilingual teachers: Pathways to Bilingual Teaching Program.

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. Existing law establishes various programs for the recruitment of teachers. Existing law establishes the Bilingual Teacher Professional Development Program, administered by the State Department of Education in consultation with the Commission on Teacher Credentialing, for teachers seeking to provide instruction in bilingual and multilingual settings.

This bill, which would be operative upon appropriation by the Legislature, would establish the Pathways to Bilingual Teaching Program and would require the commission to develop and implement a program to award, on a competitive basis, grants of up
 to $600,000 to consortia of local educational agencies, community colleges, and agencies to form consortia with 4-year institutions of higher education education, or 4-year institutions of higher education and community colleges, to establish or expand pathways to bilingual teaching to enable bilingual pupils to earn a multiple subject, single subject, PK-3 early childhood education specialist, or education specialist teaching credential, with
 a bilingual authorization, as provided. The bill would require the commission to conduct outreach to eligible institutions to encourage applications and support institutions that need assistance in developing partnerships, as provided.
 The bill would require the commission to annually report to the appropriate fiscal and policy committees of the Legislature on any grants funded until funds are fully expended, as specified.

Digest Key

 Vote:
 MAJORITY 
 Appropriation:
 NO 
 Fiscal Committee:
 YES 
 Local Program:
 NO 

Bill Text

The people of the State of California do enact as follows:

SECTION 1.

 Section 44259.4 is added to the Education Code, to read:

44259.4.

 (a) Subject to an appropriation pursuant to subdivision (j), there is hereby established the Pathways to Bilingual Teaching Program, to be administered by the commission, for the purpose of increasing the number of California teachers qualified to teach in bilingual settings.

(b) (1) The commission shall develop and implement a program to award, on a competitive basis, grants of up to six hundred thousand dollars ($600,000), which may be expended over five six years, to consortia of
 local educational agencies, community colleges, and agencies to form consortia with four-year institutions of higher education education, or four-year institutions of higher education and community colleges, for the purpose of establishing or expanding existing pathways to bilingual teaching to enable bilingual pupils candidates to earn a multiple subject, single subject,
 PK-3 early childhood education specialist, or education specialist credential
 credential, with a bilingual authorization.

(2) The commission shall give priority for grants to local educational agencies whose applications demonstrate a high need for teachers with a bilingual authorization by meeting one or both of the following:

(A) The local educational agency includes one or more local educational agencies with a high concentration of pupils who are English language learners.

(B) The local educational agency includes one or more local educational agencies located in a rural area or a geographic region exp