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 03/28/25 - Amended Assembly
 02/03/25 - Introduced

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 Date Published: 07/08/2026 09:00 PM

AB395:v94#DOCUMENTBill Start

 Amended
 IN 
 Senate
 July 08, 2026

 Amended
 IN 
 Senate
 June 26, 2025

 Amended
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 Assembly
 May 01, 2025

 Amended
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 Assembly
 April 21, 2025

 Amended
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 Assembly
 March 28, 2025

 CALIFORNIA LEGISLATURE—
 2025–2026 REGULAR SESSION

 Assembly Bill

No. 395

Introduced by Assembly Member Gabriel
(Coauthors: Assembly Members Bains, Bauer-Kahan, and Hadwick)
(Coauthor: Senator (Coauthors: Senators Allen and Stern)

February 03, 2025

An act to add Section 37224 to, and to add Article 12 (commencing with Section 66095) to Chapter 2 of Part 40 of Division 5 of Title 3 of, the Education Code, and to amend Sections 11131 and 54961 of the Government Code, relating to holidays.

LEGISLATIVE COUNSEL'S DIGEST

AB 395, as amended, Gabriel.
 Holidays.

Existing law designates specific days as holidays in this state. Existing law designates holidays on which public schools are required to close.

This bill would require, commencing with the 2026–27 school year, the governing board of a school district, a county office of education, or the governing body of a charter school to consider making efforts to avoid scheduling the first day of class and high school graduation, if applicable, on a date for which the governing board of the school district, the county office of education, or the governing body of the charter school knows, or has reason to know, that members of the public would be unable to participate or be present due to the ritual observance of a religious, cultural, or ancestral holiday. The bill would require the governing board of a school district, a county office of education, or
 the governing body of a charter school, in considering and making a determination of which dates to avoid, to actively seek input from the affected community and consider any other relevant sources to ensure inclusive public participation.

The Donahoe Higher Education Act sets forth the missions and functions of California’s public segments of higher education and their respective institutions of higher education. The California State University, under the administration of the Trustees of the California State University, the California Community Colleges, under the administration of the Board of Governors of the California Community Colleges, and the University of California, under the administration of the Regents of the University of California, are 3 of the segments. Provisions of the act apply to the University of California only to the extent that the Regents of the University of California act, by appropriate resolution, to make them applicable.

This bill would require, commencing with the 2026–2027 academic year, the governing board of a community college and the California State University, and would request the University of California, to make every good faith, reasonable effort, efforts, when developing academic calendars, to avoid calendaring an institutional event, as defined, on a date for which the institution of higher education knows, or has reason to know, that members of the public would be unable to participate or be present due to the ritual observance of a religious, cultural, or ancestral holiday. The bill would
 require the governing board of a community college and the California State University, and would request the University of California, in considering and making a determination of which dates to avoid, to seek input from the student and faculty organizations on campus.

The Bagley-Keene Open Meeting Act and the Ralph M. Brown Act require, with specified exceptions, that all meetings of specified governmental bodies be open and public and all persons be permitted to attend. Existing law prohibits a state agency, as defined, or a legislative body of a local agency, as defined, from conducting any meeting, conference, or other function in any facility that prohibits the admittance of any person, or persons, on the basis of ancestry or a specified characteristic, that is inaccessible to disabled persons, or where members of the public may not be present without making a payment or