"California classrooms will look and feel different in 2026 with new limits on cellphones, expanded protections for immigrant families, gender-neutral bathrooms and healthier school meals rolling out statewide as a slate of new education laws takes effect for the state's 5.8 million K-12 students. The changes come after a turbulent stretch for California schools, as districts juggled declining enrollment, chronic absenteeism and stagnant test scores."
"School districts, county offices of education and charter schools must provide at least one gender-neutral bathroom at each school site by July 1, under Senate Bill 760, which was signed by Gov. Gavin Newsom in 2023. The law requires the bathroom to be open to students of all genders, unlocked and readily accessible. It does not apply to campuses that have only one boys' and one girls' bathroom, nor does it include kindergarten and transitional kindergarten students."
California will roll out multiple new K-12 education laws in 2026 affecting 5.8 million students. New measures include limits on cellphones, expanded protections for immigrant families, at least one gender-neutral bathroom per school site, and healthier school meals. The gender-neutral bathroom requirement, under Senate Bill 760 signed in 2023, mandates an unlocked, accessible restroom open to all genders with specific exemptions for campuses with only one boys' and one girls' bathroom and for kindergarten and transitional kindergarten. Lawmakers also approved laws to limit how and when immigration officers can operate on school and college campuses, and to prohibit concealment of identities by federal officers.
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