Assembly Bill No. 1861 (Introduced by Assembly Member Lackey on February 11, 2026 )
This assembly bill was introduced by Assembly Member Lackey on February 11, 2026. This is an act to add Section 56049.2 to the Education Code, relating to special education.
This bill would require the department, on or before January 1, 2030, to create, or contract to create, and maintain an online database of all complaints described above that the department receives and that the department has received consent to post beginning with the first school year in which the database is operational. The bill would require the department, before entering any documents into the database, to obtain consent from the complainant to add the report to the database and to redact any personally identifiable information, as provided. The bill would require the department to notify school districts, county offices of education, and charter schools of these requirements.