The Vision for California Education Act

AB 2632 (Hoover)

Sign Your Organization On in Support of AB 2632 by April 8

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We are asking organizations (and individuals) that support a coherent, unified, and future-focused vision for education to sign the letter of support for AB 2632 and to share this link with your networks.
AB 2632 is expected to be heard in committee on April 15. We need to show strong support ahead of the hearing. If possible, please sign on in support by April 8.
The more organizations we rally, the stronger our message will be to legislators!
If you complete the sign-on form, we’ll send you regular updates as the bill moves through the legislative process.
The letter of support will be updated daily to showcase all signatories and their logos.
Legislative committees have become stricter about requiring e-signatures from all letter signers.

Sign On in Support of AB 2632 by April 8

What’s Happening?

Scaling Student Success, on behalf of the broad-ranging statewide partnership of school districts and technical assistance providers, is sponsoring The Vision for California Act (Assembly Bill 2632), authored by Assemblymember Josh Hoover (R). This advocacy is the culmination of six years of coalition-building, collaborative work, and awareness-building among 100+ CA school districts that have engaged their local community members to develop a “Portrait of a Learner” or “Graduate Profile” to more holistically define students success, and the support providers who have helped them move those Portraits “from poster to practice”, i.e., fully operationalizing them as a promise to their students, families, and communities.

California has the fourth largest economy in the world and is known globally for its innovation. The state, its youth, families, and communities deserve a world-class education system, guided by a clear vision. Ahead of the 2026 elections for Governor and State Superintendent of Public Instruction (SSPI), AB 2632 will provide new leadership a clear roadmap for achieving that goal.

What the Bill Does

AB 2632 establishes a cohesive, unified, and future-focused statewide vision for California education that integrates the “whole child” approach from early childhood through early adulthood.

The bill would:

Gather inclusive input from students, families, educators, employers, and community and civic leaders;
Address multiple goals, including but not limited to, creating safe schools, building student agency, bringing relevance to learning, advancing “durable skills”, incorporating the State Board of Education’s “Portrait of a Learner”, establishing clear educational pathways, eliminating regulatory barriers that impede innovation, and recruiting and retaining qualified and diverse teachers;
Align state-level accountability metrics to the newly approved vision; and

Build coherence across the system, moving beyond the piecemeal approach to educational improvement that has become commonplace in recent decades.

Key Resources

View Fact Sheet

View Bill Text

View AB 2632 Letter of Support

View Press Release

Why Now?

California has the fourth largest economy in the world and is known globally for its innovation. The state, its youth, families, and communities deserve a world-class education system, guided by a clear vision.

A multitude of surveys and research at the local, state, and national levels conclude that students are bored, disengaged, and do not view school as relevant for their futures. Disengagement since the pandemic is a major cause of the increase in chronic absenteeism. It is also the cause of unprecedented numbers of students and families opting for homeschooling, independent study, microschools, and other educational options.

Over 30 states have adopted education savings accounts (ESAs), vouchers, or tax-credit scholarship programs to accommodate the discontent of students and their families. While California has resisted efforts to adopt these programs, continued discontent may open the door to increased interest among voters.

Increasingly, across the country, students and their families are questioning the value of a 4-year university degree, re-evaluating its return on investment given high costs, loan debt, and the unknown impact of AI on the future workforce.

It is difficult to imagine the long-term impact of AI on education. While still a new technology, AI has already dramatically changed how teachers teach and how students learn. AI-based education tools continue to flood the market, offering improved and accelerated ways to create curriculum, assess students, provide guidance, streamline operations, and more.

Educational leaders are eager to transform the system to better serve the needs of young people, but they feel constrained by compliance to the current accountability system that focuses on narrow measures of student success that are not consistent with what communities prioritize as the skills, competencies, and mindsets most essential for future success.

Since 2013, California has revolutionized school finance through the local control funding formula, prioritizing equity and local flexibility. While well-intentioned, the shifts have had little impact on closing the achievement gap at a state level and in most local schools and districts.

The current California education system lacks coherence. Educational leaders simultaneously praise the value of recently introduced programs and state investments—early childhood education, community schools, expanded learning, career-connected pathways, mental health, new graduation requirements (ethnic studies, personal finance), and more—while complaining that every new initiative adds to the overwhelming list of 80+ discrete categorical programs, each with their own application and reporting processes. District administrators are buried under the weight of paperwork, pulling them away from their top priority of supporting students and staff.

Several major reports in recent years recommend that both states and districts begin an educational transformation process with a whole-child vision. This bill aims to do just that, and we respectfully request your support.

How You Can Help

Our partnership’s strength is our collective voice. Here’s how you and your organization can support this effort:

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Sign your organization on in support of AB 2632 by April 8. Supporters are encouraged to sign the letter of support and share with their networks.
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Spread the word. Share this page with your network. We need as many supporters as possible!
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Connect with legislators. If you have a relationship with your local state Assemblymember or Senator, we’d love your help making introductions and getting their support as all legislators will vote on the bill as it moves through the process. Contact Austin Webster at austin@WStrategiesLLC.com and Roman Stearns at Roman@ScalingStudentSuccess.org.
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Stay informed. Join our contact list to receive updates, not only on the bill’s progress, but also other news related to building a system of education that increasingly is learner-centered, equitable, and competency-based.