CA AB395

Requires school districts, county offices of education, and charter schools starting in 2026-27 to consider avoiding scheduling the first day of class and high school graduations on religious, cultural, or ancestral holidays when they know community members cannot attend

Mandates community colleges and California State University (and requests UC) to make reasonable efforts starting 2026-27 to avoid scheduling mandatory institutional events (orientation, move-in day, exams, commencement) on such holidays, with input from student and faculty organizations

Requires state agencies to make every reasonable effort to avoid scheduling meetings on specified religious holidays including Eid al-Adha, Eid al-Fitr, Passover, Rosh Hashanah, Yom Kippur, Diwali, Dussehra, Maha Shivaratri, and Feast of the Nativity

Encourages (but does not mandate) local government legislative bodies to similarly avoid scheduling meetings on these religious, cultural, or ancestral holidays

Provides for state reimbursement to local agencies and school districts if the Commission on State Mandates determines the bill imposes state-mandated costs