2024-107 California Healthy Youth Act
Greater Accountability Would Help Ensure That Districts Comply With All Aspects of the Law
Published: October 28, 2025
Audit Recommendations Disclosure
When an audit is completed and a report is issued, auditees must provide the State Auditor with information regarding their progress in implementing recommendations from our reports at three intervals from the release of the report: 60 days, six months, and one year. Additionally, Senate Bill 1452 (Chapter 452, Statutes of 2006), requires auditees who have not implemented recommendations after one year, to report to us and to the Legislature why they have not implemented them or to state when they intend to implement them. Below is a listing of each recommendation the State Auditor made in the report referenced and a link to the most recent response from the auditee addressing their progress in implementing the recommendation and the State Auditor’s assessment of auditee’s response based on our review of the supporting documentation.
Recommendations to the Legislature
Recommendation 1
If the Legislature wants greater consistency in CHYA instruction related to LGBTQ+ bodies and relationships, it should amend CHYA to require districts to include more specific information and to integrate the information throughout instruction and materials.
Agency response status:
Not fully implemented
Date of implementation:
N/A
State Auditor assessment status:
No action taken
60-Day Agency Response
As of 12/27/25, the Legislature has not taken any action in the 2025/26 Legislative Session to address this specific recommendation.
Recommendation 2
To increase the likelihood that teachers provide instruction that complies with CHYA, the Legislature should amend CHYA to require teachers to receive regular training on CHYA’s requirements and the scope of what must be covered.
Agency response status:
Not fully implemented
Date of implementation:
N/A
State Auditor assessment status:
No action taken
60-Day Agency Response
As of 12/27/25, the Legislature has not taken any action in the 2025/26 Legislative Session to address this specific recommendation.
To improve school districts’ compliance with CHYA statewide, the Legislature should require CDE to monitor school districts’ compliance with CHYA requirements and should also establish the minimum number of districts that CDE should review each year.
Agency response status:
Not fully implemented
Date of implementation:
N/A
State Auditor assessment status:
No action taken
60-Day Agency Response
As of 12/27/25, the Legislature has not taken any action in the 2025/26 Legislative Session to address this specific recommendation.
Recommendation 12
If the Legislature wishes to better position school districts to select instructional materials that comply with CHYA, it should require CDE to at least biennially publish on its website reviews of commonly available instructional materials that contain the following:
- A compliance score demonstrating how closely the materials align with CHYA.
- Information about what content is noncompliant or missing from the materials.
- Guidance explaining how school districts could supplement the materials in order to
comply with CHYA.
Agency response status:
Not fully implemented
Date of implementation:
N/A
State Auditor assessment status:
No action taken
60-Day Agency Response
As of 12/27/25, the Legislature has not taken any action in the 2025/26 Legislative Session to address this specific recommendation.
Recommendations to Rocklin Unified School District
Recommendation 3
To improve compliance with CHYA, Rocklin should perform a detailed review of CHYA’s requirements and amend or supplement its instructional materials so that it addresses all required topics. Further, Rocklin should annually review the information in its instructional materials to ensure that it is accurate, up-to-date, and complies with any changes to state law.
Agency response status:
Pending
Recommendation 8
To ensure that it periodically trains all school district personnel who provide CHYA instruction, Rocklin should adopt policies and procedures that do the following:
- Define the frequency and content of training for teachers who provide CHYA instruction. The defined frequency should ensure that teachers receive timely training on the most recent, medically accurate information and that no teacher provides CHYA instruction without having first received that training.
- Track compliance with the required training.
Agency response status:
Pending
Recommendations to Sonoma Valley Unified School District
Recommendation 4
To improve compliance with CHYA, Sonoma should perform a detailed review of CHYA’s requirements and amend or supplement its instructional materials so that it addresses all required topics. Further, Sonoma should annually review the information in its instructional materials to ensure that it is accurate, up-to-date, and complies with any changes to state law.
Agency response status:
Pending
Recommendation 9
To ensure that it periodically trains all school district personnel who provide CHYA instruction, Rocklin should adopt policies and procedures that do the following:
- Define the frequency and content of training for teachers who provide CHYA instruction. The defined frequency should ensure that teachers receive timely training on the most recent, medically accurate information and that no teacher provides CHYA instruction without having first received that training.
- Track compliance with the required training.
Agency response status:
Pending
Recommendations to Tulare Joint Union High School District
Recommendation 5
To improve compliance with CHYA, Tulare should perform a detailed review of CHYA’s requirements and amend or supplement its instructional materials so that it addresses all required topics. Further, Tulare should annually review the information in its instructional materials to ensure that it is accurate, up-to-date, and complies with any changes to state law.
Agency response status:
Not fully implemented
Date of implementation:
6/1/2026
State Auditor assessment status:
Pending
60-Day Agency Response
Update: First, Kevin Covert is currently working with the Library Textbook Clerk Team to gather additional instructional materials to compare and contrast with our current approved instructional materials with Glencoe Health and Human Sexuality. Secondly, in the Spring of 2026, Kevin Covert will meet with teachers to review the CHYA requirements, review current instructional materials, preview other instructional materials as well as district pacing guides, in an effort to align our pacing guides with all current CHYA requirements. Additionally, the team will decide whether to continue with currently approved instructional materials and provide additional supplemental materials or move to completely new instructional materials for the Fall of 2026. Finally, each subsequent Spring semester, Kevin Covert will gather the teachers to review any changes to CHYA requirements and make adjustments to the instructional materials, supplemental materials and pacing guides as needed.
Recommendation 10
To ensure that it periodically trains all school district personnel who provide CHYA instruction, Rocklin should adopt policies and procedures that do the following:
- Define the frequency and content of training for teachers who provide CHYA instruction. The defined frequency should ensure that teachers receive timely training on the most recent, medically accurate information and that no teacher provides CHYA instruction without having first received that training.
- Track compliance with the required training.
Agency response status:
Not fully implemented
Date of implementation:
8/1/26
State Auditor assessment status:
Pending
60-Day Agency Response
All teachers giving CHYA instruction will be trained prior to the start of each new school year. This training will take place over the summer or on days designated for professional development for teachers prior to the start of school.
Teachers will not be able to provide CHYA instruction, without first completing the annual training.
The content of the training will be based on the following:
- New and/or revised instructional materials and/or supplemental instructional materials.
- Current CHYA requirements, and any changes to CHYA requirements as they arise.
- Current and medically accurate information.
The training will be provided by:
- Instructional Material/Textbook company, or
- Local County Office of Education, or
- Assistant Superintendent of Curriculum, Technology, and Assessment, or
- Any combination of the previous three.
The Assistant Superintendent of Curriculum, Technology, and Assessment will work with Human Resources department to obtain an accurate list of teachers identified to teach CHYA curriculum, and track compliance with the required training.
Recommendations to Long Beach Unified School District
Recommendation 6
Long Beach should annually review the information in its instructional materials to ensure that it is accurate, up-to-date, and complies with any changes to state law.
Agency response status:
Pending
Recommendation 7
To ensure that it complies with the training requirements in CHYA, Long Beach should review its teacher training program and modify the program as necessary to align with CHYA’s requirements.
Agency response status:
Not fully implemented
Date of implementation:
Jan. 31, 2026
State Auditor assessment status:
Pending
60-Day Agency Response
We recently revised our curriculum to fully address CHYA requirements. Our next step is to revise our training so that it fully prepares teachers to deliver the revised content and to ensure that the training complies with the training requirements in CHYA. Our Spring 2025 training begins in March, so we’ll revise the content of the training prior to deploying training.
