This week, Gov. Gavin Newsom signed a law that will require the state Board of Education to consider teaching students about the symptoms of heat illness in schools. Another law, which the governor signed in 2024 with a key deadline this month, requires schools to come up with rules for outdoor activities when there are extreme weather events like heat waves.  

A Superior Court judge tentatively ruled Thursday that recently enacted California legislation reducing funding for programs subsidized by cannabis tax revenue and license fees is constitutional after a group of petitioners sought to void two bills they claim are amendments to Proposition 64 and violate the California Constitution.

At its July 16, 2026, meeting, the Board of Trustees heard a presentation from Admissions Chief Donna Hershkowitz highlighting the California Supreme Court’s order approving the State Bar’s recommendation to move to the National Conference of Bar Examiners’ NextGen Uniform Bar Examination (NextGen UBE) beginning in July 2028 and to prepare the addition of a California component for July 2029.

The California ​Supreme Court on Wednesday approved moving to the NextGen Uniform Bar Exam, which is the updated exam from the ‌National Conference of Bar Examiners that is set to debut later this month. It also ordered the State Bar of California to develop a California law-specific section to supplement the NextGen exam.