County of Sacramento v. State of California, Re: Failure to Fund AB 3632
November 5, 2010 Sacramento County and 22 other California counties filed a lawsuit against the state to request suspension of an unfunded mandate that requires that counties provide mental health services for special education students. When Governor Arnold Schwarzenegger signed the stateÂ’s 2010-2011 budget on October 8, 2010, he vetoed all funding for a 26-year-old program mandated by the 1984 Assembly Bill 3632 (AB 3632), which had reimbursed county mental health departments for providing services to students identified by their school districts. The counties seek judicial clarification and verification of a state constitutional point that specifies . . .
