Sacramento, California – Today Senate Bills 98, 234, 445, and 467 authored by Senator Anthony J. Portantino (D – Burbank) passed the Senate Education Committee. The bills address enrollment based funding for K-12 schools, the rise in opioid-related deaths among our youth, language barriers for parents with student Individualized Education Plans (IEPs) by providing translation services, and breaking down additional educational barriers for undocumented students.