AB 65 would remove current rules that allow school and community college boards to make their own policies about pregnancy-related leave and instead require all public schools and community colleges to provide employees—both teachers and staff—up to 14 weeks of paid leave if they are unable to work due to pregnancy, miscarriage, childbirth, abortion, or recovery from any of these. This paid leave can start before and continue after childbirth if the employee is medically disabled by pregnancy or a related condition, and the employee must continue to receive the same health insurance benefits they had before going on leave.