Bill Text: CA AB1455 | 2013-2014 | Regular Session | Chaptered
Bill Title: Pupils: bullying: counseling services.
Sponsorship: Partisan Bill (Democrat 1)
Status: (Passed) 2014-08-21 - Chaptered by Secretary of State - Chapter 229, Statutes of 2014. [AB1455 Detail]
Download: California-2013-AB1455-Chaptered.html
BILL NUMBER: AB 1455 CHAPTERED
BILL TEXT
CHAPTER 229
FILED WITH SECRETARY OF STATE AUGUST 21, 2014
APPROVED BY GOVERNOR AUGUST 21, 2014
PASSED THE SENATE JULY 3, 2014
PASSED THE ASSEMBLY AUGUST 7, 2014
AMENDED IN SENATE JUNE 18, 2014
AMENDED IN ASSEMBLY MARCH 17, 2014
INTRODUCED BY Assembly Member Campos
JANUARY 9, 2014
An act to add Section 48900.9 to the Education Code, relating to
pupils.
LEGISLATIVE COUNSEL'S DIGEST
AB 1455, Campos. Pupils: bullying: counseling services.
Existing law prohibits a pupil from being suspended from school or
recommended for expulsion unless the superintendent of the school
district or the principal of the school in which the pupil is
enrolled determines that the pupil has committed any of various acts,
including bullying, as defined. Existing law authorizes the
superintendent of the school district or the principal of a school,
for a pupil subject to discipline, to use alternatives to suspension
or expulsion that are age appropriate and designed to address and
correct the pupil's specific misbehavior, including, among other
alternatives, referrals to the school counselor, psychologist, social
worker, child welfare attendance personnel, or other school support
service personnel for case management and counseling.
This bill would authorize the superintendent of a school district,
the principal of a school, or the principal's designee to also refer
a victim of, witness to, or other pupil affected by, an act of
bullying committed on or after January 1, 2015, to the school
counselor, school psychologist, social worker, child welfare
attendance personnel, school nurse, or other school support service
personnel for case management, counseling, and participation in a
restorative justice program, as appropriate. The bill would also
provide that a pupil who has engaged in an act of bullying may also
be referred to those school support service personnel for case
management and counseling, or for participation in a restorative
justice program.
THE PEOPLE OF THE STATE OF CALIFORNIA DO ENACT AS FOLLOWS:
SECTION 1. Section 48900.9 is added to the Education Code, to
read:
48900.9. (a) The superintendent of a school district, the
principal of a school, or the principal's designee may refer a victim
of, witness to, or other pupil affected by, an act of bullying, as
defined in paragraph (1) of subdivision (r) of Section 48900,
committed on or after January 1, 2015, to the school counselor,
school psychologist, social worker, child welfare attendance
personnel, school nurse, or other school support service personnel
for case management, counseling, and participation in a restorative
justice program, as appropriate.
(b) A student who has engaged in an act of bullying, as defined in
paragraph (1) of subdivision (r) of Section 48900, may also be
referred to the school counselor, school psychologist, social worker,
child welfare attendance personnel, or other school support service
personnel for case management and counseling, or for participation in
a restorative justice program, pursuant to Section 48900.5.
