Bill Text: CA AB1880 | 2011-2012 | Regular Session | Amended
Bill Title: Pupil safety: teen dating abuse prevention.
Spectrum: Partisan Bill (Democrat 2-0)
Status: (Introduced - Dead) 2012-05-25 - In committee: Set, second hearing. Held under submission. [AB1880 Detail]
Download: California-2011-AB1880-Amended.html
BILL NUMBER: AB 1880 AMENDED
BILL TEXT
AMENDED IN ASSEMBLY APRIL 10, 2012
INTRODUCED BY Assembly Member Lara
( Coauthor: Assembly Member
Brownley )
FEBRUARY 22, 2012
An act to amend Sections 32228, 32261, 32265, 32270, 32281, 32282,
32283, and 48980 of the Education Code, relating to pupil safety.
LEGISLATIVE COUNSEL'S DIGEST
AB 1880, as amended, Lara. Pupil safety: teen dating
abuse prevention.
Existing law, the Interagency School Safety Demonstration Act of
1985, among other things, requires school districts and county
offices of education to be responsible for the overall development of
comprehensive school safety plans for its schools operating
kindergarten or any of grades 1 to 12, inclusive, and requires the
schoolsite council of certain school districts to write and develop a
comprehensive school safety plan , which is required to be
evaluated once a year . The act also requires the
Department of Justice and the State Department of Education to
contract with one or more professional trainers to provide training
in the prevention of bullying.
This bill would define teen dating abuse and a dating
partner for purposes of the act and would make specified findings and
declarations and state legislative intent regarding teen
dating abuse. The bill would require middle schools and high
schools serving pupils in any of grades 6 to 12, inclusive, to do
specified things, including, but not limited to, establishing and
implementing a policy to prevent and respond to dating abuse as their
comprehensive school safety plans are reviewed and updated
a comprehensive school safety plan to include the development
of procedures and policies to prevent and respond to teen dating
abuse in middle and high schools serving pupils in any of grades 6 to
12, inclusive, which would be required to include specified actions
. The bill would require certain a
schoolsite councils council of a
middle school or high school serving any of grades 6 to 12,
inclusive, or a school safety planning committee, to
consult with local, state, or national organizations with expertise
in teen dating abuse prevention and response in developing
the teen dating abuse policy
procedures and policies of their comprehensive school safety
plan. The bill would require the governing board of each school
district to notify the parent or guardian of a minor pupil at the
beginning of the first semester or quarter of the regular school term
of the teen dating abuse policy
procedures and policies , and how to make a complaint or help
their child make a complaint of teen dating abuse. The bill
would additionally require the Department of Justice and the State
Department of Education to contract with one or more professional
trainers to provide training in the prevention of teen
dating abuse. The bill would also update references to dating
violence and teen relationship violence to refer to teen
dating abuse. The bill would make its provisions operative on July 1,
2013.
By imposing new duties on schools and school districts regarding
the development and notification of the teen
dating abuse policy procedures and
policies , this bill would impose a state-mandated local
program.
The California Constitution requires the state to reimburse local
agencies and school districts for certain costs mandated by the
state. Statutory provisions establish procedures for making that
reimbursement.
This bill would provide that, if the Commission on State Mandates
determines that the bill contains costs mandated by the state,
reimbursement for those costs shall be made pursuant to these
statutory provisions.
Vote: majority. Appropriation: no. Fiscal committee: yes.
State-mandated local program: yes.
THE PEOPLE OF THE STATE OF CALIFORNIA DO ENACT AS FOLLOWS:
SECTION 1. (a) The Legislature finds and declares all of the
following:
(1) A safe, secure, and peaceful school environment is necessary
for pupils to learn and achieve.
(2) A substantial number of incidents of teen dating
abuse occur in school buildings and on school grounds.
(3) Dating Teen dating
abuse, which may also be referred to as teen dating violence, can
include physical, sexual, verbal, emotional, and technological abuse
against a dating partner, and has been linked to other forms of
peer-to-peer violence and aggression, including, but not limited to,
bullying and physical violence.
(4) Victims of teen dating abuse are at increased risk
for low academic performance, truancy, dropout, harmful behaviors
such as the use of alcohol, tobacco, and other drugs, eating
disorders, adolescent pregnancy, and suicide. Victims are also at
increased risk for carrying a weapon to school, having been
threatened or injured with a weapon at school, and having damaged
school property.
(5) Dating Teen dating abuse
threatens the safety of all pupils, distracts pupils from a focus on
learning, and compromises the overall school climate.
(6) Despite the high prevalence of teen dating abuse,
warning signs of teen dating abuse are often missed or
misinterpreted by pupils and adults.
(7) Abusive behaviors learned in adolescence can escalate into
adulthood. Pupils who are victims in high school are at higher risk
for victimization during college, and adolescent perpetrators of
teen dating abuse are more likely to abuse their intimate
partners as adults.
(8) Because of the negative outcomes and specific dynamics
associated with teen dating abuse, pupils, parents,
guardians, and school personnel should be informed about teen
dating abuse and how to prevent, recognize, and intervene
appropriately, including what policies and resources exist for
support of and protection for pupils.
(9) If the abuse involves a behavior that qualifies as sexual
harassment pursuant to Section 212.5 of the Education Code, then such
behavior would be covered by a school's written policy on sexual
harassment pursuant to Section 231.5 of the Education Code.
(b) It is the intent of the Legislature that schools promote
healthy relationships and prevent teen dating abuse
through age-appropriate, culturally sensitive, comprehensive
prevention, early intervention, and response strategies.
Dating Teen dating abuse prevention strategies
can help to ensure a positive school climate and a safe learning
environment for all pupils. Early detection and intervention
strategies with pupils exhibiting warning signs of teen
dating abuse perpetration or victimization can help to address and
redirect that behavior before it escalates and becomes more harmful
and dangerous. Response strategies can help to protect the safety of
targeted pupils as well as the due process rights of alleged
offenders.
SEC. 2. Section 32228 of the Education Code is amended to read:
32228. (a) It is the intent of the Legislature that public
schools serving pupils in any of grades 8 to 12, inclusive, have
access to supplemental resources to establish programs and strategies
that promote school safety and emphasize violence prevention among
children and youth in the public schools.
(b) It is also the intent of the Legislature that public schools
have access to supplemental resources to combat bias on the basis of
race, color, religion, ancestry, national origin, disability, gender,
gender identity, gender expression, or sexual orientation, as
defined in subdivision (r) of Section 12926 of the Government Code,
and to prevent and respond to acts of hate violence and bias-related
incidents. Sexual orientation shall not include pedophilia.
(c) It is further the intent of the Legislature that schoolsites
receiving funds pursuant to this article accomplish all of the
following goals:
(1) Teach pupils techniques for resolving conflicts without
violence.
(2) Train school staff and administrators to support and promote
conflict resolution and mediation techniques for resolving conflicts
between and among pupils.
(3) Reduce incidents of violence at the schoolsite with an
emphasis on prevention and early detection.
(4) Provide age-appropriate instruction in domestic violence
prevention, teen dating abuse, as defined in Section
32261, prevention, and interpersonal violence prevention.
SEC. 3. Section 32261 of the Education Code, as amended by Section
2 of Chapter 732 of the Statutes of 2011, is amended to read:
32261. (a) The Legislature hereby recognizes that all pupils
enrolled in the state public schools have the inalienable right to
attend classes on school campuses that are safe, secure, and
peaceful. The Legislature also recognizes that pupils cannot fully
benefit from an educational program unless they attend school on a
regular basis. In addition, the Legislature further recognizes that
school crime, vandalism, truancy, and excessive absenteeism are
significant problems on far too many school campuses in the state.
(b) The Legislature hereby finds and declares that the
establishment of an interagency coordination system is the most
efficient and long-lasting means of resolving school and community
problems of truancy and crime, including vandalism, drug and alcohol
abuse, gang membership, gang violence, teen dating abuse,
and hate crimes.
(c) It is the intent of the Legislature in enacting this chapter
to support California public schools as they develop their mandated
comprehensive safety plans that are the result of a systematic
planning process, that include strategies aimed at the prevention of,
and education about, potential incidents involving crime and
violence on school campuses, and that address the safety concerns of
local law enforcement agencies, community leaders, parents, pupils,
teachers, administrators, school police, and other school employees
interested in the prevention of school crime and violence.
(d) It is the intent of the Legislature in enacting this chapter
to encourage school districts, county offices of education, law
enforcement agencies, and agencies serving youth to develop and
implement interagency strategies, in-service training programs, and
activities that will improve school attendance and reduce school
crime and violence, including vandalism, drug and alcohol abuse, gang
membership, gang violence, hate crimes, bullying, including bullying
committed personally or by means of an electronic act, teen
dating abuse, and discrimination and harassment, including, but
not limited to, sexual harassment.
(e) It is the intent of the Legislature in enacting this chapter
that the School/Law Enforcement Partnership shall not duplicate any
existing gang or drug and alcohol abuse program currently provided
for schools.
(f) As used in this chapter, "dating "teen
dating abuse," which may also be referred to as teen dating
violence, means physical, sexual, verbal, emotional, or technological
conduct by a person to harm, threaten, intimidate, or control a
dating partner, regardless of whether that relationship is continuing
or has concluded or the number of interactions between the
individuals involved.
(g) As used in this chapter, "dating partner" means a person,
regardless of sexual orientation, gender identity, or gender
expression, who is involved in a relationship with another person,
where the relationship is primarily characterized by social contact
of a romantic or intimate nature, whether casual, serious, short
term, long term, or as otherwise defined by either person.
(h) As used in this chapter, "bullying" has the same meaning as
set forth in subdivision (r) of Section 48900.
(i) As used in this chapter, "electronic act" has the same meaning
as set forth in subdivision (r) of Section 48900.
SEC. 4. Section 32265 of the Education Code is amended to read:
32265. (a) The partnership shall sponsor at least two regional
conferences for school districts, county offices of education,
agencies serving youth, allied agencies, community-based
organizations, and law enforcement agencies to identify exemplary
programs and techniques that have been effectively used to reduce
school crime, including hate crimes, vandalism, drug and alcohol
abuse, gang membership and gang violence, truancy, and excessive
absenteeism.
(b) The conference may include, but need not be limited to,
information on all of the following topics:
(1) Interagency collaboration between schools, agencies serving
youth, law enforcement agencies, and others.
(2) School attendance.
(3) School safety.
(4) Citizenship education.
(5) Drug and alcohol abuse.
(6) Child abuse prevention, detection, and reporting.
(7) Parental education.
(8) Crisis response training.
(9) Bullying prevention, including the prevention of acts
committed personally or by means of an electronic act.
(10) Threat assessment.
(11) Conflict resolution and youth mediation.
(12) Dating Teen dating abuse.
(13) Discrimination and harassment reporting and prevention,
including, but not limited to, sexual harassment reporting and
prevention.
(14) Hate crime reporting and prevention.
(15) Reporting and prevention of abuse against pupils with
disabilities.
SEC. 5. Section 32270 of the Education Code is amended to read:
32270. (a) The partnership shall establish a statewide school
safety cadre for the purpose of facilitating interagency coordination
and collaboration among school districts, county offices of
education, agencies serving youth, allied agencies, community-based
organizations, and law enforcement agencies to improve school
attendance, encourage good citizenship, and to reduce school
violence, school crime, including hate crimes, vandalism, drug and
alcohol abuse, gang membership and gang violence, truancy rates,
bullying, including acts that are committed personally or by means of
an electronic act, teen dating abuse, and discrimination
and harassment, including, but not limited to, sexual harassment.
(b) The partnership may appoint up to 100 professionals from
educational agencies, community-based organizations, allied agencies,
and law enforcement to the statewide cadre.
(c) The partnership shall provide training to the statewide cadre
representatives to enable them to initiate and maintain school
community safety programs among school districts, county offices of
education, agencies serving youth, allied agencies, community-based
organizations, and law enforcement agencies in each region.
SEC. 6. Section 32281 of the Education Code is amended to read:
32281. (a) Each school district and county office of education is
responsible for the overall development of all comprehensive school
safety plans for its schools operating kindergarten or any of grades
1 to 12, inclusive.
(b) (1) Except as provided in subdivision (d) with regard to a
small school district, the schoolsite council established pursuant to
former Section 52012, as it existed before July 1, 2005, or Section
52852 shall write and develop a comprehensive school safety plan
relevant to the needs and resources of that particular school.
(2) The schoolsite council may delegate this responsibility to a
school safety planning committee made up of the following members:
(A) The principal or the principal's designee.
(B) One teacher who is a representative of the recognized
certificated employee organization.
(C) One parent whose child attends the school.
(D) One classified employee who is a representative of the
recognized classified employee organization.
(E) Other members, if desired.
(3) The schoolsite council shall consult with a representative
from a law enforcement agency in the writing and development of the
comprehensive school safety plan.
(4) In the absence of a schoolsite council, the members specified
in paragraph (2) shall serve as the school safety planning committee.
(5) The schoolsite council of a middle school or high school
serving any of grades 6 to 12, inclusive, or the school safety
planning committee, shall consult with local, state, or
national organizations with expertise in teen dating abuse
prevention and response in developing the teen dating
abuse policy procedures and policies of
their comprehensive school safety plan pursuant to subdivision
(g) (a) of Section 32282.
(c) Nothing in this article shall limit or take away the authority
of school boards as guaranteed under this code.
(d) (1) Subdivision (b) shall not apply to a small school
district, as defined in paragraph (2), if the small school district
develops a districtwide comprehensive school safety plan that is
applicable to each schoolsite.
(2) As used in this article, "small school district" means a
school district that has fewer than 2,501 units of average daily
attendance at the beginning of each fiscal year.
(e) (1) When a principal or his or her designee verifies through
local law enforcement officials that a report has been filed of the
occurrence of a violent crime on the schoolsite of an elementary or
secondary school at which he or she is the principal, the principal
or the principal's designee may send to each pupil's parent or legal
guardian and each school employee a written notice of the occurrence
and general nature of the crime. If the principal or his or her
designee chooses to send the written notice, the Legislature
encourages the notice be sent no later than the end of business on
the second regular work day after the verification. If, at the time
of verification, local law enforcement officials determine that
notification of the violent crime would hinder an ongoing
investigation, the notification authorized by this subdivision shall
be made within a reasonable period of time, to be determined by the
local law enforcement agency and the school district. For purposes of
this section, an act that is considered a "violent crime" shall meet
the definition of Section 67381 and be an act for which a pupil
could or would be expelled pursuant to Section 48915.
(2) Nothing in this subdivision shall create any liability in a
school district or its employees for complying with paragraph (1).
(f) (1) Notwithstanding subdivision (b), a school district or
county office of education may, in consultation with law enforcement
officials, elect to not have its schoolsite council develop and write
those portions of its comprehensive school safety plan that include
tactical responses to criminal incidents that may result in death or
serious bodily injury at the schoolsite. The portions of a school
safety plan that include tactical responses to criminal incidents may
be developed by administrators of the school district or county
office of education in consultation with law enforcement officials
and with a representative of an exclusive bargaining unit of
employees of that school district or county office of education, if
he or she chooses to participate. The school district or county
office of education may elect not to disclose those portions of the
comprehensive school safety plan that include tactical responses to
criminal incidents.
(2) As used in this article, "tactical responses to criminal
incidents" means steps taken to safeguard pupils and staff, to secure
the affected school premises, and to apprehend the criminal
perpetrator or perpetrators.
(3) Nothing in this subdivision precludes the governing board of a
school district or county office of education from conferring in a
closed session with law enforcement officials pursuant to Section
54957 of the Government Code to approve a tactical response plan
developed in consultation with those officials pursuant to this
subdivision. Any vote to approve the tactical response plan shall be
announced in open session following the closed session.
(4) Nothing in this subdivision shall be construed to reduce or
eliminate the requirements of Section 32282.
SEC. 7. Section 32282 of the Education Code, as amended by Section
3 of Chapter 732 of the Statutes of 2011, is amended to read:
32282. (a) The comprehensive school safety plan shall include,
but not be limited to, both of the following:
(1) Assessing the current status of school crime committed on
school campuses and at school-related functions.
(2) Identifying appropriate strategies and programs that will
provide or maintain a high level of school safety and address the
school's procedures for complying with existing laws related to
school safety, which shall include the development of all of the
following:
(A) Child abuse reporting procedures consistent with Article 2.5
(commencing with Section 11164) of Chapter 2 of Title 1 of Part 4 of
the Penal Code.
(B) Disaster procedures, routine and emergency, including
adaptations for pupils with disabilities in accordance with the
federal Americans with Disabilities Act of 1990 (42 U.S.C. Sec. 12101
et seq.). The disaster procedures shall also include, but not be
limited to, both of the following:
(i) Establishing an earthquake emergency procedure system in every
public school building having an occupant capacity of 50 or more
pupils or more than one classroom. A district or county office may
work with the California Emergency Management Agency and the Seismic
Safety Commission to develop and establish the earthquake emergency
procedure system. The system shall include, but not be limited to,
all of the following:
(I) A school building disaster plan, ready for implementation at
any time, for maintaining the safety and care of pupils and staff.
(II) A drop procedure whereby each pupil and staff member takes
cover under a table or desk, dropping to his or her knees, with the
head protected by the arms, and the back to the windows. A drop
procedure practice shall be held at least once each school quarter in
elementary schools and at least once a semester in secondary
schools.
(III) Protective measures to be taken before, during, and
following an earthquake.
(IV) A program to ensure that pupils and both the certificated and
classified staff are aware of, and properly trained in, the
earthquake emergency procedure system.
(ii) Establishing a procedure to allow a public agency, including
the American Red Cross, to use school buildings, grounds, and
equipment for mass care and welfare shelters during disasters or
other emergencies affecting the public health and welfare. The
district or county office shall cooperate with the public agency in
furnishing and maintaining the services as the district or county
office may deem necessary to meet the needs of the community.
(C) Policies pursuant to subdivision (d) of Section 48915 for
pupils who committed an act listed in subdivision (c) of Section
48915 and other school-designated serious acts which would lead to
suspension, expulsion, or mandatory expulsion recommendations
pursuant to Article 1 (commencing with Section 48900) of Chapter 6 of
Part 27 of Division 4 of Title 2.
(D) Procedures to notify teachers of dangerous pupils pursuant to
Section 49079.
(E) A discrimination and harassment policy consistent with the
prohibition against discrimination contained in Chapter 2 (commencing
with Section 200) of Part 1.
(F) The provisions of any schoolwide dress code, pursuant to
Section 35183, that prohibits pupils from wearing "gang-related
apparel," if the school has adopted that type of a dress code. For
those purposes, the comprehensive school safety plan shall define
"gang-related apparel." The definition shall be limited to apparel
that, if worn or displayed on a school campus, reasonably could be
determined to threaten the health and safety of the school
environment. Any schoolwide dress code established pursuant to this
section and Section 35183 shall be enforced on the school campus and
at any school-sponsored activity by the principal of the school or
the person designated by the principal. For purposes of this
paragraph, "gang-related apparel" shall not be considered a protected
form of speech pursuant to Section 48950.
(G) Procedures for safe ingress and egress of pupils, parents, and
school employees to and from school.
(H) A safe and orderly environment conducive to learning at the
school.
(I) The rules and procedures on school discipline adopted pursuant
to Sections 35291 and 35291.5.
(J) Procedures and policies to prevent and respond to teen dating
abuse in middle and high schools serving pupils in any of grades 6 to
12, inclusive, which shall include, but not be limited to, all of
the following actions:
(i) Define teen dating abuse using the definition in Section 32261
and describe warning signs of teen dating abuse perpetration and
victimization.
(ii) Prohibit teen dating abuse by any pupil on school grounds,
while traveling to and from school or a school-sponsored activity,
during the lunch period, which may be on or off campus, and during a
school-sponsored activity.
(iii) Specify procedures for responding to warning signs and
incidents of teen dating abuse. Procedures for responding to
incidents shall consider the context, intent, and effect of the abuse
and include protocol for working with the targeted pupil, including
providing possible safety, health, and educational accommodations.
The procedures shall also include protocol for working with the
alleged offender and for enforcing any civil and criminal protection
orders for or against pupils.
(iv) Designate one or more persons as the primary contact persons
who are responsible for integrating the teen dating abuse policy with
existing policy and programs.
(v) Ensure that the school has staff who are informed about the
dynamics of teen dating abuse and are prepared to prevent, recognize,
intervene, and respond appropriately to teen dating abuse.
(vi) Specify a protocol for monitoring and assessing teen dating
abuse incidents and responses, as well as teen dating abuse
prevention and intervention activities.
(vii) Collaborate with organizations with expertise in teen dating
abuse prevention and response in implementing the dating abuse
procedures and policies. This collaboration may include, but not be
limited to, efforts to prevent teen dating abuse through
age-appropriate curricular and extracurricular activities and school
climate improvement activities that are in alignment with current
research and best practices.
(viii) Pursuant to Sections 48980 and 48985, provide annual
written notice to parents and guardians of pupils of the teen dating
abuse procedures and policies, and how to make a complaint or help
their child make a complaint of teen dating abuse.
(ix) Display the notice provided pursuant to clause (viii)
prominently in school common areas, classrooms, and health services
offices, including school-based health centers where applicable, with
information about the teen dating abuse procedures and policies and
contact information for appropriate school personnel, including
counselors and health service providers, hotline numbers, and service
organizations, including domestic violence and teen dating abuse
service providers or social and emotional learning experts.
(x) Include a copy of the teen dating abuse procedures and
policies in school district and school handbooks.
(b) It is the intent of the Legislature that schools develop
comprehensive school safety plans using existing resources, including
the materials and services of the partnership, pursuant to this
chapter. It is also the intent of the Legislature that schools use
the handbook developed and distributed by the School/Law Enforcement
Partnership Program entitled "Safe Schools: A Planning Guide for
Action" in conjunction with developing their plan for school safety.
(c) Grants to assist schools in implementing their comprehensive
school safety plan shall be made available through the partnership as
authorized by Section 32285.
(d) Each schoolsite council or school safety planning committee in
developing and updating a comprehensive school safety plan shall,
where practical, consult, cooperate, and coordinate with other
schoolsite councils or school safety planning committees.
(e) The comprehensive school safety plan may be evaluated and
amended, as needed, by the school safety planning committee, but
shall be evaluated at least once a year, to ensure that the
comprehensive school safety plan is properly implemented. An updated
file of all safety-related plans and materials shall be readily
available for inspection by the public.
(f) As comprehensive school safety plans are reviewed and updated,
the Legislature encourages all plans, to the extent that resources
are available, to include policies and procedures aimed at the
prevention of bullying.
(g) As comprehensive school safety plans are reviewed and updated,
middle schools and high schools serving pupils in any of grades 6 to
12, inclusive, shall do all of the following:
(1) Establish and implement a policy to prevent and respond to
dating abuse, which shall do all of the following:
(A) Define dating abuse and describe warning signs of dating abuse
perpetration and victimization.
(B) Prohibit dating abuse by any pupil on school grounds, while
traveling to and from school or a school-sponsored activity, during
the lunch period, which may be on or off campus, and during a
school-sponsored activity.
(C) Specify procedures for responding to warning signs and
incidents of dating abuse. Procedures for responding to incidents
shall consider the context, intent, and effect of the abuse and
include protocol for working with the targeted pupil, including
providing possible safety, health, and educational accommodations.
The procedures shall also include protocol for working with the
alleged offender and for enforcing any civil and criminal protection
orders for or against pupils.
(D) Designate one or more persons as the primary contact persons
who are responsible for integrating the dating abuse policy with
existing policy and
programs.
(E) Ensure that the school has staff that are informed about the
dynamics of dating abuse and are prepared to prevent, recognize,
intervene, and respond appropriately to dating abuse.
(F) Specify protocol for monitoring and assessing dating abuse
incidents and responses, as well as dating abuse prevention and
intervention activities.
(2) Schools shall collaborate with organizations with expertise in
dating abuse prevention and response in implementing the dating
abuse policy developed pursuant to paragraph (1). This collaboration
may include, but not be limited to, efforts to prevent dating abuse
through age-appropriate curricular and extracurricular activities and
school climate improvement activities that are in alignment with
current research and best practices.
(3) Pursuant to Sections 48980 and 48985, provide annual written
notice to parents and guardians of pupils of the dating abuse policy
developed pursuant to paragraph (1), and how to make a complaint or
help their child make a complaint of dating abuse. The notice also
shall be prominently displayed in school common areas, classrooms,
and health services offices, including school-based health centers
where applicable, with contact information for appropriate school
personnel, including counselors and health service providers, hotline
numbers, and service organizations, including domestic violence and
dating abuse service providers or social and emotional learning
experts.
(4) Include a copy of the dating abuse policy developed pursuant
to paragraph (1) in school district and school handbooks.
(h)
(g) The comprehensive school safety plan, as written
and updated by the schoolsite council or school safety planning
committee, shall be submitted for approval under subdivision (a) of
Section 32288.
SEC. 8. Section 32283 of the Education Code, as amended by Section
4 of Chapter 732 of the Statutes of 2011, is amended to read:
32283. The Department of Justice and the State Department of
Education, in accordance with Section 32262, shall contract with one
or more professional trainers to coordinate statewide workshops for
school districts, county offices of education, and schoolsite
personnel, and in particular school principals, to assist them in the
development of their respective school safety and crisis response
plans, and provide training in the prevention of bullying as defined
in subdivision (r) of Section 48900 and teen dating abuse
as defined in Section 32261. The Department of Justice and the State
Department of Education shall work in cooperation with regard to the
workshops coordinated and presented pursuant to the contracts.
Implementation of this section shall be contingent upon the
availability of funds in the annual Budget Act.
SEC. 9. Section 48980 of the Education Code is amended to read:
48980. (a) At the beginning of the first semester or quarter of
the regular school term, the governing board of each school district
shall notify the parent or guardian of a minor pupil regarding the
right or responsibility of the parent or guardian under Sections
35291, 46014, 48205, 48207, 48208, 49403, 49423, 49451, 49472, and
51938 and Chapter 2.3 (commencing with Section 32255) of Part 19 of
Division 1 of Title 1.
(b) The notification also shall advise the parent or guardian of
the availability of individualized instruction as prescribed by
Section 48206.3, and of the program prescribed by Article 9
(commencing with Section 49510) of Chapter 9.
(c) The notification also shall advise the parents and guardians
of all pupils attending a school within the school district of the
schedule of minimum days and pupil-free staff development days, and
if minimum or pupil-free staff development days are scheduled
thereafter, the governing board of the district shall notify parents
and guardians of the affected pupils as early as possible, but not
later than one month before the scheduled minimum or pupil-free day.
(d) The notification also may advise the parent or guardian of the
importance of investing for future college or university education
for their children and of considering appropriate investment options,
including, but not limited to, United States savings bonds.
(e) The notification shall advise the parent or guardian of the
pupil that each pupil completing grade 12 is required to successfully
pass the high school exit examination administered pursuant to
Chapter 9 (commencing with Section 60850) of Part 33. The
notification shall include, at a minimum, the date of the examination
and the requirements for passing the examination, and shall inform
the parents and guardians regarding the consequences of not passing
the examination and shall inform parents and guardians that passing
the examination is a condition of graduation.
(f) Each school district that elects to provide a fingerprinting
program pursuant to Article 10 (commencing with Section 32390) of
Chapter 3 of Part 19 of Division 1 of Title 1 shall inform parents or
guardians of the program as specified in Section 32390.
(g) The notification also shall include a copy of the written
policy of the school district on sexual harassment established
pursuant to Section 231.5, as it relates to pupils.
(h) The notification shall advise the parent or guardian of all
existing statutory attendance options and local attendance options
available in the school district. This notification component shall
include all options for meeting residency requirements for school
attendance, programmatic options offered within the local attendance
areas, and any special programmatic options available on both an
interdistrict and intradistrict basis. This notification component
also shall include a description of all options, a description of the
procedure for application for alternative attendance areas or
programs, an application form from the district for requesting a
change of attendance, and a description of the appeals process
available, if any, for a parent or guardian denied a change of
attendance. The notification component also shall include an
explanation of the existing statutory attendance options, including,
but not limited to, those available under Section 35160.5, Chapter 5
(commencing with Section 46600) of Part 26, and subdivision (b) of
Section 48204. The department shall produce this portion of the
notification and shall distribute it to all school districts.
(i) It is the intent of the Legislature that the governing board
of each school district annually review the enrollment options
available to the pupils within its district and that the districts
strive to make available enrollment options that meet the diverse
needs, potential, and interests of the pupils of California.
(j) The notification shall advise the parent or guardian that a
pupil shall not have his or her grade reduced or lose academic credit
for any absence or absences excused pursuant to Section 48205 if
missed assignments and tests that can reasonably be provided are
satisfactorily completed within a reasonable period of time, and
shall include the full text of Section 48205.
(k) The notification shall advise the parent or guardian of the
availability of state funds to cover the costs of advanced placement
examination fees pursuant to Section 52244.
(l) The notification to the parent or guardian of a minor pupil
enrolled in any of grades 9 to 12, inclusive, also shall include the
information required pursuant to Section 51229.
(m) If a school district elects to allow a career technical
education course to satisfy the requirement imposed by subparagraph
(E) of paragraph (1) of subdivision (a) of Section 51225.3, the
school district shall include, in the notification required pursuant
to this section, both of the following:
(1) Information about the high school graduation requirements of
the school district and how each requirement satisfies or does not
satisfy the subject matter requirements for admission to the
California State University and the University of California.
(2) A complete list of career technical education courses offered
by the school district that satisfy the subject matter requirements
for admission to the California State University and the University
of California, and which of the specific college admission
requirements these courses satisfy.
(n) The notification shall advise the parent or guardian of a
pupil of the pupil's school's teen dating abuse policy,
and how to make a complaint or help their child make a complaint of
teen dating abuse, pursuant to paragraph (3)
subparagraph (J) of paragraph (2) of subdivision
(g) (a) of Section 32282.
SEC. 10. This act shall become operative on July 1, 2013.
SEC. 11. If the Commission on State Mandates determines that this
act contains costs mandated by the state, reimbursement to local
agencies and school districts for those costs shall be made pursuant
to Part 7 (commencing with Section 17500) of Division 4 of Title 2 of
the Government Code.
