Bill Text: CA AB1993 | 2013-2014 | Regular Session | Amended

California Assembly Bill 1993 (Prior Session Legislation)

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Bill Title: Pupils: bullying.

Spectrum: Partisan Bill (Democrat 1-0)

Status: (Passed) 2014-09-18 - Chaptered by Secretary of State - Chapter 418, Statutes of 2014. [AB1993 Detail]

Download: California-2013-AB1993-Amended.html

BILL NUMBER: AB 1993	AMENDED
	BILL TEXT

	AMENDED IN ASSEMBLY  APRIL 10, 2014

INTRODUCED BY   Assembly Member Fox

                        FEBRUARY 20, 2014

   An act to  amend Section 32283 of, and to  add Article
3.5 (commencing with Section 48960) to Chapter 6 of Part 27 of
Division 4 of Title 2 of  ,  the Education Code, relating to
pupils.



	LEGISLATIVE COUNSEL'S DIGEST


   AB 1993, as amended, Fox. Pupils: bullying:  counseling
services.   teacher training.  
   (1) Existing law, the Interagency School Safety Demonstration Act
of 1985, among other things, requires the Department of Justice and
the State Department of Education to 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. 

   This bill would require the bullying prevention training provided
under this provision to include, but not necessarily be limited to,
restorative justice and promotion of upstander behavior, as defined.
 
   Existing 
    (2)     Existing  law, the Safe Place
to Learn Act, requires the State Department of Education to assess
whether local educational agencies have adopted a policy that
prohibits discrimination, harassment, intimidation, and bullying
based on specified characteristics. Existing law also authorizes a
school to suspend or recommend for expulsion a pupil who has engaged
in an act of bullying.
   This bill  , the Nigel Hardy Act, would require a school
to offer counseling services to every pupil who attends the school
who has been the victim of an act of bullying or who has been found
to have engaged in an act of bullying, as provided. The bill
 would  also  require a school district to
provide training on the topic of bullying to every teacher employed
by the school  district   district,  and
would require every teacher employed by the school district on or
after July 1, 2015, to complete the training. By imposing additional
requirements on  schools and  school districts, the
bill would impose a state-mandated local program. 
    The 
    (3)     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.    This measure shall be known and may
be cited as the Nigel Hardy Act. 
   SECTION 1.    Section 32283 of the  
Education Code   is amended to read: 
   32283.   (a)    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. The  Department   bullying prevention
training provided under this section shall include, but not
necessarily be limited to, restorative justice and promotion of
upstander behavior. As used in this section, "upstander" means a
person who recognizes a bully-victim situation and acts in a manner
that is responsible and helpful to the situation. 
    (b)    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 
    (c)     Implementation  of this
section shall be contingent upon the availability of funds in the
annual Budget Act.
  SEC. 2.  Article 3.5 (commencing with Section 48960) is added to
Chapter 6 of Part 27 of Division 4 of Title 2 of the Education Code,
to read:

      Article 3.5.  Bullying


   48960.  For purposes of this article, "bullying" has the same
meaning as set forth in paragraph (1) of subdivision (r) of Section
48900. 
   48961.  A school shall offer counseling services to every pupil
who attends the school who, on or after January 1, 2015, has been the
victim of an act of bullying or who, on or after January 1, 2015,
has been found to have engaged in an act of bullying. 
    48962.   48961.   A school district
shall provide training on the topic of bullying to every teacher
employed by the school district. Every teacher employed by a school
district on or after July 1, 2015, shall be required to complete the
training.
  SEC. 3.  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.