Bill Text: CA AB2016 | 2013-2014 | Regular Session | Introduced

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Bill Title: Pupil instruction: sexual abuse and sexual assault awareness and prevention.

Sponsorship: Partisan Bill (Democrat 1)

Status: (Passed) 2014-09-29 - Chaptered by Secretary of State - Chapter 809, Statutes of 2014. [AB2016 Detail]

Download: California-2013-AB2016-Introduced.html

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BILL NUMBER: AB 2016	INTRODUCED
	BILL TEXT


INTRODUCED BY   Assembly Member Campos

                        FEBRUARY 20, 2014

   An act to add Section 44278 to the Education Code, relating to
teachers.



	LEGISLATIVE COUNSEL'S DIGEST


   AB 2016, as introduced, Campos. Teachers: mandated child abuse
reporting: training.
   Existing law, the Child Abuse and Neglect Reporting Act, requires
certain persons identified as "mandated reporters," including
teachers and various other school employees, to report suspected
child abuse or child neglect, as specified, and provides that a
failure to report as required is an offense. Existing law encourages
employers to provide their employees who are mandated reporters with
training in the duties imposed by the act, and further requires
school districts that do not train their employees who are identified
as mandated reporters to report to the State Department of Education
the reasons why the training is not provided. Under existing law,
the Commission on Teacher Credentialing is required to adopt
standards and procedures for the issuance and renewal of teaching and
services credentials.
   This bill would require, on or after January 1, 2015, the holder
of a teaching or services credential issued by the commission to
complete an approved training program, as specified, by January 1,
2016, and every 2 years thereafter, in the duties imposed on mandated
reporters, as specified. The bill would require the holder of the
credential, as part of his or her application to renew his or her
credential, to submit verification to the commission that he or she
has complied with the training requirement.
   Vote: majority. Appropriation: no. Fiscal committee: yes.
State-mandated local program: no.


THE PEOPLE OF THE STATE OF CALIFORNIA DO ENACT AS FOLLOWS:

  SECTION 1.  Section 44278 is added to the Education Code, to read:
   44278.  (a) On and after January 1, 2015, the holder of a teaching
or services credential issued by the commission shall complete an
approved training program by January 1, 2016, and every two years
thereafter, in the duties imposed on mandated reporters pursuant to
the Child Abuse and Neglect Reporting Act (Article 2.5 (commencing
with Section 11164) of Chapter 2 of Title 1 of Part 4 of the Penal
Code).
   (b) The holder of a teaching or services credential, as part of
his or her application to renew his or her credential, shall submit
verification to the commission that he or she has complied with the
training requirements set forth in subdivision (a).
   (c) For purposes of this section, an approved training program may
include, but is not limited to, mandated reporter training offered
online by the Office of Child Abuse Prevention or another agency
approved by the State Department of Social Services, training
conducted by a local educational agency, training offered by a local
educational agency, or any other training approved by the commission.