Bill Text: CA AB2489 | 2015-2016 | Regular Session | Amended

California Assembly Bill 2489 (Prior Session Legislation)

Bill Title: Pupil rights: restorative justice practices.

Sponsorship: Partisan Bill (Democrat 1)

Status: (Failed) 2016-11-30 - From committee without further action. [AB2489 Detail]

Download: California-2015-AB2489-Amended.html

BILL NUMBER: AB 2489	AMENDED
	BILL TEXT

	AMENDED IN ASSEMBLY  APRIL 18, 2016
	AMENDED IN ASSEMBLY  MARCH 30, 2016

INTRODUCED BY   Assembly Member McCarty

                        FEBRUARY 19, 2016

   An act to add Article 9 (commencing with Section 49055) to Chapter
6 of Part 27 of Division 4 of Title 2 of the Education Code,
relating to pupil rights.



	LEGISLATIVE COUNSEL'S DIGEST


   AB 2489, as amended, McCarty. Pupil rights: restorative justice
practices.
   Existing law requires suspension to be imposed on a pupil only
when other means of correction fail to bring about proper conduct,
and specifies that other means of correction may include, among other
things, participation in a restorative justice program.
   This bill would require the State Department of Education to
 develop a standard model to implement restorative justice
practices on a school campus and to make the standard model available
on the department's Internet Web site for use by any school district
that chooses to implement restorative justice practices as part of
its campus culture. The bill would require the department to take
specified actions to implement the bill's provisions, including
consulting   consult  with school-based restorative
justice practitioners and others to identify best 
practices, as specified.   practices to evaluate the
implementation of restorative justice practices in school districts,
to develop standard models or recommendations for effective
implementation, and to post the standard model or models or
recommendations on the department's Internet Web site. 
   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.  Article 9 (commencing with Section 49055) is added to
Chapter 6 of Part 27 of Division 4 of Title 2 of the Education Code,
to read:

      Article 9.  Restorative Justice Practices


   49055.  (a) The department shall develop a standard model to
implement restorative justice practices on a school campus and shall
make the standard model available on the department's Internet Web
site for use by any school district that chooses to implement

    49055.    (a)     It is the intent
of the Legislature to evaluate existing  restorative justice
practices  as part of its campus culture.  
implemented by school districts to determine if there are common
effective strategies that can be shared with school districts that
have not implemented restorative justice practices. 
   (b) The department shall do all of the  following to
implement this section:   following: 
   (1) Consult with school-based restorative justice practitioners,
educators, pupils, community stakeholders, and nonprofit and public
entities to identify best practices for effective, evidence-based
restorative justice in elementary and secondary schools. 
   (2) Select an advisory committee made up of stakeholders and
professionals who have participated in the development and expansion
of restorative justice programs to assist in the planning and
implementation of the standard model.  
   (3) Collect and disseminate evidence-based best practices.
 
   (2) Evaluate the implementation of restorative justice practices
in school districts and, upon consultation with the stakeholders
pursuant to paragraph (1), either develop standard models or develop
recommendations for effective implementation.  
   (3) Post the standard model or models or recommendations developed
pursuant to paragraph (2) on the department's Internet Web site.