Bill Text: CA SB1178 | 2015-2016 | Regular Session | Chaptered

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Bill Title: Superintendent of Public Instruction: child abuse and neglect: poster.

Spectrum: Partisan Bill (Republican 1-0)

Status: (Passed) 2016-08-22 - Chaptered by Secretary of State. Chapter 171, Statutes of 2016. [SB1178 Detail]

Download: California-2015-SB1178-Chaptered.html

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BILL NUMBER: SB 1178	CHAPTERED
	BILL TEXT

	CHAPTER  171
	FILED WITH SECRETARY OF STATE  AUGUST 22, 2016
	APPROVED BY GOVERNOR  AUGUST 22, 2016
	PASSED THE SENATE  APRIL 21, 2016
	PASSED THE ASSEMBLY  AUGUST 4, 2016

INTRODUCED BY   Senator Vidak

                        FEBRUARY 18, 2016

   An act to add Section 33133.5 to the Education Code, relating to
state educational agencies, and declaring the urgency thereof, to
take effect immediately.



	LEGISLATIVE COUNSEL'S DIGEST


   SB 1178, Vidak. Superintendent of Public Instruction: child abuse
and neglect: poster.
   Existing law requires the State Department of Education to adopt
guidelines to be disseminated to parents or guardians of pupils that
describe the procedures that a parent or guardian can follow in
filing a complaint of child abuse with the school or a child
protective services agency against a school employee or other person
that commits an act of child abuse against a pupil at a schoolsite.
   This bill would require the Superintendent of Public Instruction
to create a poster that notifies children of the appropriate
telephone number to call to report child abuse or neglect. The bill
would authorize the Superintendent to partner with various entities
for purposes of design and content of the poster. The bill would
require the poster to incorporate specified elements, including that
it be produced in 5 different languages. The bill would require the
Superintendent, on or before July 1, 2017, to post the downloadable
versions of the poster on the department's Internet Web site. The
bill would state that the Legislature encourages school districts,
charter schools, and private schools to post the appropriate version
or versions of the poster in an area of the school where pupils
frequently congregate.
   This bill would declare that it is to take effect immediately as
an urgency statute.


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

  SECTION 1.  Section 33133.5 is added to the Education Code, to
read:
   33133.5.  (a) The Superintendent shall create a poster that
notifies children of the appropriate telephone number to call to
report child abuse or neglect.
   (b) The Superintendent may partner with other local, state, and
federal agencies as well as nonprofit entities for purposes of the
design and content of the poster.
   (c) The poster shall incorporate the additional following
elements:
   (1) It shall include a note that directs a child to dial "911" in
case of emergency.
   (2) It shall be no smaller than 8.5 inches by 11 inches.
   (3) It shall be produced in five languages, which shall be
English, Spanish, and the top three languages other than English and
Spanish that are spoken in the state as determined by the
Superintendent.
   (d) On or before July 1, 2017, the Superintendent shall post on
the department's Internet Web site all five versions of the poster
for public download.
   (e) The Legislature encourages school districts, charter schools,
and private schools to post the appropriate version or versions of
the poster in an area of the school where pupils frequently
congregate.
  SEC. 2.  This act is an urgency statute necessary for the immediate
preservation of the public peace, health, or safety within the
meaning of Article IV of the Constitution and shall go into immediate
effect. The facts constituting the necessity are:
   In order for the Superintendent of Public Instruction to have
sufficient time to complete the poster required by Section 33133.5 of
the Education Code, it is necessary that this act take immediate
effect.