Bill Text: CA SB592 | 2015-2016 | Regular Session | Amended
Bill Title: Pupil safety: adolescent relationship abuse prevention.
Spectrum: Partisan Bill (Democrat 1-0)
Status: (Failed) 2016-02-01 - Returned to Secretary of Senate pursuant to Joint Rule 56. [SB592 Detail]
Download: California-2015-SB592-Amended.html
BILL NUMBER: SB 592 AMENDED
BILL TEXT
AMENDED IN SENATE APRIL 8, 2015
INTRODUCED BY Senator Leyva
FEBRUARY 27, 2015
An act to amend Sections 32228, 32261, 32265, 32270, 32281, 32282,
32283, and 48980 of, and to add Article 1.5 (commencing with Section
32205) to Chapter 2 of Part 19 of Division 1 of Title 1 of, the
Education Code, relating to pupil safety.
LEGISLATIVE COUNSEL'S DIGEST
SB 592, as amended, Leyva. Pupil safety: adolescent relationship
abuse prevention.
(1) 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. 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 adolescent relationship abuse and a dating
partner for purposes of the act, and would make specified findings
and declarations and state legislative intent regarding adolescent
relationship abuse. The bill would, among other things, require a
comprehensive school safety plan to include the development of
procedures and policies to prevent and respond to adolescent
relationship abuse in middle and high schools serving pupils in any
of grades 6 to 12, inclusive, which would be required to
include specified actions. in collaboration with
organizations with expertise in adolescent relationship abuse
prevention and response. The bill would require
encourage a schoolsite 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 adolescent relationship
abuse prevention and response in developing the adolescent
relationship abuse 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 adolescent relationship abuse procedures
and policies, and how to make a complaint or help their child make a
complaint of adolescent relationship 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 adolescent
relationship abuse. The bill would also update references to dating
violence and teen relationship violence to refer to adolescent
relationship abuse. By imposing new duties on schools and school
districts regarding the development and notification
of adolescent relationship abuse procedures and policies,
the bill would impose a state-mandated local.
local program.
(2) This bill also would require school districts to provide
educational programs that promote healthy relationships and prevent
adolescent relationship abuse to pupils in grades 6 to 12, inclusive,
through specific curriculum, extracurricular activities,
and or school climate-improvement activities.
The bill would authorize school districts to work in partnership with
parents, caregivers, and youth, and with domestic violence, sexual
assault, or other appropriate community-based organizations, as
deemed appropriate by the school district, to provide these
educational programs. The bill would require school districts to use
research-based materials that are appropriate for pupils of all
races, genders, sexual orientations, gender identities, and ethnic
and cultural backgrounds, and for pupils with disabilities in
providing educational programs that promote healthy relationships and
prevent adolescent relationship abuse. The bill would require the
Superintendent of Public Instruction to provide information,
and would require provide, and would authorize
school districts to use, information on the State Department of
Education's Internet Web site about policies, procedures, and
curriculum that are designed to promote healthy relationships and
prevent adolescent relationship abuse among pupils. By requiring
school districts to provide educational programs that promote healthy
relationships and prevent adolescent relationship abuse, the bill
would impose a state-mandated local program.
(3) This bill would make its provisions operative on July 1, 2016.
The bill also would update references and make other nonsubstantive
changes.
(4) 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 adolescent relationship
abuse occur in school buildings and on school grounds.
(3) Adolescent relationship abuse, which may also be referred to
as teen dating violence or teen dating abuse, 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 adolescent relationship 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) Adolescent relationship 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 adolescent relationship abuse,
warning signs of adolescent relationship abuse are often missed or
misinterpreted by pupils and adults.
(7) Abusive behaviors learned in adolescence can escalate into
adulthood. Pupils who are victimized in grades 6 to 12
12, inclusive, are at higher risk for
victimization during college, and adolescent perpetrators of
adolescent relationship abuse are more likely to abuse their intimate
partners as adults.
(8) Because of the negative outcomes and specific dynamics
associated with adolescent relationship abuse, pupils, parents,
guardians, and school personnel should be informed about adolescent
relationship 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 adolescent relationship abuse
through age-appropriate, culturally sensitive, comprehensive
prevention, early intervention, and response strategies. Adolescent
relationship 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 adolescent relationship abuse
perpetration or victimization can help to address and redirect that
behavior before it escalates and becomes more harmful and dangerous,
even fatal. Response strategies can help to protect the safety of
targeted pupils as well as the due process rights of alleged
offenders.
SEC. 2. Article 1.5 (commencing with Section 32205) is added to
Chapter 2 of Part 19 of Division 1 of Title 1 of the Education Code,
to read:
Article 1.5. Healthy Relationships Promotion and Adolescent
Relationship Abuse Prevention
32205. (a) It is the intent of the Legislature that the
Superintendent encourage the provision of educational programs that
promote healthy relationships and prevent adolescent relationship
abuse to pupils in grades 6 to 12, inclusive. It is further the
intent of the Legislature that public schools serving pupils in
grades 6 to 12, inclusive, have access to model policies, procedures,
and curriculum that are designed to promote healthy relationships
and prevent adolescent relationship abuse among pupils.
(b) A school district shall provide educational programs to
promote healthy relationships and prevent adolescent relationship
abuse to pupils in grades 6 to 12, inclusive, through specific
curriculum, extracurricular activities, and
or school climate-improvement activities. School
districts A school district may work in
partnership with parents, caregivers, and youth, and with domestic
violence, sexual assault, or other appropriate community-based
organizations, as deemed appropriate by the school district, to
provide these educational programs.
32206. In providing educational programs that promote healthy
relationships and prevent adolescent relationship abuse pursuant to
subdivision (b) of Section 32205, school districts
a school district shall use research-based materials that
are appropriate for pupils of all races, genders, sexual
orientations, gender identities, and ethnic and cultural backgrounds,
and for pupils with disabilities.
32207. (a) The Superintendent shall provide information, which
shall may be used by school districts,
about policies, procedures, and curriculum that are designed to
promote healthy relationships and prevent adolescent relationship
abuse among pupils on the department's Internet Web site.
(b) The information provided on the department's Internet Web site
shall include, but not be limited to, all of the following:
(1) The legal obligations of, and guidelines for, schools to
respond to and prevent adolescent relationship abuse under existing
federal and state law.
(2) Model school adolescent relationship abuse prevention
policies.
(3) Model school healthy relationships promotion and adolescent
relationship abuse prevention curriculum and educational programs.
(c) In compiling the information to post on the department's
Internet Web site, the Superintendent shall set forth guidelines for
using curriculum that promotes healthy relationships and prevent
adolescent relationship abuse. The Superintendent may include
materials developed by those agencies or organizations that the
Superintendent deems appropriate in the information provided on the
department's Internet Web site.
SEC. 3. 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 (s) of Section 12926 of the Government Code,
and to prevent and respond to acts of hate violence and bias-related
incidents.
(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, adolescent relationship abuse prevention, as defined in
subdivision (h) of Section 32261, and interpersonal violence
prevention.
SEC. 4. Section 32261 of the Education Code 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, adolescent relationship 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, adolescent
relationship 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, "bullying" has the same meaning as
set forth in subdivision (r) of Section 48900.
(g) As used in this chapter, "electronic act" has the same meaning
as set forth in subdivision (r) of Section 48900.
(h) As used in this chapter, "adolescent relationship abuse,"
which may also be referred to as teen dating violence or teen dating
abuse, 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.
(i) 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.
SEC. 5. 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) Adolescent relationship 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. 6. 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, adolescent relationship 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. 7. 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 or guardian 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 is encouraged to
consult with local, state, or national organizations with
expertise in adolescent relationship abuse prevention and response in
developing the adolescent relationship abuse procedures and policies
of their comprehensive school safety plan pursuant to subdivision
(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) If 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 workday 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, a "violent crime" means a Part 1 violent crime, as
defined in paragraph (2) of subdivision (i) of Section 67381, and is
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. 8. Section 32282 of the Education Code 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 school district or county office
of education may work with the Office of Emergency Services 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 school
district or county office of education shall cooperate with the
public agency in furnishing and maintaining the services as the
school district or county office of education 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 that 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, established
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 adolescent
relationship 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: in
collaboration with organizations with expertise in adolescent
relationship abuse prevention and response.
(i) Define adolescent relationship abuse using the definition
provided in subdivision (h) of Section 32261 and describe warning
signs of adolescent relationship abuse perpetration and
victimization.
(ii) Prohibit adolescent relationship 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 adolescent relationship 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. When taking into
consideration the safety of all pupils, schools are also encouraged
to explore whether restorative justice approaches might be
appropriate when working with the alleged offender.
(iv) Designate one or more persons as the primary contact persons
who are responsible for integrating the adolescent relationship abuse
policy with existing policy and programs.
(v) Ensure that the school has staff who are informed about the
dynamics of adolescent relationship abuse and are prepared to
prevent, recognize, intervene, and respond appropriately to
adolescent relationship abuse.
(vi) Specify a protocol for monitoring and assessing adolescent
relationship abuse incidents and responses, as well as adolescent
relationship abuse prevention and intervention activities.
(vii) Collaborate with organizations with expertise in adolescent
relationship abuse prevention and response in implementing adolescent
relationship abuse procedures and policies, and periodically and
regularly convene meetings with those organizations to review campus
safety issues and update the procedures and policies, as appropriate.
This collaboration may include, but not be limited to, efforts to
prevent adolescent relationship 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 adolescent
relationship abuse
procedures and policies, community-based resources, and how to make a
complaint or help their child make a complaint of adolescent
relationship 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 adolescent relationship 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 adolescent
relationship abuse service providers or social and emotional
learning experts.
(x) Include a copy of the adolescent relationship 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 program entitled
"Safe Schools: A Planning Guide for Action" in conjunction with
developing their plan for school safety.
(c) 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.
(d) 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.
(e) 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.
(f) 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. 9. Section 32283 of the Education Code 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 adolescent relationship
abuse, as defined in subdivision (h) of 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. 10. 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 school 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 school 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 school
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 52242.
( 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 adolescent relationship abuse
procedures and policies, and how to make a complaint or help their
child make a complaint of adolescent relationship abuse, pursuant to
subparagraph (J) of paragraph (2) of subdivision (a) of Section
32282.
SEC. 11. This act shall become operative on July 1, 2016.
SEC. 12. 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.
