BILL NUMBER: AB 355	CHAPTERED  07/09/02

	CHAPTER  120
	FILED WITH SECRETARY OF STATE  JULY 9, 2002
	APPROVED BY GOVERNOR  JULY 9, 2002
	PASSED THE ASSEMBLY  JUNE 24, 2002
	PASSED THE SENATE  JUNE 20, 2002
	AMENDED IN SENATE  MAY 21, 2002
	AMENDED IN SENATE  MARCH 11, 2002
	AMENDED IN SENATE  FEBRUARY 27, 2002
	AMENDED IN SENATE  AUGUST 20, 2001
	AMENDED IN SENATE  JULY 9, 2001
	AMENDED IN ASSEMBLY  MAY 24, 2001
	AMENDED IN ASSEMBLY  MAY 8, 2001

INTRODUCED BY   Assembly Member Havice

                        FEBRUARY 16, 2001

   An act to amend Section 32296.8 of the Education Code, relating to
school safety.


	LEGISLATIVE COUNSEL'S DIGEST


   AB 355, Havice.  School community policing.
   Existing law establishes the School Community Policing Partnership
Act under which grants are awarded on a competitive basis to county
offices of education, school districts and consortia of school
districts and county offices of education that develop and implement
plans that demonstrate a collaborative and integrated approach for
implementing a system of providing safe and secure environments
through community policing.  Existing law prohibits the use of grant
funds to fund school resource officers.
   This bill would prohibit use of grant funds to fund school
resource officer positions created on or before January 1, 2003.


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


  SECTION 1.  Section 32296.8 of the Education Code is amended to
read:
   32296.8.  Nothing in this article may be construed to require a
school district or a county office of education to hire police
officers as a condition of receiving a grant under the School
Community Policing Partnership Grant Program.  Grant funds may not be
used to provide funding for school resource officer positions in
existence on or before January 1, 2003.