BILL NUMBER: AB 103	CHAPTERED
	BILL TEXT

	CHAPTER  696
	FILED WITH SECRETARY OF STATE  SEPTEMBER 29, 2006
	APPROVED BY GOVERNOR  SEPTEMBER 29, 2006
	PASSED THE ASSEMBLY  AUGUST 22, 2006
	PASSED THE SENATE  AUGUST 21, 2006
	AMENDED IN ASSEMBLY  MAY 22, 2006
	AMENDED IN ASSEMBLY  JANUARY 13, 2006
	AMENDED IN ASSEMBLY  JANUARY 4, 2006

INTRODUCED BY   Assembly Member Cohn

                        JANUARY 11, 2005

   An act to add Section 32282.5 to the Education Code, relating to
pupil safety.


	LEGISLATIVE COUNSEL'S DIGEST


   AB 103, Cohn  Pupil safety: disaster preparedness.
   Existing law makes each school district and county office of
education responsible for the overall development of all
comprehensive school safety plans for its schools operating
kindergarten or any of grades 1 to 12, inclusive.  Existing law
requires a school safety plan to include disaster procedures,
including, among others, an earthquake emergency procedure system and
a school building disaster plan.
   This bill would require the State Department of Education to
electronically distribute disaster preparedness educational materials
and lesson plans that are currently available to local school
districts and county offices of education. This bill would require
the State Department of Education to ensure that the materials are
available in at least the 3 most dominant primary languages spoken by
English learners in California.
   This bill would further require the department to coordinate with
the Office of Emergency Services to make sure that all materials are
reviewed and updated annually.


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


  SECTION 1.  Section 32282.5 is added to the Education Code, to
read:
   32282.5.  (a) The department shall electronically distribute
disaster preparedness educational materials and lesson plans that are
currently available to school districts and county offices of
education.
   (b) The department shall ensure that the disaster preparedness
materials are available in at least the three most dominant primary
languages spoken by English learners in California, according to the
language census.
   (c) The department shall coordinate with the Office of Emergency
Services to make sure that all materials are reviewed and updated
annually.