BILL NUMBER: SB 166	CHAPTERED  10/11/07

	CHAPTER  461
	FILED WITH SECRETARY OF STATE  OCTOBER 11, 2007
	APPROVED BY GOVERNOR  OCTOBER 11, 2007
	PASSED THE SENATE  SEPTEMBER 5, 2007
	PASSED THE ASSEMBLY  AUGUST 30, 2007
	AMENDED IN ASSEMBLY  JUNE 25, 2007
	AMENDED IN SENATE  MAY 2, 2007
	AMENDED IN SENATE  APRIL 18, 2007
	AMENDED IN SENATE  APRIL 9, 2007

INTRODUCED BY   Senator Negrete McLeod

                        JANUARY 31, 2007

   An act to add Section 71095 to the Education Code, relating to
emergency planning.


	LEGISLATIVE COUNSEL'S DIGEST


   SB 166, Negrete McLeod. Emergency preparedness: community college
districts.
   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 the Office of Emergency Services, in coordination with all
interested state agencies with designated response roles in the state
emergency plan and interested local emergency management agencies,
to jointly establish by regulation a standardized emergency
management system for use by all emergency response agencies, to
include specified components.
   Existing law establishes the California Community Colleges, under
the administration of the Board of Governors of the California
Community Colleges, as one of the segments of public postsecondary
education in this state. Under existing law, the board of governors
appoints a chief executive officer, known as the Chancellor of the
California Community Colleges.
   This bill would make various legislative findings and declarations
regarding emergency preparedness plans. The bill would require by
January 1, 2009, the Office of the Chancellor of the California
Community Colleges, in consultation with the Governor's Office of
Emergency Services and the Office of Homeland Security, to develop
emergency preparedness standards and guidelines to assist community
college districts and campuses in the event of a natural disaster,
hazardous condition, or terrorist activity on or around a community
college campus as specified.


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

  SECTION 1.  The Legislature finds and declares all of the
following:
   (a) Community college employees have the right to work in a safe
and secure environment.
   (b) Community college employees are the first to respond to any
emergency on a community college campus.
   (c) Community college districts are not included in any provisions
in the Education Code covering emergency preparedness.
   (d) The failure to prepare for an emergency event may result in
injury or death that could financially burden the district due to
wrongful injury and death claims.
   (e) The Standardized Emergency Management System and emergency
preparedness plans may be in place, but are not being effectively
implemented by community colleges.
   (f) Each school district and county office of education is
required by law to have a school safety plan and follow emergency
procedures for its schools operating kindergarten or any of grades 1
to 12, inclusive.
  SEC. 2.  Section 71095 is added to the Education Code, to read:
   71095.  (a) The chancellor's office, in consultation with the
Governor's Office of Emergency Services and the Office of Homeland
Security, shall, by January 1, 2009, develop emergency preparedness
standards and guidelines to assist community college districts and
campuses in the event of a natural disaster, hazardous condition, or
terrorist activity on or around a community college campus.
   (b) The standards and guidelines shall be developed in accordance
with the Standardized Emergency Management System and the National
Incident Management System, and shall be reviewed by the Governor's
Office of Emergency Services in a manner that is consistent with
existing policy. In developing the standards and guidelines, the
chancellor's office shall consider, but is not limited to, all of the
following components:
   (1) Information on establishing a campus emergency management
team.
   (2) Provisions regarding overview training for every employee
within one year of commencement of employment.
   (3) Information on specialized training for employees who may be
designated as part of an emergency management team.
   (4) Information on preparedness, prevention, response, recovery,
and mitigation policies and procedures.
   (5) Information on coordinating with the appropriate local, state,
federal government authorities, and nongovernmental entities on
comprehensive emergency management and preparedness activities.