BILL NUMBER: AB 1271	AMENDED
	BILL TEXT

	AMENDED IN SENATE  JUNE 17, 2014
	AMENDED IN ASSEMBLY  JANUARY 23, 2014
	AMENDED IN ASSEMBLY  JANUARY 15, 2014
	AMENDED IN ASSEMBLY  JANUARY 6, 2014
	AMENDED IN ASSEMBLY  MARCH 21, 2013

INTRODUCED BY   Assembly  Members   Bonta
    and Jones-Sawyer  
Member   Bonta 
    (   Coauthors:  
Assembly Members   Chávez  
  and Wilk   ) 

                        FEBRUARY 22, 2013

   An act to amend Section  84810.5   32282.1
 of the Education Code, relating to  community colleges
  school safety  .



	LEGISLATIVE COUNSEL'S DIGEST


   AB 1271, as amended, Bonta.  Community colleges: inmate
education programs: computation of apportionments.  
School safety plans: pupil mental health care: violent acts. 

   Existing law provides that school districts and county offices of
education are responsible for the overall development of a
comprehensive school safety plan for each of their constituent
schools. Existing law requires the schoolsite council of a school to
write and develop the comprehensive school safety plan relevant to
the needs and resources of the particular school. Existing law
requires schools to forward copies of their comprehensive school
safety plans to the school district or county office of education for
approval. Existing law encourages comprehensive school safety plans,
as they are reviewed and updated, to include clear guidelines for
the roles and responsibilities of certain parties with school-related
health and safety responsibilities and authorizes the inclusion in
these plans of primary strategies for specified purposes.  
   This bill instead would require school districts and county
offices of education to include in a school safety plan those
guidelines for the roles and responsibilities of certain parties with
school-related health and safety responsibilities. The bill also
would require those guidelines to include protocols to address the
mental health care of pupils who have witnessed a violent act at
school. By adding to the duties of local educational agencies, this
bill would impose a state-mandated local program.  
   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.  
   (1) Existing law establishes the California Community Colleges,
under the administration of the Board of Governors of the California
Community Colleges, as a segment of public postsecondary education in
the state.  
   Existing law, notwithstanding open course provisions in statute or
regulations of the board of governors, authorizes the governing
board of a community college district that provides classes for
inmates of certain facilities, including a federal correctional
facility, to include the units of full-time equivalent students
generated in those classes for purposes of state apportionments.
 
   This bill would instead require the open course provisions in
statute or regulations of the board of governors to be waived for a
governing board of a community college district that provides those
classes for inmates, including inmates of state correctional
facilities, and would authorize the board of governors to include the
units of full-time equivalent students generated in those classes
for purposes of state apportionments.  
   (2) Existing law provides for the method of computing
apportionments for purposes of these inmate education programs.
 
   This bill would make revisions to that method of computation.
 
   The bill would prohibit a community college district from
claiming, under the bill, for purposes of apportionments, a class for
which a district receives full compensation for its direct education
costs for the conduct of the class from a public or private agency,
individual, or group of individuals, and a class offered pursuant to
a contract or instructional agreement entered into between the
district and a public or private agency, individual, or group of
individuals that has received from another source full compensation
for the costs the district incurs under that contract or
instructional agreement, as prescribed. 
   Vote: majority. Appropriation: no. Fiscal committee: yes.
State-mandated local program:  no   yes  .


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

   SECTION 1.    The Legislature finds and declares both
of the following:  
   (a) A paramount goal of the state is to ensure that all children
receive a high quality education that enables them to reach their
full potential and become responsible citizens who positively
contribute to their communities and the state.  
   (b) A safe and supportive learning environment is a necessary
foundation for increasing academic achievement, enhancing healthy
development, and improving educational outcomes for all children.

   SEC. 2.    Section 32282.1 of the  
Education Code   is amended to read: 
   32282.1.   (a)    As comprehensive school safety
plans are reviewed and updated, the Legislature  encourages
  requires  all plans, to the extent that resources
are available, to include clear guidelines for the roles and
responsibilities of mental health professionals, community
intervention professionals, school counselors, school resource
officers, and police officers on school campus, if the school
district uses these people.  The 
    (b)     The  guidelines  may
  developed pursuant to subdivision (a) shall 
include  primary   both of the following: 
    (1)    Primary  strategies to create
and maintain a positive school climate, promote school safety, and
increase pupil achievement, and prioritize mental health and
intervention services, restorative and transformative justice
programs, and positive behavior interventions and support. 
   (2) Protocols to address the mental health care of pupils who have
witnessed a violent act at school. 
   SEC. 3.    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.  
  SECTION 1.    Section 84810.5 of the Education
Code is amended to read:
   84810.5.  (a) (1) Open course provisions in statute or regulations
of the board of governors shall be waived for a governing board of a
community college district that provides classes for inmates of a
city, county, or city and county jail, road camp, farm for adults, or
state or federal correctional facility. This section shall not be
construed to authorize the waiver of open course provisions in any
context or situation other than those that are specifically
authorized under this section. Subject to limitations set forth in
subdivision (b), the board of governors may include the units of
full-time equivalent students (FTES) generated in those classes for
purposes of state apportionments.
   (2) The attendance hours generated by credit courses shall be
funded at the marginal credit rate determined pursuant to paragraph
(2) of subdivision (d) of Section 84750.5. The attendance hours
generated by noncredit courses shall be funded at the noncredit rate
pursuant to paragraph (3) of subdivision (d) of Section 84750.5. The
attendance hours generated by instruction in career development and
college preparation shall be funded at the rate determined pursuant
to paragraph (4) of subdivision (d) of Section 84750.5.
   (b) (1) A community college district shall not claim, for purposes
of state apportionments pursuant to this section, a class for which
either of the following applies:
   (A) The district receives full compensation for its direct
education costs for the conduct of the class from a public or private
agency, individual, or group of individuals.
   (B) The district has a contract or instructional agreement, or
both, for the conduct of the class with a public or private agency,
individual, or group of individuals that has received from another
source full compensation for the costs the district incurs under that
contract or instructional agreement.
   (2) In reporting a claim for apportionment to the Chancellor of
the California Community Colleges under this section, the district
shall report any partial compensation it receives from the sources
described in subparagraphs (A) and (B) of paragraph (1) during the
period for which the claim is made. The chancellor shall subtract the
amount of any partial compensation received from the total
apportionment to be paid.
   (c) This section shall not be construed as providing a source of
funds to shift, supplant, or reduce the costs incurred by the
Department of Corrections and Rehabilitation in providing inmate
education programs.