AB 1455, as introduced, Campos. Pupils: bullying: counseling services.
Existing law prohibits a pupil from being suspended from school or recommended for expulsion unless the superintendent of the school district or the principal of the school in which the pupil is enrolled determines that the pupil has committed any of various acts, including bullying, as defined. Existing law authorizes the superintendent of the school district or the principal of a school, for a pupil subject to discipline, to use alternatives to suspension or expulsion that are age appropriate and designed to address and correct the pupil’s specific misbehavior, including, among others, referrals to the school counselor, psychologist, social worker, child welfare attendance personnel, or other school support service personnel for case management and counseling.
This bill would authorize the superintendent of a school district or the principal of a school to also refer a victim of, witness to, or other pupil affected by, an act of bullying committed on or after January 1, 2015, to the school counselor, psychologist, social worker, child welfare attendance personnel, or other school support service personnel for case management and counseling, as appropriate.
Vote: majority. Appropriation: no. Fiscal committee: no. State-mandated local program: no.
The people of the State of California do enact as follows:
Section 48900.9 is added to the Education Code,
2to read:
The superintendent of a school district or the principal
4of a school may refer a victim of, witness to, or other pupil affected
5by, an act of bullying, as defined in paragraph (1) of subdivision
6(r) of Section 48900, committed on or after January 1, 2015, to
7the school counselor, psychologist, social worker, child welfare
8attendance personnel, or other school support service personnel
9for case management and counseling, as appropriate.
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