BILL NUMBER: AB 1455	AMENDED
	BILL TEXT

	AMENDED IN ASSEMBLY  MARCH 17, 2014

INTRODUCED BY   Assembly Member Campos

                        JANUARY 9, 2014

   An act to add Section 48900.9 to the Education Code, relating to
pupils.



	LEGISLATIVE COUNSEL'S DIGEST


   AB 1455, as amended, 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,   other alternatives,  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   district,  the principal of a
 school   school, or the principal's designee
 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,  school  psychologist, social worker,
child welfare attendance personnel,  school nurse, or other
school support service personnel for case management  and
  ,  counseling,  and participation in a
restorative justice program,  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 1.  Section 48900.9 is added to the Education Code, to
read:
   48900.9.  The superintendent of a school  district or
  district,  the principal of a  school
  school, or the principal's designee  may refer a
victim of, witness to, or other pupil affected by, an act of
bullying, as defined in paragraph (1) of subdivision (r) of Section
48900, committed on or after January 1, 2015, to the school
counselor,  school  psychologist, social worker, child
welfare attendance personnel,  school nurse,  or other
school support service personnel for case management  and
  ,  counseling,  and participation in a
restorative justice program,  as appropriate.