BILL NUMBER: AB 1455	AMENDED
	BILL TEXT

	AMENDED IN SENATE  JUNE 18, 2014
	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 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,
the principal of a 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, 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.   (a)    The superintendent of a school
district, the principal of a 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, counseling, and participation in a
restorative justice program, as appropriate. 
   (b) A student who has engaged in an act of bullying, as defined in
paragraph (1) of subdivision (r) of Section 48900, may also be
referred to the school counselor, school psychologist, social worker,
child welfare attendance personnel, or other school support service
personnel for case management and counseling, or for participation in
a restorative justice program, pursuant to Section 48900.5.