BILL NUMBER: AB 2016	AMENDED
	BILL TEXT

	AMENDED IN ASSEMBLY  APRIL 21, 2014

INTRODUCED BY   Assembly Member Campos

                        FEBRUARY 20, 2014

   An act to add Section  44278   51207  to
the Education Code, relating to  teachers   pup
  il instruction  .


	LEGISLATIVE COUNSEL'S DIGEST


   AB 2016, as amended, Campos.  Teachers: mandated child
abuse reporting: training.   Pupil instruction: sexual
abuse and sexual assault awareness and prevention.  
   Existing law prescribes required courses of study in grades 1 to
12, inclusive, and requires the adopted course of study to include
instruction, as provided, at the appropriate elementary and secondary
grade levels.  
   This bill would require, on or before March 1, 2017, the State
Board of Education, based upon the recommendations of the
Superintendent of Public Instruction, to adopt age-appropriate
content standards for transitional kindergarten, kindergarten, and
grades 1 to 12, inclusive, in sexual abuse and sexual assault
awareness and prevention, including information on available
counseling and resources for children who are sexually abused. 

   The bill would authorize school districts, county offices of
education, and charter schools to provide age-appropriate
instruction, pursuant to the content standards adopted by the state
board, for transitional kindergarten, kindergarten, and grades 1 to
12, inclusive, as applicable, in sexual abuse and sexual assault
awareness and prevention. The bill would provide a procedure for
excusing a pupil from that instruction.  
   Existing law, the Child Abuse and Neglect Reporting Act, requires
certain persons identified as "mandated reporters," including
teachers and various other school employees, to report suspected
child abuse or child neglect, as specified, and provides that a
failure to report as required is an offense. Existing law encourages
employers to provide their employees who are mandated reporters with
training in the duties imposed by the act, and further requires
school districts that do not train their employees who are identified
as mandated reporters to report to the State Department of Education
the reasons why the training is not provided. Under existing law,
the Commission on Teacher Credentialing is required to adopt
standards and procedures for the issuance and renewal of teaching and
services credentials.  
   This bill would require, on or after January 1, 2015, the holder
of a teaching or services credential issued by the commission to
complete an approved training program, as specified, by January 1,
2016, and every 2 years thereafter, in the duties imposed on mandated
reporters, as specified. The bill would require the holder of the
credential, as part of his or her application to renew his or her
credential, to submit verification to the commission that he or she
has complied with the training requirement. 
   Vote: majority. Appropriation: no. Fiscal committee: yes.
State-mandated local program: no.


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

   SECTION 1.    Section 51207 is added to the 
 Education Code   , to read:  
   51207.  (a) On or before March 1, 2017, based upon the
recommendations of the Superintendent, the state board shall adopt
age-appropriate content standards for transitional kindergarten,
kindergarten, and grades 1 to 12, inclusive, in sexual abuse and
sexual assault awareness and prevention, including information on
available counseling and resources for children who are sexually
abused.
   (b) (1) School districts, county offices of education, and charter
may provide age-appropriate instruction, pursuant to the content
standards adopted by the state board under subdivision (a), for
transitional kindergarten, kindergarten, and grades 1 to 12,
inclusive, as applicable, in sexual abuse and sexual assault
awareness and prevention.
   (2) Upon written request of the pupil's parent or legal guardian,
a pupil in transitional kindergarten, kindergarten, or grades 1 to
12, inclusive, shall be excused from taking instruction in sexual
abuse and sexual assault awareness and prevention established
pursuant to this section.  
  SECTION 1.    Section 44278 is added to the
Education Code, to read:
   44278.  (a) On and after January 1, 2015, the holder of a teaching
or services credential issued by the commission shall complete an
approved training program by January 1, 2016, and every two years
thereafter, in the duties imposed on mandated reporters pursuant to
the Child Abuse and Neglect Reporting Act (Article 2.5 (commencing
with Section 11164) of Chapter 2 of Title 1 of Part 4 of the Penal
Code).
   (b) The holder of a teaching or services credential, as part of
his or her application to renew his or her credential, shall submit
verification to the commission that he or she has complied with the
training requirements set forth in subdivision (a).
   (c) For purposes of this section, an approved training program may
include, but is not limited to, mandated reporter training offered
online by the Office of Child Abuse Prevention or another agency
approved by the State Department of Social Services, training
conducted by a local educational agency, training offered by a local
educational agency, or any other training approved by the commission.