BILL NUMBER: AB 2016	AMENDED
	BILL TEXT

	AMENDED IN SENATE  JULY 2, 2014
	AMENDED IN ASSEMBLY  MAY 1, 2014
	AMENDED IN ASSEMBLY  APRIL 21, 2014

INTRODUCED BY   Assembly Member Campos

                        FEBRUARY 20, 2014

   An act to add Section  51207   5  
1900.6  to the Education Code, relating to pupil instruction.


	LEGISLATIVE COUNSEL'S DIGEST


   AB 2016, as amended, Campos. 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.  
   Existing law requires the State Department of Education to prepare
and distribute to school districts guidelines for the preparation of
comprehensive health education plans, and requires approval of
district plans to be made in accordance with rules and regulations
adopted by the State Board of Education. Existing law establishes the
Instructional Quality Commission and requires the commission to,
among other things, recommend curriculum frameworks to the state
board. 
   This bill would  require, on or before March 1, 2017,
  require  the State Board of Education, based upon
the recommendations of the Superintendent of Public Instruction, to
consider  adopting   including 
age-appropriate content  standards  for 
transitional kindergarten, 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.   abused, in the next revision of the health
content standards.  The bill would also require the state board,
based upon  a recommendation   recommendations
 by the  Superintendent, to consider including
information   commission, to consider including
age-appropriate content   standards for 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, 
in the Health Framework for California Public Schools when next
revised.
   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,
  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.
   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 51900.6 is added to the 
 Education Code   , to read:  
   51900.6.  (a) (1) The state board shall, based upon
recommendations by the Superintendent, consider including
age-appropriate content for 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, in the next revision
of the health content standards.
   (2) The state board shall, based upon recommendations by the
Instructional Quality Commission, consider including information in
sexual abuse and sexual assault awareness and prevention, including
information on available counseling and resources for children who
are sexually abused, in the Health Framework for California Public
Schools when next revised.
   (b) (1) School districts, county offices of education, and charter
schools may provide age-appropriate instruction, pursuant to the
content standards adopted by the state board under subdivision (a),
for 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 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 51207 is added to the
Education Code, to read:
   51207.  (a) (1) On or before March 1, 2017, the state board shall,
based upon the recommendations of the Superintendent, consider
adopting 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.
   (2) The state board shall, based upon a recommendation by the
Superintendent, consider including information in sexual abuse and
sexual assault awareness and prevention, including information on
available counseling and resources for children who are sexually
abused, in the Health Framework for California Public Schools when
next revised.
   (b) (1) School districts, county offices of education, and charter
schools 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.