BILL NUMBER: AB 2016	CHAPTERED
	BILL TEXT

	CHAPTER  809
	FILED WITH SECRETARY OF STATE  SEPTEMBER 29, 2014
	APPROVED BY GOVERNOR  SEPTEMBER 29, 2014
	PASSED THE SENATE  AUGUST 21, 2014
	PASSED THE ASSEMBLY  AUGUST 25, 2014
	AMENDED IN SENATE  AUGUST 19, 2014
	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 51900.6 to the Education Code, relating to
pupil instruction.


	LEGISLATIVE COUNSEL'S DIGEST


   AB 2016, Campos. Pupil instruction: sexual abuse and sexual
assault awareness and prevention.
   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 the state board, based upon
recommendations by the Superintendent of Public Instruction, to
consider including age-appropriate content for kindergarten and
grades 1 to 12, inclusive, in sexual abuse and sexual assault
awareness and prevention in the next revision of the health content
standards. The bill would also require the state board, based upon
recommendations by the commission, to consider including information
in sexual abuse and sexual assault awareness and prevention 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 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.


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 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 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.