BILL ANALYSIS Ó
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Date of Hearing: August 30, 2013
ASSEMBLY COMMITTEE ON RULES
Richard S. Gordon, Chair
SCR 51 (Lieu) - As Introduced: June 17, 2013
SENATE VOTE : 38-0
SUBJECT : California Bullying Prevention Day.
SUMMARY : Declares December 12, 2013, as California Bullying
Prevention Day, and would recognized the need for individuals,
schools, communities, businesses, local governments, and the
state to take action on behalf of bullying prevention in
California. Specifically, this resolution makes the following
legislative findings:
1)Bullying, a form of violence among children and youth, is
common on school playgrounds, in neighborhoods, and in homes
throughout California; and, is recognized as dangerous and
harmful acts that victimize a targeted child and bystanders.
2)Bullying is a pattern of deliberate, negative, hurtful,
aggressive acts that work to shift the balance of physical,
emotional, or social power and can take many forms, such as
physical, verbal, and relational or social.
3)School bullying has been identified as a problematic behavior
among adolescents, affecting school achievement, prosocial
skills, and psychological well-being for both victims and
perpetrators; and, children and youth who are bullied are more
likely than other children to be depressed, lonely, or
anxious; to have low self-esteem; to experience headaches,
stomachaches, tiredness, and poor eating; to be absent from
school, dislike school, and have poor school performance; and
to think about suicide or try to commit suicide.
4)An estimated 160,000 students stay home from school every day
due to bullying, thereby impacting student achievement; and
bullying will not end without intervention. Twenty-five
percent of students say that teachers intervened in bullying
incidents, while 71 percent of teachers say they have
intervened.
5)When collaboration occurs, the impact is tremendous; and in
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schools where there are bullying prevention programs, bullying
has been reduced by 50 percent; and incorporating
comprehensive programs using a combination of interventions
school wide, at the classroom level, and at the individual
level to create a social environment characterized by positive
adult involvement, firm limits for unacceptable behavior,
consistent use of sanctions for rule violations, and
recognition that adults are the authorities will be the most
effective.
6)Providing a safe school environment for children and youth is
a family, community, state, and national priority; and the
future well-being of our state depends on the value we place
on our children and youth, and, in particular, on our actions
to provide our young people with opportunities to acquire
knowledge and develop into healthy and productive adults.
FISCAL EFFECT : None.
REGISTERED SUPPORT / OPPOSITION :
Support
None on file.
Opposition
None on file.
Analysis Prepared by : Nicole Willis / RLS. / (916) 319-2800