BILL NUMBER: SB 160	INTRODUCED
	BILL TEXT


INTRODUCED BY   Senators Lara and De León

                        FEBRUARY 1, 2013

   An act to add Section 45304.5 to the Education Code, relating to
classified school employees.


	LEGISLATIVE COUNSEL'S DIGEST


   SB 160, as introduced, Lara. Classified school employees: child
abuse investigations: statewide tracking.
   Existing law requires the governing board of a school district to
place a classified employee on a compulsory leave of absence in
specified circumstances, including, among other circumstances, if the
employee is charged by complaint, information, or indictment filed
in a court of competent jurisdiction with the commission of a sex
offense, as defined.
   This bill would require a school district to notify the state
board when a classified employee of the school district separates
from employment with the district during the course of an
investigation for child abuse, as defined in Section 11165.6 of the
Penal Code, in which no arrest or conviction has been made, thereby
imposing a state-mandated local program. The bill would require the
state board to keep a centralized list of these notifications and
make the list available to all school districts.
   The California Constitution requires the state to reimburse local
agencies and school districts for certain costs mandated by the
state. Statutory provisions establish procedures for making that
reimbursement.
   This bill would provide that, if the Commission on State Mandates
determines that the bill contains costs mandated by the state,
reimbursement for those costs shall be made pursuant to these
statutory provisions.
   Vote: majority. Appropriation: no. Fiscal committee: yes.
State-mandated local program: yes.


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

  SECTION 1.  Section 45304.5 is added to the Education Code, to
read:
   45304.5.  (a) A school district shall notify the state board when
a classified employee of the school district separates from
employment with the district during the course of an investigation
for child abuse, as defined in Section 11165.6 of the Penal Code, in
which no arrest or conviction has been made.
   (b) The state board shall keep a centralized list of the
notifications provided pursuant to subdivision (a) and make the list
available to all school districts.
  SEC. 2.  If the Commission on State Mandates determines that this
act contains costs mandated by the state, reimbursement to local
agencies and school districts for those costs shall be made pursuant
to Part 7 (commencing with Section 17500) of Division 4 of Title 2 of
the Government Code.