SB 316, as amended, Block. School safety: door locks.
Existing law, the Leroy F. Greene School Facilities Act of 1998, requires the State Allocation Board to allocate to applicant school districts prescribed per-unhoused-pupil state funding for construction and modernization of school facilities, including hardship funding and supplemental funding for site development and acquisition. Existing law requires all new construction projects submitted to the Division of the State Architect pursuant to the act to include locks that allow doors to classrooms and rooms with an occupancy of 5 or more persons to be locked from the inside, except as specified.
This bill, on and after January 1, 2016, would additionally require all modernization projects submitted to the Division of the State Architect pursuant to those provisions to include those locks, except as specified.begin insert The bill would require the State Allocation Board to adopt regulations to adjust the modernization per-pupil grant allowance to reflect the associated cost of installing the locks.end insert
This bill would, if federal funding becomes available for purposes of school safety, require a school district to first consider using these funds to install locks that are lockable from the inside in every classroom and every room with an occupancy of 5 or more persons, except as specified. By imposing new requirements on school districts, the bill would impose a state-mandated local program.
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 17075.50 of the Education Code is
2amended to read:
(a) (1) On and after July 1, 2011, all new
4construction projects submitted to the Division of the State
5Architect pursuant to this chapter shall include locks that allow
6doors to classrooms and any room with an occupancy of five or
7more persons to be locked from the inside.
8(2) begin insert(A)end insertbegin insert end insert On or after January 1, 2016, all modernization projects
9submitted to the Division of the State Architect pursuant to this
10chapter shall include locks that allow doors to classrooms
and any
11room with an occupancy of five or more persons to be locked from
12the inside.
13(B) This paragraph applies only to a modernization project that
14is funded by the proceeds of a bond for school facilities that is
15approved by the voters on or after January 1, 2014.
16(b) The locks shall conform to the specifications and
17requirements set forth in Title 24 of the California Code of
18Regulations.
19(c) Doors that are locked from the outside at all times and pupil
20restrooms are exempt from the requirements of this section.
21(d) The board shall adopt regulations to adjust the
22modernization per-pupil grant allowance to reflect the associated
P3 1cost of installing the locks pursuant to paragraph (2) of subdivision
2(a).
Article 4.5 (commencing with Section 32247) is added
4to Chapter 2 of Part 19 of Division 1 of Title 1 of the Education
5Code, to read:
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(a) If federal funding becomes available for purposes
10of school safety, a school district shall first consider using these
11funds to install locks that are lockable from the inside in every
12classroom and every room with an occupancy of five or more
13persons.
14(b) The locks shall conform to the specifications and
15requirements set forth in Title 24 of the California Code of
16Regulations.
17(c) Doors that are locked from the outside at all times and pupil
18restrooms are exempt from the requirements of this section.
If the Commission on State Mandates determines that
20this act contains costs mandated by the state, reimbursement to
21local agencies and school districts for those costs shall be made
22pursuant to Part 7 (commencing with Section 17500) of Division
234 of Title 2 of the Government Code.
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