BILL NUMBER: AB 63	AMENDED
	BILL TEXT

	AMENDED IN ASSEMBLY  APRIL 22, 2015
	AMENDED IN ASSEMBLY  APRIL 7, 2015

INTRODUCED BY   Assembly Member Bonilla

                        DECEMBER 15, 2014

   An act to add Section 35294.16 to the Education Code and to add
Section  5164   5167  to the Vehicle Code,
relating to school safety.



	LEGISLATIVE COUNSEL'S DIGEST


   AB 63, as amended, Bonilla. School safety programs: funding.
   The School Safety Violence Protection Act establishes the School
Safety and Violence Prevention Strategy Program, which is
administered by the Superintendent of Public Instruction, for the
purpose of providing grant funding to schools and school districts to
promote school safety and violence prevention programs among
children and youth in the public schools.
   This bill would authorize the Superintendent to consult with the
Board of State and Community Corrections, the State Department of
Social Services, and the State Department of Public Health on school
violence prevention and intervention in order to carry out one or
more of the purposes of the programs established under the School
Safety and Violence Prevention Strategy Program.
   Existing law authorizes a state agency to apply to the Department
of Motor Vehicles to sponsor a specialized license plate program, and
requires the department to issue specialized license plates for that
program, if the state agency complies with specified requirements.
   This bill would require the State Department of Education to apply
to the Department of Motor Vehicles for the purpose of creating a
specialized license plate program. The bill would require that the
fees collected from the sale of the specialized license plates be
deposited in the School Violence Prevention Fund, which the bill
would establish, and, upon appropriation by the Legislature, be
allocated to the State Department of Education in order to carry out
one or more of the purposes of the programs established under the
School Safety and Violence Prevention Strategy  Program.
  Program, or as determined by the State Department o
  f Education for purposes of school violence prevention.
The bill would require moneys allocated from the fund to the State
Department of Education to be available for both charter and
noncharter public schools. 
   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 35294.16 is added to the Education Code, to
read:
   35294.16.  The Superintendent may consult with the Board of State
and Community Corrections, the State Department of Social Services,
and the State Department of Public Health on school violence
prevention and intervention in order to carry out one or more of the
purposes for which the programs established pursuant to this article
were established, as the statutes governing those programs read on
January 1, 2015.
  SEC. 2.  Section  5164   5167  is added
to the Vehicle Code, to read:
    5164.   5167.    (a)  
 The State Department of Education shall apply to the Department
of Motor Vehicles pursuant to this article for the purpose of
creating a specialized license plate program. 
Notwithstanding 
    (b)     Notwithstanding  subdivision
(c) of Section 5157, the fees collected from the sale of the
specialized license plates shall be deposited in the School Violence
Prevention Fund, which is hereby established in the State Treasury.
 Upon 
    (c)     Upon  appropriation by the
Legislature, the moneys in  that fund   the
  School Violence Prevention Fund  shall be allocated
to the State Department of Education in order to carry out one or
more of the purposes for which the programs established pursuant to
Article 10.4 (commencing with Section 35294.10) of Chapter 2 of Part
21 of Division 3 of Title 2 of the Education Code were established,
as the statutes governing those programs read on January 1, 2015, or
as determined by the State Department of Education for purposes of
school violence prevention.  The  
   (d) Moneys allocated pursuant to subdivision (c) shall be
available for both charter and noncharter public schools. 
    (e)     The  State Department of
Education shall comply with all of the requirements of this article
that apply to a state agency that sponsors a specialized license
plate program.