BILL NUMBER: AB 677 AMENDED
BILL TEXT
AMENDED IN ASSEMBLY APRIL 30, 2015
AMENDED IN ASSEMBLY APRIL 20, 2015
INTRODUCED BY Assembly Member Dodd
FEBRUARY 25, 2015
An act to amend Section 17075.50 of, to add Section 67387 to, and
to add Article 4.5 2.5 (commencing with
Section 32247) 32215) to Chapter 2 of
Part 19 of Division 1 of Title 1 of, the Education Code, relating to
school safety.
LEGISLATIVE COUNSEL'S DIGEST
AB 677, as amended, Dodd. School safety: door locks.
(1) Existing law, the Leroy F. Greene School Facilities Act of
1998 (the act), 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 would additionally require modernization projects
submitted to the Division of the State Architect pursuant to those
provisions to include those locks, except as specified, but would
apply only to modernization projects that are funded by the proceeds
of bonds issued pursuant to a state bond act for school facilities
that is approved by the voters at a statewide election after January
1, 2016.
This bill, no later than January 1, 2022, would require the
governing board of each school district and each county
superintendent of schools, for each of its schools, to equip the
doors of every classroom and every room with an occupancy of 5 or
more persons with locks that allow the doors to be locked from the
inside, except as specified. The bill would make this provision
operative upon voter approved approval
of a state bond act for school facilities at a statewide election
after January 1, 2016. By imposing new requirements on local
educational agencies, the bill would impose a state-mandated local
program.
(2) Existing law, the Donahoe Higher Education Act, sets forth the
missions and functions of the segments of postsecondary education in
this state. The California Community Colleges, the California State
University, and the University of California are the state's 3
segments of public postsecondary education. Provisions of the Donahoe
Higher Education Act only apply to the University of California to
the extent that the Regents of the University of California act, by
appropriate resolution, to make these provisions applicable.
This bill would provide that, when construction or
modernization projects are undertaken at a campus
or facility on a campus within its jurisdiction,
the governing board of each campus of the California Community
Colleges and the Trustees of the California State University shall,
and the Regents of the University of California are requested to,
equip classrooms, offices, or other rooms where students and school
staff gather with locking mechanisms, commonly known as classroom
function locks, that allow the doors to be locked from the inside or
equip these doors with the best alternative technology that
accomplishes the same result.
To the extent that this provision would impose new duties on
community college districts, it would constitute a state-mandated
local program.
(3) 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 17075.50 of the Education Code is amended to
read:
17075.50. (a) (1) All new construction projects submitted to the
Division of the State Architect pursuant to this chapter shall
include locks that allow doors to classrooms and any room with an
occupancy of five or more persons to be locked from the inside.
(2) (A) On and after January 1, 2016, modernization projects
meeting the criteria set forth in subparagraph (B) submitted to the
Division of the State Architect pursuant to this chapter shall
include locks that allow doors to classrooms and any room with an
occupancy of five or more persons to be locked from the inside.
(B) This paragraph applies only to a modernization project that is
funded by the proceeds of the sale of bonds issued pursuant to a
state bond act for school facilities that is approved by the voters
at a statewide election after January 1, 2016.
(b) The locks shall conform to the specifications and requirements
set forth in Title 24 of the California Code of Regulations.
(c) Doors that are locked from the outside at all times and pupil
restrooms are exempt from the requirements of this section.
SEC. 2. Article 4.5 2.5 (commencing
with Section 32247) 32215) is added to
Chapter 2 of Part 19 of Division 1 of Title 1 of the Education Code,
to read:
Article 4.5. 2.5. Security Locks
32247. 32215. (a) Notwithstanding
any other law, no later than January 1, 2022, the governing board of
each school district and each county superintendent of schools shall,
for each school within its jurisdiction, equip the doors of every
classroom and every room with an occupancy of five or more persons
with locks that allow the doors to be locked from the inside.
(b) The locks shall conform to the specifications and requirements
set forth in Title 24 of the California Code of Regulations.
(c) This section shall only become operative upon the approval by
the voters of a state bond act for school facilities at a statewide
election after January 1, 2016.
SEC. 3. Section 67387 is added to the Education Code, to read:
67387. When construction or modernization
projects are undertaken at a campus or facility
on a campus within its jurisdiction, the governing board
of each campus of the California Community Colleges and the Trustees
of the California State University shall, and the Regents of the
University of California are requested to, equip classrooms, offices,
or other rooms where students and school staff gather with locking
mechanisms, commonly known as classroom function locks, that allow
the doors to be locked from the inside or equip these doors with the
best alternative technology that accomplishes the same result.
SEC. 4. 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.