BILL NUMBER: AB 1311	INTRODUCED
	BILL TEXT


INTRODUCED BY   Assembly Member Cooper

                        FEBRUARY 27, 2015

   An act to amend Section 49380 of the Education Code, relating to
pupil safety.


	LEGISLATIVE COUNSEL'S DIGEST


   AB 1311, as introduced, Cooper. Pupil safety: sexual abuse and sex
trafficking prevention education.
   Existing law authorizes a school district to provide sexual abuse
and sex trafficking prevention education, as defined, encourages
school districts to collaborate with outside consultants, including
law enforcement, with expertise in sexual abuse and sex trafficking
prevention education in order to create school safety plans to
address those threats, and authorizes in-service training to be
conducted periodically, as provided.
   This bill would make nonsubstantive changes to that provision.
   Vote: majority. Appropriation: no. Fiscal committee: no.
State-mandated local program: no.


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

  SECTION 1.  Section 49380 of the Education Code is amended to read:

   49380.  (a) A school district is encouraged to collaborate with
outside consultants, including law enforcement, with expertise in
sexual abuse and sex trafficking prevention education in order to
create a school safety plan to address the  threat 
 threats  of sexual abuse and sex trafficking.
   (b) A school district is encouraged to collaborate with law
enforcement on a referral protocol for high-risk pupils and minors.
   (c) In-service training may be conducted periodically  in
order  to enable school district personnel to learn about new
developments in the understanding of sexual abuse and sex
trafficking, and to receive instruction on current prevention efforts
and methods. A school district is encouraged to include training on
early identification of sexual abuse and sex trafficking of pupils
and minors.