BILL NUMBER: AB 2489	INTRODUCED
	BILL TEXT


INTRODUCED BY   Assembly Member McCarty

                        FEBRUARY 19, 2016

   An act to add Article 9 (commencing with Section 49055) to Chapter
6 of Part 27 of Division 4 of Title 2 of the Education Code,
relating to pupil rights.



	LEGISLATIVE COUNSEL'S DIGEST


   AB 2489, as introduced, McCarty. Pupil rights: restorative justice
practices.
   Existing law requires suspension to be imposed on a pupil only
when other means of correction fail to bring about proper conduct,
and specifies that other means of correction may include, among other
things, participation in a restorative justice program.
   This bill would require the State Department of Education to
develop a standard model to implement restorative justice practices
on a school campus and to make the standard model available on the
department's Internet Web site for use by any school district that
chooses to implement restorative justice practices as part of its
campus culture.
   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.  Article 9 (commencing with Section 49055) is added to
Chapter 6 of Part 27 of Division 4 of Title 2 of the Education Code,
to read:

      Article 9.  Restorative Justice Practices


   49055.  The department shall develop a standard model to implement
restorative justices practices on a school campus and shall make the
standard model available on the department's Internet Web site for
use by any school district that chooses to implement restorative
justice practices as part of its campus culture.