BILL NUMBER: AB 2489	AMENDED
	BILL TEXT

	AMENDED IN ASSEMBLY  MARCH 30, 2016

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 amended, 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.  The bill would require the department to take
specified actions to implement the bill's provisions, including 
 consulting with school-based restorative justice practitioners
and others to identify best practices, as specified. 
   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.   (a)    The department shall develop a
standard model to implement restorative  justices 
 justice  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. 
   (b) The department shall do all of the following to implement this
section:  
   (1) Consult with school-based restorative justice practitioners,
educators, pupils, community stakeholders, and nonprofit and public
entities to identify best practices for effective, evidence-based
restorative justice in elementary and secondary schools.  
   (2) Select an advisory committee made up of stakeholders and
professionals who have participated in the development and expansion
of restorative justice programs to assist in the planning and
implementation of the standard model.  
   (3) Collect and disseminate evidence-based best practices.