BILL NUMBER: AB 2519	INTRODUCED
	BILL TEXT


INTRODUCED BY   Assembly Member Calderon

                        FEBRUARY 19, 2016

   An act to amend Section 32280 of the Education Code, relating to
school safety.


	LEGISLATIVE COUNSEL'S DIGEST


   AB 2519, as introduced, Calderon. School safety plans.
   Existing law expresses the intent of the Legislature for all
public schools teaching kindergarten or any of grades 1 to 12,
inclusive, operated by a school district, to develop, in cooperation
with specified community partners, a comprehensive school safety
plan, as defined.
   This bill would express the intent of the Legislature to include
coaches among the community partners. The bill would also express the
intent of the Legislature to expand the scope of the safety plan.
   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 32280 of the Education Code is amended to read:

   32280.  It is the intent of the Legislature that all California
public  schools, in kindergarten, and   schools
teaching kindergarten or any of  grades 1 to 12, inclusive,
operated by  a  school  districts,  
district,  in cooperation with local law enforcement agencies,
community leaders, parents, pupils, teachers, administrators, 
coaches,  and other persons who may be interested in the
prevention of campus crime and  violence,  
violence and the health and safety of the campus community, to 
develop a comprehensive school safety plan that addresses the safety
concerns identified through a systematic planning process. For the
purposes of this section, law enforcement agencies include local
police departments, county sheriffs' offices, school district police
or security departments, probation departments, and district
attorneys' offices. For purposes of this section, a "safety plan"
means a plan to develop strategies aimed at the prevention of, 
response to,  and education about, potential incidents involving
 crime and violence   crime, violence, or
medical emergency  on the school  campus.  
campus, including sanctioned activities before and after school.