Amended in Assembly March 18, 2016

California Legislature—2015–16 Regular Session

Assembly Bill No. 2621

Introduced by Assembly Member Gomez

February 19, 2016

An act to begin delete amend end delete begin insert add end insert Section begin delete 32283.5 of end delete begin insert 44050 to end insert the Education Code, relating to school begin delete safety. end delete begin insert employees. end insert

LEGISLATIVE COUNSEL’S DIGEST

AB 2621, as amended, Gomez. begin delete School safety plans. end delete begin insert Employee Codes of Conduct. end insert

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Existing law requires local educational agencies to provide certain documents to parents and post certain documents on an Internet Web page.

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This bill would require a local educational agency, or a person, firm, association, partnership, or corporation offering or conducting private school instruction on the elementary or high school level, that maintains an employee code of conduct with students to provide a written copy of that document to every pupil enrolled in a school of the local educational agency or provider of private school instruction and the parent or guardian of each of those pupils at the beginning of each school year and to post it to a public page on each school’s Internet Web site.

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By imposing additional duties on local educational agencies, the bill would impose a state-mandated local program.

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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.

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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.

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Existing law requires the State Department of Education to develop an online training module to assist all school staff, school administrators, parents, pupils, and community members in increasing their knowledge of the dynamics of bullying and cyberbullying.

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This bill would make nonsubstantive changes to that provision.

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Vote: majority. Appropriation: no. Fiscal committee:  begin delete no end delete begin insert yes end insert . State-mandated local program:  begin delete no end delete begin insert yes end insert .

The people of the State of California do enact as follows:

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(a) A local educational agency, or a person, firm,
association, partnership, or corporation offering or conducting
private school instruction on the elementary or high school level,
that maintains an employee code of conduct with students shall
provide a written copy of that document to every pupil enrolled in
a school of the local educational agency or provider of private
school instruction and the parent or guardian of each of those
pupils at the beginning of each school year and shall post it on
each school’s Internet Web site in a manner that is accessible to
the public without a password.

(b) For purposes of this section, a local educational agency
includes a school district, county office of education, or charter
school.

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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.

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SECTION 1.  

Section 32283.5 of the Education Code is
amended to read:

32283.5.  

The department shall develop an online training
module to assist all school staff, school administrators, parents,
pupils, and community members in increasing their knowledge of
the dynamics of bullying and cyberbullying. The online training
module shall include, but need not be limited to, identifying an act
of bullying or cyberbullying, and implementing strategies to
address bullying and cyberbullying.

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