BILL ANALYSIS Ó
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Date of Hearing: April 27, 2016
ASSEMBLY COMMITTEE ON APPROPRIATIONS
Lorena Gonzalez, Chair
AB
2732 (Chang) - As Introduced February 19, 2016
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Urgency: No State Mandated Local Program: NoReimbursable: No
SUMMARY:
This bill requires the California State University (CSU)
Trustees and requests the University of California (UC) Regents,
to provide, as part of established campus orientations,
educational and preventive information about cyberbullying to
students at all campuses.
FISCAL EFFECT:
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Any costs to UC and CSU would be minor an absorbable.
COMMENTS:
Purpose. According to a February 2015 report, by the National
Center for Biotechnology Information, entitled, "Cyberbullying,
depression, and problem alcohol use in female college students:
a multisite study," found that cyberbullying and its effects
have been studied largely in middle and high school students,
but less is known about cyberbullying in college students. The
study performed a cross-sectional study investigating the
relationship between involvement in cyberbullying and depression
or problem alcohol use among college females. The study found
that college-age females are just as likely to suffer the
negative effects of cyberbullying as younger adolescents.
According to the author, cyberbullying has been linked to
suicide, alcoholism, and depression in college students. The
author states, "Students are already undergoing a tremendous
transition as they have just entered into adulthood, and many
are away from home for the first time." The author argues that
college-aged students should receive training on cyberbullying
while they attend a UC or CSU.
Analysis Prepared by:Chuck Nicol / APPR. / (916)
319-2081
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