Senate Bill No. 592

Introduced by Senator Leyva

February 27, 2015

An act to amend Sections 32228, 32261, 32265, 32270, 32281, 32282, 32283, and 48980 of, and to add Article 1.5 (commencing with Section 32205) to Chapter 2 of Part 19 of Division 1 of Title 1 of, the Education Code, relating to pupil safety.

LEGISLATIVE COUNSEL’S DIGEST

SB 592, as introduced, Leyva. Pupil safety: adolescent relationship abuse prevention.

(1) Existing law, the Interagency School Safety Demonstration Act of 1985, among other things, requires school districts and county offices of education to be responsible for the overall development of comprehensive school safety plans for its schools operating kindergarten or any of grades 1 to 12, inclusive, and requires the schoolsite council of certain school districts to write and develop a comprehensive school safety plan. The act also requires the Department of Justice and the State Department of Education to contract with one or more professional trainers to provide training in the prevention of bullying.

This bill would define adolescent relationship abuse and a dating partner for purposes of the act, and would make specified findings and declarations and state legislative intent regarding adolescent relationship abuse. The bill would, among other things, require a comprehensive school safety plan to include the development of procedures and policies to prevent and respond to adolescent relationship abuse in middle and high schools serving pupils in any of grades 6 to 12, inclusive, which would be required to include specified actions. The bill would require a schoolsite council of a middle school or high school serving any of grades 6 to 12, inclusive, or a school safety planning committee, to consult with local, state, or national organizations with expertise in adolescent relationship abuse prevention and response in developing the adolescent relationship abuse procedures and policies of their comprehensive school safety plan. The bill would require the governing board of each school district to notify the parent or guardian of a minor pupil at the beginning of the first semester or quarter of the regular school term of the adolescent relationship abuse procedures and policies, and how to make a complaint or help their child make a complaint of adolescent relationship abuse. The bill would additionally require the Department of Justice and the State Department of Education to contract with one or more professional trainers to provide training in the prevention of adolescent relationship abuse. The bill would also update references to dating violence and teen relationship violence to refer to adolescent relationship abuse. By imposing new duties on schools and school districts regarding the development and notification of adolescent relationship abuse procedures and policies, the bill would impose a state-mandated local.

(2) This bill also would require school districts to provide educational programs that promote healthy relationships and prevent adolescent relationship abuse to pupils in grades 6 to 12, inclusive, through specific curriculum, extracurricular activities, and school climate-improvement activities. The bill would authorize school districts to work in partnership with parents, caregivers, and youth, and with domestic violence, sexual assault, or other appropriate community-based organizations, as deemed appropriate by the school district, to provide these educational programs. The bill would require school districts to use research-based materials that are appropriate for pupils of all races, genders, sexual orientations, gender identities, and ethnic and cultural backgrounds, and for pupils with disabilities in providing educational programs that promote healthy relationships and prevent adolescent relationship abuse. The bill would require the Superintendent of Public Instruction to provide information, and would require school districts to use, information on the State Department of Education’s Internet Web site about policies, procedures, and curriculum that are designed to promote healthy relationships and prevent adolescent relationship abuse among pupils. By requiring school districts to provide educational programs that promote healthy relationships and prevent adolescent relationship abuse, the bill would impose a state-mandated local program.

(3) This bill would make its provisions operative on July 1, 2016. The bill also would update references and make other nonsubstantive changes.

(4)  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.

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.

Vote: majority. Appropriation: no. Fiscal committee: yes. State-mandated local program: yes.

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

SECTION 1.  

(a) The Legislature finds and declares all of the
following:

(1) A safe, secure, and peaceful school environment is necessary
for pupils to learn and achieve.

(2) A substantial number of incidents of adolescent relationship
abuse occur in school buildings and on school grounds.

(3) Adolescent relationship abuse, which may also be referred
to as teen dating violence or teen dating abuse, can include
physical, sexual, verbal, emotional, and technological abuse against
a dating partner, and has been linked to other forms of peer-to-peer
violence and aggression, including, but not limited to, bullying
and physical violence.

(4) Victims of adolescent relationship abuse are at increased
risk for low academic performance, truancy, dropout, harmful
behaviors such as the use of alcohol, tobacco, and other drugs,
eating disorders, adolescent pregnancy, and suicide. Victims are
also at increased risk for carrying a weapon to school, having been
threatened or injured with a weapon at school, and having damaged
school property.

(5) Adolescent relationship abuse threatens the safety of all
pupils, distracts pupils from a focus on learning, and compromises
the overall school climate.

(6) Despite the high prevalence of adolescent relationship abuse,
warning signs of adolescent relationship abuse are often missed
or misinterpreted by pupils and adults.

(7) Abusive behaviors learned in adolescence can escalate into
adulthood. Pupils who are victimized in grades 6 to 12 are at higher
risk for victimization during college, and adolescent perpetrators
of adolescent relationship abuse are more likely to abuse their
intimate partners as adults.

(8) Because of the negative outcomes and specific dynamics
associated with adolescent relationship abuse, pupils, parents,
guardians, and school personnel should be informed about
adolescent relationship abuse and how to prevent, recognize, and
intervene appropriately, including what policies and resources
exist for support of and protection for pupils.

(9) If the abuse involves a behavior that qualifies as sexual
harassment pursuant to Section 212.5 of the Education Code, then
such behavior would be covered by a school’s written policy on
sexual harassment pursuant to Section 231.5 of the Education
Code.

(b) It is the intent of the Legislature that schools promote healthy
relationships and prevent adolescent relationship abuse through
age-appropriate, culturally sensitive, comprehensive prevention,
early intervention, and response strategies. Adolescent relationship
abuse prevention strategies can help to ensure a positive school
climate and a safe learning environment for all pupils. Early
detection and intervention strategies with pupils exhibiting warning
signs of adolescent relationship abuse perpetration or victimization
can help to address and redirect that behavior before it escalates
and becomes more harmful and dangerous, even fatal. Response
strategies can help to protect the safety of targeted pupils as well
as the due process rights of alleged offenders.

SEC. 2.  

Article 1.5 (commencing with Section 32205) is added
to Chapter 2 of Part 19 of Division 1 of Title 1 of the Education
Code, to read:

 

Article 1.5.  Healthy Relationships Promotion and Adolescent
Relationship Abuse Prevention

 

32205.  

(a) It is the intent of the Legislature that the
Superintendent encourage the provision of educational programs
that promote healthy relationships and prevent adolescent
relationship abuse to pupils in grades 6 to 12, inclusive. It is further
the intent of the Legislature that public schools serving pupils in
grades 6 to 12, inclusive, have access to model policies, procedures,
and curriculum that are designed to promote healthy relationships
and prevent adolescent relationship abuse among pupils.

(b) A school district shall provide educational programs to
promote healthy relationships and prevent adolescent relationship
abuse to pupils in grades 6 to 12, inclusive, through specific
curriculum, extracurricular activities, and school
climate-improvement activities. School districts may work in
partnership with parents, caregivers, and youth, and with domestic
violence, sexual assault, or other appropriate community-based
organizations, as deemed appropriate by the school district, to
provide these educational programs.

32206.  

In providing educational programs that promote healthy
relationships and prevent adolescent relationship abuse pursuant
to subdivision (b) of Section 32205, school districts shall use
research-based materials that are appropriate for pupils of all races,
genders, sexual orientations, gender identities, and ethnic and
cultural backgrounds, and for pupils with disabilities.

32207.  

(a) The Superintendent shall provide information,
which shall be used by school districts, about policies, procedures,
and curriculum that are designed to promote healthy relationships
and prevent adolescent relationship abuse among pupils on the
department’s Internet Web site.

(b) The information provided on the department’s Internet Web
site shall include, but not be limited to, all of the following:

(1) The legal obligations of, and guidelines for, schools to
respond to and prevent adolescent relationship abuse under existing
federal and state law.

(2) Model school adolescent relationship abuse prevention
policies.

(3) Model school healthy relationships promotion and adolescent
relationship abuse prevention curriculum and educational programs.

(c) In compiling the information to post on the department’s
Internet Web site, the Superintendent shall set forth guidelines for
using curriculum that promotes healthy relationships and prevent
adolescent relationship abuse. The Superintendent may include
materials developed by those agencies or organizations that the
Superintendent deems appropriate in the information provided on
the department’s Internet Web site.

SEC. 3.  

Section 32228 of the Education Code is amended to
read:

32228.  

(a) It is the intent of the Legislature that public schools
serving pupils in any of grades 8 to 12, inclusive, have access to
supplemental resources to establish programs and strategies that
promote school safety and emphasize violence prevention among
children and youth in begin insert the end insert public schools.

(b) It is also the intent of the Legislature that public schools
have access to supplemental resources to combat bias on the basis
of race, color, religion, ancestry, national origin, disability, gender,
gender identity, gender expression, or sexual orientation, as defined
in subdivision begin delete (r) end delete begin insert (s) end insert of Section 12926 of the Government Code,
and to prevent and respond to acts of hate violence and bias-related
incidents.

(c) It is further the intent of the Legislature that schoolsites
receiving funds pursuant to this article accomplish all of the
following goals:

(1) Teach pupils techniques for resolving conflicts without
violence.

(2) Train school staff and administrators to support and promote
conflict resolution and mediation techniques for resolving conflicts
between and among pupils.

(3) Reduce incidents of violence at the schoolsite with an
emphasis on prevention and early detection.

(4) Provide age-appropriate instruction in domestic violence
prevention, begin delete dating end delete begin delete violence end delete begin insert adolescent relationship abuse end insert
prevention, begin insert as defined in subdivision (h) of Section 32261, end insert and
interpersonal violence prevention.

SEC. 4.  

Section 32261 of the Education Code is amended to
read:

32261.  

(a) The Legislature hereby recognizes that all pupils
enrolled in the state public schools have the inalienable right to
attend classes on school campuses that are safe, secure, and
peaceful. The Legislature also recognizes that pupils cannot fully
benefit from an educational program unless they attend school on
a regular basis. In addition, the Legislature further recognizes that
school crime, vandalism, truancy, and excessive absenteeism are
significant problems on far too many school campuses in the state.

(b) The Legislature hereby finds and declares that the
establishment of an interagency coordination system is the most
efficient and long-lasting means of resolving school and community
problems of truancy and crime, including vandalism, drug and
alcohol abuse, gang membership, gang violence, begin insert adolescent
relationship abuse, end insert and hate crimes.

(c) It is the intent of the Legislature in enacting this chapter to
support California public schools as they develop their mandated
comprehensive safety plans that are the result of a systematic
planning process, that include strategies aimed at the prevention
of, and education about, potential incidents involving crime and
violence on school campuses, and that address the safety concerns
of local law enforcement agencies, community leaders, parents,
pupils, teachers, administrators, school police, and other school
employees interested in the prevention of school crime and
violence.

(d) It is the intent of the Legislature in enacting this chapter to
encourage school districts, county offices of education, law
enforcement agencies, and agencies serving youth to develop and
implement interagency strategies, in-service training programs,
and activities that will improve school attendance and reduce
school crime and violence, including vandalism, drug and alcohol
abuse, gang membership, gang violence, hate crimes, bullying,
including bullying committed personally or by means of an
electronic act, begin delete teen relationship violence, end delete begin insert adolescent relationship
abuse, end insert and discrimination and harassment, including, but not
limited to, sexual harassment.

(e) It is the intent of the Legislature in enacting this chapter that
the School/Law Enforcement Partnership shall not duplicate any
existing gang or drug and alcohol abuse program currently provided
for schools.

(f) As used in this chapter, “bullying” has the same meaning as
set forth in subdivision (r) of Section 48900.

(g) As used in this chapter, “electronic act” has the same
meaning as set forth in subdivision (r) of Section 48900.

begin insert

(h) As used in this chapter, “adolescent relationship abuse,”
which may also be referred to as teen dating violence or teen dating
abuse, means physical, sexual, verbal, emotional, or technological
conduct by a person to harm, threaten, intimidate, or control a
dating partner, regardless of whether that relationship is
continuing or has concluded or the number of interactions between
the individuals involved.

end insert begin insert

(i) As used in this chapter, “dating partner” means a person,
regardless of sexual orientation, gender identity, or gender
expression, who is involved in a relationship with another person,
where the relationship is primarily characterized by social contact
of a romantic or intimate nature, whether casual, serious, short
term, long term, or as otherwise defined by either person.

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SEC. 5.  

Section 32265 of the Education Code is amended to
read:

32265.  

(a) The partnership shall sponsor at least two regional
conferences for school districts, county offices of education,
agencies serving youth, allied agencies, community-based
organizations, and law enforcement agencies to identify exemplary
programs and techniques that have been effectively used to reduce
school crime, including hate crimes, vandalism, drug and alcohol
abuse, gang membership and gang violence, truancy, and excessive
absenteeism.

(b) The conference may include, but need not be limited to,
information on all of the following topics:

(1) Interagency collaboration between schools, agencies serving
youth, law enforcement agencies, and others.

(2) School attendance.

(3) School safety.

(4) Citizenship education.

(5) Drug and alcohol abuse.

(6) Child abuse prevention, detection, and reporting.

(7) Parental education.

(8) Crisis response training.

(9) Bullying prevention, including the prevention of acts
committed personally or by means of an electronic act.

(10) Threat assessment.

(11) Conflict resolution and youth mediation.

(12) begin delete   end delete begin delete Teen end delete begin delete relationship violence. end delete begin insert   end insert begin insert Adolescent relationship end insert begin insert abuse. end insert

(13) Discrimination and harassment reporting and prevention,
including, but not limited to, sexual harassment reporting and
prevention.

(14) Hate crime reporting and prevention.

(15) Reporting and prevention of abuse against pupils with
disabilities.

SEC. 6.  

Section 32270 of the Education Code is amended to
read:

32270.  

(a) The partnership shall establish a statewide school
safety cadre for the purpose of facilitating interagency coordination
and collaboration among school districts, county offices of
education, agencies serving youth, allied agencies,
community-based organizations, and law enforcement agencies
to improve school attendance, encourage good citizenship, and to
reduce school violence, school crime, including hate crimes,
vandalism, drug and alcohol abuse, gang membership and gang
violence, truancy rates, bullying, including acts that are committed
personally or by means of an electronic act, begin delete teen end delete begin delete relationship
violence, end delete begin insert adolescent relationship abuse, end insert and discrimination and
harassment, including, but not limited to, sexual harassment.

(b) The partnership may appoint up to 100 professionals from
educational agencies, community-based organizations, allied
agencies, and law enforcement to the statewide cadre.

(c) The partnership shall provide training to the statewide cadre
representatives to enable them to initiate and maintain school
community safety programs among school districts, county offices
of education, agencies serving youth, allied agencies,
community-based organizations, and law enforcement agencies
in each region.

SEC. 7.  

Section 32281 of the Education Code is amended to
read:

32281.  

(a) Each school district and county office of education
is responsible for the overall development of all comprehensive
school safety plans for its schools operating kindergarten or any
of grades 1 to 12, inclusive.

(b) (1) Except as provided in subdivision (d) with regard to a
small school district, the schoolsite council established pursuant
to former Section 52012, as it existed before July 1, 2005, or
Section 52852 shall write and develop a comprehensive school
safety plan relevant to the needs and resources of that particular
school.

(2) The schoolsite council may delegate this responsibility to a
school safety planning committee made up of the following
members:

(A) The principal or the principal’s designee.

(B) One teacher who is a representative of the recognized
certificated employee organization.

(C) One parent begin insert or guardian end insert whose child attends the school.

(D) One classified employee who is a representative of the
recognized classified employee organization.

(E) Other members, if desired.

(3) The schoolsite council shall consult with a representative
from a law enforcement agency in the writing and development
of the comprehensive school safety plan.

(4) In the absence of a schoolsite council, the members specified
in paragraph (2) shall serve as the school safety planning
committee.

begin insert

(5) The schoolsite council of a middle school or high school
serving any of grades 6 to 12, inclusive, or the school safety
planning committee, shall consult with local, state, or national
organizations with expertise in adolescent relationship abuse
prevention and response in developing the adolescent relationship
abuse procedures and policies of their comprehensive school safety
plan pursuant to subdivision (a) of Section 32282.

end insert

(c) Nothing in this article shall limit or take away the authority
of school boards as guaranteed under this code.

(d) (1) Subdivision (b) shall not apply to a small school district,
as defined in paragraph (2), if the small school district develops a
districtwide comprehensive school safety plan that is applicable
to each schoolsite.

(2) As used in this article, “small school district” means a school
district that has fewer than 2,501 units of average daily attendance
at the beginning of each fiscal year.

(e) (1) begin delete   end delete begin delete When end delete begin insert   end insert begin insert If end insert a principal or his or her designee verifies
through local law enforcement officials that a report has been filed
of the occurrence of a violent crime on the schoolsite of an
elementary or secondary school at which he or she is the principal,
the principal or the principal’s designee may send to each pupil’s
parent or legal guardian and each school employee a written notice
of the occurrence and general nature of the crime. If the principal
or his or her designee chooses to send the written notice, the
Legislature encourages the notice be sent no later than the end of
business on the second regular begin delete work day end delete begin insert workday end insert after the
verification. If, at the time of verification, local law enforcement
officials determine that notification of the violent crime would
hinder an ongoing investigation, the notification authorized by this
subdivision shall be made within a reasonable period of time, to
be determined by the local law enforcement agency and the school
district. For purposes of this section, begin delete an act that is considered end delete a
“violent crime” begin delete shall meet the definition end delete begin insert means a Part 1 violent
crime, as defined in paragraph (2) of subdivision (i) end insert of Section
begin delete 67381 end delete begin insert 67381, end insert and begin delete be end delete begin insert is end insert an act for which a pupil could or would
be expelled pursuant to Section 48915.

(2) Nothing in this subdivision shall create any liability in a
school district or its employees for complying with paragraph (1).

(f) (1) Notwithstanding subdivision (b), a school district or
county office of education may, in consultation with law
enforcement officials, elect to not have its schoolsite council
develop and write those portions of its comprehensive school safety
plan that include tactical responses to criminal incidents that may
result in death or serious bodily injury at the schoolsite. The
portions of a school safety plan that include tactical responses to
criminal incidents may be developed by administrators of the
school district or county office of education in consultation with
law enforcement officials and with a representative of an exclusive
bargaining unit of employees of that school district or county office
of education, if he or she chooses to participate. The school district
or county office of education may elect not to disclose those
portions of the comprehensive school safety plan that include
tactical responses to criminal incidents.

(2) As used in this article, “tactical responses to criminal
incidents” means steps taken to safeguard pupils and staff, to secure
the affected school premises, and to apprehend the criminal
perpetrator or perpetrators.

(3) Nothing in this subdivision precludes the governing board
of a school district or county office of education from conferring
in a closed session with law enforcement officials pursuant to
Section 54957 of the Government Code to approve a tactical
response plan developed in consultation with those officials
pursuant to this subdivision. Any vote to approve the tactical
response plan shall be announced in open session following the
closed session.

(4) Nothing in this subdivision shall be construed to reduce or
eliminate the requirements of Section 32282.

SEC. 8.  

Section 32282 of the Education Code is amended to
read:

32282.  

(a) The comprehensive school safety plan shall include,
but not be limited to, both of the following:

(1) Assessing the current status of school crime committed on
school campuses and at school-related functions.

(2) Identifying appropriate strategies and programs that will
provide or maintain a high level of school safety and address the
school’s procedures for complying with existing laws related to
school safety, which shall include the development of all of the
following:

(A) Child abuse reporting procedures consistent with Article
2.5 (commencing with Section 11164) of Chapter 2 of Title 1 of
Part 4 of the Penal Code.

(B) Disaster procedures, routine and emergency, including
adaptations for pupils with disabilities in accordance with the
federal Americans with Disabilities Act of 1990 (42 U.S.C. Sec.
12101 et seq.). The disaster procedures shall also include, but not
be limited to, both of the following:

(i) Establishing an earthquake emergency procedure system in
every public school building having an occupant capacity of 50
or more pupils or more than one classroom. A school district or
county office of education may work with the Office of Emergency
Services and the Seismic Safety Commission to develop and
establish the earthquake emergency procedure system. The system
shall include, but not be limited to, all of the following:

(I) A school building disaster plan, ready for implementation
at any time, for maintaining the safety and care of pupils and staff.

(II) A drop procedure whereby each pupil and staff member
takes cover under a table or desk, dropping to his or her knees,
with the head protected by the arms, and the back to the windows.
A drop procedure practice shall be held at least once each school
quarter in elementary schools and at least once a semester in
secondary schools.

(III) Protective measures to be taken before, during, and
following an earthquake.

(IV) A program to ensure that pupils and both the certificated
and classified staff are aware of, and properly trained in, the
earthquake emergency procedure system.

(ii) Establishing a procedure to allow a public agency, including
the American Red Cross, to use school buildings, grounds, and
equipment for mass care and welfare shelters during disasters or
other emergencies affecting the public health and welfare. The
school district or county office of education shall cooperate with
the public agency in furnishing and maintaining the services as
the school district or county office of education may deem
necessary to meet the needs of the community.

(C) Policies pursuant to subdivision (d) of Section 48915 for
pupils who committed an act listed in subdivision (c) of Section
48915 and other school-designated serious acts begin delete which end delete begin insert that end insert would
lead to suspension, expulsion, or mandatory expulsion
recommendations pursuant to Article 1 (commencing with Section
48900) of Chapter 6 of Part 27 of Division 4 of Title 2.

(D) Procedures to notify teachers of dangerous pupils pursuant
to Section 49079.

(E) A discrimination and harassment policy consistent with the
prohibition against discrimination contained in Chapter 2
(commencing with Section 200) of Part 1.

(F) The provisions of any schoolwide dress code, begin insert established end insert
pursuant to Section 35183, that prohibits pupils from wearing
“gang-related apparel,” if the school has adopted that type of a
dress code. For those purposes, the comprehensive school safety
plan shall define “gang-related apparel.” The definition shall be
limited to apparel that, if worn or displayed on a school campus,
reasonably could be determined to threaten the health and safety
of the school environment. Any schoolwide dress code established
pursuant to this section and Section 35183 shall be enforced on
the school campus and at any school-sponsored activity by the
principal of the school or the person designated by the principal.
For purposes of this paragraph, “gang-related apparel” shall not
be considered a protected form of speech pursuant to Section
48950.

(G) Procedures for safe ingress and egress of pupils, parents,
and school employees to and from school.

(H) A safe and orderly environment conducive to learning at
the school.

(I) The rules and procedures on school discipline adopted
pursuant to Sections 35291 and 35291.5.

begin insert

(J) Procedures and policies to prevent and respond to adolescent
relationship abuse in middle and high schools serving pupils in
any of grades 6 to 12, inclusive, which shall include, but not be
limited to, all of the following actions:

end insert begin insert

(i) Define adolescent relationship abuse using the definition
provided in subdivision (h) of Section 32261 and describe warning
signs of adolescent relationship abuse perpetration and
victimization.

end insert begin insert

(ii) Prohibit adolescent relationship abuse by any pupil on
school grounds, while traveling to and from school or a
school-sponsored activity, during the lunch period, which may be
on or off campus, and during a school-sponsored activity.

end insert begin insert

(iii) Specify procedures for responding to warning signs and
incidents of adolescent relationship abuse. Procedures for
responding to incidents shall consider the context, intent, and effect
of the abuse and include protocol for working with the targeted
pupil, including providing possible safety, health, and educational
accommodations. The procedures shall also include protocol for
working with the alleged offender and for enforcing any civil and
criminal protection orders for or against pupils. When taking into
consideration the safety of all pupils, schools are also encouraged
to explore whether restorative justice approaches might be
appropriate when working with the alleged offender.

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(iv) Designate one or more persons as the primary contact
persons who are responsible for integrating the adolescent
relationship abuse policy with existing policy and programs.

end insert begin insert

(v) Ensure that the school has staff who are informed about the
dynamics of adolescent relationship abuse and are prepared to
prevent, recognize, intervene, and respond appropriately to
adolescent relationship abuse.

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(vi) Specify a protocol for monitoring and assessing adolescent
relationship abuse incidents and responses, as well as adolescent
relationship abuse prevention and intervention activities.

end insert begin insert

(vii) Collaborate with organizations with expertise in adolescent
relationship abuse prevention and response in implementing
adolescent relationship abuse procedures and policies, and
periodically and regularly convene meetings with those
organizations to review campus safety issues and update the
procedures and policies, as appropriate. This collaboration may
include, but not be limited to, efforts to prevent adolescent
relationship abuse through age-appropriate curricular and
extracurricular activities and school climate improvement activities
that are in alignment with current research and best practices.

end insert begin insert

(viii) Pursuant to Sections 48980 and 48985, provide annual
written notice to parents and guardians of pupils of the adolescent
relationship abuse procedures and policies, community-based
resources, and how to make a complaint or help their child make
a complaint of adolescent relationship abuse.

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(ix) Display the notice provided pursuant to clause (viii)
prominently in school common areas, classrooms, and health
services offices, including school-based health centers where
applicable, with information about the adolescent relationship
abuse procedures and policies and contact information for
appropriate school personnel, including counselors and health
service providers, hotline numbers, and service organizations,
including domestic violence and adolescent relationship abuse
service providers or social and emotional learning experts.

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(x) Include a copy of the adolescent relationship abuse
procedures and policies in school district and school handbooks.

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(b) It is the intent of the Legislature that schools develop
comprehensive school safety plans using existing resources,
including the materials and services of the partnership, pursuant
to this chapter. It is also the intent of the Legislature that schools
use the handbook developed and distributed by the School/Law
Enforcement Partnership Program entitled “Safe Schools: A
Planning Guide for Action” in conjunction with developing their
plan for school safety.

(c) Each schoolsite council or school safety planning committee
in developing and updating a comprehensive school safety plan
shall, where practical, consult, cooperate, and coordinate with
other schoolsite councils or school safety planning committees.

(d) The comprehensive school safety plan may be evaluated
and amended, as needed, by the school safety planning committee,
but shall be evaluated at least once a year, to ensure that the
comprehensive school safety plan is properly implemented. An
updated file of all safety-related plans and materials shall be readily
available for inspection by the public.

(e) As comprehensive school safety plans are reviewed and
updated, the Legislature encourages all plans, to the extent that
resources are available, to include policies and procedures aimed
at the prevention of bullying.

(f) The comprehensive school safety plan, as written and updated
by the schoolsite council or school safety planning committee,
shall be submitted for approval under subdivision (a) of Section
32288.

SEC. 9.  

Section 32283 of the Education Code is amended to
read:

32283.  

The Department of Justice and the State Department
of Education, in accordance with Section 32262, shall contract
with one or more professional trainers to coordinate statewide
workshops for school districts, county offices of education, and
schoolsite personnel, and in particular school principals, to assist
them in the development of their respective school safety and crisis
response plans, and provide training in the prevention of begin delete bullying end delete
begin insert bullying, end insert as defined in subdivision (r) of Section begin delete 48900. end delete begin insert 48900,
and adolescent relationship abuse, as defined in subdivision (h)
of Section 32261. end insert The Department of Justice and the State
Department of Education shall work in cooperation with regard
to the workshops coordinated and presented pursuant to the
contracts. Implementation of this section shall be contingent upon
the availability of funds in the annual Budget Act.

SEC. 10.  

Section 48980 of the Education Code is amended to
read:

48980.  

(a) At the beginning of the first semester or quarter of
the regular school term, the governing board of each school district
shall notify the parent or guardian of a minor pupil regarding the
right or responsibility of the parent or guardian under Sections
35291, 46014, 48205, 48207, 48208, 49403, 49423, 49451, 49472,
and 51938 and Chapter 2.3 (commencing with Section 32255) of
Part 19 of Division 1 of Title 1.

(b) The notification also shall advise the parent or guardian of
the availability of individualized instruction as prescribed by
Section 48206.3, and of the program prescribed by Article 9
(commencing with Section 49510) of Chapter 9.

(c) The notification also shall advise the parents and guardians
of all pupils attending a school within the school district of the
schedule of minimum days and pupil-free staff development days,
and if minimum or pupil-free staff development days are scheduled
thereafter, the governing board of the begin insert school end insert district shall notify
parents and guardians of the affected pupils as early as possible,
but not later than one month before the scheduled minimum or
pupil-free day.

(d) The notification also may advise the parent or guardian of
the importance of investing for future college or university
education for their children and of considering appropriate
investment options, including, but not limited to, United States
savings bonds.

(e) The notification shall advise the parent or guardian of the
pupil that each pupil completing grade 12 is required to
successfully pass the high school exit examination administered
pursuant to Chapter 9 (commencing with Section 60850) of Part
33. The notification shall include, at a minimum, the date of the
examination and the requirements for passing the examination,
and shall inform the parents and guardians regarding the
consequences of not passing the examination and shall inform
parents and guardians that passing the examination is a condition
of graduation.

(f) Each school district that elects to provide a fingerprinting
program pursuant to Article 10 (commencing with Section 32390)
of Chapter 3 of Part 19 of Division 1 of Title 1 shall inform parents
or guardians of the program as specified in Section 32390.

(g) The notification also shall include a copy of the written
policy of the school district on sexual harassment established
pursuant to Section 231.5, as it relates to pupils.

(h) The notification shall advise the parent or guardian of all
existing statutory attendance options and local attendance options
available in the school district. This notification component shall
include all options for meeting residency requirements for school
attendance, programmatic options offered within the local
attendance areas, and any special programmatic options available
on both an interdistrict and intradistrict basis. This notification
component also shall include a description of all options, a
description of the procedure for application for alternative
attendance areas or programs, an application form from the begin insert school end insert
district for requesting a change of attendance, and a description of
the appeals process available, if any, for a parent or guardian denied
a change of attendance. The notification component also shall
include an explanation of the existing statutory attendance options,
including, but not limited to, those available under Section 35160.5,
Chapter 5 (commencing with Section 46600) of Part 26, and
subdivision (b) of Section 48204. The department shall produce
this portion of the notification and shall distribute it to all school
districts.

(i) It is the intent of the Legislature that the governing board of
each school district annually review the enrollment options
available to the pupils within its district and that the begin insert school end insert districts
strive to make available enrollment options that meet the diverse
needs, potential, and interests of the pupils of California.

(j) The notification shall advise the parent or guardian that a
pupil shall not have his or her grade reduced or lose academic
credit for any absence or absences excused pursuant to Section
48205 if missed assignments and tests that can reasonably be
provided are satisfactorily completed within a reasonable period
of time, and shall include the full text of Section 48205.

(k) The notification shall advise the parent or guardian of the
availability of state funds to cover the costs of advanced placement
examination fees pursuant to Section begin delete 52244. end delete begin insert 52242. end insert

(l) The notification to the parent or guardian of a minor pupil
enrolled in any of grades 9 to 12, inclusive, also shall include the
information required pursuant to Section 51229.

(m) If a school district elects to allow a career technical
education course to satisfy the requirement imposed by
subparagraph (E) of paragraph (1) of subdivision (a) of Section
51225.3, the school district shall include, in the notification
required pursuant to this section, both of the following:

(1) Information about the high school graduation requirements
of the school district and how each requirement satisfies or does
not satisfy the subject matter requirements for admission to the
California State University and the University of California.

(2) A complete list of career technical education courses offered
by the school district that satisfy the subject matter requirements
for admission to the California State University and the University
of California, and which of the specific college admission
requirements these courses satisfy.

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(n) The notification shall advise the parent or guardian of a
pupil of the pupil’s school’s adolescent relationship abuse
procedures and policies, and how to make a complaint or help
their child make a complaint of adolescent relationship abuse,
pursuant to subparagraph (J) of paragraph (2) of subdivision (a)
of Section 32282.

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SEC. 11.  

This act shall become operative on July 1, 2016.

SEC. 12.  

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.