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ASSEMBLY THIRD READING
AB 1587 (Scott)
As Amended May 24, 1999
2/3 vote.  Urgency

  EDUCATION           18-0        APPROPRIATIONS      21-0        
  
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|Ayes:|Mazzoni, Campbell,        |Ayes:|Migden, Brewer, Ashburn,  |
|     |Alquist, Calderon,        |     |Battin, Cedillo, Davis,   |
|     |Correa, Cunneen, Davis,   |     |Pescetti, Hertzberg,      |
|     |Honda, Leach, Nakano,     |     |Kuehl, Maldonado, Papan,  |
|     |Robert Pacheco, Rod       |     |Romero, Runner, Shelley,  |
|     |Pacheco, Scott, Soto,     |     |Steinberg, Thomson,       |
|     |Strom-Martin, Washington, |     |Wesson, Wiggins, Wright,  |
|     |Wildman, Zettel           |     |Zettel, Aroner            |
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|     |                          |     |                          |
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  SUMMARY  :  Establishes the School Emergency Response to Violent  
Events (SERVE) program.  Specifically,  this bill  :  

1)Establishes the SERVE program.  Requires the State Department  
  of Education (SDE) to:

   a)   Establish and operate regional training programs to  
     assist schools and school districts to develop plans for  
     their initial steps in the event of a violent situation,  
     and incorporate those plans with existing emergency  
     response plans;

   b)   Establish and train a cadre of mental health  
     professionals and law enforcement officials to be on call  
     for school districts in the aftermath of a violent event;

   c)   Develop a crisis response handbook for distribution at  
     each school and school district;

   d)   Identify services and resources available to schools and  
     school districts to anticipate and respond to violent  
     situations; and,

   e)   Assist school districts in conducting practice  
     responses, and in conducting periodic reviews and updates  
     of the disaster procedure policies.








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2)Requires SDE to conduct an evaluation of the effectiveness of  
  training and report to the Legislature by March 1, 2002.

3)Appropriates $138,000 to SDE for the SERVE program.

4)States legislative findings and declarations regarding the  
  need to provide counseling and other services to students  
  traumatized by school violence, to enable them to fully  
  participate in and benefit from school.

  FISCAL EFFECT  :  This bill appropriates $138,000 to SDE to  
establish the SERVE program.  This amount ties to specific  
programmatic requirements recommended by SDE in a 1999-2000  
budget change proposal establishing the SERVE program.






































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  COMMENTS  :  AB 1366 (Machado), pending in the Assembly,  
establishes a School Violence Prevention and Response Task Force  
to evaluate school-based crisis intervention and response  
programs.  AB 1451 (Florez), pending in the Assembly,  
establishes the School Safety Act and the School Disaster  
Preparedness Grant Program to require schools to meet with their  
local government agencies to review the county's disaster  
response plan and the comprehensive safety plans.


  Analysis Prepared by  :  Lynn Lorber / ED. / (916) 319-2087 


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