BILL NUMBER: AB 796	INTRODUCED
	BILL TEXT


INTRODUCED BY   Assembly Member Shelley

                        FEBRUARY 22, 2001

   An act to amend Section 32228 of the Education Code, relating to
school safety and violence prevention.


	LEGISLATIVE COUNSEL'S DIGEST


   AB 796, as introduced, Shelley.  School safety and violence
prevention.
   Existing law, the School Safety and Violence Prevention Act,
states the Legislature's intent relating to school safety and
violence prevention and that schoolsites receiving funds pursuant to
that act accomplish specified goals, including, among others,
teaching pupils techniques for resolving conflicts without violence.

   This bill would revise the statement of intent regarding that goal
to specify that it is the intent of the Legislature that schoolsites
receiving funds under that act accomplish the goal of teaching
pupils techniques for preventing and resolving conflicts without
violence, including dating violence and interpersonal violence.
   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 32228 of the Education Code is amended to read:

   32228.  (a) It is the intent of the Legislature that public
schools serving pupils in kindergarten or any of grades 1 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 the 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,
or sexual orientation, as defined in subdivision (q) of Section
12926 of the Government Code, and to prevent and respond to acts of
hate violence and bias related incidents.  Sexual orientation shall
not include pedophilia.
   (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  preventing and 
resolving conflicts without violence  , including dating violence
and interpersonal 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.