BILL ANALYSIS
AB 819
Page 1
CONCURRENCE IN SENATE AMENDMENTS
AB 819 (Jackson)
As Amended September 10, 2001
Majority vote
-----------------------------------------------------------------
|ASSEMBLY: |76-0 |(May 10, 2001) |SENATE: |24-10|(September 13, |
| | | | | |2001) |
-----------------------------------------------------------------
Original Committee Reference: ED.
SUMMARY : Amends the intent language of the School Safety and
Violence Prevention Act (Act) to include age-appropriate
instruction in domestic violence, dating violence, and
interpersonal violence prevention for public schools serving
pupils any of grades 8 to 12, inclusive, receiving funds to
promote school safety.
The Senate amendments :
1)Delete the intent language that pupils in grades K-12 have
access to supplemental resources to establish programs and
strategies that promote school safety and emphasize violence
prevention and instead express intent that these resources be
provided to pupils in grades 8-12.
2)Double join this bill to AB 804 (Assembly Committee on
Education).
EXISTING LAW requires:
1)The State Department of Education (SDE), through its Healthy
Kids Resources Center, to identify and distribute information
to public schools about programs or curricula on self-reliance
and safety that are designed to teach students the skills and
to help them develop the self-esteem necessary to recognize
and prevent child endangerment, such as abduction, abuse, and
neglect.
2)That all California public schools, in kindergarten, and
grades 1-12, inclusive, develop a comprehensive school safety
plan that includes, but is not limited to:
a) Assessing the current status of school crime committed
AB 819
Page 2
on school campuses and at school-related functions; and,
b) 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 will include the
development of all of the following:
i.Child abuse reporting procedures;
ii.Disaster procedures, routing and emergency;
iii.Policies for pupils who committed an act leading to
suspension, expulsion, or mandatory expulsion
recommendations;
iv.A sexual harassment policy;
v.The provisions of any school-wide dress code that
prohibits pupils from wearing "gang-related apparel," if
the school has adopted such a dress code. For those
purposes, the comprehensive school safety plan shall
define "gang-related apparel" and enforce the dress code
on the school campus and at any school-sponsored activity;
vi.Procedures for safe ingress and egress of pupils, parent
and school employees to and from school;
vii.A safe and orderly environment on school discipline;
and,
viii.Rules and procedures on school discipline.
AS PASSED BY THE ASSEMBLY , this bill amended the intent language
of the Act to include age-appropriate instruction in domestic
violence prevention, for public schools serving pupils in
kindergarten or any of grades 1-12, inclusive, receiving funds
to promote school safety.
FISCAL EFFECT : According to Legislative Counsel, no direct
fiscal effect to the state.
COMMENTS : The Senate amendments appropriately narrow the
legislative intent that only students in grades 8-12 receive the
AB 819
Page 3
Act resources and instruction rather than students in grades
K-12. AB 804, which is double joined to this bill, is the
Assembly Education Committee technical clean-up omnibus bill.
Analysis Prepared by : Mavonne Garrity / ED. / (916) 319-2087
FN: 0003593