BILL ANALYSIS
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THIRD READING
Bill No: AB 211
Author: Mendoza (D)
Amended: 8/17/09 in Senate
Vote: 21
SENATE EDUCATION COMMITTEE : 6-0, 7/1/09
AYES: Romero, Huff, Alquist, Maldonado, Padilla, Simitian
NO VOTE RECORDED: Hancock, Liu, Wyland
SENATE APPROPRIATIONS COMMITTEE : 11-0, 8/12/10
AYES: Kehoe, Ashburn, Alquist, Corbett, Emmerson, Leno,
Price, Walters, Wolk, Wyland, Yee
ASSEMBLY FLOOR : 76-0, 6/2/09 - See last page for vote
SUBJECT : School facilities: classroom security locks
SOURCE : Author
DIGEST : This bill requires new construction projects
submitted to the Division of the State Architect on or
after July 1, 2011 to include locks that allow classrooms,
or any room with occupancy of more than five persons, to be
locked from the inside. The locks would be required to
meet Title 24 regulations of the California Building
Standards Code. This bill exempts restrooms and rooms
locked from the outside at all times from the requirement.
ANALYSIS : Existing law, the Leroy F. Greene School
Facilities Act of 1998 (the Greene Act), requires the State
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Allocation Board to allocate to
applicant school districts prescribed per-unhoused-pupil
state funding for construction and modernization of school
facilities, including hardship funding and supplemental
funding for site development and acquisition.
This bill requires new construction projects submitted to
the Division of the State Architect on or after July 1,
2011 to include locks that allow classrooms, or any room
with occupancy of more than five persons, to be locked from
the inside. The locks would be required to meet Title 24
regulations of the California Building Standards Code.
This bill exempts restrooms and rooms locked from the
outside at all times from the requirement.
FISCAL EFFECT : Appropriation: No Fiscal Com.: Yes
Local: No
According to the Senate Appropriations Committee:
Fiscal Impact (in thousands)
Major Provisions 2010-11 2011-12
2012-13 Fund
Security Locks $160 to $320$160 to
$320 Bond
* Proposition 1D or other future K-12 construction bonds
SUPPORT : (Unable to verify at time of writing)
California School Boards Association
ARGUMENTS IN SUPPORT : According to the author's office,
violent or potentially violent incidents on school campuses
and in the immediate neighborhoods surrounding school
campuses are increasing at an alarming rate. "Lockdowns,"
the temporary confinement of students and staff to
classrooms, offices, and other rooms during or following a
disturbance, have proven an effective tool to be used at
school campuses to facilitate the safety of both students
and staff during a violent or potentially violent
situation. However, the locks in most school classrooms,
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offices and other rooms can only be locked from the
outside, jeopardizing the safety of students and school
staff as they enter hallways in an attempt to lock their
doors.
ASSEMBLY FLOOR :
AYES: Adams, Ammiano, Anderson, Arambula, Beall, Tom
Berryhill, Blakeslee, Blumenfield, Brownley, Buchanan,
Caballero, Charles Calderon, Carter, Chesbro, Conway,
Cook, Coto, Davis, De La Torre, De Leon, DeVore,
Emmerson, Eng, Evans, Feuer, Fletcher, Fong, Fuentes,
Fuller, Gaines, Galgiani, Garrick, Gilmore, Hagman, Hall,
Harkey, Hayashi, Hernandez, Hill, Huber, Huffman,
Jeffries, Jones, Knight, Krekorian, Lieu, Logue, Bonnie
Lowenthal, Ma, Mendoza, Miller, Monning, Nava, Nestande,
Niello, Nielsen, John A. Perez, V. Manuel Perez,
Portantino, Price, Ruskin, Salas, Saldana, Silva,
Skinner, Smyth, Solorio, Audra Strickland, Swanson,
Torlakson, Torres, Torrico, Tran, Villines, Yamada, Bass
NO VOTE RECORDED: Bill Berryhill, Block, Duvall, Furutani
PQ:kc 8/17/10 Senate Floor Analyses
SUPPORT/OPPOSITION: SEE ABOVE
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