BILL NUMBER: AB 1230	INTRODUCED
	BILL TEXT


INTRODUCED BY   Assembly Member Torrico

                        FEBRUARY 27, 2009

   An act relating to public postsecondary education.


	LEGISLATIVE COUNSEL'S DIGEST


   AB 1230, as introduced, Torrico. Public postsecondary education:
policies prohibiting online harassment.
   Existing law establishes the 3 segments of public postsecondary
education in this state. These 3 segments are the University of
California, under the administration of the Regents of the University
of California, the California State University, under the
administration of the Trustees of the California State University,
and the California Community Colleges, under the administration of
the Board of Governors of the California Community Colleges.
   This bill would express the intent of the Legislature to enact
legislation requiring the Trustees of the California State University
and the Board of Governors of the California Community Colleges, and
urging the Regents of the University of California, to establish
systemwide policies prohibiting online harassment and to provide for
the enforcement of these policies by making appropriate revisions in
student codes of conduct to prohibit an unlawful, threatening, or
defamatory act of harassment carried out through campus electronic
communication devices or networks.
   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.  It is the intent of the Legislature to enact
legislation that will require the Trustees of the California State
University and the Board of Governors of the California Community
Colleges, and urge the Regents of the University of California, to do
both of the following:
   (a) Establish systemwide policies prohibiting online harassment.
   (b) Provide for enforcement of these systemwide policies by making
appropriate revisions in student codes of conduct to prohibit an
unlawful, threatening, or defamatory act of harassment carried out
through campus electronic communication devices or networks.