BILL NUMBER: AB 1230	AMENDED
	BILL TEXT

	AMENDED IN ASSEMBLY  APRIL 13, 2009

INTRODUCED BY   Assembly Member Torrico

                        FEBRUARY 27, 2009

    An act relating to public postsecondary education.
  An act to add Section 66302 to the Education Code,
relating to online harassment. 



	LEGISLATIVE COUNSEL'S DIGEST


   AB 1230, as amended, 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.  
   Existing law requires the Regents of the University of California,
the Trustees of the California State University, and the governing
board of each community college district to adopt or provide for the
adoption of specific rules and regulations governing student
behavior.  
   This bill would require the Board of Governors of the California
Community Colleges and the Trustees of the California State
University, and request the Regents of the University of California
to include in their rules and regulations governing student behavior,
rules and regulations prohibiting online harassment, as defined. The
bill would also require each institution to report to the
Legislature annually regarding the rules and regulations adopted
regarding online harassment. 
   Vote: majority. Appropriation: no. Fiscal committee:  no
  yes  . State-mandated local program: no.


THE PEOPLE OF THE STATE OF CALIFORNIA DO ENACT AS FOLLOWS:

   SECTION 1.    Section 66302 is added to the 
 Education Code   , to read:  
   66302.  (a) The Trustees of the California State University and
the Board of Governors of the California Community Colleges shall,
and the Regents of the University of California may, include in the
rules and regulations adopted pursuant to Section 66300, rules and
regulations and applicable penalties that specifically prohibit
online harassment. For purposes of this section, online harassment
means any unlawful, threatening, or defamatory act of harassment
carried out through campus electronic communication devices or
networks.
   (b) Each of the respective institutions shall report to the
Legislature, on or before January 1, 2011, and annually thereafter,
the rules and regulations adopted pursuant to this section as well as
any actions taken to enforce policies prohibiting online harassment.
 
  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.