BILL NUMBER: ACR 103	INTRODUCED
	BILL TEXT


INTRODUCED BY   Assembly Member Fong

                        FEBRUARY 7, 2012

   Relative to Campus Safety Month.


	LEGISLATIVE COUNSEL'S DIGEST


   ACR 103, as introduced, Fong. Campus Safety Month.
   This measure would declare March as Campus Safety Month, and would
encourage citizens to visit the Internet Web site of the national
nonprofit organization Security On Campus, Inc., to view public
safety information about public and private colleges and
universities.
   Fiscal committee: no.



   WHEREAS, California public and private colleges and universities
will serve over 3.5 million students; and
   WHEREAS, Nearly 400,000 students will graduate from California
public high schools in 2012; and
   WHEREAS, The University of California, the California State
University, and the California Community Colleges have over 3.3
million students enrolled; and
   WHEREAS, Approximately 300,000 students will attend private
colleges and universities in California; and
   WHEREAS, Colleges and universities are not immune to the crimes
that face the rest of California; and
   WHEREAS, In 2010, public and private California colleges and
universities reported crimes consisting of 3 murders, 266 sexual
assaults, 215 robberies, 290 aggravated sexual assaults, 2,433
burglaries, 786 motor vehicle thefts, 69 acts of arson, and 20 hate
crimes; and
   WHEREAS, California colleges and universities have a
responsibility to protect students and the nearby communities from
violent and property crimes; and
   WHEREAS, Increasing safety on college campuses requires critical
partnerships between public and private colleges and universities and
community-based organizations; and
   WHEREAS, Thousands of students will be applying and accepting
admission to state colleges and universities; and
   WHEREAS, California families and students are best equipped to
make informed higher education decisions when provided with timely
and accurate academic and public safety information; and
   WHEREAS, This state should make resources available to families
and students and provide public safety information regarding public
colleges and universities; and
   WHEREAS, A coalition of rape crisis centers, known as the
California Coalition Against Sexual Assault, has partnered with the
national nonprofit organization Security On Campus, Inc., the
University of California, the California State University, the
California Community Colleges, and the Association of Independent
California Colleges and Universities to promote safe campuses and
communities; now, therefore, be it
   Resolved by the Assembly of the State of California, the Senate
thereof concurring, That the Legislature declares March as Campus
Safety Month in California; and be it further
   Resolved, That citizens are encouraged to visit the Internet Web
site of the national nonprofit organization Security On Campus, Inc.,
to view public safety information about public and private colleges
and universities; and be it further
   Resolved, That the Chief Clerk of the Assembly transmit copies of
this resolution to the Governor, the California State University
system, the University of California system, the California Community
Colleges system, and to the author for distribution.