BILL NUMBER: AB 1857	AMENDED
	BILL TEXT

	AMENDED IN ASSEMBLY  APRIL 10, 2012

INTRODUCED BY   Assembly Member Fong

                        FEBRUARY 22, 2012

   An act to add Article 1.5 (commencing with Section 32205) to
Chapter 2 of Part 19 of Division 1 of Title 1 of the Education Code,
relating to pupils.



	LEGISLATIVE COUNSEL'S DIGEST


   AB 1857, as amended, Fong. Pupils: healthy relationships promotion
and teen dating  violence   abuse 
prevention.
   Existing law requires a school district that provides instruction
to pupils in grades 7 to 12, inclusive, to provide an adopted course
of study to those pupils, as specified. Existing law requires the
State Board of Education to adopt academic content standards in
certain curriculum areas.
   This bill would authorize school districts to provide education
programs that promote healthy relationships and prevent teen dating
 violence   abuse  to pupils in grades 7 to
12, inclusive, through curricular, extracurricular, and school
climate-improvement activities. The bill would authorize school
districts to work in partnership with parents, caregivers, and youth,
domestic violence, sexual assault, or other appropriate
community-based organizations, as deemed appropriate by the school
district, to provide these education programs. The bill would require
school districts that choose to provide education programs that
promote healthy relationships and prevent teen dating 
violence   abuse  to use research-based materials
that are appropriate for pupils of all races, genders, sexual
orientations, gender identities, and ethnic and cultural backgrounds,
and for pupils with disabilities. The bill would require the
Superintendent of Public Instruction to provide information about
model education programs that are designed to promote healthy
relationships and prevent teen dating  violence 
 abu   se  on the State Department of Education's
Internet Web site, as specified.
   Vote: majority. Appropriation: no. Fiscal committee: yes.
State-mandated local program: no.


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

  SECTION 1.  Article 1.5 (commencing with Section 32205) is added to
Chapter 2 of Part 19 of Division 1 of Title 1 of the Education Code,
to read:

      Article 1.5.  Healthy Relationships Promotion and Teen Dating
 Violence   Abuse  Prevention


   32205.  (a) It is the intent of the Legislature that the
Superintendent encourage the provision of education programs that
promote healthy relationships and prevent teen dating 
violence   abuse  to pupils in grades 7 to 12,
inclusive. It is further the intent of the Legislature that public
schools serving pupils in grades 7 to 12, inclusive, have access to
model education programs and materials designed to promote healthy
relationships and prevent teen dating  violence 
 abuse  among pupils.
   (b) A school district may provide education programs to promote
healthy relationships and prevent teen dating  violence
  abuse  to pupils in grades 7 to 12, inclusive,
through curricular, extracurricular, and school climate-improvement
activities. School districts may work in partnership with parents,
caregivers, and youth, domestic violence, sexual assault, or other
appropriate community-based organizations, as deemed appropriate by
the school district, to provide these education programs.
   32206.  School districts that choose to provide education programs
that promote healthy relationships and prevent teen dating 
violence   abuse  pursuant to subdivision (b) of
Section 32205 shall use research-based materials that are appropriate
for pupils of all races, genders, sexual orientations, gender
identities, and ethnic and cultural backgrounds, and for pupils with
disabilities.
   32207.  (a) The Superintendent shall provide information, which
may be used by school districts, about model education programs that
are designed to promote healthy relationships and prevent teen dating
 violence   abuse  among pupils on the
department's Internet Web site.
   (b) The information provided on the department's Internet Web site
shall include, but not be limited to, all of the following:
   (1) The legal obligations of schools to respond to and prevent
teen dating  violence   abuse  under
existing federal and state law.
   (2) Model school teen dating  violence  
abuse  prevention policies.
   (3) Model school healthy relationships promotion and teen dating
 violence   abuse  prevention curriculum
and education programs.
   (c) In compiling the information to post on the department's
Internet Web site, the Superintendent shall seek input from other
public agencies and private nonprofit organizations with experience
providing education programs that promote healthy relationships and
prevent teen dating  violence   abuse  .
The Superintendent may include materials developed by those agencies
or organizations that the Superintendent deems appropriate in the
information provided on the department's Internet Web site.