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THIRD READING
Bill No: AB 1271
Author: Bonta (D), et al.
Amended: 8/19/14 in Senate
Vote: 21
SENATE EDUCATION COMMITTEE : 6-0, 6/25/14
AYES: Liu, Wyland, Correa, Hancock, Huff, Monning
NO VOTE RECORDED: Block
SENATE APPROPRIATIONS COMMITTEE : 5-0, 8/14/14
AYES: De Le�n, Hill, Lara, Padilla, Steinberg
NO VOTE RECORDED: Walters, Gaines
ASSEMBLY FLOOR : 76-1, 1/29/14 - See last page for vote
SUBJECT : School safety plans: pupil mental health care
SOURCE : Author
DIGEST : This bill encourages, as school safety plans are
reviewed and updated, that the guidelines for the roles and
responsibilities of mental health professionals, community
intervention professionals, school counselors, school resource
officers, and police officers on school campuses contained with
a school safety plan to include protocols to address the mental
health care of pupils who have witnessed a violent act at any
time, as specified.
ANALYSIS :
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Existing law:
1.Requires each school district and county office of education
to be responsible for the overall development of all
comprehensive school safety plans for its schools.
2.Requires the schoolsite council of a small school district to
write and develop the school safety plan, and requires the
schoolsite council to consult with a representative from a law
enforcement agency in the writing and development of the
school safety plan.
3.States legislative intent that all public schools develop a
comprehensive school safety plan that addresses the safety
concerns identified through a systematic planning process.
States intent that schools develop school safety plans in
cooperation with local law enforcement agencies, community
leaders, parents, pupils, teachers, administrators, and other
people who may be interested in the prevention of campus crime
and violence.
4.Authorizes school districts and county offices of education,
in consultation with law enforcement, to elect to not have its
schoolsite council develop and write portions of the school
safety plan that include tactical responses to criminal
incidents. Portions of the safety plan containing tactical
responses may be developed by school administrators in
consultation with law enforcement and with a representative of
the employee bargaining unit. Governing boards are authorized
to approve the tactical response portion of the safety plan in
a closed session.
5.Requires the comprehensive school safety plan to include (a)
an assessment of the current status of school crime committed
on school campuses and at school-related functions and (b)
identification of appropriate strategies and programs that
will provide or maintain a high level of school safety and
detail procedures for complying with existing laws; disaster
procedures; policies regarding suspension or expulsion; a
discrimination and harassment policy; and, a safe and orderly
environment conducive to learning.
6.Encourages, as school safety plans are reviewed and updated,
plans to include policies and procedures aimed at the
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prevention of bullying.
7.Requires the comprehensive school safety plan to be evaluated
at least once a year.
8.Requires the schoolsite council or school safety planning
committee to hold a public meeting to allow public comment,
and requires the notification of specified entities prior to
this meeting. Requires each school to submit its school
safety plan to the school district or county office of
education for approval and requires a school district or
county office of education to notify the Department of
Education by October 15 of every year of any school that is
not in compliance.
9.Requires each school to include a description of key elements
of the school safety plan in the annual school accountability
report card.
10.Requires, if the Superintendent of Public Instruction
determines that there has been a willful failure to make any
report required in school safety plan statutes to do both of
the following:
A. Notify the school district or county office of education
in which the willful failure has occurred.
B. Make an assessment of up to $2,000 against that school
or county office, which may be done by deducting funding
from the district's or county office's future
apportionment.
This bill encourages the guidelines developed to include
protocols to address the mental health care of pupils who have
witnessed a violent act at any time, including but not limited
to the following:
A. While on school grounds.
B. While going to or coming from school.
C. During a lunch period whether on or off campus.
D. During, or while going or coming from a school sponsored
activity.
FISCAL EFFECT : Appropriation: No Fiscal Com.: No Local:
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No
According to the Senate Appropriations Committee, minor cost
pressure to state legislative encouragement for schools to
"prioritize mental health and intervention services, restorative
and transformative justice programs, and positive behavior
interventions and support" in their guidelines governing the
roles and responsibilities of specified adults on campus, and to
include protocols to address the mental health care of pupils
who have witness violent acts, as specified.
SUPPORT : (Verified 8/19/14)
AFSCME
Legal Services for Prisoners with Children
ARGUMENTS IN SUPPORT : According to the author's office, as
schools, governments, and communities continue to work towards
prevention mechanisms for acts of violence in schools, AB 1271
will help schools be better prepared to help their students get
back onto the pathway of recovery, in the event they do fall
victim to these incidents.
ASSEMBLY FLOOR : 76-1, 1/29/14
AYES: Achadjian, Alejo, Allen, Ammiano, Atkins, Bigelow, Bloom,
Bocanegra, Bonilla, Bonta, Bradford, Brown, Buchanan, Ian
Calderon, Campos, Chau, Ch�vez, Chesbro, Conway, Cooley,
Dababneh, Dahle, Daly, Dickinson, Donnelly, Eggman, Fong,
Frazier, Beth Gaines, Garcia, Gatto, Gomez, Gonzalez, Gordon,
Gorell, Gray, Grove, Hagman, Hall, Harkey, Roger Hern�ndez,
Holden, Jones, Jones-Sawyer, Levine, Linder, Lowenthal,
Maienschein, Mansoor, Medina, Melendez, Morrell, Mullin,
Muratsuchi, Nazarian, Nestande, Olsen, Pan, Patterson, V.
Manuel P�rez, Quirk, Quirk-Silva, Rendon, Ridley-Thomas,
Rodriguez, Skinner, Stone, Ting, Wagner, Waldron, Weber,
Wieckowski, Wilk, Williams, Yamada, John A. P�rez
NOES: Fox
NO VOTE RECORDED: Logue, Perea, Salas
PQ:e 8/19/14 Senate Floor Analyses
SUPPORT/OPPOSITION: SEE ABOVE
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