AB 1455, as amended, Campos. Pupils: bullying: counseling services.
Existing law prohibits a pupil from being suspended from school or recommended for expulsion unless the superintendent of the school district or the principal of the school in which the pupil is enrolled determines that the pupil has committed any of various acts, including bullying, as defined. Existing law authorizes the superintendent of the school district or the principal of a school, for a pupil subject to discipline, to use alternatives to suspension or expulsion that are age appropriate and designed to address and correct the pupil’s specific misbehavior, including, among other alternatives, referrals to the school counselor, psychologist, social worker, child welfare attendance personnel, or other school support service personnel for case management and counseling.
This bill would authorize the superintendent of a school district, the principal of a school, or the principal’s designee to also refer a victim of, witness to, or other pupil affected by, an act of bullying committed on or after January 1, 2015, to the school counselor, school psychologist, social worker, child welfare attendance personnel, school nurse, or other school support service personnel for case management, counseling, and participation in a restorative justice program, as appropriate.
Vote: majority. Appropriation: no. Fiscal committee: no. State-mandated local program: no.
The people of the State of California do enact as follows:
Section 48900.9 is added to the Education Code,
2to read:
begin insert(a)end insertbegin insert end insert The superintendent of a school district, the
4principal of a school, or the principal’s designee may refer a victim
5of, witness to, or other pupil affected by, an act of bullying, as
6defined in paragraph (1) of subdivision (r) of Section 48900,
7committed on or after January 1, 2015, to the school counselor,
8school psychologist, social worker, child welfare attendance
9personnel, school nurse, or other school support service personnel
10for case management, counseling, and participation in a restorative
11justice program, as appropriate.
12(b) A student who has engaged in an act of bullying, as defined
13in paragraph (1) of subdivision (r) of Section 48900, may also be
14referred to the school counselor, school psychologist, social
15worker, child welfare attendance personnel, or other school
16support service personnel for case management and counseling,
17or for participation in a restorative justice program, pursuant to
18Section 48900.5.
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