BILL ANALYSIS �
-----------------------------------------------------------------
|SENATE RULES COMMITTEE | AB 1993|
|Office of Senate Floor Analyses | |
|1020 N Street, Suite 524 | |
|(916) 651-1520 Fax: (916) | |
|327-4478 | |
-----------------------------------------------------------------
THIRD READING
Bill No: AB 1993
Author: Fox (D)
Amended: 5/27/14 in Assembly
Vote: 21
SENATE EDUCATION COMMITTEE : 7-0, 6/11/14
AYES: Liu, Wyland, Block, Correa, Hancock, Huff, Monning
SENATE APPROPRIATIONS COMMITTEE : 5-0, 8/14/14
AYES: De Le�n, Hill, Lara, Padilla, Steinberg
NO VOTE RECORDED: Walters, Gaines
ASSEMBLY FLOOR : 57-19, 5/29/14 - See last page for vote
SUBJECT : Bullying: training module
SOURCE : Author
DIGEST : This bill requires the Department of Education (CDE)
to develop an online training module regarding bullying.
ANALYSIS :
Existing law:
1.Authorizes schools to suspend or recommend for expulsion a
student who engages in an act of bullying, which is defined as
any severe or pervasive physical or verbal act or conduct,
including communications made in writing or by means of an
electronic act, directed toward one or more students that has
CONTINUED
AB 1993
Page
2
or can be reasonably predicted to have the effect of one or
more of the following:
A. Placing a reasonable student or students in fear of harm
to that student's or those students' person or property.
B. Causing a reasonable student to experience a
substantially detrimental effect on his/her physical or
mental health.
C. Causing a reasonable student to experience substantial
interference with his/her academic performance.
D. Causing a reasonable student to experience substantial
interference with his/her ability to participate in or
benefit from the services, activities, or privileges
provided by a school.
1.Defines "electronic act" as the creation and transmission,
originated on or off the schoolsite, by means of an electronic
device, including but not limited to a telephone, wireless
telephone, or other wireless communication device, computer,
or pager, of a communication, including but not limited to any
of the following:
A. A message, text, sounds, or image.
B. A post on a social network Internet Web site including,
but not limited to:
(1) Posting to or creating a burn page, as defined,
created for the purpose of having one or more of the
effects listed above.
(2) Creating a credible impersonation of another actual
student, as defined, for the purpose of having one or
more of the effects listed above.
(3) Creating a false profile, as defined, for the
purpose of having one or more of the effects listed
above.
Training
CONTINUED
AB 1993
Page
3
Existing law requires the Department of Justice and CDE to
contract with one or more professional trainers to coordinate
statewide workshops for school districts, county offices of
education, and schoolsite personnel to assist them in the
development of their respective school safety and crisis
response plans, and provide training in the prevention of
bullying.
Resources
The Safe Place to Learn Act requires the Superintendent of
Public Instruction to post on the Internet and provide to each
school district a list of statewide resources that provide
support to youth who have been subjected to school-based
discrimination, harassment, intimidation, or bullying. The
Internet Web site must also include a list of statewide
resources for youth who have been affected by gangs, gun
violence, and psychological trauma caused by violence at home,
at school, and in the community.
This bill requires CDE to develop an online training module
regarding bullying. Specifically, this bill:
1.Requires CDE to develop an online training module to assist
all school staff, school administrators, parents, students and
community members in increasing their knowledge of the
dynamics of bullying and cyberbullying.
2.Requires the online training module to include, but not be
limited to, identifying an act of bullying or cyberbullying,
and implementing strategies to address bullying and
cyberbullying.
FISCAL EFFECT : Appropriation: No Fiscal Com.: Yes
Local: No
According to the Senate Appropriations Committee, $100,000 -
$130,000 (General Fund) in one-time costs for CDE to develop and
publish a bullying training module.
SUPPORT : (Verified 8/15/14)
California Council of Community Mental Health Association
CONTINUED
AB 1993
Page
4
California Federation of Teachers
California Statewide Law Enforcement Association
Mental Health America of California
ASSEMBLY FLOOR : 57-19, 5/29/14
AYES: Alejo, Ammiano, Bloom, Bocanegra, Bonilla, Bonta,
Bradford, Brown, Buchanan, Ian Calderon, Campos, Chau,
Chesbro, Cooley, Dababneh, Daly, Dickinson, Eggman, Fong, Fox,
Frazier, Garcia, Gatto, Gomez, Gonzalez, Gordon, Gorell, Gray,
Hall, Roger Hern�ndez, Holden, Jones-Sawyer, Levine, Linder,
Lowenthal, Medina, Mullin, Muratsuchi, Nazarian, Pan, Perea,
John A. P�rez, V. Manuel P�rez, Quirk, Quirk-Silva, Rendon,
Ridley-Thomas, Rodriguez, Salas, Skinner, Stone, Ting, Weber,
Wieckowski, Williams, Yamada, Atkins
NOES: Achadjian, Allen, Bigelow, Ch�vez, Conway, Dahle,
Donnelly, Beth Gaines, Grove, Hagman, Jones, Logue,
Maienschein, Mansoor, Nestande, Olsen, Wagner, Waldron, Wilk
NO VOTE RECORDED: Harkey, Melendez, Patterson, Vacancy
PQ:e 8/15/14 Senate Floor Analyses
SUPPORT/OPPOSITION: SEE ABOVE
**** END ****
CONTINUED