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Bill No: SB 552
Author: Calderon (D)
Amended: 8/6/13
Vote: 21
SENATE EDUCATION COMMITTEE : 8-1, 5/1/13
AYES: Liu, Wyland, Block, Correa, Hancock, Hueso, Jackson,
Monning
NOES: Huff
SENATE FLOOR : 29-7, 5/16/13
AYES: Beall, Block, Calderon, Cannella, Corbett, Correa,
DeSaulnier, Evans, Fuller, Gaines, Galgiani, Hancock,
Hernandez, Hill, Hueso, Jackson, Lara, Leno, Lieu, Liu,
Monning, Padilla, Pavley, Roth, Steinberg, Wolk, Wright,
Wyland, Yee
NOES: Anderson, Berryhill, Emmerson, Huff, Knight, Nielsen,
Walters
NO VOTE RECORDED: De Le�n, Price, Vacancy, Vacancy
ASSEMBLY FLOOR : 72-3, 8/26/13 - See last page for vote
SUBJECT : Pupil instruction: violence awareness
SOURCE : Author
DIGEST : This bill permits local school district governing
boards to provide instruction in grades 1 through 12, inclusive,
on violence awareness, as specified.
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Assembly Amendments delete language which allows social science
instruction to include instruction on violence awareness, add
language that permits local school district governing boards to
include grade-level appropriate instruction on violence
awareness and prevention in the adopted courses of study for
each subject area, and make technical and clarifying changes.
ANALYSIS :
Existing law:
1. Defines "course of study" to mean the planned content of a
series of classes, courses, subjects, studies, or related
activities.
2. Requires the governing board of every school district to
prepare and keep on file for public inspection the courses of
study prescribed for the schools under its jurisdiction.
3. Requires the governing board of every school district to
enforce in its schools the courses of study adopted by the
proper authority.
4. Specifies the areas of study that must be included in an
adopted course of study for grades 1 through 6 and grades 7
through 12.
Permits the governing board of any school district to initiate
and carry on any program, activity, or to otherwise act in any
manner which is not in conflict with, or inconsistent with, or
preempted by, any law and which is not in conflict with the
purposes for which school districts are established.
This bill permits local school district governing boards to
provide instruction in grades 1through 12, inclusive, on
violence awareness. Specifically, this bill:
1. Permits local school district governing boards to include
grade-level appropriate instruction on violence awareness and
prevention in the adopted courses of study for each subject
area.
2. Specifies this instruction may include a component drawn from
personal testimony in the form of oral or video histories of
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individuals who were involved in violence awareness efforts
that exemplify the economic and cultural effects of violence
prevention efforts within a city, the state, and the country.
FISCAL EFFECT : Appropriation: No Fiscal Com.: No Local:
No
SUPPORT : (Verified 8/27/13)
AFSME
American Board of Behavioral Health Practice
Brady Campaign to Prevent Gun Violence, California Chapters
Concept Healthcare
National Alliance of Professional Psychology Providers
National Association of Social Workers, California Chapter
Nicholas & Dorothy Cummings Foundation
Youth ALIVE!
ASSEMBLY FLOOR : 72-3, 8/26/13
AYES: Achadjian, Alejo, Allen, Ammiano, Atkins, Bigelow, Bloom,
Bocanegra, Bonilla, Bonta, Bradford, Brown, Buchanan, Ian
Calderon, Campos, Chau, Ch�vez, Chesbro, Cooley, Dahle,
Dickinson, Eggman, Fong, Fox, Frazier, Beth Gaines, Garcia,
Gatto, Gomez, Gonzalez, Gordon, Gorell, Gray, Grove, Hagman,
Hall, Harkey, Roger Hern�ndez, Holden, Jones-Sawyer, Levine,
Linder, Lowenthal, Maienschein, Medina, Melendez, Mitchell,
Morrell, Mullin, Muratsuchi, Nazarian, Nestande, Olsen, Pan,
Patterson, Perea, V. Manuel P�rez, Quirk, Quirk-Silva, Rendon,
Salas, Skinner, Stone, Ting, Wagner, Waldron, Weber,
Wieckowski, Wilk, Williams, Yamada, John A. P�rez
NOES: Donnelly, Jones, Logue
NO VOTE RECORDED: Conway, Daly, Mansoor, Vacancy, Vacancy
PQ:d 8/28/13 Senate Floor Analyses
SUPPORT/OPPOSITION: SEE ABOVE
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