BILL NUMBER: AB 1390	AMENDED
	BILL TEXT

	AMENDED IN SENATE   JULY 6, 2000
	AMENDED IN SENATE   MAY 25, 2000
	AMENDED IN ASSEMBLY   JANUARY 12, 2000
	AMENDED IN ASSEMBLY   JANUARY 3, 2000

INTRODUCED BY   Assembly Member Havice
   (Principal coauthor:  Assembly Member Washington)
   (Coauthors:  Assembly Members Alquist, Cunneen, and Kuehl)

                        FEBRUARY 26, 1999

   An act to add Article 4.5 (commencing with Section 32246) to
Chapter 2 of Part 19 of the Education Code, relating to pupils, and
making an appropriation therefor.


	LEGISLATIVE COUNSEL'S DIGEST


   AB 1390, as amended, Havice.  Pupils:  violence prevention.
   Existing law establishes the School Safety and Violence Prevention
Act, a statewide program administered by the Superintendent of
Public Instruction, who, pursuant to the act, allocates funds to
school districts that maintain any of grades 8 to 12, inclusive, and
that certify the funds will be used as required by the act.  Funds
allocated pursuant to this program are required to be expended for
purposes that include, but are not limited to, providing conflict
resolution personnel, providing on-campus communication devices,
establishing staff training programs, and establishing cooperative
arrangements with law enforcement agencies.
   This bill would establish the Bullying Prevention Grant Program
for Grades 5 and 6.  Schools maintaining grades 5 and 6 would be
authorized to apply to the State Department of Education for a
 maximum  $5,000 grant to implement a 2-year
program.  The bill would require the Superintendent of Public
Instruction to develop criteria by which grant recipients will be
selected. The bill would authorize grant funds to be expended to
implement a locally designed program or to purchase existing bullying
prevention materials and programs.
   This bill would appropriate $150,000 from the General Fund to the
State Department of Education for purposes of  implementing
  awarding 30 $5,000 grants pursuant to  the
Bullying Prevention Grant Program for Grades 5 and 6.
   Vote:  majority.  Appropriation:  yes.  Fiscal committee:  yes.
State-mandated local program:  no.


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


  SECTION 1.  Article 4.5 (commencing with Section 32246) is added to
Chapter 2 of Part 19 of the Education Code, to read:

      Article 4.5.  Bullying Prevention Grant Program for Grades 5
and 6

   32246.  There is hereby established the Bullying Prevention Grant
Program for Grades 5 and 6.
   32247.  Subject to an appropriation being made for this purpose, a
school district that has jurisdiction over schools maintaining
grades 5 and 6 may apply to the State Department of Education for a
grant to implement a two-year bullying prevention program.  The
Superintendent of Public Instruction shall develop criteria by which
grant recipients will be selected.
   32248.  The Superintendent of Public Instruction shall establish
and maintain guidelines for bullying prevention programs.
   32249.  The  maximum  amount of a grant shall be
five thousand dollars ($5,000) for a two-year program.  Grant funds
may be expended to implement a locally designed program or to
purchase existing bullying prevention materials and programs.
  SEC. 2.  The sum of one hundred fifty thousand dollars ($150,000)
is hereby appropriated from the General Fund to the State Department
of Education for purposes of  implementing  
awarding 30 five thousand dollars ($5,000) grants pursuant to 
the Bullying Prevention Grant Program for Grades 5 and 6 pursuant to
Article 4.5 (commencing with Section 32246) of Chapter 2 of Part 19
of the Education Code.