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                    Appropriations Committee Fiscal Summary
          
                                        AB 1390 (Havice)
          
          Hearing Date:  8/23/00                      Amended: 7/6/00
                                                                 As  
          proposed to be amended
          
          Consultant:  Bob Franzoia      Policy Vote: Ed  8-3
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          BILL SUMMARY: 
          
          AB 1097 would appropriate $150,000 to the Department of  
          Education to establish the Bullying Prevention Program for  
          grades 5 and 6.  The grant program would provide maximum  
          awards of $5,000 for implementation of a two-year program.   
          The Superintendent of Public Instruction is required to  
          establish and maintain guidelines for the programs.

                              Fiscal Impact (in thousands)
           
          Major Provisions                    2000-01       2001-02   2002-03         
               Fund  
          
          Grants             $150*                          General**
                                                                      
          * Appropriated in the bill
          ** Counts toward Proposition 98 minimum guarantee  
          
          STAFF COMMENTS: SUSPENSE FILE.  As proposed to be amended.

          In 1999, the Legislature approved both the School Safety  
          and Violence Protection Act and the Carl Washington School  
          Safety and Violence Prevention Act.  The 1999 Budget Act  
          provided $100 million to grades 8 to 12 for violence  
          prevention programs and allowed for the funds to be  
          utilized for any purpose the school or school district  
          determines would contribute to providing safe schools and  
          preventing violence among students.  In addition, SB 1580  
          (Alpert), which is awaiting a hearing in the Assembly,  
          requires local collaborative efforts to qualify for receipt  
          of funds appropriated in the annual Budget Act for the  
          purposes of violence prevention.  (The proposed 2000 Budget  
          Act includes an appropriation of $71 million for grades 8  
          to 12.)











          There are 943 school districts eligible (jurisdiction over  
          grades 5 and 6) to apply for one of 30 grant made available  
          by this bill.

          As proposed to be amended, the bill would require the  
          Department of Education to report by 7/1/03 on the  
          effectiveness of the grant program.  The amendments would  
          make other clarifying changes.